May 17th, 2022 | RESEARCH
Informal educational activities, such as tinkering, can be beneficial for children’s engineering learning (Bevan, 2017; Sobel & Jipson, 2016). Storytelling can help children organize and make meaning of their experiences (Brown et al., 2014; Bruner, 1996), thereby supporting learning. Digital storytelling, in which narratives and reflections are combined with photos and videos in order to be shared with an audience, has become a familiar, enjoyable activity for many children (Robin, 2008). We examine whether digital storytelling activities during tinkering and reflection will be related to more engineering talk.
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Lauren Pagano, Author, Loyola University ChicagoRiley George, Author, Loyola University Chicago
Afnan Amdeen, Author, Loyola University Chicago
Catherine Haden, Author, Loyola University Chicago
Funders
Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)
Award Number: 1906839
Funding Program: Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)
Award Number: 1906940Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)
Award Number: 1906808
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Collaborative Research: Making Space for Story-Based Tinkering to Scaffold Early Informal Engineering Learning
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Audience: Educators | Teachers | Elementary School Children (6-10) | Evaluators | Families | Learning Researchers | Museum | ISE Professionals
Discipline: Education and learning science | Engineering
Resource Type: Conference Proceedings | Reference Materials
Environment Type: Exhibitions | Making and Tinkering Programs | Museum and Science Center Exhibits | Public Programs