Using Existing Data to Investigate Ecosystem

Using Existing Data to Investigate Ecosystem

This article explores how data-related reasoning naturally emerged during an ecological investigation, the strategies used to support students’ understanding, and how students navigated the challenges of integrating statistical reasoning with their scientific explanations.

Exploring the local adaptation of a multimedia program for families with young children

This study explores how a community-based organization adapted a family learning program for Spanish-speaking families, identifying key adaptations related to content selection, bilingual support, and facilitation strategies. The findings offer valuable insights into how educational programs can be tailored to meet local needs while supporting successful scaling and long-term sustainability.

“You can bring yourself into your piece.” Young women’s agency in making

How can makerspaces better support young women’s agency and engagement? The AAMASE project explored how hands-on making experiences, from resin art to woodworking and laser engraving, can foster self-efficacy, personalization, connection, planning, and iteration among high-school-aged young women.

Increasing Data Literacy in High School Students Through Data Science and Healthcare: Part 1 of 2 Leading to AI Instruction

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Building Biomimetic Robots in Middle School by Aligning STEM Practices

The BioRobots curriculum integrates biology, engineering, and computational thinking as students design biomimetic robots, linking structure-function to engineering solutions.

Validating game-based learning assessment of students’ computational thinking practices using Bayesian networks and machine-learning based detectors

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The Development of an Early Childhood Data Science Learning Framework: Process and Reflections

This document describes the process by which the NSF-funded Advancing the Field of Data Science in the Early Childhood Years project (DRL- 2502649) developed its Learning Goals Framework.

Excursions: Activities That Foster Mathematical Belonging

The article “Excursions: Activities That Foster Mathematical Belonging” explains how creating a sense of belonging in mathematics can increase students’ engagement and confidence.

Agentic Interest Development: How Spanish- and English-Speaking Caregivers from Low-Income Communities Leverage STEM Programs to Support Their Family Goals and Interests

This study highlights how caregivers from low-income communities actively leveraged an informal engineering program to support their own and their families’ interests, challenging deficit-based views of STEM engagement and calling for approaches that center family voices and experiences.

Whole child, whole family, whole community: developing shared problems of practice with Latine families related to STEM learning in early childhood

This study explored the potential for identifying shared problems of practice with families through a 2-year discussion group series with Latine parents of preschoolers. The group was part of a project exploring how informal engineering learning experiences can build on Latine family assets and support executive function skills for young children.