PROFILE

Monica Cardella

Director and Professor

Florida International University

About informal science

Projects

Integrated STEM and Computing Learning in Formal and Informal Settings for Kindergarten to Grade 2 Gender Research on Adult-child Discussions in Informal Engineering Environments (GRADIENT)

Research

Design and Implementation of Data Collection in a Large-Scale, Multi-Year Pre-College Engineering Study: A Retrospective Inspiring Young Children to Engage in Computational Thinking In and Out of School (Research to Practice) Examining the Role of Parents in Promoting Computational Thinking in Children: A Case Study on one Homeschool Family (Fundamental)

K-2 Students’ Computational Thinking Engagement in Formal and Informal Learning Settings: A Case Study (Fundamental) Promoting Computational Thinking in children Using Apps Capturing the Computational Thinking of Families with Young Children in Out-of-School Environments Parental Influence on Children's Computational Thinking in an Informal Setting (Fundamental Research) Early Childhood Engineering: Supporting Engineering Design Practices with Young Children and Their Families A Practitioner's Guide to Puppet Interviews: Puppet Interviewing with Young Children in Informal Learning Environments