Talk:Lynn D. Dierking

Education

• Ph.D. in Science Education, University of Florida, Thesis research: Parent-Child Interactions in a Free Choice Learning: An Examination of Attention-Directing Behaviors
• M.A.Ed. in Science Education, University of Florida, Thesis research: The Relative Effects of Recessing as an Attention-Directing Device in a Museum Exhibit.
• B.S. in Biology (minor: Chemistry) and Philosophy (minor:German), University of Miami

Dierking initially planned to study forestry at the University of Florida, but an accident delayed her enrollment. She began working at the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida where she became interested in science education and museum learning. She worked with John J. Koran, Jr. as her advisor. She met future collaborator John Falk while he was a vistiing professor in the College of Education at the University of Florida.

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