Adults' Learning About Science in Free-Choice Settings

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Adults' Learning About Science in Free-Choice Settings

This paper synthesizes findings from three studies to answer a general question: What do casual, adult visitors learn about science from their science-related experiences in free-choice settings? Specifically we asked whether there are changes in how people think about science in their daily lives,...

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Main Authors:	Rennie, Léonie, Williams, Gina
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Routledge 2006
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11497

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