STEM, STEAM and makerspaces in early childhood: A scoping review
STEM has emerged as a key area of importance for children, highlighting the value and
relevance of integrated understandings of science, technology, engineering and …
relevance of integrated understandings of science, technology, engineering and …
Informal STEM learning for young children: A systematic literature review
S Alexandre, Y Xu, M Washington-Nortey… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Studies show that children spend considerable time engaged in informal learning outside of
educational settings. Informal educational settings such as museums can provide a variety …
educational settings. Informal educational settings such as museums can provide a variety …
Supporting Latine children's informal engineering learning through tinkering and oral storytelling.
Providing equitable informal science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
learning opportunities to young children from diverse backgrounds may be a way to …
learning opportunities to young children from diverse backgrounds may be a way to …
Museum program design supports parent–child engineering talk during tinkering and reminiscing
This study focused on tinkering, a playful form of open-ended problem solving that is being
widely adopted in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education as …
widely adopted in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education as …
Relations between children's exploration in a children's museum and their reflections about their exploration
DM Sobel, LW Stricker, DS Weisberg - Child Development, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract We examined 6‐to 9‐year‐olds'(N= 60, 35 girls, 34% White, 23% Hispanic, 2%
Black/African American, 2% Asian/Asian American, 22% Mixed Ethnicity/Race, 17 …
Black/African American, 2% Asian/Asian American, 22% Mixed Ethnicity/Race, 17 …
How does play foster development? A new executive function perspective
S Doebel, AS Lillard - Developmental Review, 2023 - Elsevier
Around the world, children play. Does play support development? If so, how? One popular
idea is that play fosters the development of higher-order cognitive abilities, such as …
idea is that play fosters the development of higher-order cognitive abilities, such as …
Advancing opportunities for children's informal STEM learning transfer through parent–child narrative reflection
This study examined whether families' conversational reflections after a STEM (science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics)‐related experience in a museum promoted …
technology, engineering, and mathematics)‐related experience in a museum promoted …
Parents' epistemic supports during home-based engineering design tasks: Opportunities and tensions through the use of technology
Within engineering education, informal, out-of-school making experiences and parent–child
interactions within home environments are both considered as a promising context for the …
interactions within home environments are both considered as a promising context for the …
Museum-based tinkering and engineering learning opportunities among Latine families with young children
This study addressed whether and how tinkering experiences in a children's museum can
provide informal engineering learning opportunities for Latine families. Forty-two Latine …
provide informal engineering learning opportunities for Latine families. Forty-two Latine …
Dinos and GoPros: Children's exploratory behaviors in a museum and their reflections on their learning
DS Weisberg, LC Dunlap, DM Sobel - Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Research in both laboratory and museum settings suggests that children's exploration and
caregiver–child interaction relate to children's learning and engagement. Most of this work …
caregiver–child interaction relate to children's learning and engagement. Most of this work …