Presentations

2025





2024
Beck, K., Shumway, J., Ocran, P., Clarke-Midura, J., & Recker, M. (2024, July). Expansive framing of mathematics and computer science: Supporting paraprofessionals and classroom teachers in cross-curricular teaching. *Proceedings of the 15th International Congress on Mathematics*. Sydney, Australia. ICME-15.

Silvis, D., Clarke-Midura, J., Lee, V. R., & Shumway, J. (2024). Exploring sociocomputational dimensions of computing education through young children learning to code. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA 2024), Philadelphia, PA.

Na, C., Clarke-Midura, J., van Dijk, W., Shumway, J., & Lee, V. R. (April 2024). Assessing young children’s computational thinking: A cognitive diagnostic approach. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA 2024), Philadelphia, PA. [Paper Presentation]

Clarke-Midura, J., Na, C., Silvis, D., Shumway, J., & Lee, V. R. (April 2024). Exploring the validity and reliability of a performance assessment of computational thinking for early childhood. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA 2024), Philadelphia, PA. [Paper in Symposium Session]

Shehzad, U., Recker, M., & Clarke-Midura, J. (2024). Exploring practical measures as an approach for measuring elementary students’ attitudes towards computer science. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.


2023

Na, C., Clarke-Midura, J., van Dijk, W., Shumway, J., & Lee, V. R. (2023, October). Exploring the validity and reliability of a performance assessment of computational thinking for early childhood. Purdue Center for Early Learning Workshop for Emerging Perspectives in Early STEM Education. West Lafayette, IN. [Poster Presentation]

Clarke-Midura, J., Silvis, D., Shumway, J., Na, C., & Lee, V. R. (2023). Robot coding toys as a context to cultivate spatial thinking and computational thinking skills. Poster accepted for Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD).

Silvis, D., Clarke-Midura, J., Shumway, J., Lee, V. R., Childers, K., & Anderson, H. (2023). Children’s development of path planning strategies when sequencing directional instructions. Poster accepted for Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD).

Shehzad, U., Clarke-Midura, J., Beck, K., Shumway, J. F., & Recker, M. (2023, April 13-16). Rethinking integrated computer science instruction: A cross-context and expansive approach in elementary classrooms. [Paper Session]. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago, Illinois.

Na, C., Clarke-Midura, J., Silvis, D., Shumway, J., & Lee, V. R. (2023). Validating a performance assessment of computational thinking for early childhood using item response theory. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA 2023), Chicago, IL.


2022

Clarke-Midura, J., Shumway, J., Lee, V. R., & Na, C. (2022). K-8 CS panel: Impacting student learning through computational thinking. 2022 Annual Meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT 2022), Las Vegas, NV.

Na, C., & Clarke-Midura. (2022). How does pair-programming impact student learning in computer science? A meta-analytic approach. 2022 Annual Meeting of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT 2022), Las Vegas, NV.

Na, C., Jeong, S., Clarke-Midura, J., & Shin, Y. I. (2022, April). Relationships between undergraduates’ self-regulation and perception of community of inquiry in emergency online learning. Paper presented at the 2022 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA 2022), San Diego, CA.

Clarke-Midura, J., Shumway, J. F., Silvis, D., & Lee, V. (2022, April 21-26). Coding in kindergarten with screen-free tangible robot coding toys. [Working Group Roundtable]. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Diego, California.

Silvis, D., Clarke-Midura, J., Shumway, J. F., & Lee, V. (2022, April 21-26). Leaning in to learning: Tangible topologies of kindergarten coding activities. [Roundtable Session]. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Diego, California.

Welch, L., Kozlowski, J., Silvis, D. A., Clarke-Midura, J., Shumway, J. F., & Lee, V. R. (2022, April 21-26). Identifying kindergarten students’ strategies as they solve computational thinking performance assessment tasks. [Paper Session]. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Diego, California.

Welch, L. E., Childers, K. E., Shumway, J. F., & Clarke-Midura, J. (2022, February). Merging math and programming with coding toys. Presentation for Grades K-2 Teachers, Utah Council of Teachers of Mathematics (UCTM) Conference, Kaysville, Utah.

Beck, K., Shumway, J., & Clarke-Midura, J. (2022, February). Mathematics from scratch: Learning with coding. Presentation at the Utah Council of Teachers of Mathematics (UCTM) Conference, Kaysville, Utah.


2021

Kozlowski, J., Shumway, J. F., Clarke-Midura, J., & Lee, V. R. (2021, October 14-17). Eliciting kindergarten students’ use of mathematics with a coding toy: A pilot study on design features. [Poster Session]. 43rd Annual Conference for the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME-NA), Philadelphia, PA.

