Parent Beliefs about Teaching and Learning in a Children's Museum

In this article we present a study conducted as part of a larger project to develop new signage strategies to support powerful forms of parent involvement at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh. Our research team at the University of Pittsburgh Center for Learning in Out-of-School Environments (UPCLOSE) became regular members of a team that included some of the museum’s exhibit developers, educators and graphic designers. This study took place in the context of the museum’s expansion from 20,000 sq. ft. to 80,000 sq. ft.