Studies show that children spend considerable time engaged in informal learning outside of
educational settings. Informal educational settings such as museums can provide a variety …

This study examined the naturalistic conversations of 62 parent-child dyads during informal
learning at an aquarium and with a subsample at home. Children (M age= 69.8 months) with …

The literature defines curiosity and interest, but it is not clear how interest can be generated,
where interest is positioned in the learning process, and what the impact of interest is on …

Interest is a critical motivating factor shaping how children and youth engage with science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) inside and outside of school and to what …

We examined correlations between a home-based STEM activity illustrating the importance
of soap use during handwashing and children's (4-to 7-year-olds, N= 81, 42 girls, 39 boys) …

ABSTRACT A corpus of 65 articles from the years 2016–2021 was reviewed in order to
describe and analyze current representations of children's museums in the scholarly …

Science identity helps explain the attitude students have towards science, assessing how
and why they choose to engage with it both inside and outside of school. Over time, each …

We examine children's (N= 40; 4–8-years-old) spontaneous interactions with parents and
museum staff while exploring artifacts in a living history museum. Our aim was to connect the …

How is it that the millions of visitors who flock to science centers each year are able to make
use of the exhibits there? How do they discover the properties of previously unknown …

Despite numerous initiatives aimed at promoting gender equity in science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, women and girls continue to be …