Search Results - "McClain, Lucy R."

Shaping families' local biodiversity awareness while using a place-based mobile device during a nature walk by McClain, Lucy R.

“…This research study focuses on 31 families (n = 105 individuals) and their experience using a place-based e-Trailguide to observe and learn about the local…”
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Family learning outdoors: Guided participation on a nature walk by Zimmerman, Heather Toomey, McClain, Lucy R.

“…This informal learning research project examined how guided participation processes support the use of cultural tools (such as scientific equipment) during a…”
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Place‐based learning processes in a family science workshop: Discussion prompts supporting families sensemaking and rural science connections using a community water model by McClain, Lucy R., Chiu, Yu‐Chen, Zimmerman, Heather Toomey

“…This study addresses intergenerational learning processes in informal settings by investigating families engaging in science talk and practices during a water…”
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Parent Roles and Facilitation Strategies as Influenced by a Mobile-Based Technology During a Family Nature Hike by McClain, Lucy R.

“…Families use mobile technologies in many educational spaces, such as museums or other informal learning venues to support their social learning experience…”
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Prior Experiences Shaping Family Science Conversations at a Nature Center by McClain, Lucy R, Toomey Zimmerman, Heather

“…Using families as the analytical focus, this study informs the field of informal science education with a focus on the role of prior experiences in family…”
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Pandemic shift: Meeting the challenges of moving post-secondary environmental education online by Nichols, Bryan H., Caplow, Susan, Franzen, Rebecca L., McClain, Lucy R., Pennisi, Lisa, Tarlton, Jennifer L.

“…As the COVID-19 pandemic surged and resurged across the world, members of a higher education professional group associated with the North American Association…”
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Family connections to local science issues: how scientists use questions to engage families in personally-relevant learning during science-themed workshops by McClain, Lucy R., Zimmerman, Heather Toomey

“…This study investigates how scientist-led educational programs, held in libraries, can make local science issues relevant to families. Given the need for an…”
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Technology-mediated engagement with nature: sensory and social engagement with the outdoors supported through an e-Trailguide by McClain, Lucy R., Zimmerman, Heather Toomey

“…This study describes the implementation of a self-guiding mobile learning tool designed to support youths' engagement with the natural world as they explored…”
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Tree Investigators: Supporting families' scientific talk in an arboretum with mobile computers by Zimmerman, Heather Toomey, Land, Susan M., McClain, Lucy R., Mohney, Michael R., Choi, Gi Woong, Salman, Fariha H.

“…This research examines the Tree Investigators project to support science learning with mobile devices during family public programmes in an arboretum. Using a…”
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Community nature journaling: wellbeing and learning outcomes for adult and youth participants by McClain, Lucy R., Powell, Amy E., Bettwy, Kyle A.

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Heads, hearts, and hands: a systematic review of empirical studies about eco/climate anxiety and environmental education by Olsen, Emily K., Lawson, Danielle F., McClain, Lucy R., Plummer, Julia D.

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Family learning with mobile devices in the outdoors: Designing an e-Trailguide to facilitate families' joint engagement with the natural world by McClain, Lucy R

“…This study describes the implementation of a self-guiding mobile learning tool designed to support families’ engagements with the natural world as they…”
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