Making the Maker: A Means-to-an-Ends approach to nurturing the Maker mindset in elementary-aged children

Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation.

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The four-phase model of interest development

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Motivating Project-Based Learning: Sustaining the Doing, Supporting the Learning

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Motivating Project-Based Learning: Sustaining the Doing, Supporting the Learning

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Digital Fabrication and ‘Making’ in Education: The Democratization of Invention

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Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering and Engineering in the Classroom

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Using the fun toolkit and other survey methods to gather opinions in child computer interaction

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Conclusions From the Validation of a Vignette-Based Instrument to Measure Maker Mindsets.

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Frustration as an Opportunity for Learning: Review of Literature

Juan, A. Y. S., & Murai, Y. (2021) · FabLearn Europe / MakeEd - International Conference on Computing, Design and Making in Education · doi:10.1145/3466725.3466758 · Cited by 2

Peran SASUDE sebagai gerakan swadaya literasi anak dalam membangun Sustainable Development Goals

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Montrer le faire, construire l’agir : une approche développementale de la conception mise en œuvre à l’école primaire

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Solving the Creativity Crisis

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Makerspaces and STEM/STEAM Education

Shernoff, D. J. (2024) · Advancing responsible adolescent development · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-69824-8_6 · Cited by 1

Comparing Robots and Non-robot Phygital Artefacts in Children’s Storytelling via a Systematic Review

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Exploring the Direction of Korean Maker Education for Activating Maker's Movement in the 4th Industrial Revolution

Byun, M.-K., & Choe, I.-S. (2018) · Journal of Engineering Education Research · doi:10.18108/jeer.2018.21.2.39 · Cited by 1

Green Stories for Digital Sustainable Development Education

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HOW CAN (PHYSICAL) COMPUTING BE COMBINED WITH STORYTELLING AND PLAY IN PRE-SCHOOL AND EARLY-SCHOOL EDUCATION

Khan, M. B. (2024) · International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI) · doi:10.1145/3656650.3656746 · Cited by 1

Solving the Creativity Crisis

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Teachers’ self-perception in maker education: three approaches for STEM professional development

Moreno, J. M., Santos, P., & Hernández‐Leo, D. (2021) · IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT) · doi:10.1109/icalt52272.2021.00076 · Cited by 1

Becoming Makers: A Designed-Based Research Study Investigating Curriculum Implementation Through Making

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Toward a Socio-Cultural Perspective on "Making"

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Anchoring Computational Thinking in Upper Elementary Physical Science Through Problem-Centered Storytelling and Play.

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The MakerLab Project: Using Makerspace Pedagogy to Engage Preservice Science Educators in Independent Scientific Inquiry

Lemus, J. (2019) · American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting (AERA) · doi:10.3102/1442566

Makerspaces in Pre-K–12 School Libraries: A Preliminary Empirical Analysis

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‘All Together Now’ - Integrating Horizontal Skills in CareerTechnical Education Classes with Making and Micro-manufacturing

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Work in Progress: Toward an Augmented Reality (AR) Learning Environment for Hispanic High School Students to Visualize and Embody STEM Spatial Transformations

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Teachers’ Perceptions of the Maker Mindset and its Facilitation

Aljabaly, M., Seitamaa‐Hakkarainen, P., & Kangas, K. (2024) · Techne serien - Forskning i slöjdpedagogik och slöjdvetenskap · doi:10.7577/technea.5582

The effectiveness of the flipped classroom learning model with the assistance of learning videos on mathematics learning "Data" material

Fauzi, Y. N., Irawati, R., & Aeni, A. N. (2023) · Sekumpul Journal of Multidisciplinary Education Sciences · doi:10.62568/jomes.v1i1.21

A Review of Cultural Impact on Children’s Play Perception and Digital Games

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A Single Case Study of a MakerBus in K-12 Education

Daughrity, L. (2021) · doi:10.12794/metadc1808446

Child computer interactions: Cognitive development and segmenting unsafe video contents: A review

Zahoor, I., & Lone, S. A. (2025) · Entertainment Computing · doi:10.1016/j.entcom.2025.100931

Maker programs in preK-12 school libraries : identifying the drivers and consequences

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Engineering Design Curriculum Based on Multi-school, Multidisciplinary, And Multi-grade Team Activities

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Makerspaces und MINT/MINKT-Bildung

Shernoff, D. J. (2025) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-032-04678-9_6

Children exploring circuits and identities in the figured world of a makerspace

Parekh, P. (2025) · International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction · doi:10.1016/j.ijcci.2025.100801

Teachers’ facilitation of students’ making and maker mindset in the elementary classroom

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Development and validation of a maker literacy assessment scale for secondary school students in China

Shen, G., Huang, J., & Wang, G. (2026) · Humanities and Social Sciences Communications · doi:10.1057/s41599-026-07804-w

From explorations to expectations: Designing phygital artefacts for children’s imaginative play

Gennari, R., Khan, M. B., & Melonio, A. (2026) · International Journal of Technology and Design Education · doi:10.1007/s10798-026-10140-4

From Classroom-Making to Functional-Making

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You have to start somewhere

Iivari, N., Kinnula, M., & Molin‐Juustila, T. (2018) · ACM International Conference on Interaction Design and Children (IDC) · doi:10.1145/3202185.3202742 · Cited by 18

A Systemic Analysis of Making in Elementary Schools: Understanding Making for Children through Activity Theory

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Leveraging cultural values and “ways of knowing” to increase diversity in maker activities

Holbert, N. R. (2016) · International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction · doi:10.1016/j.ijcci.2016.10.002 · Cited by 72

Digital fabrication in education: Expanding the research towards design and reflective practices

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