Trails pointed students to objects they would not otherwise have noticed and helped when galleries felt overwhelming¶

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Evidence · 1 study · qualitative r3 · q2
Currency · newest study 2010 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? In a large museum the trails pointed students to objects they would not otherwise have noticed, and one student found the trail brought her closer to overwhelming galleries. → Reynolds 2010

Evidence¶

Reynolds 2010¶

Reynolds, R., Walker, K., & Speight, C. (2010). Web-based museum trails on PDAs for university-level design students: Design and evaluation. Computers & Education. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2010.04.010

q2 · i? · qualitative · r3

Front-end and formative evaluation student comment reported in the results on physical context: "I found the gallery overwhelming but the trail bought me closer to the objects"; control-group students without trails tended to stay near the entrance.

"I found the gallery overwhelming but the trail bought me closer to the objects"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Web-based museum trails enhanced design students' knowledge of, interest in, and closeness to museum objects — related
• Identical representational designs produced wide individual variation in what felt helpful versus overwhelming (representational fit) — related
• Students preferred conducting a trail outside their own subject area, and help with learning to look was welcomed at all course levels — related