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Transfer for Learning Outside the Classroom: Informal Contexts to Examine STEM Learning Skills and Strategies
Fri, April 17, 4:05 to 5:35pm, Virtual RoomSession Type: Structured Poster Session
Abstract
In this session, twelve education researchers present their work exploring and assessing STEM learning skills and strategies in informal learning environments. While content areas in this session range from engineering and design to expert problem-solving to science communication, the larger group is linked together through the use of unique, innovative assessment tools and techniques. Projects highlight assessment in a variety of venues (e.g., museums and workshops), across the lifespan (e.g., early childhood to adults), and using a diverse array of tools (e.g., badge systems and immersive online environments). In addition, the session provides an opportunity not only to facilitate conversations and collaborations between researchers, but to provide feedback and guidance to early-career scholars.
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A Game-Based Assessment to Measure Persistence and Response to Failure After Design-Focused Summer Camp Programs - Kristen Pilner Blair, Stanford University; Doris B. Chin, Stanford University; Daniel L. Schwartz, Stanford University
Styles of Student Exploration With PhET Interactive Science Simulations - Argenta Price, Stanford University; Carl Wieman, Stanford University
Using Gesture Features to Assess Learning in a Whole-Body Science Simulation - Jina Kang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Robb Lindgren, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Michael Junokas, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Exploring How Families Create and Use Digital Artifacts to Promote STEM Learning During and After an Aquarium Visit - Kimberly Reynolds Kelly, California State University - Long Beach; Grace Ocular, California State University - Long Beach; Atazshii De’nee Austin, California State University - Long Beach; Lizbeth Millan, California State University - Long Beach; Cindy Vu, California State University - Long Beach
You're Not Helping: Using Imperfect Robots to Foster Critical Thinking - Robert Semmens, Naval Postgraduate School
Problem Solving Along the Way - Zilong Pan, The University of Texas at Austin; Min Liu, The University of Texas at Austin
Citizen Science in an Informal Middle School Summer Program: Developing Understandings of the Nature and Practices of Science - Mark T. Enfield, Elon University; Jen Hamel, Elon University
Measuring Science Capital in Informal Museum-Based Settings - Lisa Dillman, The Franklin Institute; Alexis Clark, The Franklin Institute
Assessing Youths' Engineering Skills in a Participatory Action Research: Manifestation of Engineering Habits of Mind in a Museum Fellowship Program - ChangChia James Liu, New York Hall of Science
Creativity Skills Developed Through an Educational Robotics and Programming Curriculum: A Three-Year Study - Nikleia Eteokleous, Frederick University; Efi Nisiforou, University of Nicosia
Digital Badges and Soft Skill Development: Teen Self-Assessment Beyond STEM Fields - Adam Bell, Vanderbilt University; Caroline Pitt, University of Washington - Seattle; Ari Hock, University of Washington - Seattle; Katie Davis, University of Washington
Identifying Investigation Strategies Through an Online Simulation Game - Daniel Pimentel, Stanford University; Stephanie Zhang, Stanford University