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The study reports final evaluation from two afterschool events (n=10 and n=13), showing how the design addressed black boxing of technology through a craft-centric approach while engaging diverse student populations via educational framing with performance practice. 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We report on its final evaluation in two events (n=10 and n=13) to show how the design addressed black boxing of technology through a craft-centric approach and successfully engaged different student populations through an educational framing that included performance practice. The informal learning workshops are aimed at 5th grade level students. First, the problem space is laid out and the approach of the project introduced. Second, the design realization is briefly covered. Third, the final evaluation of the design in two workshop conditions is presented using qualitative as well as quantitative data. Students showed self-perceived increases particularly in their attitudes toward technology. These results are discussed before we report on the adaptation of the workshop for different conditions to illustrate the flexibility of the basic set up.  \nKeywords  \ncraft, informal STEM learning, puppetry, performance, making, adaptation  \nDesigning prototyping puppets  \nPrototyping Puppets is an exploratory informal learning research project conducted in Georgia, US. It targets students near the end of elementary school to teach them basic skills in circuit building and electronics. The project targets informal STEM learning but to focus on its key audience, it follows Next Generation Science Standards Engineering Design guidelines (States, 2013) and aligns with Georgia’s Academic Standards (Cox, 2004) of 5th grade education. Key technical elements include topics of conductivity, polarity, and simple electronic components such as switches and LEDs.  \nThe project developed a workshop curriculum that combines methods from craft and performance in a puppet-making and-playing exercise. Students construct basic rod puppets consisting of a double-sided paper-puppet build around a craft-stick to hold and manipulate the puppet. During the process, students learn fundamental principles of circuitry and combine physical making with prototyping electronics as each puppet also includes a simple circuit that students create and operate. The workshop uses student-driven narratives and collaborative performances to motivate students of varying interests. It addresses two key challenges in  \nSTEM education: 1) to attract and engage diverse student audiences with varying interest in STEM-topics and 2) to counter black boxing of technology. The following will outline the design criteria, development, and evaluation of the project, which saw assessment throughout its different stages. The essay will focus on the final evaluation through two afterschool workshops (n=10 and n=13), which included quantitative and qualitative feedback from instructors and students. The argument closes with a broader impact outlook, illustrating how the project was adapted by external instructors and fit into new contexts.  \nProblem and Motivation  \nPrototyping Puppets leans on craft practices and simple materials to push basic functionalities of circuit building to the forefront. A second foundation of the project was its reliance on the integration of performance practice to attract new students and keep them engaged. In combination, craft and performance were not used to necessarily lower any entry threshold but to spread engagement wider, reach different student populations, and inspire by tackling underlying circuitry logic, not hiding them.  \nA prevailing call to educational STEM kits is to support context for their teaching technologies and approaches (Peppler, 2013) . It is “fundamentally important for any student to be able to frame any STEM topic in a personal, thoughtful and meaningful context so as to allow for open inquiry, discourse, and evidence-based reasoning”(Zeidler, 2016) . But as optimized kits focus o","cbCaitStFtyRsqqH","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitStFtyRsqqH","pdf",1468235,"English","# Abstract\n# Designing prototyping puppets\n## Developing the workshop curriculum\n# Problem and Motivation\n## Challenges in STEM kits and black boxing\n## Role of performance practice","[{\"question\":\"What is Prototyping Puppets, and what learning goal does it target?\",\"answer\":\"Prototyping Puppets is an informal learning research project that uses puppet making to teach basic circuit-building and electronics skills to students near the end of elementary school, aligned with engineering design guidance and 5th grade standards.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the project address “black boxing of technology”?\",\"answer\":\"The workshop design keeps underlying circuitry logic visible by combining craft-centric making with prototypes that include simple circuits students build and operate, rather than hiding technical mechanisms inside opaque components.\"},{\"question\":\"How was the workshop evaluated and what outcomes were reported?\",\"answer\":\"Final evaluation was conducted in two afterschool workshop conditions (n=10 and n=13) using qualitative and quantitative feedback from instructors and students, with students reporting increased attitudes toward technology.\"}]","Framing craft and performance in hybrid puppetry workshops | PDF",1792091947]