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The Creativity Crisis. (2010, July 10).
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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].
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- 3. 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 Merryman Creativity Researcher Making in the Classroom: Why It’s a Good Idea
- 4. 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
- 5. 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
- 6. 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
- 7. Some Definitions Tinkering –”Working with materials and phenomena…” The Exploratorium, 2014 Making in the Classroom: Why It’s a Good Idea
- 8. 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
- 9. 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
- 10. 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
- 11. 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