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标题：Depicting the tree of life in museums: guiding principles from psychological research
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作者：Laura R Novick ; Jane Pickering ; Teresa MacDonald 等
期刊名称：Evolution: Education and Outreach
印刷版ISSN：1936-6434
出版年度：2014
卷号：7
期号：1
页码：1-13
DOI：10.1186/s12052-014-0025-0
出版社：BioMed Central
摘要：The Tree of Life is revolutionizing our understanding of life on Earth, and, accordingly, evolutionary trees are increasingly important parts of exhibits on biodiversity and evolution.The authors argue that in using these trees to effectively communicate evolutionary principles, museums need to take into account research results from cognitive, developmental, and educational psychology while maintaining a focus on visitor engagement and enjoyment.Six guiding principles for depicting evolutionary trees in museum exhibits distilled from this research literature were used to evaluate five current or recent museum trees.One of the trees was then redesigned in light of the research while preserving the exhibit's original learning goals.By attending both to traditional factors that influence museum exhibit design and to psychological research on how people understand diagrams in general and Tree of Life graphics in particular, museums can play a key role in fostering 21st century scientific literacy.
关键词：Tree of Life;Informal science education;Evolution education;Diagram design