January 1st, 2015 | RESEARCH
To support learning across settings, educators need to develop ways to elicit student interests and prior experiences. McClain and Zimmerman describe how, during outdoor walks at a nature center, families talked about prior experiences with nature, which were mostly from non-school settings. They used the prior experiences to remind, prompt, explain to, and orient one another during shared meaning-making activity.
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Suzanne Perin, Author, University of WashingtonRelated URLs
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Audience: Elementary School Children (6-10) | Families | Learning Researchers | Middle School Children (11-13) | Museum | ISE Professionals | Parents | Caregivers | Pre-K Children (0-5) | Youth | Teen (up to 17)
Discipline: Education and learning science | General STEM
Resource Type: Research Brief | Research Products
Environment Type: Exhibitions | Media and Technology | Public Programs