2023 Poster - Spatial thinking during tinkering challenges: The role of spatial information

March 25, 2023 | Exhibitions, Public Programs

Tinkering activities designed for parents and children can foster spatial thinking, which benefits spatial skill development (Ramey et al., 2020). During tinkering activities, families may be challenged to use tools and materials to solve open-ended problems (Bevan, 2017). The problems specified by different tinkering challenges can highlight intrinsic or extrinsic spatial information (Chatterjee, 2008; Mix et al., 2018). In this project we asked, how does the spatial information highlighted by a tinkering challenge affect the quality of families’ spatial thinking?

Document

SRCD 2023 ST & PHC Poster.pdf https://www.luc.edu/media/lucedu/childrensmemory/pdfs/Naomi%20Polinsky%20-%20SR…

Associated Projects

Collaborative Research: Making Space for Story-Based Tinkering to Scaffold Early Informal Engineering Learning

TEAM MEMBERS

Naomi Polinsky

Author

Northwestern University

Elena Fiegen

Author

Northwestern University

Kaitlyn Hurka

Author

Northwestern University

Catherine Haden

Author

Loyola University Chicago

David Uttal

Author

Northwestern University

Citation

Funders

NSF

Funding Program: Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)

Award Number: 1906839

NSF

Funding Program: Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)

Award Number: 1906940

NSF

Funding Program: Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)

Award Number: 1906808

Resource Type: Reference Materials | Conference Proceedings

Discipline: Education and learning science | Engineering

Environment Type: Exhibitions | Museum and Science Center Exhibits | Public Programs | Making and Tinkering Programs

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