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- doctoral_thesisJanuary 2020
Biodesign Education in Early Childhood: A Design-Research Study of the Tangible Crispee Technology and Learning Intervention
AbstractBioengineering - the science of applying engineering strategies to the design of living materials to solve human problems - is growing as an emerging STEM field, penetrating industries of agriculture, medicine, energy, and civics. Today's young ...
- research-articleOctober 2017
The Role of Computational Thinking Practices in Making: How Beginning Youth Makers Encounter & Appropriate CT Practices in Making
FabLearn '17: Proceedings of the 7th Annual Conference on Creativity and Fabrication in EducationArticle No.: 9, Pages 1–8https://doi.org/10.1145/3141798.31418081There are increasing calls to introduce computational thinking (CT) practices at the K-12 level. These calls are motivated by a consensus that CT practices can be valuable for everyone. This work is based on the assertion that making, or the personal ...
- research-articleOctober 2016
Negotiating tensions between aesthetics, meaning and technics as opportunities for disciplinary engagement
FabLearn '16: Proceedings of the 6th Annual Conference on Creativity and Fabrication in EducationPages 58–65https://doi.org/10.1145/3003397.3003405For educators, making has become a compelling activity for creating expansive learning opportunities in STEM. Less well known are the ways in which disciplinary learning unfolds over time for makers. We explore critical junctures in the ongoing journey ...
- ArticleJune 2006
Innovative session: early childhood robotics for learning
- Marina Bers,
- Chris Rogers,
- Laura Beals,
- Merredith Portsmore,
- Kevin Staszowski,
- Erin Cejka,
- Adam Carberry,
- Brian Gravel,
- Janice Anderson,
- Michael Barnett
Robotics is a powerful learning manipulative for young children (four through seven years) as it enables the early introduction of engineering and programming. This session begins with a theoretical introduction to the robotic technology of programmable ...
