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Memories and scientific literacy: remembering exhibits from a science centre

Maria I. Medved
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Keith Oatley
Pages 1117-1132 | Received 01 Sep 2001, Published online: 16 Jul 2010

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R. Hutchinson & A. F. Eardley. (2023) ‘I felt I was right there with them’: the impact of sound-enriched audio description on experiencing and remembering artworks, for blind and sighted museum audiences. Museum Management and Curatorship 0:0, pages 1-18.
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Gary M. Holliday & Norman G. Lederman. (2014) Informal Science Educators’ Views about Nature of Scientific Knowledge. International Journal of Science Education, Part B 4:2, pages 123-146.
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David Anderson & Hiroyuki Shimizu. (2012) Memory Characteristics in Relation to Age and Community Identity: The Influence of Rehearsal on Visitors’ Recollections of the 2005 Aichi World Exposition, Japan. Visitor Studies 15:2, pages 186-202.
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Eva Davidsson & Anders Jakobsson. (2007) Different Images of Science at Nordic Science Centres. International Journal of Science Education 29:10, pages 1229-1244.
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David Anderson & Hiroyuki Shimizu. (2007) Factors shaping vividness of memory episodes: Visitors’ long-term memories of the 1970 Japan World Exposition. Memory 15:2, pages 177-191.
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Dominique Brossard, Bruce Lewenstein & Rick Bonney. (2005) Scientific knowledge and attitude change: The impact of a citizen science project. International Journal of Science Education 27:9, pages 1099-1121.
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Katherine D. Darr, Jennifer L. East, Sarah Seabrook, Steven J. Dundas & Andrew R. Thurber. (2020) The Deep Sea and Me: Using a Science Center Exhibit to Promote Lasting Public Literacy and Elucidate Public Perception of the Deep Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science 7.
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Michael J. Reiss & William F. McComas. 2020. Nature of Science in Science Instruction. Nature of Science in Science Instruction 711 729 .
Leon Yufeng Wu, Shannah Pinhsuan Wu & Chun-Yen Chang. (2019) Merging Science Education into Communication: Developing and Validating a Scale for Science Edu-Communication Utilizing Awareness, Enjoyment, Interest, Opinion formation, and Understanding Dimensions (SEC-AEIOU). Sustainability 11:17, pages 4551.
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Judith S. Lederman & Gary M. Holliday. 2017. Preparing Informal Science Educators. Preparing Informal Science Educators 509 525 .
HIROYUKI SHIMIZU, DAVID ANDERSON & MASANOBU TAKAHASHI. (2011) Autobiographical memories of specific social events for older and younger adults: Context dependency of the Memory Characteristics Questionnaire on recollection of 1970 and 2005 Japan World Expositions 1 . Japanese Psychological Research 54:2, pages 182-194.
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Roy Ballantyne, Jan Packer & Lucy A. Sutherland. (2011) Visitors’ memories of wildlife tourism: Implications for the design of powerful interpretive experiences. Tourism Management 32:4, pages 770-779.
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Maria I. Medved. (2009) Book Review: Defining Memory: Local Museums and the Construction of History in America's Changing Communities Amy K. Levin (ed.) Lanham, MD: AltaMira Press, 2007. 298 pp. US$27.95. ISBN 978—0759110502. Memory Studies 2:2, pages 292-294.
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David Anderson & Hiroyuki Shimizu. (2007) Recollections of Expo 70: Visitors' Experiences and the Retention of Vivid Long-Term Memories. Curator: The Museum Journal 50:4, pages 435-454.
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