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Hi Sarah,

I have done some work on this topic. I evaluated some exhibits with
assistive devices in science museums. You should try to contact Christine
Reich at the Science Museum in Boston. She and her colleagues have a lot of
experienced on the topic.
-- 
Ellen Giusti
Visitor Studies Consultant
Phone: 212 876-1425
Cell: 917 885-2614
Fax: 212 427-7142


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> Date:    Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:29:59 -0800
> From:    Sarah Yellin <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: <No subject given>
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> ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers
> Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions.
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> Good Afternoon
> 
> My name is Sarah Yellin and I am graduate student at Harvard University
> working on my thesis. My thesis is on how people with blind and low vision
> learn in a science museum.  Does anyone have any information on how visitors
> with blind and low vision learn? I am especially looking for information on
> auditory and visual learners, as well as tactile learners in a science museum
> setting. I am using Howard Gardner's theory on multiple intelligence a
> baseline.
> 
> 
> Thanks, 
> 
> 
> Sarah Yellin

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