Heather Zimmerman
Assistant Professor in the College of Education
Huck Affiliations
Publication Tags
Learning Science Education Learning Environment Augmented Reality Mobile Computing Informal Learning Museums Water Biology Life Cycle Video Meteorology Engineering Computer Science Interaction Community Experience Artifact Museum Creativity Teacher Student Conversation WorkplaceMost Recent Papers
Collaborative idea exchange and material tinkering influence families’ creative engineering practices and products during engineering programs in informal learning environments
Soo Hyeon Kim, Heather Toomey Zimmerman, 2021, Information and Learning Science
Mobile eye-tracking for research in diverse educational settings
Yong Ju Jung, Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Koraly Pérez-Edgar, 2020, on p. 26-42
Design conjectures for place-based science learning about water
Heather T. Zimmerman, Susan M. Land, Katharine Grills, Yu Chen Chiu, Yong Ju Jung, Jeffrey Williams, 2020, on p. 1125-1132
Assessment of creativity during family engineering workshops in informal learning environments
Soo Hyeon Kim, Heather Toomey Zimmerman, 2020, on p. 783-784
Visualizing qualitative data
Yong Ju Jung, Jaclyn Dudek, Shulong Yan, Marcela Borge, Soo Hyeon Kim, Jian Liao, Benjamin Rydal Shapiro, Heather Toomey Zimmerman, 2020, on p. 438-445
Families’ imaginations in a meteorology workshop
Yu Chen Chiu, Heather Toomey Zimmerman, 2020, on p. 146-153
Epistemic agency shifts between children and parents during inventing with robotics at museum-based makerspace
Yong Ju Jung, Devon Purington Whalen, Heather Toomey Zimmerman, 2020, on p. 851-852
What does computer science and maker education look like in 2030?
David Weintrop, Gi Woong Choi, Adam Maltese, Mike Tissenbaum, Janet B. Fofang, Margaret Walton, Janet Walkoe, Jill Scott, Yong Ju Jung, Heather Toomey Zimmerman, David DeLiema, Maggie Dahn, Soo Hyeon Kim, Andrea Copeland, Jing Yang, Amber Simpson, Peter Knox, Jungsun Kim, Monica M. Chan, Nathan Holbert, Leslie Flynn, Kyungbin Kwon, Anne Ottenbreit-Leftwich, Thomas A. Brush, Paulo Blikstein, 2020, on p. 1519-1524
Supporting children’s outdoor science learning with mobile computers
Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Susan M. Land, Chrystal Maggiore, Chris Millet, 2019, Journal of Educational Television on p. 457-472
Emerging and developing situational interest during children's tablet-mediated biology learning activities at a nature center
Yong Ju Jung, Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Susan M. Land, 2019, Science Education on p. 900-922
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, Educational Technology Research and Development 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
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
Where young people see science: Everyday activities connected to science.
Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Philip Bell, 2014, International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement on p. 25-53
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
Using augmented reality to support observations about trees during summer camp
Heather Zimmerman, Susan Mary Land, Michael R. Mohney, Gi Woong Choi, Chrystal Maggiore, Soo Hyeon Kim, Yong Ju Jung, Jaclyn Dudek, 2015, on p. 395-398