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  1. Using the Smithsonian’s Digital Talk with Me Toolkits to Support Family Engagement in Public Libraries

    Article • Public Library Quarterly, July 2026, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Heather Toomey Zimmerman

  2. The Intertwining of Children’s Interests and Micro-Practices at a Science Museum: Case Study of Three Children

    Article • Cognition and Instruction, July 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Heather Toomey Zimmerman

  3. Place as creative partner: placemaking with a university arboretum

    Article • Mind Culture and Activity, October 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Heather Toomey Zimmerman

  4. Mobile augmented reality supporting families’ immersive collaborative learning: Learning-on-the-move for place-based geoscience sense-making

    Article • International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, June 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heather Toomey Zimmerman

  5. Shifts of epistemic agency between children and parents during making at museum-based makerspace

    Article • International Journal of Science Education Part B, August 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Heather Toomey Zimmerman

  6. Supporting children’s place-based observations and explanations using collaboration scripts while learning-on-the-move outdoors

    Article • International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, April 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heather Toomey Zimmerman

  7. Using youths’ personal DNA data in science camps: Fostering genetics learning and socio‐emotional attitudes toward science with design‐based research

    Article • Science Education, March 2022, Wiley

    Dr Heather Toomey Zimmerman

  8. Place‐based learning processes in a family science workshop: Discussion prompts supporting families sensemaking and rural science connections using a community water model

    Article • Science Education, February 2022, Wiley

    Dr Heather Toomey Zimmerman

  9. Families’ engagement in making activities related to aerospace engineering: designing for parents as learning partners in pop-up makerspaces

    Article • Information and Learning Sciences, December 2021, Emerald

    Dr Heather Toomey Zimmerman

  10. Supporting Observing-on-the-Move with Proximity-Based Technology: Designing for Children’s Scientific Observations Outdoors

    Article • Visitor Studies, June 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Heather Toomey Zimmerman

  11. Supporting children’s outdoor science learning with mobile computers: integrating learning on-the-move strategies with context-sensitive computing

    Article • Learning Media and Technology, September 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Heather Toomey Zimmerman

  12. Emerging and developing situational interest during children's tablet‐mediated biology learning activities at a nature center

    Article • Science Education, March 2019, Wiley

    Dr Heather Toomey Zimmerman

  13. Family connections to local science issues: how scientists use questions to engage families in personally-relevant learning during science-themed workshops

    Article • International Journal of Science Education Part B, March 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Heather Toomey Zimmerman

  14. Investigating children's deep learning of the tree life cycle using mobile technologies

    Article • Computers in Human Behavior, October 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Heather Toomey Zimmerman

  15. A Methodological Case Study with Mobile Eye-Tracking of Child Interaction in a Science Museum

    Article • TechTrends, June 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Koraly Perez-Edgar

  16. Epistemic agency in an environmental sciences watershed investigation fostered by digital photography

    Article • International Journal of Science Education, April 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Heather Toomey Zimmerman

  17. Towards a Stronger Conceptualization of the Maker Mindset

    Article • January 2017, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Dr Heather Toomey Zimmerman

  18. Learning in and about rural places: Connections and tensions between students’ everyday experiences and environmental quality issues in their community

    Article • Cultural Studies of Science Education, September 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heather Toomey Zimmerman

  19. Science curiosity in learning environments: developing an attitudinal scale for research in schools, homes, museums, and the community

    Article • International Journal of Science Education, May 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Heather Toomey Zimmerman

  20. Technology-mediated engagement with nature: sensory and social engagement with the outdoors supported through an e-Trailguide

    Article • International Journal of Science Education Part B, March 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Heather Toomey Zimmerman

  21. Using Augmented Reality to Support Children’s Situational Interest and Science Learning During Context-Sensitive Informal Mobile Learning

    Article • December 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heather Toomey Zimmerman

  22. Using augmented reality to support observations about trees during summer camp

    Article • June 2015, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Dr Heather Toomey Zimmerman

  23. Family learning outdoors: Guided participation on a nature walk

    Article • Journal of Research in Science Teaching, May 2015, Wiley

    Dr Heather Toomey Zimmerman

  24. Socio-technical dimensions of an outdoor mobile learning environment: a three-phase design-based research investigation

    Article • Educational Technology Research and Development, February 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heather Toomey Zimmerman

  25. Prior Experiences Shaping Family Science Conversations at a Nature Center

    Article • Science Education, October 2014, Wiley

    Dr Heather Toomey Zimmerman

  26. Personalized workplace learning: An exploratory study on digital badging within a teacher professional development program

    Article • British Journal of Educational Technology, August 2014, Wiley

    Dr Chris Gamrat, Dr Heather Toomey Zimmerman

  27. Exploring the outdoors together: Assessing family learning in environmental education

    Article • Studies In Educational Evaluation, June 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Heather Toomey Zimmerman

  28. Connecting out-of-school learning to home: Digital postcards from summer camp

    Article • TechTrends, February 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Dr Chris Gamrat

  29. Facilitating Place-Based Learning in Outdoor Informal Environments with Mobile Computers

    Article • TechTrends, December 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heather Toomey Zimmerman

  30. Editor's Notes

    Article • TechTrends, December 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heather Toomey Zimmerman

  31. Tree Investigators: Supporting families' scientific talk in an arboretum with mobile computers

    Article • International Journal of Science Education Part B, October 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Heather Toomey Zimmerman

  32. Intergenerational learning at a nature center: families using prior experiences and participation frameworks to understand raptors

    Article • Environmental Education Research, April 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Heather Toomey Zimmerman

  33. Where Young People See Science: Everyday activities connected to science

    Article • International Journal of Science Education Part B, December 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Heather Toomey Zimmerman

  34. Understanding How Families Use Magnifiers During Nature Center Walks

    Article • Research in Science Education, December 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Heather Toomey Zimmerman

  35. Participating in science at home: Recognition work and learning in biology

    Article • Journal of Research in Science Teaching, March 2012, Wiley

    Dr Heather Toomey Zimmerman

  36. Parents, Science, and Interest

    Article • Museums & Social Issues, April 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Heather Toomey Zimmerman

  37. Family sense-making practices in science center conversations

    Article • Science Education, October 2009, Wiley

    Dr Heather Toomey Zimmerman

  38. From the Guest Editors

    Article • Journal of Museum Education, July 2008, Maney Publishing

    Dr Heather Toomey Zimmerman

  39. Distributed Expertise in a Science Center: Social and Intellectual Role-Taking by Families

    Article • Journal of Museum Education, July 2008, Maney Publishing

    Dr Heather Toomey Zimmerman