Publications

2023

Pattison, S. A., Svarovsky, G., Montañez, S. R., Burgos, V. L., Santiago, A., & Santos, S. D. L. (2023). Family-centered research: Reflections from a Zoom-based recording method of families learning together at home. Educational Researcher.

Pattison, S. A., Svarovsky, G. N., Ramos Montañez, S., Wagner, C., López Burgos, V., Corbett, A., Quijano, M., Contreras, D., De Los Santos, S., & Perdomo, M. E. (2023). Playful engineering: Discovering the unique potential of engineering with young children and their families. Hands On! Magazine, Fall, 5–10.

Pattison, S. A., Ramos Montañez, S., López Burgos, V., Svarovsky, G. N., Wagner, C., Douglass, A., & Allen, J. (2023, June). Family voices: Learning from families with preschool-age children from historically marginalized communities to expand our vision of engineering. American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD.

Ramos Montañez, S. (2023). Advancing equity through research: The importance of asset-based approaches and methods. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 86, 101540.

Wagner, C., Svarovsky, G. N., Lettau, M., Marfo, K., Lorena Ortiz, A., Ryan, D., Pattison, S. A., Ramos Montañez, S., López Burgos, V., De Los Santos, S., Quijano, M., & Corbett, A. (2023, June). Exploring the nature of engineering during home-based engineering activities designed for Spanish- and English-speaking families with young children. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD.

2022

Pattison, S. A., Ramos Montañez, S., & Svarovsky, G. (2022). Family values, parent roles, and life challenges: Parent reflections on the factors shaping long‐term interest development for young children and their families participating in an early childhood engineering program. Science Education 106(6), 1568–1604.

Pattison, S. A., & Ramos Montañez, S. (2022). Diverse STEM interest development pathways in early childhood. In T. J. Kennedy & S. D. Tunnicliffe (Eds.), Play and STEM education in the early years: International policy and practice (pp. 439–457). Springer.

Pattison, S. A., Ramos Montañez, S., Santiago, A., Svarovsky, G. N., Douglass, A., Núñez, V., Allen, J., & Wagner, C. (2022). Interest catalysts: The unique ways families connect with program experiences to support long-term STEM interest pathways in early childhood. Paper presented at the NARST 2022 Annual International Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Pattison, S. A., Svarovsky, G. N., Ramos Montañez, S., Wagner, C., Corbett, A., Perdomo, M. E., López Burgos, V., & De Los Santos, S. (2022). Activity design principles that support family-based engineering learning in early childhood. Paper presented at the NARST 2022 Annual International Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Pattison, S. A., Svarovsky, G., Corbett, A., Perdomo, M. E., Ramos Montañez, S., Wagner, C., López Burgos, V., & De Los Santos, S. (2022). Playful materials catalyze imaginative play and shift the nature of engineering design for preschool-age children and their families. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Learning through Play and Imagination meeting, St Louis, MO.

Pattison, S. A., Ramos Montañez, S., Svarovsky, G. N., & Tominey, S. (2022). Engineering for equity: Exploring the intersection of engineering education, family learning, early childhood, and equity. TERC.

Ramos Montañez, S., & Pattison, S. (2022). How activity frames shape situated identity negotiation: Theoretical and practical insights from an informal engineering education program. In H. T. Holmegaard & L. Archer (Eds.), Science Identities (Vol. 12, pp. 333–357). Springer.

2021

Cardella, M. E., Svarovsky, G. N., & Pattison, S. A. (2021). Engineering education in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade: An overview [Commissed report for the Committee on Enhancing Science and Engineering in Prekindergarten through Fifth Grades].

Pattison, S. A., & Ramos Montañez, S. (2021). Facilitating family learning in museums: Re-thinking our assumptions and approaches. In J. L. Porter & M. K. Cunningham (Eds.), Museum education for today’s audiences: Meeting expectations with new models. Rowman & Littlefield.

Pattison, S. A., & Svarovsky, G. N. (2021). Sharpening our focus on equity: Reflections from the Storybook STEM project.

Pattison, S. A., Svarovsky, G. N., & Ramos Montañez, S. (2021). Storybook STEM: Children’s literature as a tool for supporting equitable STEM learning for families. Hands On! Magazine, Spring, 12–17.

2020

Pattison, S. A., Ramos Montañez, S., & Svarovsky, G. N. (2020). Early childhood engineering: Supporting engineering design practices with young children and their families. Paper presented at the NARST 2020 Annual International Conference, Portland, OR.

Pattison, S. A., Svarovsky, G., Ramos Montañez, S., Gontan, I., Weiss, S., Núñez, V., Corrie, P., Smith, C., & Benne, M. (2020). Understanding early childhood engineering interest development as a family-level systems phenomenon: Findings from the Head Start on Engineering project. Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER), 10(1), 72–89.

2019

Pattison, S. A., Núñez, V., Smith, C., & Douglass, A. (2019). Ingeniería para mi familia: Strengthening the cultural relevance of the Head Start on Engineering program for families. Cambridge, MA: TERC.

2018

Pattison, S. A., Núñez, V., Smith, C., Svarovsky, G. N., Benne, M., Corrie, P., & Stewart, R. (2018). Introduction to the Head Start on Engineering pilot program: Engaging families with preschool children in the engineering design process. Portland, OR: Institute for Learning Innovation.

Pattison, S. A., Svarovsky, G. N., Benne, M., Corrie, P., Núñez, V., & Smith, C. (2018). Head Start on Engineering: 2017–18 program year evaluation report. Portland, OR: Institute for Learning Innovation.

Pattison, S. A., Svarovsky, G. N., Benne, M., Corrie, P., Núñez, V., Smith, C., & Stewart, R. (2018). Head Start on Engineering. Poster presented at the Visitor Studies Association Conference, Chicago, IL.

Pattison, S. A., Weiss, S., Ramos-Montañez, S., Gontan, I., Svarovsky, G., Corrie, P. G., … Smith, C. (2018). Engineering in early childhood: Describing family-level interest development systems. Paper presented at the NARST 91st Annual International Conference, Atlanta, GA.