2024 Poster – Scaffolding parent-child storytelling and building spatial knowledge during museum-based tinkering

April 18th, 2024 | RESEARCH

We explored how families’ use of story supports (i.e., toy characters) and program facilitation style (i.e., workshop vs. “drop in”) impacted: 1) Families’ associations to past experiences and fantasy elements while tinkering, 2) Children’s use of spatial language when reflecting afterwards.

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Poster

Team Members

Kathryn Nyland, Author, Loyola University Chicago
Evan Vlahandreas, Author, Northwestern University
Riley George, Author, Loyola University Chicago
Lauren Pagano, Author, Northwestern University
David Uttal, Author, Northwestern University
Catherine Haden, Author, Loyola University Chicago

Funders

Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)
Award Number: 1906839

Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)
Award Number: 1906940

Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)
Award Number: 1906808

Related URLs

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

Tags

Audience: Educators | Teachers | Learning Researchers | Museum | ISE Professionals | Parents | Caregivers
Discipline: General STEM
Resource Type: Conference Proceedings | Research
Environment Type: Conferences | Informal | Formal Connections | Making and Tinkering Programs | Museum and Science Center Exhibits | Museum and Science Center Programs