Below are articles and publications produced by the Head Start on Engineering project. Manuscripts in preparation or review are available from the authors on request.
2026
Pattison, S. A., Ramos Monta帽ez, S., L贸pez Burgos, V., Svarovsky, G. N., Douglass, A., Allen, J., Wagner, C., Santiago, A., & Reyes, N. (2026). Agentic interest development: How Spanish- and English-speaking caregivers from low-income communities leverage STEM programs to support their family goals and interests. Cambridge, MA: AV巴士.
2025
Ramos Monta帽ez, S., Pattison, S. A., Svarovsky, G. N., Douglass, A., Allen, J., L贸pez Burgos, V., Reyes, N., & Garibay, C. (2025). Empowering communities and project teams: The role of equity advocates in informal STEM education. Cambridge, MA: AV巴士.
Pattison, S. A., Jbali, M., Preisz, A., Ramos Monta帽ez, S., Allen, J., Douglass, A., Svarovsky, G. N., & L贸pez Burgos, V. (2025). . American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, Denver, CO.
Pattison, S. A., Ramos Monta帽ez, S., Svarovsky, G. N., Wagner, C., Corbett, A., Quijano, & L贸pez Burgos, V. (2025). . Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER).
Shaby, N., Dillon, J., Peleg, R., Assaraf, O. B.-Z., Pattison, S., Pierroux, P., Barzilay, M., Grenon, M., Steier, R., Ramos-Montanez, S., Wagner, C., Quijano, M., Burgos, V. L., & Contreras, D. (2025). . Research in Science and Technological Education.
2024
Pattison, S. A., Ramos Monta帽ez, S., Tolbert Smith, D., Cardella, M., Dou, R., Cian, H., Calabrese Barton, A., Sedawi, W., Tan, E., L贸pez Burgos, V., Svarovsky, G. N., Allen, J., Douglass, A., & Wagner, C. (2024). . Symposium presented at the NARST Annual International Conference, Denver, CO.
Svarovsky, G. N., Wagner, C., Lettau, M., Marfo, K., Pattison, S. A., Ramos Monta帽ez, S., L贸pez Burgos, V., Corbett, A., Quijano, M., & Contreras, D. (2024). . Paper presented at the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, OR.
2023
Pattison, S. A., Ramos Monta帽ez, S., L贸pez Burgos, V., Svarovsky, G. N., Wagner, C., Douglass, A., & Allen, J. (2023). . Paper presented at the American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD.
Pattison, S. A., Svarovsky, G. N., Ramos Monta帽ez, S., Wagner, C., L贸pez Burgos, V., Corbett, A., Quijano, M., Contreras, D., De Los Santos, S., & Perdomo, M. E. (2023). . Hands On! Magazine, Fall, 5鈥�10.
Pattison, S. A., Svarovsky, G., Ramos Monta帽ez, S., L贸pez Burgos, V., Santiago, A., & De Los Santos, S. (2023). . Educational Researcher, 52(9), 580鈥�587.
Wagner, C., Svarovsky, G. N., Lettau, M., Marfo, K., Lorena Ortiz, A., Ryan, D., Pattison, S. A., Ramos Monta帽ez, S., L贸pez Burgos, V., De Los Santos, S., Quijano, M., & Corbett, A. (2023). . Paper presented at the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD.
2022
Pattison, S. A., Ramos Monta帽ez, S., & Svarovsky, G. (2022). Science Education, 106(6), 1568-1604.
Pattison, S. A., & Ramos Monta帽ez, S. (2022). . In T. J. Kennedy & S. D. Tunnicliffe (Eds.), Play and STEM education in the early years: International policy and practice (pp. 439鈥�457). Springer.
Pattison, S. A., Ramos Monta帽ez, S., Santiago, A., Svarovsky, G. N., Douglass, A., N煤帽ez, V., Allen, J., & Wagner, C. (2022). . Paper presented at the NARST Annual International Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Pattison, S. A., Svarovsky, G. N., Ramos Monta帽ez, S., Wagner, C., Corbett, A., Perdomo, M. E., L贸pez Burgos, V., & De Los Santos, S. (2022). . Paper presented at the NARST Annual International Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Pattison, S. A., Svarovsky, G., Corbett, A., Perdomo, M. E., Ramos Monta帽ez, S., Wagner, C., L贸pez Burgos, V., & De Los Santos, S. (2022). . Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Learning through Play and Imagination meeting, St Louis, MO.
2020
Pattison, S. A., Ramos Monta帽ez, S., & Svarovsky, G. N. (2020). Early childhood engineering: Supporting engineering design practices with young children and their families. Paper presented at the NARST Annual International Conference, Portland, OR.
Pattison, S. A., Svarovsky, G., Ramos Monta帽ez, S., Gontan, I., Weiss, S., N煤帽ez, V., Corrie, P., Smith, C., & Benne, M. (2020). Understanding early childhood engineering interest development as a family-level systems phenomenon: Findings from the Head Start on Engineering project. Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER), 10(1), 72鈥�89.
2019
Pattison, S. A., N煤帽ez, V., Smith, C., & Douglass, A. (2019). Ingenier铆a para mi familia: Strengthening the cultural relevance of the Head Start on Engineering program for families. Cambridge, MA: AV巴士.
2018
Pattison, S. A., N煤帽ez, V., Smith, C., Svarovsky, G. N., Benne, M., Corrie, P., & Stewart, R. (2018). Introduction to the Head Start on Engineering pilot program: Engaging families with preschool children in the engineering design process. Portland, OR: Institute for Learning Innovation.
Pattison, S. A., Svarovsky, G. N., Benne, M., Corrie, P., N煤帽ez, V., & Smith, C. (2018). Head Start on Engineering: 2017鈥�18 program year evaluation report. Portland, OR: Institute for Learning Innovation.
Pattison, S. A., Svarovsky, G. N., Benne, M., Corrie, P., N煤帽ez, V., Smith, C., & Stewart, R. (2018). Head Start on Engineering. Poster presented at the Visitor Studies Association Conference, Chicago, IL.
Pattison, S. A., Weiss, S., Ramos-Monta帽ez, S., Gontan, I., Svarovsky, G., Corrie, P. G., 鈥� Smith, C. (2018). Engineering in early childhood: Describing family-level interest development systems. Paper presented at the NARST Annual International Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Earlier Work
Pattison, S. A., Svarovsky, G. N., Gontan, I., Corrie, P., Benne, M., Weiss, S., 鈥� Ramos-Monta帽ez, S. (2017). . Connected Science Learning, 4.
Svarovsky, G. N., Pattison, S. A., Verbeke, M., Benne, M., & Corrie, P. (2017). Head Start on Engineering: Early findings (work in progress). Paper presented at the ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Columbus, OH: American Society for Engineering Education.
Pattison, S. A., Corrie, P., Benne, M., & Svarovsky, G. N. (2016). Head Start on Engineering: Supporting Engineering Interest Development in Early Childhood. Poster presented at the Visitor Studies Association Conference, Boston, MA.
Pattison, S. A., Svarovsky, G. N., Corrie, P., Benne, M., Nu帽ez, V., Dierking, L. D., & Verbeke, M. (2016). Conceptualizing early childhood STEM interest development as a distributed system: A preliminary framework. Paper presented at the NARST Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD.