Stephen Bitgood

Professor Emeritus of Psychology

Jacksonville State University

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Resources

Resource Participation

A Comparison of Puerto Rican and International Visitors to El Yunque Rain Forest

A Critical Appraisal of The Heart Exhibition at the Franklin Institute of Science

A Primer on Memory for Visitor Studies Professionals

A Study of Labels, Groups, and readers in an Egyptian Mummy Gallery

Alternative Conceptual Approaches to Label Development

An Attention-Value Model of Museum Visitors

An Overview of The Methodology of Visitor Studies

Assessing the Readability of Label Text

Attention to Labels

Attitudes towards Exhibit Evaluation

Baloney Detection: Suggestions for Teaching Critical Thinking in Museums

Bibliography: Hands-On, Participatory, and Interactive Exhibits

Bibliography: School Field Trips to Museums/Zoos

Classification of Exhibit Evaluation: How deep should Occam's razor cut?

Common Beliefs About Visitors: Do We Really Understand Our Visitors?

Common Misconceptions About Evaluation

Comprehension

Control of Littering: A Comparison of Three Approaches

Controlling Public Feeding of Zoo Animals

Deadly Sins Revisited: A Review of the Exhibit Label Literature

Designing Effective Exhibits: Criteria for Success

Designing Effective Exhibits: Criteria for Success, Exhibit design approaches and Research Strategies

Developing a Method to Assess Attitudes Toward Snakes

Does Lobby Orientation Influence Visitor Satisfaction?

Enhancing the Confrontation Gallery at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

Evaluation of the Falling Feather Exhibit on Gravity

Factors Affecting "Hands-On" Exhibits

Farewell to the Faithful: Visitor Behavior Reaches Its End

First Annual Visitor Studies Meeting Program Schedule

Glossary of Visitor Studies Terms

How do People Perceive Museums, Parks, and Zoos?

Impediments to Learning from Labels

Influencing Visitor Attention: Effects of Life-Size Animal Silhouettes on Visitor Behavior

Informal Education and Evolution: Considering Religious Beliefs

Institutional Acceptance of Evaluation: Review and Overview

Introduction and Issues in Summative Evaluation

Introduction: Visitor Studies - 1988

Introduction: Visitor Studies in 1990

Knowledge Gain, Memory, and Evaluation: Are We Using Appropriate Measures?

Meet Me in St. Louis, Louie...at the 1992 Visitor Studies Conference

Memory of Objects, Labels, and Other Sensory Impressions From a Museum Visit

Memory Processes

Multicultural Pluralism and Visitor Evaluation

Museum "Fatigue" Early Studies

Museum Orientation and Circulation

Museum Studies of Memory: Selected Abstracts

Notes from the Editor

Notes from the Editor

Planning for a New Southeastern Native American Museum

Practical Guidelines for Developing Interpretive Labels

Principles of Exhibit Design

Principles of Orientation and Circulation Within Exhibitions

Problems in Visitor Orientation and Circulation

Professional Issues In Visitor Studies

Recall of Label Content: The Effects of Length and Sequence

References for Glossary On Visitor Studies

Relative Importance of Size, Position, and Denisty of Exhibit Objects

Sample Abstracts from the First Annual Visitor Studies Conference

School Field Trips: An Overview

Selected Bibliography on Exhibit Design and Evaluation In Zoos

Selected Bibliography: Design and Evaluation in Museums

Selected Studies on How People Perceive Visitor Facilities

Social Influences on the Visitor Museum Experience

Social Learning

Some Evolving Principles of Visitor Behavior

Some Questions on Exhibit Evaluation

Study of The Perception of Alternate Names for the Same Facility

Suggested Guidelines for Designing Interactive Exhibits

Suggested Guidelines for Orientation Signage

Suggestions for Maintaining Good Behavior on School Field Trips

The ABCs of Label Design

The Anatomy of An Exhibit

The Connotations of Facility Names

The Effects of Sign Length, Letter Size, and Proximity on Reading

The Hein-Miles Debate: An Introduction, Explanation, and Commentary

The Impact of a Museum Visit on University Students: An Analysis of Racial Differences

The Impact of a Zoo Visit on Attitudes: A Preliminary Report on Interaction Effects

The Misconceptions of Do-Not-Feed Signs

The Role of Group Composition and Exhibit Characteristics on Adult Visitor Behavior

The Role of Movement in Exhibition

The Role of Visitor Evaluation in the Development of Exhibit Labels

Toward an Objective Description of the Visitor Immersion Experience

Using Handouts to Increase Label Reading

Variables Influencing Visitor behavior: Physical Qualities Of The Exhibit Object/Species

Visitor Circulation Through a Changing Exhibits Gallery

Visitor Circulation: Is There Really a Right-Turn Bias

Visitor Evaluation: What Is It?

Visitor Orientation and Circulation: Some General Principles

Visitor Orientation: When Are Museums Similar to Casinos?

Visitor Studies: A Bibliography of Theses and Dissertations

Visitor Turning and Exiting in Museum Galleries

Want to Get Started in Audience Research?

Zoo Exhibit Design: Impact of Setting Factors On Visitors

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