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Aldrich, B. & Haden, C. A. (2024). Associations between parents' autonomy supportive management language and children's STEM talk during and after tinkering at home. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 247, 106034. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2024.106034

Pagano, L. C., George, R. E., Uttal, D. H., & Haden, C. A. (2024). You gotta tell the camera: Advancing children’s engineering learning through tinkering and digital storytelling. Child Development. http://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14094

Polinsky, N., Pagano, L. C., Acosta, D. I., Haden, C. A., & Uttal, D. H. (2023). Spatial language use in parent-child reflections about museum experiences. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 86, 101539. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2023.101539

Marcus, M., Solis, G., Sellars, S., & Haden, C. A. (2023). Promoting children’s STEM learning at home through tinkering and storytelling. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1146063. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1146063

Hurst, M., Polinsky, N., Haden, C., Levine, S., & Uttal, D. (2019). Advancing STEM learning by starting early: Leveraging research to inform policy. Social Policy Report, 32(3), 1-33. https://srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/sop2.5 

Haden, C. A. (2018, September 28). Blog: Making Museum Memories. https://bold.expert/making-museum-memories/

Haden, C. A. (2020). Developmental Science Research with Children’s Museums, Not Just at Them. [Peer commentary on the article “Exploration, Explanation, and Parent-Child Interaction in Museums” by M. A. Callanan, C. H. Legare, D. M. Sobel, G. Jaeger, S. Letourneau, S. R. McHugh, A. Willard, et al.]. Monograph Matters. Retrieved from https://monographmatters.srcd.org/2020/03/16/commentary-haden-85-1/

 

Presentations

George, R. E., Sabolay, L., Steinorth, A. G., Pagano, L. C., Uttal, D. H., & Haden, C. A. (2026, April). Story-based tinkering programs as engendering both a sense of belonging and spatial thinking in museums. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Montreal, Canada. George et al. CDS 2026 Poster

Sabolay, L., Metlicka, M., & Haden, C. A. (2026). How museum facilitation and program design supports children’s STEM engagement. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. Sabolay et al. MPA 2026 Poster

Pagano, L. C., George, R. E., Uttal, D. H., & Haden, C. A. (2025). When Technology Meets Tinkering: Promoting Museum Engineering Engagement through Digital Storytelling. In L. Pagano (Chair). Out-of-School Time Tech: Supporting Children’s STEM Engagement through Digital Tools and Conversations. Symposium presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development in Minneapolis, MN.

Aldrich, B. M., & Haden, C. A. (2025). Emotion mediates storytelling and STEM engagement for girls during tinkering at home. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN. Aldrich & Haden SRD 2025 Poster

George, R. E., Pagano, L. C., Hurka, K. L., Uttal, D. H., & Haden, C. A. (2025). Bridging spatial learning and storytelling during a cardboard neighborhood tinkering program. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN. George et al. SRCD 2025 Poster 1

George, R. E., Metlicka, M. A., Aldrich, B. M., & Haden, C. A. (2025). "Get in, monster!": Children's storytelling and STEM talk during iterative museum tinkering programs. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN. George et al. SRCD 2025 Poster 2

Lang, N., Metlicka, M., & Haden, C. A. (2025, April). Encouraging Exploration: How Facilitation Supports Children’s STEM-Talk in Museums. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. Lang et al. MPA 2025 Poster

Steinorth, A. G., George, R. E., Pagano, L. C., Hurka, K. L., Uttal, D. H., & Haden, C. A. (2025, April). Fostering children's spatial thinking and storytelling during museum-based tinkering. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. Steinorth et al. MPA 2025 Poster

Peyton, S., Aldrich, B., Haden, C. A., & Metlicka, M. (2024, April). Children's emotional engagement and STEM talk in a children’s museum. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago IL. Peyton et al. MPA 2024 Poster

Nyland, K., Vlahandreas, E., George, R., Pagano, L., Uttal, D., & Haden, C. (2024, April). Scaffolding parent-child storytelling and building spatial knowledge during museum-based tinkering. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago IL.Nyland et al. MPA 2024 Poster

Metlicka, M., Aldrich, B., & Haden, C. (2024, April). The role of children's emotional engagement in at-home STEM activities. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago IL. Metlicka et al. MPA 2024 Poster

Aldrich, B., & Haden, C. (2024, March). Associations between parents' autonomy supportive management language and children's STEM talk during and after tinkering at home. Poster presented at the meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Pasadena, CA. Aldrich, CDS 2024 Poster

Ocular, G., Lang, N., Pagano, L., & Haden, C. (2024, March). “Where’s your monster going?”: Children’s story and STEM talk during tinkering and reflections. Poster presented at the meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Pasadena, CA. Ocular et al. CDS 2024 Poster

Pagano, L., George, R., Hurka, K., Fiegen, E. o , Vlahandreas, E., Haden, C., & Uttal, D. (2024, March). Tinkering here and there: How families talk about informal STEM learning activities in museums and at home. Poster presented at the meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Pasadena, CA. Pagano & George, CDS 2024 

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. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Salt Lake City, UT. Pagano & George, SRCD

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

Aldrich, B. M., Ocular, G., & Haden, C. A. (2023, March). Linkages between children's story and STEM engagement during tinkering. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT. Aldrich & Ocular, SRCD 2023

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

George, R.E., Bailey, B., Pagano, L.C., & Haden. C.A. (2023, April). Parent-child reflections about multiple visits a museum tinkering exhibit. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. George, MPA 2023 Poster

Pittman, N. M., Pagano, L. C., Solis, G., & Haden, C. A. (2022, April). Tinkering with technology: Family collaboration and technology talk during informal learning activities. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. Pittman, MPA 2022 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. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. George, MPA 2022 Poster

Pagano, L. C., George, R. E., Amdeen, A. A., & Haden, C. A. (2022, April). Connections between digital storytelling and children's narrative and engineering talk. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Madison, WI. Pagano, CDS 2022 Poster

Acosta, D. I., 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. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Madison, WI. Acosta, 2022 CDS Poster

Aldrich, B., Haden, C. A., Acosta, D., Pagano, L. (2022, April). Museum practices that support children’s engineering learning. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Madison, WI. Aldrich, 2022 CDS Poster

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

Pagano, L. C., Nesi, D., Johnson, D. A., Acosta, D., Haden, C. A., Uttal, D. H., & Gamez, P. B. (2017, April). Reminiscing about STEM learning experiences in a children’s museum. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Austin, TX. Pagano,2017 SRCD Poster

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