Expectancies and motivations to attend an informal science lecture series

• Main Authors: AbiGhannam, Niveen, KAHLOR, LeeAnn, DUDO, Anthony, LIANG, Ming-Ching, ROSENTHAL, Sonny, BANNER, Jay L.
• 格式: text
• 語言: English
• 出版: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2016
• 主題: Informal science education; Motivations; Outcome expectancies; Self-determination theory; Social cognitive theory; Communication; Science and Mathematics Education
• 在線閱讀: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cis_research/205; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/cis_research/article/1204/viewcontent/ExpectanciesMotivationsInformalScience_av.pdf
• 機構: Singapore Management University

This study explored the expectancies and motivations that prompt audiences to attend a university science lecture series. The series features talks by science experts from the host campus and around the USA. Each lecture typically attracts between 300 and 600 attendees, including middle and high sch...