Good Afternoon Amy,
If I may build on your agreement and Heather's comments.  H. Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences addresses this issue and his theory has direct museum exhibit/education/interpretation applications.  Please check out
http://tip.psychology.org/gardner.html 
Food for thought,
Best Wishes,
Wesley
P.S.  Have Fun!

Wesley S. Creel
Administrator of Programs
Pink Palace Family of Museums
3050 Central Avenue
Memphis, TN 38111-3399
www.memphismuseums.org
(901) 320-6370 Direct
(901) 320-6391 FAX

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I think Heather Marie really nails it:

>However, during my studies to obtain my degree, I really started
>understanding that not everyone learns the same way; this particularly came
>through when we started looking at interactive exhibits.  Some are visual
>learners, some audio, some tactile, some are combinations, etc.  So to just
>look at a person's interest in an interactive as just an attraction to
>lights, bells, and whistles because of their age can be missing the point of
>why they are really attracted to it.  Perhaps it has nothing to do with age
>at all but how they were encouraged/taught to learn and relate to world
>around them.

In the classroom, a good teacher will use multiple strategies to
teach because there are multiple learning styles/paths. Ditto for the
museum exhibit. And someone else said that there needs to be a good
supporting cast for the object which is the star. Right on again.

---Amy West

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