The Seek & Share Resources Tool: Measuring a Learning Practice of Making

Making observations: Co‐design of an observation tool for and with maker educators

“…That is, each indicator adds up to create the construct of Seek & Share Resources in the form of an index (Jarvis et al, 2003). The more indicators the user observes (as seen in Figure 3), the more seeking and sharing behaviors we can hypothesize are present (White et al, 2022).…”

“…In particular, observing learners in museums and tools to guide observations as a means for assessing and evaluating learning are well established in the museum evaluation field (e.g., Grack Nelson et al., 2019; White et al., 2022). This rests on the assumption that what visitors do and say supports inferences about learning and engagement (Barriault & Pearson, 2010).…”

“…Seek and Share Resources is a learning practice of making we use to describe how learners may rely on and provide resources—social, physical, and ideational—in the environment to help them understand and to share how to use different tools, materials, and processes in pursuit of their goals. We define this practice as learners' identification, pursuit/recruitment, and sharing of expertise with others; includes collaboration and recognition of one's own not knowing and desire to learn (White et al., 2022).…”