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Martina A. Rau; Sally P. W. Wu – Grantee Submission, 2018
Connection-making among multiple representations is a crucial but difficult competence in STEM learning. Prior research has focused on one type of learning process involved in connection-making: sense-making processes leading to conceptual understanding of connections. Yet, other research suggests that a second type of learning process is…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Teaching Methods, Visual Perception, Control Groups
Dore, Rebecca A.; Smith, Eric D.; Lillard, Angeline S. – Grantee Submission, 2017
Adults adopt the traits of characters in narratives, but little is known about whether children do so. In Study 1, 7- and 10-year-olds (N = 96) heard a 2.5-minute recording about a professor or cheerleader. Reporting higher engagement in the professor narrative related to more time playing with an analytical toy (a Rubik's cube), whereas reporting…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Young Children, Personality Traits, Modeling (Psychology)