Loyola University Chicago

Children's Memory and Learning

Publications & Resources

(Selected) Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Web Publications

SRCD Social Policy Report: "Leveraging Research on Informal Learning to Inform Policy on Promoting Early STEM"

StoryHub Blog: "Making museum memories"

SRCD Monograph Matters: "Developmental Science Research with Children’s Museums, Not Just at Them"

Resources

Narrative Coding Resources

Online Resources

Presentations

Undergraduate student Skye Peyton will present her poster, "Peyton, S.K., Aldrich, B.M., Metlicka, M.A., & Haden, C.A. (2024, April). "Children's emotional engagement and STEM talk in a museum," at the Midwestern Psychological Association Meeting in Chicago, IL. Peyton et al. MPA 2024 Poster

Undergraduate student Saida Mirdadi will present her poster, "Mirdadi, S., Pagano, L.C., & Haden, C.A. (2024, April). "Students emotions when learning about climate change during a field trip," at the Midwestern Psychological Association Meeting in Chicago, IL. Mirdadi MPA 2024 Poster

Undergraduate student Elyse Hertzman will present her poster, "Hertzman, E.C., Pagano, L.C., Uttal, D.H., & Haden, C.A. (2024, April). "Drawing conclusions: Annotating visual representations supports students' STEM-related talk," at the Midwestern Psychological Association Meeting in Chicago, IL. Hertzman et al. MPA 2024 Poster

Undergraduate student Katy Nyland will present her poster, "Nyland, K.J., Vlahandreas, E.J., George, R.E., Pagano, L.C., Uttal, D.H., & Haden, C.A. (2024, April). "Scaffolding parent-child storytelling and building spatial knowledge during museum-based tinkering," at the Midwestern Psychological Association Meeting in Chicago, IL. Nyland et al. MPA 2024 Poster

Research Assistant Milla Metlicka will present her poster, "Metlicka, M.A., Aldrich, B.A., & Haden, C.A. (2024, April). "The role of children's emotional engagement in at-home STEM activities," at the Midwestern Psychological Association Meeting in Chicago, IL. Metlicka et al. MPA 2024 Poster

Graduate student Bianca Aldrich will present her poster, "Aldrich, B.M. & Haden, C.A. (2024, March). "Associations between parents' autonomy supportive management language and children's STEM talk during and after tinkering and home," at the Cognitive Development Society Meeting in Pasadena, CA. Aldrich, CDS 2024 Poster

Graduate student Grace Ocular will present her poster, "Ocular, G., Lang, N., Pagano, L.C., & Haden, C.A. (2024, March). "'Where's your monster going?': Children's story and STEM talk during tinkering and reflections," at the Cognitive Development Society Meeting in Pasadena, CA. Ocular et al. CDS 2024 Poster

Dr. Lauren Pagano will present her poster, "Pagano, L.C., Ocular, G., Rothschild, D., Nsier, H., Denis, K., Hertzman, E., Uttal, D.H., & Haden, C.A. (2024, March). "Writing and reflecting: How middle school students learn from data visualizations during field trips," at the Cognitive Development Society Meeting in Pasadena, CA. Pagano, CDS 2024 GMRI

Dr. Lauren Pagano and project coordinator Riley George will present their poster, "Pagano, L.C., George, R.E., Hurka, K.L., Fiegen, E.F., Vlahandreas, E.J., Haden, C.A., & Uttal, D.H. (2024, March). "Tinkering here and there: How families talk about informal STEM learning activities in museums and at home," at the Cognitive Development Society Meeting in Pasadena, CA. Pagano & George, CDS 2024 

Dr. Diana Acosta and Dr. Catherine Haden will present their poster, "Acosta, D.I., Montúfar Soria, P., Haden, C.A., Callanan, M., & Melzi, G. (2024, March). "'Todos es ciencia': Mexican-heritage parents' definitions of science," at the Cognitive Development Society Meeting in Pasadena, CA. Acosta et al. CDS 2024 Poster

Dr. Lauren Pagano and research assistant Riley George presented their poster, "Pagano, L.C., George, R.E., Haden, C.A., & Uttal, D.H. (2023, March). "Transporting toy friends during tinkering promotes storytelling and testing talk in family reflections," at Society for Research in Child Development Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT. Pagano & George, SRCD.

