Heather Zimmerman
Assistant Professor in the College of Education
Huck Affiliations
Publication Tags
Learning Science Life Cycle Community Experience Conversation Interaction Student Resources Biology Participation Nature Learning Environment Everyday Experience School Education Decision Making Environmental Quality Augmented Reality Museum Video Prior Experience Health Photography Life Cycle StagesMost Recent Papers
Supporting children’s outdoor science learning with mobile computers
Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Susan M. Land, Chrystal Maggiore, Chris Millet, 2019, Learning, Media and Technology 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 Zimmerman, Susan Mary Land, 2019, Science Education on p. 900-922
Family connections to local science issues
Lucy R. McClain, Heather Zimmerman, 2019, International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement on p. 154-170
Investigating children's deep learning of the tree life cycle using mobile technologies
Gi Woong Choi, Susan Mary Land, Heather Zimmerman, 2018, Computers in Human Behavior on p. 470-479
Epistemic agency in an environmental sciences watershed investigation fostered by digital photography
Heather Zimmerman, Jennifer L. Weible, 2018, International Journal of Science Education on p. 1-25
Learning in and about rural places
Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Jennifer L. Weible, 2017, Cultural Studies of Science Education on p. 7-31
Technology-mediated engagement with nature
Lucy R. McClain, Heather Toomey Zimmerman, 2016, International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement on p. 385-399
Family learning outdoors
Heather Zimmerman, Lucy R. McClain, 2016, Journal of Research in Science Teaching on p. 919-942
Science curiosity in learning environments
Jennifer L. Weible, Heather Zimmerman, 2016, International Journal of Science Education on p. 1235-1255
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 Systems and Computing on p. 101-119
Most-Cited Papers
Family sense-making practices in science center conversations
Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Suzanne Reeve, Philip Bell, 2010, Science Education on p. 478-505
Participating in science at home
Heather Toomey Zimmerman, 2012, Journal of Research in Science Teaching on p. 597-630
Socio-technical dimensions of an outdoor mobile learning environment
Susan Mary Land, Heather Zimmerman, 2015, Educational Technology Research and Development on p. 229-255
Tree Investigators
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
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
Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Philip Bell, 2014, International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement on p. 25-53
Learning in and about rural places
Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Jennifer L. Weible, 2017, Cultural Studies of Science Education on p. 7-31
Intergenerational learning at a nature center
Heather Toomey Zimmerman, Lucy Richardson McClain, 2014, Environmental Education Research on p. 177-201
Prior Experiences Shaping Family Science Conversations at a Nature Center
Lucy R. McClain, Heather Zimmerman, 2014, Science Education on p. 1009-1032
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 Systems and Computing on p. 101-119