“Math cleverly disguised as/with string”: experienced weavers' engagement with mathematics

N Thompson - Research in Mathematics Education, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Mathematics remains a gatekeeper in schools; educators and researchers must carefully
consider how diverse mathematical practices can be recognised and valued. To explore …

Learning within fiber-crafted algorithms: Posthumanist perspectives for capturing human-material collaboration

A Keune - … Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 2024 - Springer
A key commitment of computer-supported collaborative learning research is to study how
people learn in collaborative settings to guide development of methods for capture and …

Craftland is Mathland: Mathematical insight and the generative role of fiber crafts in maker education

K Peppler, A Keune, N Thompson, P Saxena - Frontiers in Education, 2022 - frontiersin.org
There is tremendous excitement around makerspaces for deepening and enriching curricula
across subjects, as well as engaging traditionally marginalized learners in new ways. To …

Crystalising Maker Moments: Postdigital Storying Across Contexts

A Colvert, J Rowsell, A Buxton, E Horton - Postdigital Science and …, 2024 - Springer
This paper presents a theoretical conceptualisation of 'postdigital storying'as an emergent
pedagogical process of engaging in meaning-making and literacies in educational contexts …

Uncovering maker educators' heterogenous professional visions of agency within goal setting interactions

M Goeke, D DeLiema - Educational technology research and …, 2024 - Springer
Agency is a core pedagogical goal of the maker education movement. However, there are
still many unknowns about how agency is identified in maker settings. To document maker …

An interaction analysis of a computer science co-design conversation on cultural relevance and its implications for design

SM Robillard, VR Lee, J Clarke-Midura… - Journal of Research …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This article uses interaction analysis to examine an episode moment-by-moment of how a
group of educators recognized and acknowledged that a specific design decision could be …

Paper circuits vs. breadboards: Materializing learners' powerful ideas around circuitry and layout design

KA Peppler, RM Sedas, N Thompson - Journal of Science Education and …, 2023 - Springer
This exploratory study compares how young people (ages 15–16) learn circuitry concepts
and layout design principles important to electrical engineering using one of two educational …

To quilt is to math: Investigating the breadth and depth of mathematics in fiber crafts

P Saxena, A Keune, A Thompson… - International Society of …, 2023 - mediatum.ub.tum.de
This study investigates connections between fabric crafts and the breadth and depth of
mathematics involved in pursuing the crafts with a particular focus on quilting. The authors …

When is an Owl More than an Owl? An Interaction Analysis of a Computer Science Co-design Conversation on Cultural Relevance

SM Robillard, VR Lee… - … Society of the …, 2023 - digitalcommons.usu.edu
The learning sciences community is currently exploring new ways to enact productive and
equitable co-design research-practice partnerships that are sensitive to all the concerns and …

[PDF][PDF] Neural Syntonicity: A Constructionist Approach to the Development of Image Recognition Tools Used to Teach Students about Powerful Ideas in Artificial …

MW Barnett, A Sipitakiat, P Blikstein - International Journal of Information …, 2023 - ijiet.org
Although Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already being used in a variety of ways to support
creativity and education, there are still limitations when it comes to understanding how AI …