Data Modeling with Young Learners and Their Families

公民越来越需要能够处理数据并考虑数据的表示方式。这项工作采用了设计、制作、游戏框架，在非正式环境中为幼儿及其照顾者创建数据建模学习体验。该项目将为 5-8 岁儿童开发和测试一系列研讨会课程，让他们对数据建模进行有趣的探索。孩子们将参与数据收集、数据表示和数据分析，绘制自己的世界经历。该课程将支持培养儿童对数据的兴趣和参与，这是一系列 STEM 职业和学科的基本概念。这项工作将为数据建模和表示方面的类似学习经验提供一个模型。该项目将推进学生和教师创新技术体验 (ITEST) 计划的工作，以更好地理解和促进提高学生在科学、技术、工程或数学 (STEM) 领域追求职业的动力和能力的实践。该项目以幼儿学习的理论框架为基础，侧重于有趣的探索、设计以及以儿童自己的经验和问题为基础。研究问题探讨了需要如何设计课程来支持多年龄段儿童进行数据建模、年龄较小（5-6 岁）和年龄较大（7-8 岁）儿童参与数据建模，以及学习 STEM 的积极方法有所增加的证据。设计和开发项目将使用基于设计的研究框架来测试和研究材料。孩子们应该增强解决问题、采取主动、利用现有资源来解决自己的问题和应对新挑战的信心。要收集的数据包括对参与者的访谈、活动期间儿童工作的文物，以及记录问题解决、坚持和参与的观察工具。

There is a growing need for citizens to be able to work with data and consider how data is represented. This work employs a design, make, play framework to create data modeling learning experiences for young children and their caregivers in an informal setting. The project will develop and test a curriculum for a workshop series for 5-8 year old children to engage them in playful exploration of data modelling. Children will engage in data collection, data representation and data analysis drawing their own experiences of the world. The curriculum will support developing children's interest and engagement with data, a foundational concept for a range of STEM careers and disciplines. This work will provide a model for similar learning experiences in data modeling and representation. This project will advance efforts of the Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program to better understand and promote practices that increase students' motivations and capacities to pursue careers in fields of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM).The project is grounded in a theoretical framework for young children's learning that focus on playful exploration, design, and building on children's own experiences and questions. The research questions examine how the curriculum needs to be designed to support multi-age groups of children in data modeling, engagement in data modeling by younger (ages 5-6) and older (ages 7-8) children, and evidence of increased in active approaches to learning about STEM. The design and development project will test and investigate the materials using a design-based research framework. The children should increase their confidence in solve problems, in taking initiative and in drawing on available resources to pursue their own questions and respond to novel challenges. Data to be collected include interviews with participants, artifacts of children's work during the activity, and an observational instrument to document problem solving, persistence, and engagement.