When I think about what draws me most to research, I think about how it illuminates human nature. UX research brings a sense of humanity back into products and concepts that may have only existed as incubating ideas within a product development team. It can...
Research Camp is an immersive experience for both youth and clients. For the kids, it involves engaging in a full schedule of camp activities and participating in research for a brief period each day. Clients have the opportunity to witness children grapple with their research...
As a quantitative researcher and a current joint major in economics and math, we have been encouraged to see the increased emphasis on motivating girls and women to pursue STEM activities and educational opportunities in recent years. We were inspired to spotlight STEM opportunities for...
In June, my colleague Amy Warren and I set out to recruit families from the Greater Boston and Providence areas for Fluent Research’s first ever Research Camp, a new and innovative take on community-based action research. For this inaugural camp, we focused on recruiting Latinx...
If you have had any interactions with a teen or young adult recently, I am sure you have heard the word "cringy" uttered more than once. Consider Chicken Shop Date interviews with Amelia Dimoldenberg and Taylor Swift's infamous 2022 NYU graduation speech when she says...
Digital contexts are becoming more prevalent in children’s lives than ever before, fueled in part by the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to move various aspects of children’s lives online*. Since human development is a holistic and dynamic process between the developing person and his...
Today, the most cutting-edge thinking about human development is holistic, dynamic, and emphasizes the relationship between the developing person and his or her context. This thinking is an important evolution; a stark contrast to outmoded ideas that see people as something to be molded by...
Here at Fluent Research, we find ourselves interacting with kids nearly all year around. We interview them about playtime and class time, film them at home and at school, play games with them, and even watch videos alongside them. We talk to kids a lot...