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Item Analytical methods for identifying thread construction and stitch techniques in historic silk and metal thread embroideries for museums(Texas Tech University, 1985-12) Hamilton, Sara InceNot availableItem Museums: reflecting and innovating the environmental debate(Texas Tech University, 1993-05) Ladkin, NicolaNot availableItem Peer instruction for high school students as a special audience of art museum educational programs(Texas Tech University, 1997-08) Adamietz, Rebecca E.A quasi-experimental study and survey analysis was used to examine and analyze the effectiveness of trained peer instruction for high school students as a special audience of a museum education program at a multidisciplinary museum in West Texas. Effectiveness of peer training and instruction was determined as a result of information retention and comfort level with the instructor, achieved by the special audience of a museum education program which utilized a trained peer instructor (experimental group), compared to the information retention and comfort level with the instructor achieved by the special audience of the museum education program which utilized a museum educator (control group). Results indicate there is no significant difference in the information retention levels between the control and experimental groups. Study results also indicate there is a significant difference in the comfort level of the students with their instructor, with the peer-instructed group being more comfortable with their instructor than the museum educator-instructed group.Item Standards for management of the recent mammal and bird collections at Texas Tech University(Texas Tech University, 2001-08) Halter, Amy S.Museums serve an important function in society. They have existed in one form or another since the Classical Age. In the modem sense a museum's primary function is education. This is accomplished through collection-based research and public exhibitions. A society that does not support museums finds itself with weakened historic, artistic, and scientific foundations. Biological, or systematics, collections serve as the foundation for much scientific research (Baker, 1994; Baker et al, 1998; Parker et al., 1998; WUson, 1992; Yates, 1987). Examples of research areas that rely on systematics collections include biodiversity, taxonomy, systematics, phylogenetics, morphometries, and ecology. Other disciplines that benefit from collections of specimens include genetic and molecular research, toxicology, biological informatics, epidemiology, and resource conservation. Systematics collections can be considered in the same light as research libraries. The specimens contain a wealth of information that is available to users of the collection. Scientists, using a variety of methods, can "read" this information from the specimens.