Testing a museum exhibition design assumption: Effect of explicit labeling of exhibit clusters on visitor concept development

Science Education

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 679-687

  Falk, John H ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0039270223     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-237X(199711)81:6<679::AID-SCE5>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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