TY - GEN
T1 - Young children's use of spatial sensemaking practices as mediators of spatial skills during informal STEM programs
AU - Plummer, Julia D.
AU - Nolan, Katie
AU - Cho, Kyungjin
AU - Botch, Madison
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - While considerable research has examined when young children develop spatial skills and how these predict their success in STEM engagement, this study adds to the limited research on the processes through which young children learn to reason spatially during everyday learning environments. Through investigations of science and engineering programs for 3-5-year-old children, we provide evidence for how these programs engage children in a diverse range of spatial sensemaking practices, such as gestures, sketching, and object manipulation, which in turn engage their use of multiple forms of spatial skills. Our findings suggest children used spatial sensemaking to solve engineering problems and make sense of science phenomena, setting the stage for future STEM learning.
AB - While considerable research has examined when young children develop spatial skills and how these predict their success in STEM engagement, this study adds to the limited research on the processes through which young children learn to reason spatially during everyday learning environments. Through investigations of science and engineering programs for 3-5-year-old children, we provide evidence for how these programs engage children in a diverse range of spatial sensemaking practices, such as gestures, sketching, and object manipulation, which in turn engage their use of multiple forms of spatial skills. Our findings suggest children used spatial sensemaking to solve engineering problems and make sense of science phenomena, setting the stage for future STEM learning.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85145775062
T3 - Proceedings of International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS
SP - 1121
EP - 1124
BT - International Collaboration toward Educational Innovation for All
A2 - Chinn, Clark
A2 - Tan, Edna
A2 - Chan, Carol
A2 - Kali, Yael
PB - International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS)
T2 - 16th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2022
Y2 - 6 June 2022 through 10 June 2022
ER -