Natural history museum visitors' understanding of evolution

BioScience

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 875-882

  MacFadden, Bruce J ^a   Dunckel, Betty A ^a   Ellis, Shari ^a   Dierking, Lynn D ^b   Abraham Silver, Linda ^c   Kisiel, Jim ^d   Koke, Judy ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Great Lakes Science Center   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Institute for Learning Innovation   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Exhibits; Informal education; Natural history museums; Visitors

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148974725     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/B571010     Document Type: Article

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