This presentation was given by Sue Allen and Josh Gutwill at the 2008 ASTC Annual Conference. It was part of the Digging Deeper session chaired by Sue Allen. Copyright 2008 Exploratorium.

1. Group Inquiry by Visitors at Exhibits Sue Allen National Science Foundation Joshua Gutwill Exploratorium

2. Erin Wilson Mark Boccuzzi Malia Jackson Mary Kidwell Adam Klinger Suzy Loper Kathy McLean Nerissa Kuebrich Beth Gardner and…

3. Previous project: A ctive P rolonged E ngagement Going

7. Finding: It is possible to build exhibits that support visitors doing their own extended inquiry. But: Not all visitors take full advantage of such exhibits. Perhaps they aren’t inquiry experts.

8. G roup I nquiry V isitors E xhibits at by

9. G roup I nquiry V isitors E xhibits at by (facilitating)

11. What would such skills be? Experimentation P ropose A ction I nterpret R esults

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19. Results for Families

20. Results for Families Preliminary Results for Field-trip groups

22. Increasing Use of the Skills P ropose A ction I nterpret R esults

23. Families Interpreting Results (IRs)

24. Families Interpreting Results (IRs)

25. Families Interpreting Results (IRs)

27. Deep Inquiry: Linked PAs

28. Deep Inquiry: Linked PAs

30. Overlapping IRs

31. Overlapping IRs

32. Overlapping IRs

33. Field-trips Increasing Skills P ropose A ction I nterpret R esults

34. Field-trips Proposing Actions (PAs)

35. Field-trips Proposing Actions (PAs)

36. Field-trips Proposing Actions (PAs)

37. Field-trips Interpreting Results (IRs)

38. Field-trips Interpreting Results (IRs)

39. Field-trips Interpreting Results (IRs)

40. Overall results - JQ success JQ + HO Overlap IRs JQ + HO Linked PAs JQ JQ Field-trip groups JQ Ø Family groups Interpret Results (IR) Propose Action (PA)