Museums and the Web Conference, 43

Museum / school partnerships, 3, 9, 11, 27, 178

National Center for Education Statistics, 23, 39

National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers, 23

Natural history museum, 9, 11, 14

National Middle School Association, 21

National Research Council, 12, 20, 21

National Science Education Standards, 12, 20, 21

National Science Foundation, 3, 20, 24, 25

National Science Teachers Association, 21

Newmann, F., 15

O’Neill, D., 20

Olson, S., 22

Online biology museum, 4, 5, 25, 29, 36, 180

Open Source software, 47, 48, 241–243

Oregon Department of Education, 23, 40, 61, 67

Oregon Science Teachers Association, 40, 41

Oregon Zoo, 64, 170

Packard, B., 13

Papert, S., 19, 191

Paris, S., 13

Participant observer, 43, 191

Patton, M., 31

PHP, 47, 48, 181

Piaget, J., 11, 25

Pillemer, D., 192

Portelli, J., 15

Prater, D., 137

Pyke, C., 17, 35, 38, 66, 69, 70, 129–132, 207

Quantitative, 30, 32–36, 73, 75, 173, 179, 180

Qualitative, 30, 32, 33, 36, 43, 66, 72, 73, 75, 173, 179, 180

Randolph, A., 12

Ringstaff, C., 15, 17

Ross, C., 84

Rossman, G., 5, 33, 43

Ruedas, Luis, 60, 157

Sandholtz, J., 15, 17

Schacter, J., 18, 20

Schafer, E., 17

Shields, C., 15

Skramstad, H., 10, 11

Slavin, R., 10

Smith, W., 15

Soloway, E., 1, 21

Sparkes, C., 15

Speitel, T., 21

SPSS, 36, 71, 72, 96, 98–100

Stanley, J., 71

Stanovich, K., 33

Sweller, J., 17

Templeton, M., 3

The Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow (ACOT), 15, 17, 18

The Kids Network Program, 13

Tirrell, P., 11

Tomic, W., 11

Vibert, A., 15