@inproceedings{a46065880a004f4eb231c699b8e189dc,
title = "Kira & the spinners: Exploring the dilemmas of a structured-choice learning environment in a public school",
abstract = "We report a case drawn from 6 months of ethnographic and interview research in a STEAM Lab. Free to choose what to work on, students acquired difficult skills and demonstrated what school leaders had identified as valued capacities: collaboration, creativity, and persistence. The teacher struggled, however, to apply conventional grading practices to recognize this learning. We analyze the case of Kira, a 7th grader who learned to design and 3D print an original fidget spinner and began to imagine herself as a designer and entrepreneur. Kira{\textquoteright}s story came to a surprising and sad end, as she failed to produce the “evidence of learning” required for a high grade. The case highlights the dilemmas of recognizing and assessing consequential learning experiences in project-based environments.",
author = "Peter Meyerhoff and Reed Stevens",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} ISLS.; 14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences: The Interdisciplinarity of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2020 ; Conference date: 19-06-2020 Through 23-06-2020",
year = "2020",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL",
publisher = "International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS)",
pages = "577--580",
editor = "Melissa Gresalfi and Horn, {Ilana Seidel}",
booktitle = "14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences",
}
