Researching Invention Education: 2019-2025 documents what is now known in the IvE field and identifies opportunities for even greater inclusive impact on K–12 students. It revisits the nine gaps and examines them in the context of what has been published in the past six years. It also identifies strengths and remaining gaps in the scholarly knowledge of invention education. As such, this paper is organized according to the following topics:

  • IvE: Related Disciplines and Pedagogies

  • Research on Invention Pathways

  • Developing Inventiveness

  • Community Engagement and Ecosystem Development

  • Research and

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Research compendium originally published by LMIT and updated by InventED in 2025
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Draws extensively from LMIT research
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