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A PROBLEM: A Measure of Creativity in American Children is Dropping
“The TTCT (Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking) predicts lifetime achievement more effectively than IQ. …Before 1990, scores were going up, but they’ve been going down since.”
Ashley MerrymanCreativity Researcher
Making in the Classroom: Why It’s a Good Idea
Making and Hands-On Learning as A Possible Response to Dropping Creativity
“Making is a stance that puts learners at the center of the educational process and creates opportunities that students may never have encountered themselves.”
Martinez and Stager, 2013
Making in the Classroom: Why It’s a Good Idea
Some Definitions
Making –” Making is about the active role construction plays in learning. The maker has a product in mind when working with tools and materials.”
Martinez and Stager, 2013
Making in the Classroom: Why It’s a Good Idea
Some Definitions
Constructionism –”The simplest definition of constructionism evokes the idea of learning-by-making... ”
Papert and Harel, 1991
Making in the Classroom: Why It’s a Good Idea
Some Definitions
Tinkering –”Working with materials and phenomena…”
The Exploratorium, 2014
Making in the Classroom: Why It’s a Good Idea
On the Pedagogy of Making
“Teachers should be concerned with making thinking visible, or making private thinking public. Making is a way of documenting the thinking of a learner as a shareable artifact.”
Martinez and Stager, 2013
Making in the Classroom: Why It’s a Good Idea
Examples of Making-Oriented Projects in Schools and Communities
Bay Area Maker Faire http://tinyurl.com/mgrruc6
Making in the Classroom: Why It’s a Good Idea
REFERENCES
The Creativity Crisis. (2010, July 10). Retrieved December 21, 2014, from http://www.newsweek.com/creativity-crisis-74665
Wilkinson, K., & Petrich, M. (2013). The art of tinkering : meet 150+ makers working at the intersection of art, science & technology / Karen Wilkinson & Mike Petrich. [San Francisco] : Weldon Owen, [2013].
Making in the Classroom: Why It’s a Good Idea
REFERENCES
Harel, I., & Papert, S. (1991). Constructionism. (I. Harel & S. Papert, Eds.). Westport, CT, US: Ablex Publishing.
Martinez, S. L., & Stager, G. (2013). Invent to learn : making, tinkering, and engineering in the classroom. Torrance, Calif. : Constructing Modern Knowledge Press, 2013.
Making in the Classroom: Why It’s a Good Idea