Stephens, C., Lauritsen, J., Lee, V. R., Clarke-Midura, J., & Recker, M. (2021). Elementary teachers’ curricular engagement during collaborative professional development: Supporting computer science learning and teaching. Paper accepted to the Virtual Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, 2021.

Lee, V. R., Shumway, J. F., Silvis, D., & Clarke-Midura, J. (2021, April 8-12). An examination of small-group kindergartener debugging with the Cubetto coding toy. [Symposium]. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Virtual Platforms and Online.

Welch, L. E., Shumway, J. F., Clarke-Midura, J., & Lee, V. R. (2021, April 9-12). Kindergarteners’ conceptions of a dynamic linear unit with robot toys. Paper accepted to the Virtual Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Orlando, FL.

Silvis, D., Lee, V., Clarke-Midura, J., Shumway, J., & Nelson, S. (2021). Calling attention to technical details: The role of the ‘invisible technician’ in kindergarten debugging activities. Paper accepted to the Virtual Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Orlando, FL.

Silvis, D., Nelson, S., Clarke-Midura, J., Shumway, J., Lee, V., & (2021). Child-robot relations: Locating a technological ethic of care in kindergarten coding. Paper accepted to the Virtual Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Orlando, FL.

2020

Lee, V. R., Poole, F., Rasmussen, M., Clarke-Midura, J., & Recker, M. (2020). Examining variations in teacher talk when implementing new unplugged-to-plugged computing instruction. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Shumway, J. F., Clarke-Midura, J., Lee, V. R., Welch, L. E., Kozlowski, J. S., & Evans, H. (April 2020). Identifying the mathematics in kindergarteners’ play with coding toys. Paper Presentation, Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco, California.

Clarke-Midura, J., Kozlowski, J. S., Shumway, J. F., Evans, H., Lee, V. R., & Welch, L. E. (April 2020). Perspectives and shifts of young children playing with coding toys. Paper Presentation, Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco, California.

Lee, V. R., Clarke-Midura, J., Shumway, J. F., Kozlowski, J. S., Welch, L. E., & Evans, H. (April 2020). Capturing kindergarteners’ computational thinking through commercial toy-centered task and assessment development. Symposium, Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco, California.

Clarke-Midura, J., Pantic, K., Sun, C., Feldon, D., Poole, F., & Allan, V. (2020). The influence of gender composition in computer science camps on girls’ self-efficacy and interest. Paper Presentation, Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco, California.

2019
Shumway, J. F., Clarke-Midura, J., Kozlowski, J. S., Welch, L. E., & Evans, H. (November 2019). Coding and math: Playing with screen-free robots to develop spatial and measurement reasoning. Presentation for educators and researchers, School Science and Mathematics Association National Convention, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Clarke-Midura, J., Shumway, J. F., Welch, L. E., Kozlowski, J. S., & Evans, H. (November 2019). Integrated STEM: Coding toys in kindergarten math class. Presentation for researchers, School Science and Mathematics Association National Convention, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Kozlowski, J. S., Welch, L., & Evans, H. Mentors: Shumway, J. F., Clarke-Midura, J., & Lee, V. R. (2019, April). An exploration of kindergarten students' use of perspective and computational thinking. Presentation, USU Student Research Symposium, Logan, UT.

Welch, L., Kozlowski, J., & Evans, H. Mentors: Shumway, J. F., Clarke-Midura, J., & Lee, V. R. (2019, April). Coding to develop early mathematical and computational thinking in kindergarten: A case study. Presentation, USU Student Research Symposium, Logan, UT.

Pantic, K., & Clarke-Midura, J. (2019). Designing CS experiences to encourage participation for girls from low socioeconomic backgrounds. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Toronto, Canada.

Sun, C., & Clarke-Midura, J. (2019). Testing the efficacy of a near-peer mentoring model for recruiting youth into computer science. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Toronto, Canada.

Clarke-Midura, J., Sun, C., Hamilton, M., Pantic, K., Poole, F., & Allan, V. (2019). Near-peer mentoring as a way to foster self-efficacy in informal computer science environments. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Toronto, Canada.

Moyer-Packenham, P. S., Litster, K., Bullock, E. P., Shumway, J. F., & Clarke-Midura, J. (2019, April). How design features promote children’s awareness of affordances in digital math games. Paper Presentation, Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Toronto, Canada.

Litster, K., Moyer-Packenham, P. S., Bullock, E. P., Shumway, J. F., & Clarke-Midura, J. (2019, April). Relationship between children’s enjoyment, mathematics awareness, strategies, and learning with digital math games. Poster Presentation, Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Toronto, Canada.

2018
Hamilton, M., Clarke-Midura, J., Shumway, J. F., & Lee, V. R. (October 2018). A framework for evaluating computational thinking skills and design features of early childhood toys. 2018 SACNAS National Conference, San Antonio, TX.