The importance of increasing interest in the STEM disciplines has been noted in a number of
recent national reports. While many previous studies have focused on such efforts inside of …

An individual's sense of themselves as a “STEM person” is largely formed through
recognition feedback. Unfortunately, for many minoritized individuals who engage in STEM …

Designing for and facilitating intergenerational group learning is an important objective of
informal science institutions as most visitors in those settings engage with scientific thinking …

We investigated how families experienced immersion as they collaboratively made sense of
geologic time and geoscience processes during a place-based, learning-on-the-move …

This paper describes a virtual field trip application as a new type of immersive, multimodal,
interactive, data visualization of a virtual arboretum. Deployed in a game engine, it is a large …

This study aims to explore the impact of an augmented reality (AR) scientific inquiry tool
based on a brain-computer interface (BCI) on students' scientific performance, flow …

Youth are introduced to STEM topics through informal settings like science camps, aquaria,
and zoos. In these interactive and sensory-rich environments, a well-designed programme …

Can a mobile app engage children in explorations of the natural world and promote their
interest in nature? Drawing on theory related to interest development and research on …

Although adults are known to play an important role in young children's development, little
work has focused on the enactive features of scaffolding in informal learning settings, and …

This study describes the implementation of a self-guiding mobile learning tool designed to
support youths' engagement with the natural world as they explored the flora and fauna …