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Monkeying Around Media and Hands-On Activity Prototypes: Formative Research Report

September 15, 2016 | Media and Technology, Informal/Formal Connections
“Monkeying Around: Digital Media and Parent/Child Engagement Resources to Increase Preschool Computational Thinking” is a new project that uses animation, live-action videos, and hands-on activities to support joint engagement of children and caregivers around computational thinking concepts and practices. WGBH, a leading producer of educational STEM media, developed prototypes of videos and hands-on activities around the project’s computational thinking learning goals for young children. Education Development Center (EDC), WGBH’s research partner for the project, conducted a small formative study with 15 English-speaking families (children and their caregivers) to test out these media and activity prototypes. This report summarizes what we learned about resources and strategies that best support the project’s learning goals.

TEAM MEMBERS

  • Heather Lavigne
    Author
    Education Development Center
  • Leslie Cuellar
    Author
    Education Development Center
  • Citation

    Funders

    NSF
    Funding Program: AISL
    Award Number: 1612642
    Funding Amount: $3,000,000.00
    Resource Type: Evaluation Reports
    Discipline: Education and learning science | General STEM
    Audience: Pre-K Children (0-5) | Parents/Caregivers | Museum/ISE Professionals | Evaluators | Learning Researchers
    Environment Type: Media and Technology | Broadcast Media | Websites, Mobile Apps, and Online Media | Informal/Formal Connections | Pre-K/Early Childhood Programs

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