Marina Umaschi Bers

48 papers A* 2A 1B 1C 4Misc 7Journal 24Unranked 9
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 J jnl
Computer science education as a humanistic endeavor: a model for designing technology-rich formative experiences.
Educ. Inf. Technol.
Marina Umaschi Bers
2025 J jnl
The efficacy of a computer science curriculum for early childhood: evidence from a randomized controlled trial in K-2 classrooms.
Comput. Sci. Educ.
Dandan Yang, Zhanxia Yang, Marina Umaschi Bers
2024 J jnl
Examining Gender Difference in the Use of ScratchJr in a Programming Curriculum for First Graders.
Comput. Sci. Educ.
Zhanxia Yang, Marina Umaschi Bers
2023 — conf
Coding as a Self-Expression Tool.
SIGCSE (2)
Avia Ben-Ari, Tess Gavrielle Levinson, Marina Umaschi Bers, Rinat B. Rosenberg-Kima
2022 C conf
Clustering Young Children's Coding Project Scores with Machine Learning.
EDUCON
Apittha Unahalekhaka, Marina Umaschi Bers
2022 J jnl
Evaluating young children's creative coding: rubric development and testing for ScratchJr projects.
Educ. Inf. Technol.
Apittha Unahalekhaka, Marina Umaschi Bers
2022 J jnl
The Coding Stages Assessment: development and validation of an instrument for assessing young children's proficiency in the ScratchJr programming language.
Comput. Sci. Educ.
Laura E. de Ruiter, Marina Umaschi Bers
2021 J jnl
Learning to code and the acquisition of computational thinking by young children.
Comput. Educ.
Emily Relkin, Laura E. de Ruiter, Marina Umaschi Bers
2021 C conf
TechCheck-K: A Measure of Computational Thinking for Kindergarten Children.
EDUCON
Emily Relkin, Marina Umaschi Bers
2020 J jnl
Designing with Genes in Early Childhood: An exploratory user study of the tangible CRISPEE technology.
Int. J. Child Comput. Interact.
Amanda Strawhacker, Clarissa Verish, Orit Shaer, Marina Umaschi Bers
2020 J jnl
If You Can Program, You Can Write: Learning Introductory Programming Across Literacy Levels.
J. Inf. Technol. Educ. Res.
Ziva R. Hassenfeld, Madhu Govind, Laura E. de Ruiter, Marina Umaschi Bers
2019 — conf
BacToMars: A Collaborative Video Game for BioDesign.
CSCL
Clarissa Verish, Amanda Strawhacker, Lauren Westendorf, Christina Pollalis, Amanda Sullivan, Anna Loparev, Marina Umaschi Bers, Orit Shaer
2019 J jnl
Coding as a playground: Promoting positive learning experiences in childhood classrooms.
Comput. Educ.
Marina Umaschi Bers, Carina Soledad González-González, M. Belén Armas-Torres
2019 J jnl
Computer Science Education in Early Childhood: The Case of ScratchJr.
J. Inf. Technol. Educ. Innov. Pract.
Amanda Sullivan, Marina Umaschi Bers
2019 J jnl
VEX Robotics Competitions: Gender Differences in Student Attitudes and Experiences.
J. Inf. Technol. Educ. Res.
Amanda Sullivan, Marina Umaschi Bers
2018 J jnl
A Pilot Study of the KIBO Robot in Children with Severe ASD.
Int. J. Soc. Robotics
Jordi Albo-Canals, Alexandre Barco Martelo, Emily Relkin, Dan Hannon, Marcel Heerink, Martina Heinemann, Kaitlyn Leidl, Marina Umaschi Bers
2018 B conf
CRISPEE: A Tangible Gene Editing Platform for Early Childhood.
TEI
Clarissa Verish, Amanda Strawhacker, Marina Umaschi Bers, Orit Shaer
2018 C conf
Coding, playgrounds and literacy in early childhood education: The development of KIBO robotics and ScratchJr.
EDUCON
Marina Umaschi Bers
2018 J jnl
Enhancing Children's Interest and Knowledge in Bioengineering through an Interactive Videogame.
J. Inf. Technol. Educ. Innov. Pract.
Amanda Strawhacker, Amanda Sullivan, Clarissa Verish, Marina Umaschi Bers, Orit Shaer
2018 J jnl
The Impact of Teacher Gender on Girls' Performance on Programming Tasks in Early Elementary School.
J. Inf. Technol. Educ. Innov. Pract.
Amanda Sullivan, Marina Umaschi Bers
2018 J jnl
The design of early childhood makerspaces to support positive technological development: Two case studies.
Libr. Hi Tech
Marina Umaschi Bers, Amanda Strawhacker, Miki Vizner
2017 Misc conf
BacToMars: Creative Engagement with Bio-Design for Children.
IDC
Anna Loparev, Amanda Sullivan, Clarissa Verish, Lauren Westendorf, Jasmine Davis, Margaret Flemings, Marina Umaschi Bers, Orit Shaer
2017 C conf
BacToMars: a collaborative educational video game for teaching biological engineering.
FDG
Anna Loparev, Amanda Sullivan, Clarissa Verish, Lauren Westendorf, Jasmine Davis, Margaret Flemings, Marina Umaschi Bers, Orit Shaer
2017 J jnl
The Impact of User Interface on Young Children's Computational Thinking.
