Publications

Publications related to the CiK project:

Clarke-Midura, J., Shumway, J. F., Lee, V. R., Silvis, D., Welch, L., & Kozolowski, J. (under review). A model for integrated mathematics and computational thinking in kindergarten. 

Welch Bond, Lise E., "Connections Between Mathematics and Computational Thinking: Kindergarten Students' Demonstration of Mathematics Knowledge in a Computational Thinking Assessment" (2023). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 8737. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/8737

Shumway, J. F., Clarke-Midura, J., Lee, V. R., Silvis, D., Welch, L. E., & Kozlowski, J. S. (2023). Teaching coding in kindergarten: Supporting students’ activity with robot coding toys. In Eds. Andrew Fluck & Therese Keane, Teaching coding K-12. Springer.

Kozlowski, Joseph S., "Children's Mathematical Engagement Based on Their Awareness of Different Coding Toys' Design Features" (2022). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 8420. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/8420

Silvis, D., Lee, V. R., Clarke-Midura, J., & Shumway, J. F. (2022). The technical matters: young children debugging (with) tangible coding toys. Information and Learning Sciences, 123(9/10). https://doi.org/10.1108/ILS-12-2021-0109

Silvis, D., Clarke-Midura, J., Shumway, J. F., Lee, V. R., & Mullen, S. (2022). Children caring for robots: Expanding computational thinking frameworks to include a technological ethic of care. International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, 33, 100491. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcci.2022.100491

Welch, L. E., Shumway, J. F., Clarke-Midura, J., & Lee, V. R. (2022). Exploring measurement through coding: Children’s conceptions of a dynamic linear unit with robot coding toys. Educational Sciences, 12(2), 143. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci12020143  

Welch, L. E., Shumway, J. F., Clarke-Midura, J., & Lee, V. R. (2021). Using coding toys to understand equality. Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 26(3), 21-25. 

Shumway, J. F., Welch, L., Kozlowski, J., Clarke-Midura, J., & Lee, V. R. (2021). Kindergarten students’ mathematics knowledge at work: The mathematics for programming robot toys. Mathematical Thinking and Learning. Online first. https://doi.org/10.1080/10986065.2021.1982666 

Clarke-Midura, J., Silvis, D., Shumway, J. F., Lee, V. R., & Kozlowski, J. S. (2021). Developing a kindergarten computational thinking assessment using evidence-centered design: the case of algorithmic thinking. Computer Science Education, 31(2), 117-140. https://doi.org/10.1080/08993408.2021.1877988   

Clarke-Midura, J., Kozlowski, J. S., Shumway, J. F., & Lee, V. R. (2021). How young children engage in and shift between reference frames when playing with coding toys. International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, 28, 100250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcci.2021.100250

Silvis, D., Lee, V., Clarke-Midura, J., Shumway, J., & Kozlowski, J. (2020). Blending everyday movement and representational infrastructure: An interaction analysis of Kindergarteners coding robot routes. In M. Gresalfi & L. Horn (Eds.), Proceedings of International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2020. Nashville, TN: International Society of the Learning Sciences.

Hamilton, M., Clarke-Midura, J., Shumway, J. F., & Lee, V. R. (2020). An emerging technology report on computational toys in early childhood. Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 25(1), 213-224. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10758-019-09423-8

Shumway, J. F., Clarke-Midura, J., Lee, V. R., Hamilton, M., & Baczuk, C. (2019). Putting spatial orientation and measurement skills to work: Coding toys in kindergarten. Teaching Children Mathematics, 25(5).

Clarke-Midura, J., Lee, V. R., Shumway, J. F., & Hamilton, M. M. (2019). The building blocks of coding: A comparison of early childhood coding toys. Information and Learning Sciences, 120(7/8), 505-518. https://doi.org/10.1108/ILS-06-2019-0059