Prototype Learning Laboratory Extension

国家学习中心（TNLC）将非正式学习与自我指导，引人入胜的材料相结合。TNLC已经制作了一个多媒体小学科学学习实验室，使用桌面展品为四年级到六年级的学生创建一个迷你博物馆。额外的两年资金将使该项目能够生产和现场测试四个新的学习实验室单元和两个相关的教育软件包。每个单元将包括大约十五个桌面展品，学生练习册和教师指南。三角洲教育公司将与TNLC密切合作，以确保每一个新的单位将成为商业上可用，并将提供教师培训。国家学习中心位于华盛顿，华盛顿特区，从事广泛的教育活动。它有一个很好的记录，是全国少数几个完全融合的文化和教育机构之一。这是一个具有挑战性的项目，它解决了教学材料计划的目标，以支持改进的学前教室教学材料的发展。博物馆的承诺是强有力的，产品定义明确，工作人员是高素质的，有一个出版商的积极参与。建议为国家学习中心颁奖。

The National Learning Center (TNLC) incorporates informal learning with self directed, engaging materials. TNLC has produced, with a three year grant, a multimedia elementary science learning Lab that uses tabletop exhibits to create a mini-museum for students in grades four through six. The additional two years of funding will enable the project to produce and field test four new Learning Lab units and two related educational software packages. Each unit will consist of about fifteen tabletop exhibits, student workbooks and a Teacher's guide. Delta Education, Inc. will work closely with TNLC to ensure that each new unit will become commercially available and will provide teacher training. The National Learning Center is located in Washington, D.C. and is engaged in a wide range of education activities. It has an excellent record and is one of the few cultural and educational institutions in the nation that is totally integrated. This is a challenging project which addresses the goal of the Instructional Materials Program to support the development of improved instructional materials for precollege classrooms. The museum's commitment is strong, the product well defined, the staff is highly qualified and there is active participation of a publisher. An award is recommended for the National Learning Center.