Parent STEM talk has been linked to better child STEM outcomes in prior research, per the authors¶
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q1 i? The authors state that parents' STEM talk has been linked to better STEM outcomes in prior research. → Karen L. Bierman 2025
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Karen L. Bierman 2025¶
Karen L. Bierman, Lynn S. Liben, Meg Small, Jennifer Connell, Brenda Heinrichs, Jessica Menold, Scarlett Rae Miller, Morgan Mannweiler. (2025). Guided activity kits impact parents’ scaffolding of child STEM play. Learning and Instruction. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2025.102082
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The article attributes this link to prior research, reporting that parents' STEM talk "has been linked to better STEM outcomes in prior research." The provided text does not present the underlying prior studies, so this is an untested second-hand attribution.
"Self-guiding STEM activity kits designed for parent-child play are effective for boosting some parents’ STEM talk that has been linked to better STEM outcomes in prior research."
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Related Claims¶
- Guided activity kits showed no main effect on parents' STEM talk or directive management during parent-child building play — related
- Guided activity kits increased STEM talk only among parents with less formal education, relative to basic kits — related
- Parent number talk is not related to children's general vocabulary development once SES and overall talk are controlled, indicating domain specificity — related
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Parent STEM talk has been linked to better child STEM outcomes in prior research, per the authors |
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Parent STEM talk has been linked to better child STEM outcomes in prior research, per the authors |
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