Recognizing that the average American will spend 95% of their time outside of the classroom, a new lecture series will spotlight the science of informal teaching and learning and the important role ...

Corrected: An earlier version of this story misspelled two names. J. Shipley Newlin Jr. is the director of physical sciences, engineering, and math at the museum; Justin Burgher is a 7th grader who ...

A major recent study showed that informal science learning can play an important role in improving student learning in that subject. Such out-of-class learning can include trips to zoos or museums and ...

WASHINGTON — Each year, tens of millions of Americans, young and old, choose to learn about science in informal ways — by visiting museums and aquariums, attending after-school programs, pursuing ...

JERSEY CITY -- -- JERSEY CITY -- Three or four times a day, a banana shows up at the Liberty Science Center and complains about a pain in its side. And that means it's time for visiting kids to dress ...

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As the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts fills with winter light and the scent of evergreen, I’ve returned to a simple ...

A new study finds that youth docents have an overall positive effect on visitors' experiences, learning and information retention at informal learning sites -- like museums. The positive effects ...

New research exploring how deaf and hearing preschool-aged children learn through interactive play with their parents is the focus of a partnership between Rochester Institute of Technology’s National ...

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The Dawood Foundation (TDF) announced on Wednesday their flagship educational attractions in Karachi, the TDF MagnifiScience ...

Each year, tens of millions of Americans, young and old, choose to learn about science in informal ways by visiting museums and aquariums, attending after-school programs, pursuing personal hobbies ...