Growth and Equilibrium: A Series of Exhibits on the Topic of Feedback

我们建议以反馈为主题开展一系列的12个展览。我们将在“模式”部分创建一个包含4-5个展品的介绍性集群，以介绍基本概念。我们仍然把剩下的708件展品放置在符合其现象学的博物馆区域。反馈主题的连续性将通过反馈路径（包括实地考察路径和一般用途路径）和相关地图创建，这些地图将在介绍集群中提供，这些地图将引导游客和学校班级从一个区域到另一个区域，反馈作为统一元素。这些展览中所展示的反馈行为将对年轻人和老年人都很容易理解，并将与加州大学预科科学教育科学框架中列出的“科学主题”密切相关。这些展品将在我们的小学和中学教师培训项目中得到广泛使用。展品评估将在展品开发和教学人员广泛的原型设计层面进行，并在更正式的层面上与形成性评估程序相结合。我们将在一份描述探索博物馆展览的廉价课堂版本的出版物中传播这项工作。此外，我们将尝试通过互联网计算机网络向其他博物馆传播我们的作品。

We propose to develop a series of 12 exhibits on the topic of feedback. We will create an introductory cluster of 4-5 exhibits situated in our "Patterns" section to introduce the basic concepts. We sill situate each of the remaining 708 exhibits in the area of the museum that suits it phenomenologically. A continuity in the theme of feedback will be created through Feedback Pathways (both a field trip Pathway and a general use Pathway) and associated maps which will be available in the introductory cluster These will guide both visitors and school classes from area to area with feedback as the unifying element. The feedback behavior exemplified in these exhibits will be accessible to both young and older audiences and will be strongly connected with the "Themes of Science" listed in the California State Science Framework for Pre-College Science Education. The exhibits will receive extensive use in our teacher training programs at both the elementary and secondary level. Exhibit evaluation will take place at the level of extensive prototyping by exhibit development and teaching staff and on a more formal level in conjunction with a formative evaluation program. We will disseminate this work in a publication describing inexpensive classroom versions of Exploratorium exhibits. In addition, we will experiment with the dissemination of our work to other museums through the Internet Computer Network.