Learning in informal settings is attracting growing attention from policymakers and
researchers, yet there remains, at the moment, a dearth of literature on the topic. Thus this
volume, which examines how science and mathematics are experienced in everyday and
out-of-school-time (OST) settings, makes an important contribution to the field of the learning
sciences. Conducting research on OST learning requires us to broaden and deepen our
conceptions of learning as well as to better identify the unique and common qualities of …

LOST Opportunities is fairly large, 19 chapters in total, so rather than attempt to deal with the
whole book, this review will focus on a selection of chapters from each part. These are
chapters that, for me, represent some of the most important or powerful challenges or
opportunities in research on out-of-school learning. While the book features research that
involves science and other STEM learning, this review, given the journal it appears in, will
concentrate on those chapters that involve mathematics learning. Perhaps, as a result of not …