2023 Poster - Linkages between children's story and STEM engagement during tinkering

March 25, 2023 | Exhibitions, Public Programs

In this project, we asked whether storytelling during tinkering might support children’s engagement in STEM and how that may differ across boys and girls. According to Bruner (1996), stories can help children to organize experiences by adding coherence, increasing understanding, and facilitating learning. We observed associations between story and STEM in two contexts: home and museum exhibit.

Document

SRCD_poster_story.pdf https://www.luc.edu/media/lucedu/childrensmemory/pdfs/SRCD_poster_story.pdf

Associated Projects

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

TEAM MEMBERS

Bianca Aldrich

Author

Loyola University Chicago

Grace Ocular

Author

Loyola University Chicago

Catherine Haden

Author

Loyola University Chicago

Citation

Funders

NSF

Funding Program: Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)

Award Number: 1906839

NSF

Funding Program: Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)

Award Number: 1906940

NSF

Funding Program: Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)

Award Number: 1906806

Resource Type: Reference Materials | Conference Proceedings

Discipline: Education and learning science | Engineering

Environment Type: Exhibitions | Museum and Science Center Exhibits | Public Programs | Making and Tinkering Programs

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