Graduate student Bianca Aldrich presented her poster, "Aldrich, B.M. & Haden, C.A. (2023, March). "Moment-to-moment associations between parental autonomy support and children's STEM engagement during tinkering" at the Society for Research in Child Development Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT. Aldrich SRCD 2023

Graduate students Bianca Aldrich and Grace Ocular presented their poster, "Aldrich, B.M., Ocular, G., & Haden, C.A. (2023, March). "Linkages between children's story and STEM engagement during tinkering" at the Society for Research in Child Development Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT. Aldrich & Ocular, SRCD 2023

Graduate student Naomi Polinsky presented her poster, "Polinsky, N., Fiegen, E., Hurka, K., Haden, C.A, & Uttal, D.H. (2023, March). "Spatial thinking during tinkering challenges: The role of spatial information" at the Society for Research in Child Development Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT. Polinsky, SRCD 2023 Poster

Research assistant Riley George presented her poster, "George, R.E., Bailey, B., Pagano, L.C., & Haden. C.A. (2023, April). "Parent-child reflections about multiple visits a museum tinkering exhibit" at the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, IL. George, MPA 2023 Poster

Undergraduate student Noelle Pittman presented her poster, "Pittman, N.M., Pagano, L.C., Solis, G., & Haden, C.A. (2022, April). "Tinkering with Technology: Parent-child collaboration and technology talk during informal learning activities" at the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, IL. Pittman, MPA 2022 Poster

Undergraduate student Riley George presented her poster, "George, R.E., Amdeen, A.A., Pagano, L.C., & Haden, C.A. (2022, April). "'You Gotta Tell the Camera!': Digital storytelling activities support children's narrative and engineering talk" at the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, Chicago, IL. George, MPA 2022 Poster

Dr. Lauren Pagano presented her poster, "Pagano, L.C., George, R.E., Amdeen, A.A., & Haden, C.H. (2022, April). "Connections between digital storytelling and children’s narrative and engineering talk" at the Cognitive Development Society Meeting, Madison, WI. Pagano, CDS 2022 Poster

Dr. Diana Acosta presented her poster, "Acosta, D.A., Haden, C.A., & Koin, K. (2022, April). Tinkering at Home: Creating equitable engineering and spatial learning opportunities for Latine children and families during the COVID-19 pandemic" at the Cognitive Development Society Meeting, Madison, WI. Acosta, 2022 CDS Poster

Graduate student Bianca Aldrich presented her poster, "Aldrich, B.M., Haden, C.A., Acosta, D.A., & Pagano, L.C. (2022, April). Museum practices that support children's engineering learning" at the Cognitive Development Society Meeting, Madison, WI. Aldrich, 2022 CDS Poster

Dr. Maria Marcus presented her poster, "Marcus, M.,Tõugu, P., Haden, C.A., & Uttal, D. H. (October, 2017). Using photo-narrative reflections to foster children’s learning and remembering" at the Cognitive Development Society Meeting, Portland, OR. Marcus,2017 CDS Poster

Graduate student Lauren Pagano presented her poster, "Pagano, L.C., Nesi, D., Johnson, D. A., Acosta, D.A., Haden, C. A., Uttal, D. H., & Gamez, P. B. (2017, April). Tinkering and Telling:Reminiscing about STEM Learning Experiences in a Children’s Museum" at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Austin, TX. Pagano,2017 SRCD Poster

Graduate student Diana Acosta presented her poster, "Acosta, D. I., Marcus, M., Pagano, L. C., Sadoun, M., Crowe, A. N., Haden, C. A., & Uttal, D. H. (October, 2017). Children’s narrative reflections reveal engineering learning during tinkering activities in a children’s museum" at the Cognitive Development Society Meeting, in Portland, OR. Acosta,2017 CDS Poster

 

Selected Journal Articles

Copies of articles are available on request and are listed on Dr. Haden's research profiles listed above.