J. Inf. Technol. Educ. Innov. Pract.
Alex Pugnali, Amanda Sullivan, Marina Umaschi Bers
2017 J jnl
The Seymour test: Powerful ideas in early childhood education.
Int. J. Child Comput. Interact.
Marina Umaschi Bers
2016 J jnl
Girls, Boys, and Bots: Gender Differences in Young Children's Performance on Robotics and Programming Tasks.
J. Inf. Technol. Educ. Innov. Pract.
Amanda Sullivan, Marina Umaschi Bers
2015 A conf
Bringing Grades K-5 to the Mainstream of Computer Science Education.
SIGCSE
Katie Apone, Marina Umaschi Bers, Karen Brennan, Diana Franklin, Maya Israel, Pat Yongpradit
2015 Misc conf
Code and tell: assessing young children's learning of computational thinking using peer video interviews with ScratchJr.
IDC
Dylan J. Portelance, Marina Umaschi Bers
2015 Misc conf
KIBO robot demo: engaging young children in programming and engineering.
IDC
Amanda Sullivan, Mollie Elkin, Marina Umaschi Bers
2015 Misc ed.
Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC '15, Medford, MA, USA, June 21-25, 2015
IDC
Marina Umaschi Bers, Glenda Revelle
2015 Misc conf
ScratchJr demo: a coding language for kindergarten.
IDC
Amanda Strawhacker, Melissa Lee, Claire Caine, Marina Umaschi Bers
2014 J jnl
Computational thinking and tinkering: Exploration of an early childhood robotics curriculum.
Comput. Educ.
Marina Umaschi Bers, Louise P. Flannery, Elizabeth R. Kazakoff, Amanda Sullivan
2014 J jnl
Implementing a Robotics Curriculum in an Early Childhood Montessori Classroom.
J. Inf. Technol. Educ. Innov. Pract.
Mollie Elkin, Amanda Sullivan, Marina Umaschi Bers
2013 Misc conf
Designing ScratchJr: support for early childhood learning through computer programming.
IDC
Louise P. Flannery, Brian Silverman, Elizabeth R. Kazakoff, Marina Umaschi Bers, Paula Bontá, Mitchel Resnick
2013 Misc conf
TUI, GUI, HUI: is a bimodal interface truly worth the sum of its parts?
IDC
Amanda Strawhacker, Amanda Sullivan, Marina Umaschi Bers
2013 J jnl
The Wheels on the Bot go Round and Round: Robotics Curriculum in Pre-Kindergarten.
J. Inf. Technol. Educ. Innov. Pract.
Amanda Sullivan, Elizabeth R. Kazakoff, Marina Umaschi Bers
2012 J jnl
Tangible interaction and learning: the case for a hybrid approach.
Pers. Ubiquitous Comput.
Michael S. Horn, R. Jordan Crouser, Marina Umaschi Bers
2010 J jnl
The virtual campus of the future: stimulating and simulating civic actions in a virtual world.
J. Comput. High. Educ.
Marina Umaschi Bers, Clement Chau
2007 — conf
Virtual communities of care: online peer networks with post-organ transplant youth.
CSCL
Marina Umaschi Bers, Clement Chau, Keiko Satoh, Laura Beals
2006 — conf
Active Citizenship through Technology: Collaboration, Connection, and Civic Participation.
ICLS
Clement Chau, Ashima Mathur, Marina Umaschi Bers
2006 — conf
Early Childhood Robotics for Learning.
ICLS
Marina Umaschi Bers, Chris Rogers, Laura Beals, Merredith Portsmore, Kevin Staszowski, Erin Cejka, Adam R. Carberry, Brian Gravel, Janice L. Anderson, Michael Barnett
2006 J jnl
Fostering Civic Engagement by Building a Virtual City.
J. Comput. Mediat. Commun.
Marina Umaschi Bers, Clement Chau
2006 — conf
Positive Technological Development: A Systems Approach to Understanding Youth Development and Educational Technology.
ICLS
Clement Chau, Marina Umaschi Bers
2001 A* conf
Identity construction environments: supporting a virtual therapeutic community of pediatric patients undergoing dialysis.
CHI
Marina Umaschi Bers, Joseph Gonzalez-Heydrich, David Ray DeMaso
2001 — conf
Zora: A Pilot Virtual Community in the Pediatric Dialysis Unit.
MedInfo
Marina Umaschi Bers, Joseph Gonzalez-Heydrich, Darcy Raches, David Ray DeMaso
1999 — conf
Rural connected communities: a project in online collaborative journalism.
CSCL
Marina Umaschi Bers, Michael L. Best
1999 — conf
Zora: a graphical multi-user environment to share stories about the self.
CSCL
Marina Umaschi Bers
1998 A* conf
Interactive Storytelling Environments: Coping with Cardiac Illness at Boston's Children's Hospital.
CHI
Marina Umaschi Bers, Edith Ackermann, Justine Cassell, Beth Donegan, Joseph Gonzalez-Heydrich, David Ray DeMaso, Carol Strohecker, Sarah Lualdi, Dennis Bromley, Judith Karlin