2020 RESEARCH STUDY

BACKGROUND
Makers Empire  helps K-8 educators teach design thinking, STEM and 21st-century learning skills through 3D printing and 3D design.

Academy for Integrated Arts (AFIA) and Operation Breakthrough chose Makers Empire in order to teach students STEM skills using real-world learning.

GOALS
Andrea Davis (AFIA) and Jadwin Rowles (Operation Breakthrough) worked with the Jon Soong at Makers Empire to codesign a research study that evaluates Makers Empire’s impact on students’

• Spatial reasoning skills and oral language development.