RELATING RESEARCH TO PRACTICE (en-US)

A connected learning approach to an engineering design challenge

Keywords:
Afterschool-OST, Environmental Awareness, Middle School, NSF-Funded, Program Design, Technology, Youth Engagement

Themes:
STEM Learning through Digital & Visual Media, Teaching and Learning in Informal Settings, Youth and STEM Learning

Beliefs about action for climate change: Key influences and implications

Keywords:
Environmental Awareness, Science in Society, Youth Engagement

Themes:
Communicating Climate Change

Children’s use of repertoires to engage with socioscientific issues

Keywords:
Argumentation, Science in Society, Scientific Reasoning, Youth Engagement

Themes:
Communicating Climate Change, Engaging Learners with Scientific Practices, Interest, Identity, Culture, and Learning, Youth and STEM Learning

Connecting formal and informal science learning through school-community partnerships

Keywords:
Collaboration, Equity, Everyday Experiences, Learning Across Settings, Program Design, Sociocultural, Youth Engagement

Themes:
Engaging Learners with Scientific Practices, Educational Equity and Inclusion, Interest, Identity, Culture, and Learning, Relating Formal and Informal Learning, Youth and STEM Learning

Designing afterschool programs to meet developmental needs of middle schoolers

Keywords:
Afterschool-OST, Development, Middle School, Program Design, Youth Engagement

Themes:
Interest, Identity, Culture, and Learning, Teaching and Learning in Informal Settings

Developing science agency

Keywords:
Activism, Interest, Middle School, Science in Society, Youth Engagement

Themes:

Environmental activism as a context for learning science

Keywords:
Activism, Environmental Awareness, Identity, NSF-Funded, Youth Engagement

Themes:
Communicating Climate Change, Interest, Identity, Culture, and Learning

Exploring the factors affecting student engagement with science

Keywords:
Interest, Motivation, Practical Work/Lab Work, Youth Engagement

Themes:
Engaging Learners with Scientific Practices, Interest, Identity, Culture, and Learning

Girls with scientific aspirations: Negotiating femininity

Keywords:
Equity, Gender, Identity, Interest, Youth Engagement

Themes:
Educational Equity and Inclusion, Interest, Identity, Culture, and Learning, Youth and STEM Learning

Having Fun and Learning through Tinkering

Keywords:
Creativity, Learning Across Settings, Youth Engagement

Themes:
Interest, Identity, Culture, and Learning, Teaching and Learning in Informal Settings

How to successfully introduce workplace skills into your youth program

Keywords:
Afterschool-OST, Career, Program Design, Youth Engagement

Themes:
Interest, Identity, Culture, and Learning

How youth validate their identities as experts across learning settings

Keywords:
Afterschool-OST, Identity, Interest, Motivation, Narrative, NSF-Funded, Youth Engagement

Themes:
Interest, Identity, Culture, and Learning, Relating Formal and Informal Learning

Inquiry-based learning may not always lead to higher levels of scientific achievement

Keywords:
Inquiry, Interest, Learning Science, Youth Engagement

Themes:
Engaging Learners with Scientific Practices, Teaching and Learning in Informal Settings, Teaching Strategies and Teacher PD, Youth and STEM Learning

Linking early science interest and informal science experiences

Keywords:
Afterschool-OST, Families, Pre-K, Youth Engagement

Themes:
Interest, Identity, Culture, and Learning

Making the unthinkable thinkable

Keywords:
Environmental Awareness, Equity, Identity, Non-dominant Populations, NSF-Funded, Practical Work/Lab Work, Youth Engagement

Themes:
Engaging Learners with Scientific Practices, Educational Equity and Inclusion, Interest, Identity, Culture, and Learning, Youth and STEM Learning