Tinkering here and there: How families talk about informal STEM learning activities in museums and at home

March 22nd, 2024 | RESEARCH

We explored how families’ (1) use of materials, (2) verbal engagement, (3) hands-on engagement, (4) engineering design process talk, and (5) spatial language differed when doing a tinkering activity at home or in a museum.

Document

Poster

Team Members

Lauren Pagano, Author, Northwestern University
Riley George, Author, Loyola University Chicago
Kaitlyn Hurka, Author, Northwestern University
Elena Fiegen, Author, Northwestern University
Evan Vlahandreas, Author, Northwestern University
Catherine Haden, Author, Loyola University Chicago
David Uttal, Author, Northwestern University

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 | Elementary School Children (6-10) | Learning Researchers | Museum | ISE Professionals | Parents | Caregivers
Discipline: Engineering | 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