Karen Brennan

Publication Activity (10 Years)

Years Active: 2008-2024
Publications (10 Years): 18

Top Topics

Learning Opportunities

Science Education

Programming Language

Computational Thinking

Top Venues

Comput. Sci. Educ.

Br. J. Educ. Technol.

Publications

Stephanie Yang, Hanzhang Zhao, Yudian Xu, Karen Brennan, Bertrand Schneider
Debugging with an AI Tutor: Investigating Novice Help-seeking Behaviors and Perceived Learning. ICER (1) (2024)
Karen Brennan, Sarah Blum-Smith, Laura Peters, Jane M. Kang
Designing for Student-Directedness: How K-12 Teachers Utilize Peers to Support Projects. ACM Trans. Comput. Educ. 22 (2) (2022)
Sarah Blum-Smith, Maxwell M. Yurkofsky, Karen Brennan
Stepping back and stepping in: Facilitating learner-centered experiences in MOOCs. Comput. Educ. 160 (2021)
Shari J. Metcalf, Joseph M. Reilly, Soobin Jeon, Annie Wang, Allyson Pyers, Karen Brennan, Chris Dede
Assessing computational thinking through the lenses of functionality and computational fluency. Comput. Sci. Educ. 31 (2) (2021)
Laura Peters, Sam Sadeh, Karen Brennan
Surfacing Teachers' Aspirations and Decisions Through Digital Design Journals. ICLS (2020)
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
Turning Bugs into Learning Opportunities: Understanding Debugging Processes, Perspectives, and Pedagogies. ICLS (2020)
Raquel Jimenez, Karen Brennan
Facilitating Change: A Study of Supporting Teacher Learning. ICLS (2020)
Monica M. McGill, Leigh Ann DeLyser, Karen Brennan, Baker Franke, Errol Kaylor, Eric Mayhew, Kelly Mills, Aman Yadav
Evaluation and assessment for improving CS teacher effectiveness. Inroads 11 (4) (2020)
Paulina Haduong, Karen Brennan
Talking in Pairs: Learning From and With Teachers Through Artifact-Based Dyadic Interviews. ICLS (2020)
Chen Chen, Paulina Haduong, Karen Brennan, Gerhard Sonnert, Philip M. Sadler
The effects of first programming language on college students' computing attitude and achievement: a comparison of graphical and textual languages. Comput. Sci. Educ. 29 (1) (2019)
Paulina Haduong, Karen Brennan
Helping K-12 Teachers Get Unstuck with Scratch: The Design of an Online Professional Learning Experience. SIGCSE (2019)
Shari Metcalf, Amanda Dickes, Karen Brennan, Chris Dede
Design of an Agent-Based Visual Programming Tool for Elementary Ecosystem Science Learning. ICER (2019)
Amanda Catherine Dickes, Amy Kamarainen, Shari J. Metcalf, Semiha Gün-Yildiz, Karen Brennan, Tina A. Grotzer, Chris Dede
Scaffolding ecosystems science practice by blending immersive environments and computational modeling. Br. J. Educ. Technol. 50 (5) (2019)
Paulina Haduong, Karen Brennan
Getting Unstuck: New Resources for Teaching Debugging Strategies in Scratch (Abstract Only). SIGCSE (2018)
Amanda Dickes, Shari Metcalf, Amy Kamarainen, Joseph M. Reilly, Karen Brennan, Tina A. Grotzer, Chris Dede
EcoMOD: Integrating Computational Thinking into Ecosystems Science Education via Modeling in Immersive Virtual Worlds (Abstract Only). SIGCSE (2018)
Mitchel Resnick, Karen Brennan, Cristóbal Cobo, Philipp Schmidt
Creative Learning @ Scale. L@S (2017)
Karen Brennan
Designing for learning by creating. Int. J. Child Comput. Interact. 14 (2017)
Maxwell M. Yurkofsky, Sarah Blum-Smith, Karen Brennan
Expanding Outcomes: Exploring Varied Forms of Teacher Learning in an Online Professional Development Experience. ICLS (2016)
Katie Apone, Marina Umaschi Bers, Karen Brennan, Diana Franklin, Maya Israel, Pat Yongpradit
Bringing Grades K-5 to the Mainstream of Computer Science Education. SIGCSE (2015)
Erin Mindell, Karen Brennan, Gwendolyn Britton, Jennifer S. Kay, Jennifer Rosato
CS professional development MOOCs. SIGCSE (2014)
Paul Medlock-Walton, Kyle J. Harms, Eileen T. Kraemer, Karen Brennan, Daniel Wendel
Blocks-based programming languages: simplifying programming for different audiences with different goals. SIGCSE (2014)
Wendy Martin, Karen Brennan, William Tally, Francisco Cervantes
Identifying and Assessing Computational Thinking Practices. ICLS (2014)
Peter Samuelson Wardrip, R. Benjamin Shapiro, Andrea Forte, Spiro Maroulis, Karen Brennan, Ricarose Roque
CSCW and education: viewing education as a site of work practice. CSCW Companion (2013)
Karen Brennan
Learning Computing through Creating and Connecting. Computer 46 (9) (2013)
Karen Brennan, Mitchel Resnick
Stories from the scratch community: connecting with ideas, interests, and people. SIGCSE (2013)
Karen Brennan
Mind the gap: Differences between the aspirational and the actual in an online community of learners. CSCL (2011)
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
Scratch: programming for all. Commun. ACM 52 (11) (2009)
Karen Brennan
Scratch-Ed: an online community for scratch educators. CSCL (2) (2009)
Karen Brennan, Andrés Monroy-Hernández, Mitchel Resnick
Scratch: creating and sharing interactive media. CSCL (2) (2009)
Shaundra Bryant Daily, Karen Brennan
Utilizing technology to support the development of empathy. IDC (2008)