What do we think people learn in museums? / John H. Falk, Lynn D. Dierking and Dana G. Holland -- How should we investigate learning in museums: research questions and project designs / John H. Falk, Lynn D. Dierking and Dana G. Holland -- Establishing a long-term learning research agenda for museums / John H. Falk and Lynn D. Dierking -- Learning in interactive environments: prior knowledge and new experience / Jeremy Roschell -- Museum memory / Douglas Herrman -- Intrinsic motivation in museums: why does one want to learn? / Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Kim Hermanson -- The. influence of culture on learning and behavior / John U. Ogbu -- Evidence of development from people's participation in communities of learners / Eugene Matusov and Barbara Rogoff -- Human-factor considerations in the design of museums to optimize their impact on learning / Alan Hedge -- Learning and the physical environment / Gary W. Evans -- Mucking around in museum research / Deborah Edward -- The need for learning research in museums / Linda Downs -- Creating an academic home for informal science education / Alan Friedman.
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