Karen Brennan

According to our database, Karen Brennan authored at least 30 papers between 2008 and 2024.

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2024

Debugging with an AI Tutor: Investigating Novice Help-seeking Behaviors and Perceived Learning.

Stephanie Yang, Hanzhang Zhao, Yudian Xu, Karen Brennan, Bertrand Schneider

Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research, 2024

2022

Designing for Student-Directedness: How K-12 Teachers Utilize Peers to Support Projects.

Karen Brennan, Sarah Blum-Smith, Laura Peters, Jane M. Kang

ACM Trans. Comput. Educ., 2022

2021

Assessing computational thinking through the lenses of functionality and computational fluency.

Shari J. Metcalf, Joseph M. Reilly, Soobin Jeon, Annie Wang, Allyson Pyers, Karen Brennan, Chris Dede

Comput. Sci. Educ., 2021

Stepping back and stepping in: Facilitating learner-centered experiences in MOOCs.

Sarah Blum-Smith, Maxwell M. Yurkofsky, Karen Brennan

Comput. Educ., 2021

2020

Evaluation and assessment for improving CS teacher effectiveness.

Monica M. McGill, Leigh Ann DeLyser, Karen Brennan, Baker Franke, Errol Kaylor, Eric J. Mayhew, Kelly Mills, Aman Yadav

Inroads, 2020

Surfacing Teachers' Aspirations and Decisions Through Digital Design Journals.

Laura Peters, Sam Sadeh, Karen Brennan

Proceedings of the Interdisciplinarity in the Learning Sciences: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, 2020

Turning Bugs into Learning Opportunities: Understanding Debugging Processes, Perspectives, and Pedagogies.

Yasmin B. Kafai, Gautam Biswas, Nicole Hutchins, Caitlin Snyder, Karen Brennan, Paulina Haduong, Kayla DesPortes, Morgan Fong, Virginia J. Flood, Oia Walker-van Aalst, David DeLiema, Deborah A. Fields, Melissa S. Gresalfi, Corey E. Brady, Selena Steinberg, Madison Knowe, Diana Franklin, Merijke Coenraad, David Weintrop, Donna Eatinger, Jen Palmer, Michelle Hoda Wilkerson, Collette Roberto, Nicole Bulalacao, Joshua A. Danish

Proceedings of the Interdisciplinarity in the Learning Sciences: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, 2020

Facilitating Change: A Study of Supporting Teacher Learning.

Raquel Jimenez, Karen Brennan

Proceedings of the Interdisciplinarity in the Learning Sciences: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, 2020

Talking in Pairs: Learning From and With Teachers Through Artifact-Based Dyadic Interviews.

Paulina Haduong, Karen Brennan

Proceedings of the Interdisciplinarity in the Learning Sciences: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, 2020

2019

The effects of first programming language on college students' computing attitude and achievement: a comparison of graphical and textual languages.

Chen Chen, Paulina Haduong, Karen Brennan, Gerhard Sonnert, Philip M. Sadler

Comput. Sci. Educ., 2019

Scaffolding ecosystems science practice by blending immersive environments and computational modeling.

Amanda Catherine Dickes, Amy Kamarainen, Shari J. Metcalf, Semiha Gün-Yildiz, Karen Brennan, Tina A. Grotzer, Chris Dede

Br. J. Educ. Technol., 2019

Helping K-12 Teachers Get Unstuck with Scratch: The Design of an Online Professional Learning Experience.

Paulina Haduong, Karen Brennan

Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2019

Design of an Agent-Based Visual Programming Tool for Elementary Ecosystem Science Learning.

Shari Metcalf, Amanda Dickes, Karen Brennan, Chris Dede

Proceedings of the 2019 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research, 2019

2018

Getting Unstuck: New Resources for Teaching Debugging Strategies in Scratch (Abstract Only).

Paulina Haduong, Karen Brennan

Proceedings of the 49th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2018

EcoMOD: Integrating Computational Thinking into Ecosystems Science Education via Modeling in Immersive Virtual Worlds (Abstract Only).

Amanda Dickes, Shari Metcalf, Amy Kamarainen, Joseph M. Reilly, Karen Brennan, Tina A. Grotzer, Chris Dede

Proceedings of the 49th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2018

2017

Designing for learning by creating.

Karen Brennan

Int. J. Child Comput. Interact., 2017

Creative Learning @ Scale.

Mitchel Resnick, Karen Brennan, Cristóbal Cobo, Philipp Schmidt

Proceedings of the Fourth ACM Conference on Learning @ Scale, 2017

2016

Expanding Outcomes: Exploring Varied Forms of Teacher Learning in an Online Professional Development Experience.

Maxwell M. Yurkofsky, Sarah Blum-Smith, Karen Brennan

Proceedings of the Transforming Learning, 2016

2015

Bringing Grades K-5 to the Mainstream of Computer Science Education.

Katie Apone, Marina Umaschi Bers, Karen Brennan, Diana Franklin, Maya Israel, Pat Yongpradit

Proceedings of the 46th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2015

2014

CS professional development MOOCs.

Erin Mindell, Karen Brennan, Gwendolyn Britton, Jennifer S. Kay, Jennifer Rosato

Proceedings of the 45th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2014

Blocks-based programming languages: simplifying programming for different audiences with different goals.

Paul Medlock-Walton, Kyle J. Harms, Eileen T. Kraemer, Karen Brennan, Daniel Wendel

Proceedings of the 45th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2014

Identifying and Assessing Computational Thinking Practices.

Wendy Martin, Karen Brennan, William Tally, Francisco Cervantes

Proceedings of the Learning and Becoming in Practice: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, 2014

2013

Learning Computing through Creating and Connecting.

Karen Brennan

Computer, 2013

Stories from the scratch community: connecting with ideas, interests, and people.

Karen Brennan, Mitchel Resnick

Proceedings of the 44th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2013

CSCW and education: viewing education as a site of work practice.

Peter Samuelson Wardrip, R. Benjamin Shapiro, Andrea Forte, Spiro Maroulis, Karen Brennan, Ricarose Roque

Proceedings of the Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 2013

2011

Mind the gap: Differences between the aspirational and the actual in an online community of learners.

Karen Brennan

Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning, 2011

2009

Scratch: programming for all.

Mitchel Resnick, John H. Maloney, Andrés Monroy-Hernández, Natalie Rusk, Evelyn Eastmond, Karen Brennan, Amon Millner, Eric Rosenbaum, Jay S. Silver, Brian Silverman, Yasmin B. Kafai

Commun. ACM, 2009

Scratch: creating and sharing interactive media.

Karen Brennan, Andrés Monroy-Hernández, Mitchel Resnick

Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning, 2009

Scratch-Ed: an online community for scratch educators.

Karen Brennan

Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning, 2009

2008

Utilizing technology to support the development of empathy.

Shaundra Bryant Daily, Karen Brennan

Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, 2008