Heather Zimmerman
Assistant Professor in the College of Education
Huck Affiliations
Publication Tags
Learning Science Life Cycle Mobile Computing Water Experience Conversation Teacher Meteorology Learning Process Education Interaction Augmented Reality Community Artifact Biology Museums Museum Learning Environment Everyday Experience Engineering Video Student Aerospace Engineering Prior ExperienceMost Recent Papers
Families’ engagement in making activities related to aerospace engineering
Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Katharine Ellen Grills, Zachary McKinley, Soo Hyeon Kim, 2022, Information and Learning Science on p. 154-178
Supporting children’s place-based observations and explanations using collaboration scripts while learning-on-the-move outdoors
Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Susan M. Land, 2022, International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning on p. 107-134
Using youths’ personal DNA data in science camps
Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Jennifer L. Weible, Elizabeth A. Wright, Carmen Vanderhoof, Nina G. Jablonski, 2022, Science Education on p. 767-796
Place-based learning processes in a family science workshop
Lucy R. McClain, Yu Chen Chiu, Heather T. Zimmerman, 2022, Science Education
Digital badging systems as a set of cultural tools for personalized professional development
Chris Gamrat, Heather Toomey Zimmerman, 2021, AV communication review on p. 2615-2636
Mobile Augmented Reality in the Backyard: FamiliesÕ Outdoor Spaces as Sites of Exploration about Pollinators
Heather Zimmerman, S Land, Katie Grills, Yu-Chen Chiu, Lillyanna Faimon, L McClain, Jeff Williams, 2021,
The Role of Parents in the Development of YouthsÕ Interest in an Engineering Workshop
Lillyanna Faimon, Heather Zimmerman, 2021,
Collaborative idea exchange and material tinkering influence familiesÕ creative engineering practices and products during engineering programs in informal learning environments
Soo Kim, Heather Zimmerman, 2021, Information and Learning Sciences on p. 585-609
Mobile eye-tracking for research in diverse educational settings
Yong Ju Jung, Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Koraly Pérez-Edgar, 2020, on p. 26-42
Families’ imaginations in a meteorology workshop
Yu Chen Chiu, Heather Toomey Zimmerman, 2020, on p. 146-153
Most-Cited Papers
Personalized workplace learning
Christopher Gamrat, Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Jaclyn Dudek, Kyle Peck, 2014, British Journal of Educational Technology on p. 1136-1148
Socio-technical dimensions of an outdoor mobile learning environment: a three-phase design-based research investigation
Susan M. Land, Heather Toomey Zimmerman, 2015, AV communication review on p. 229-255
Participating in science at home
Heather Toomey Zimmerman, 2012, Journal of Research in Science Teaching on p. 597-630
Facilitating Place-Based Learning in Outdoor Informal Environments with Mobile Computers
Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Susan M. Land, 2014, TechTrends on p. 77-83
Tree Investigators: Supporting families' scientific talk in an arboretum with mobile computers
Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Susan M. Land, Lucy R. McClain, Michael R. Mohney, Gi Woong Choi, Fariha H. Salman, 2015, International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement on p. 44-67
Learning in and about rural places
Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Jennifer L. Weible, 2017, Cultural Studies of Science Education on p. 7-31
Using augmented reality to support children’s situational interest and science learning during context-sensitive informal mobile learning
Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Susan M. Land, Yong Ju Jung, 2016, Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing on p. 101-119
Understanding How Families Use Magnifiers During Nature Center Walks
Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Lucy Richardson McClain, Michele Crowl, 2013, Research in Science Education on p. 1917-1938
Prior Experiences Shaping Family Science Conversations at a Nature Center
Lucy R. McClain, Heather Zimmerman, 2014, Science Education on p. 1009-1032
A Methodological Case Study with Mobile Eye-Tracking of Child Interaction in a Science Museum
Yong Ju Jung, Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Koraly Pérez-Edgar, 2018, TechTrends on p. 509-517