- conference :: Zimmerman, H. T. & Bell, P. (2008March, March). Developing scientific practices: Understanding how and when children consider their everyday activities to be related to science. Paper presented at National Association of Research in Science Teaching (NARST) , Baltimore, MD.
- conference :: Haftel, V., Stansbury, K., & Demetrikopoulos, M. K. (2008 November , November ). Formative evaluation of enhancement of an interdisciplinary . Poster session presented at Society for Neuroscience, Washington DC.
- journal :: Stinson, D. W. (2008). Negotiating Sociocultural Discourses: The Counter-Storytelling of Academically (and Mathematically) Successful African American Male Students. American Educational Research Journal, 45(4), 975-1010.
- report :: Institute of Museum and Library Services.. (2008). Exhibiting Public Value: Government Funding for Museums in the United States (Publication No. IMLS-2008-RES-02). Washington, D.C.: Manjarrez, C., Rosenstein, C., Pastore, E.
- journal :: Stinson, D. W. (2008). Negotiating Sociocultural Discourses: The Counter-Storytelling of Academically (and Mathematically) Successful African American Male Students. American Educational Research Journal, 45(4), 975-1010.
- book :: Hendricks, B. E. (2001). Designing for Play (Design and the Built Environment). UK: Ashgate.
- report :: Institute of Museum and Library Services.. (2008). Exhibiting Public Value: Government Funding for Museums in the United States (Publication No. IMLS-2008-RES-02). Washington, D.C.: Manjarrez, C., Rosenstein, C., Pastore, E.
- report :: Institute of Museum and Library Services. (2008). InterConnections: The ILMS National Study on the Use of Libraries, Museums and the Internet: Museum Survey Results. Washington D.C.: Griffiths, J., King, D. W.
- journal :: Stinson, D. W. (2008). Negotiating Sociocultural Discourses: The Counter-Storytelling of Academically (and Mathematically) Successful African American Male Students. American Educational Research Journal, 45(4), 975-1010.
- book :: Hendricks, B. E. (2001). Designing for Play (Design and the Built Environment). UK: Ashgate.
- report :: Institute of Museum and Library Services.. (2008). Exhibiting Public Value: Government Funding for Museums in the United States (Publication No. IMLS-2008-RES-02). Washington, D.C.: Manjarrez, C., Rosenstein, C., Pastore, E.
- report :: Institute of Museum and Library Services. (2008). InterConnections: The ILMS National Study on the Use of Libraries, Museums and the Internet: Museum Survey Results. Washington D.C.: Griffiths, J., King, D. W.
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Dissertation Spotlight | Fall 2008Heather Zimmerman
Assistant Professor of Education
Pennsylvania State University
Everyday Science & Science Everyday
Heather studies how a myriad of daily interactions with people, places, things, and ideas influence children's ideas about science and their interest in future science activities.
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