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Session Type: Structured Poster Session
Rising popular interest in the idea that failure supports learning and innovation has created urgency for in-depth, critical reflections on the topic from scholars, especially from perspectives rooted in the discourse and materials of learning environments. This session gathers diverse contributions from researchers looking at failure in learning, whether focusing on students’ actual experiences of failure, or how they overcome these moments through use of learning resources and supports. We have two goals for the symposium: first, presenting the nuanced dimensions by which to operationalize failure including size, terminability, aim, and consequence, and second, compiling an actionable list of practical classroom supports for productive failure, which can lay the foundation for future research in this area.
Debora Lui, University of Pennsylvania
David DeLiema, University of California - Berkeley
Jean J. Ryoo, University of California - Los Angeles
Yasmin B. Kafai, University of Pennsylvania
1. Debugging Failure: Fifth- to 10th-Grade Students' Journal Reflections, Coding, and Artwork About Broken Code - David DeLiema, University of California - Berkeley; Maggie Dahn, University of California - Los Angeles; Noel D. Enyedy, Vanderbilt University; Dor Abrahamson, University of California - Berkeley; Francis Steen, University of California - Los Angeles; Virginia J Flood, University of California - Berkeley; Josh Taylor, 9 Dots
2. Learning While Failing During Maker Activities - Adam V. Maltese, Indiana University; Amber Simpson, Binghamton University - SUNY; Alice C. Anderson, Minneapolis Institute of Art
3. Examining Learners' Failure Trajectories Across Their Computational Design Processes - Breanne K. Litts, Utah State University; Julie Lamarra, Utah State University; Chase Kyle Mortensen, Utah State University
4. The Role of Sociocultural Interactions on Persistence Through Failure in Making Contexts - Jean J. Ryoo, University of California - Los Angeles; Linda Kekelis, Techbridge
5. Exploring Teachers Instructional Choices for Promoting Productive Struggle - Emma Anderson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ling Hsiao, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Irene Lee, Santa Fe Institute
6. Perceiving Fractions Through Failure: Punishment, Feedback, and Reflection - Caroline Cassie-Marie Williams-Pierce, University at Albany - SUNY; Yan Tian, University at Albany - SUNY
7. Promoting Mathematical Thinking With Interactive Technology: The Role of Student Voice and Productive Struggle - Pamela Joy Buffington, Education Development Center, Inc.; Josephine K. Louie, Education Development Center, Inc.
8. Examining High School Students' Moments of Failure Using Construction Kits With Varying Degrees of Flexibility - Debora Lui, University of Pennsylvania; Gayithri Jayathirtha, University of Pennsylvania; Yasmin B. Kafai, University of Pennsylvania
9. "Failure Is Good Too": Scaffolding for Success During Elementary Engineering Projects Across Settings - Veronica Cassone McGowan, University of Washington; Gina Tesoriero, University of Washington - Seattle; Kristen Bergsman, University of Washington - Seattle; Philip L. Bell, University of Washington
10. Persevering Through Failures in Making E-Textiles: Contextual and Classroom Supports for Learning - Deborah A. Fields, Utah State University; Gayithri Jayathirtha, University of Pennsylvania; Yasmin B. Kafai, University of Pennsylvania
11. Group's Response to Design for Productive Failure - Shulong Yan, The Pennsylvania State University; Marcela Borge, The Pennsylvania State University
12. Failing in Order to See: Failure in Other-Oriented Design and the Cultivation of Perspective-Taking - Gideon Dishon, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Yasmin B. Kafai, University of Pennsylvania