The world should be a place of wonderment and satisfaction for young students as they explore, investigate, discover, and solve problems that are meaningful to them. Young children have a natural curiosity and motivation to understand the world as budding scientists and engineers; however, more work needs to be done to understand and support preschool […]
This symposium at SREE 2025 examines new approaches to assessing how young children learn science and engineering in the early grades. Presenters will share a landscape analysis of existing assessments and introduce innovative tools, including computer-adaptive tests, game-based performance tasks, and measures of computational thinking. Together, these studies highlight both the promise and the challenges […]
