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Hi Leticia,

Check out our annotated and comprehensive readings lists on the 
"resources" page on the CILS (Center for Informal Learning and 
Schools) site.  In general, our aim for the "resources" section is to 
provide a selection of articles and other resources to get at 
questions like yours from a variety of perspectives:

http://www.exploratorium.edu/cils/rec_readings.html

Here's a few articles that might be interesting, (check out the 
section on "Learning in Museums" overall):

Ash, D. (2003) "Dialogic Inquiry of family groups in a science 
museum." Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 40 (2) 138-162

Crowley, K.,Callanan, M & Tenenbaum, H. & Allen E. (2001). "Parents 
Explain more often to boys than to girls during shared scientific 
thinking." Psychological Science, 12 (3) 258-261

Schauble, L. and K. Bartlett (1997). "Constructing a Science Gallery 
for Children and Families: The Role of Research in an Innovative 
Design Process." Science Education 81(6): 781-793.

Let me know if you have any questions!

Kate


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