*********Forwarded Message Follows ***************************************** PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT: The Museum Education Roundtable(MER) is pleased to announce its 1996 Research Colloquium. WHEN: Monday, April 22, 1996 from noon-4pm WHERE: American Institute of Architects Headquarters 1735 New York Ave., NW Washington, DC METRO: Farragut West (blue/orange lines) Farragut North (red line) COST: $5/MER Members $7/Non-MER Members PHONE: For additional information or registration please call the MER Office at (202) 232-6084 or respond on-line to [log in to unmask] rg The afternoon's events features both poster sessions and invited speakers. Speakers include: Diane Frankel, Director, Institute of Museum Services Ms. Frankel will describe the role of IMS and other Federal agencies in funding research in the museum field, including synopses of museum/school partnerships supported by the IMS Museum Leadership Initiative. Scott and Janice Paris, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan "A Conceptual Framework for Assessing Learning and Motivation in Museums": a presentation on the principles of constructivist learning and intrinsic motivation that provide a learning model to assess visitors' interactions with museum exhibits. Based on research conducted on two hands-on activities at the Henry Ford Museum. Beth Twiss-Garrity, Curator of Education, Winterthur Museum "Learning How Visitors Learn": presents research conducted by the Education Research Team of Winterthur. The team's initial question was, "Is learning related to reading as 'visual literacy' suggests?" Ms. Frankel will also moderate a panel presentation of the afternoon's poster sessions: Russell A. Cargo, Ph.D, Coordinator Nonprofit Management Program, George Mason Univ. "Museum Work: Fact and Fantasy" Herminia Wihsin Din, Ph.D. Candidate Department of Art, The Ohio State University "An Investigation of Children's Museums in the United States: Their Past, Present, and Future." Nina Freedlander Gibans, Director Special Projects, Cleveland Children's Museum with Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations, Case Western Reserve, and Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library "Children's Museums: Bridges to the Future" Nancy T. Hass, Research Coordinator, Project Explore Please Touch Museum for Children with Harvard's Project Zero "Project Explore: How Children Learn in Children's Museums" Myriam Springuel, Springuel Consulting "Docents and Visitor Interviews: Training at the Ringling Museum of Art" *********End of Forwarded Message********************************************