Publications

From CS Pathways RPP, 2019–present

  1. Ni, L., Bausch, G., Martin, F., & Feliciano, B. (2022). Teachers as curriculum co-designers: Supporting professional learning and curriculum implementation in a CSforAll RPP project. In Proceedings of 2022 Conference on Research in Equitable and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT). 1-8.
  2. Bausch, G. (2022, March). Equipping Middle School Teachers with Culturally Responsive Pedagogy for Computer Science Through Community-centered Professional Development. In Proceedings of the 53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. https://doi.org/10.1145/3478432.3499213
  3. Feliciano, B., Ni, L., Martin, F., Hsu, H. (2021, April). Developing Classroom Assessment for a Middle School Computer Science Curriculum: An Approach, Challenges, and Response. Roundtable conference presentation at AERA 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting. Paper link. Presentation link.
  4. Ni, L., Martin, F., Bausch, G., Benjamin, R., Hsu, H. Y., & Feliciano, B. (2021, March). Project, District and Teacher Levels: Insights from Professional Learning in a CS RPP Collaboration. In Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, pp. 746–752. https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3408877.3432519
  5. Feliciano, B., Ni, L., Martin, F.G, Bausch, G., White, P., & Hsu, H. (2021). One-on-one meetings as Boundary Practices: Managing RPP Computer Science Curriculum Co-design. In CSforALL & SageFox Consulting Group (Eds.), The intersection of RPPs and BPC in CS education: A culmination of papers from the RPPforCS Community [White paper], CSEdResearch.org, http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.13590.47683
  6. Bausch, G., Ni, L., Martin, F., Hsu, H. Y., & Feliciano, B. (2021). Middle School Teachers’ Self-efficacy in Teaching Computer Science and Digital Literacy: Impact of the CS Pathways RPP professional development program. The Intersection of RPPs and BPC in CS education: A culmination of papers from the RPPforCS Community. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.31416.26887
  7. Ni, L., Bausch, G., & Benjamin, R. (2021). Computer science teacher professional development and professional learning communities: a review of the research literature. Computer Science Education, 1–32. https://doi.org/10.1080/08993408.2021.1993666

From CS Pathways ITEST Strategies, 2014–2018

  1. Abuah, C., Schilder, D., Sherman, M., & Martin, F. (2018). The tablet game: an embedded assessment for measuring students’ programming skill in app inventor. Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 33(6), 9–21. dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3205194.
  2. Martin, F. and Ni, L. (2017). Middle School Pathways in Computer Science, chapter in Massachusetts K–12 Computer Science Curriculum Guide, Stanton, J. and Harunani, F., eds. EDC, Waltham, MA. Distributed at www.edc.org/massachusetts-k-12-computer-science-curriculum-guide.
  3. Ni, L., & Martin, F. (2017). Creating Socially Relevant Mobile Apps: Infusing Computing into Middle School Curricula in Two School Districts. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning. Philadelphia, PA: International Society of the Learning Sciences. PDF.
  4. Ni, L., Harunani, F., & Martin, F. (2017). Empowering middle school students to create data-enabled social apps. Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 32(6), 88-100. dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3069674.
  5. Lijun Ni, Diane Schilder, Mark Sherman, and Fred Martin. (2016). Computing with a community focus: outcomes from an app inventor summer camp for middle school students. Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 31(6), June 2016, p. 82–89. dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2904468.

Presentations

From CS Pathways RPP, 2019–present

  1. Bausch, G., Ni, L., Martin, F., Hsu, H. Y., & Feliciano, B. (2021, March). Middle School Teachers’ Self-efficacy in Teaching Computer Science and Digital Literacy [poster abstract]. In Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (pp. 1298). https://doi.org/10.1145/3408877.3439592

From CS Pathways ITEST Strategies, 2014–2018

  1. Martin, F., Abuah, C., Chakrabarty, S., Nguyen, D., Sherman, M., & Schilder, D. (2018, February). The Tablet Game: An Embedded Assessment for Measuring Students’ Programming Skill in App Inventor. Poster presentation at SIGCSE 2018, Baltimore, MD, February 24, 2018. Abstract in Proceedings of the 49th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (pp. 1095-1095). Poster link.
  2. The Creative New Way to Teach Kids Computer Science. Essay by Fred Martin on the CS Pathways project. Media Planet, Education and Career News. September 15, 2017.
  3. Middle School Pathways in Computer Science. Flash talk presented at NSF PIs and Evaluators meeting, June 15, 2017. Fred Martin, Lijun Ni, and Diane Schilder. slides.
  4. App Inventor: Empowering Middle Schoolers to Create Data-Rich Community Apps, invited presentation by Fred Martin at Autodesk University Design Symposium (DP23097), November 16, 2016, Las Vegas, NV. Video of presentation.
  5. CS Pathways: A Model of Inclusive Middle School Computing for Social Good, 55-minute presentation at MA STEM Summit (Worcester, MA), November 1, 2016.
  6. Building Middle School Engagement in Math and Computer Science: Findings from the NSF ITEST Program, panel presentation at MA STEM Summit (Worcester, MA), November 1, 2016.
  7. Integrating Project-Based Computing, 55-minute session at MassCUE Conference at Gillette Stadium (Foxboro, MA), October 19, 2016.
  8. CS Pathways in Gr 6-8: Making Apps for Social Good, presentation at Computer Science Teachers Association Annual Conference, July 11, 2016.
  9. Middle School Pathways in Computer Science, 3-minute video presentation at NSF 2016 Video Showcase. Included virtual conference discussion from May 16–20, 2016. See http://stemforall2016.videohall.com/presentations/764 or copy on YouTube.
  10. Ni, L., Sherman, M., Schilder, D., and Martin, F. (2016). Computing with a Community Focus: An App Inventor Summer Camp for Middle School Students. Poster presented at Proceedings of the 47th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education. ACM, 2016. See abstract at dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2850548, and poster PDF.
  11. Fred Martin interview with Laura Carlo of WCRB-FM for Lowell Connector radio show. July 15, 2015. Google Drive link.
  12. Presentation at NSF ITEST PIs and Evaluators meeting, Fred Martin and Diane Schilder, May 2, 2015. See CS Pathways STELAR slides.
  13. Middle School Project-Based Computing, presented at Massachusetts Computer Using Educators’ conference (MassCUE), Foxboro, MA, October 21, 2015. See blog posting for slides and handouts.

Theses and Dissertations

From CS Pathways ITEST Strategies, 2014–2018

  1. Sherman, Mark Andrew. (2017). Detecting Student Progress during Programming Activities by Analyzing Edit Operations on their Blocks-Based Programs. PhD dissertation, University of Massachusetts Lowell. Ann Arbor: ProQuest. Order No. 1929235847.  Github document release.
  2. Harunani, Farzeen. (2016). AppVis: Enabling Data-Rich Apps in App Inventor. Master’s thesis, University of Massachusetts Lowell. Ann Arbor: ProQuest. Order No. 10409025.