Heather Killen

Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

Cabrera, L., Byrne, V., Ketelhut, D. J., Coenraad, M., Killen, H., Mills, K. M., Plane, J., & McGinnis, J. R. (Under Review). Measuring Teacher Self-Efficacy for Integrating Computational Thinking in Science (T-SelECTS).

Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings (with archival publications)

Killen, H., Coenraad, M., Byrne, V., Cabrera, L., & Ketelhut, D.J. (2020). Reimagining computational thinking professional development: Benefits of a community of practice model. In Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS 2020), Nashville, Tennessee, USA: ISLS.

Killen, H., Coenraad, M., Cabrera, L., Mills, K., Ketelhut, D. J., & Plane, J. (2020). “We’ll be Scratching all the Time:” Understanding the role of language in computational thinking training for elementary teachers. In Proceedings of the 51st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE ’20). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 1281.

Killen, H., Weintrop, D., & Garvin, M. (2019). AP Computer Science Principles’ Impact on the Landscape of High School Computer Science using Maryland as a Model. In Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE ’19). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 1060–1066.

Garvin, M., Killen, H., Plane, J., & Weintrop, D. (2019). Primary School Teachers’ Conceptions of Computational Thinking. In Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE ’19). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 899–905.

Weintrop, D., Killen, H., Munzar, T., & Franke, B. (2019). Block-based Comprehension: Exploring and Explaining Student Outcomes from a Read-only Block-based Exam. In Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE ’19). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 1218–1224.

Weintrop, D., Killen, H., & Franke, B. E. (2018). Blocks or Text? How programming language modality makes a difference in assessing underrepresented populations. In Proceedings of the International Society of the Learning Sciences, (ICLS 2018), London, England: ISLS.

Invited Conference Presentations (Refereed)

Killen, H., Mills, K., Cabrera, L., Coenraad, M., Jass Ketelhut, D., McGinnis, J. R., Plane, J. (2020). Computational Thinking in Elementary Education: A Framework to Develop a CT Language Roadmap. To have been presented at the American Educational Research Association Conference 2020 (AERA). San Francisco, CA.

Ketelhut, D., Killen H., McGinnis, J.R. (2020). An Investigation of Preservice Elementary Teachers Reaction to Integrating Computational Thinking in Their Teaching. To have been presented at NARST 2020. Portland, OR.

Killen, H. (2019). Investigating the Impact of Including Virtual Spaces on Citizen Science Projects to Promote Participation. Presented at the International Conference of the Citizen Science Association (CitSci). Raleigh, NC.

Mills, K., Coenraad, M., Cabrera, L., Killen, H., Jass Ketelhut, D., McGinnis, J. R. (2020). A Design Based Research Approach to Integrating Computational Thinking into Elementary Science Teacher Education. To have been presented at a roundtable at the American Educational Research Association Conference 2020 (AERA). San Francisco, CA.

Invited Conference Posters (Refereed)

Killen, H., Pauw, D., Clegg, T., Preece, J. (2019). Creating Successful Citizen Science Researcher Partnerships with Interest-Focused, Learning-Centered Communities. Presented at the International Conference of the Citizen Science Association (CitSci). Raleigh, NC.

Killen, H., Weintrop, D., & Garvin, M. (2019). AP Computer Science Principles’ Impact on the Landscape of High School Computer Science using Maryland as a Model. Presented at the American Educational Research Association Conference (AERA). Toronto, ON.

Invited Workshops (Refereed)

Kim, J. G., MacNeil, S., Maher, M., Clegg, T., Killen, H., & Preece, J. (2020). A Citizen Science Platform that Supports Community-Driven Environmental Projects in Diverse Neighborhoods. To have been presented at the 2020 SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’20). Honolulu, Hawai’i.

Other Presentations

Killen, H., (2019). Investigating Participation when Including Virtual Spaces in an Informal Adult Learning Environment: Utilizing affinity space theory within a community of practice to support a group through time. Presented at the Learning Sciences Graduate Student Conference, Evanston, Illinois, USA, September 20-22, 2019.

Killen, H., (2018). Investigating Computer Science Understanding in Block and Text Environments Using Eye Tracking. Presented at the Learning Sciences Graduate Student Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, October 12-13, 2018.

Ketelhut, D. J., Cabrera, L., McGinnis, R. J., Plane, J., Coenraad, M., Killen, H., & Mills, K. M. (2019). Exploring the Integration of computational Thinking into Preservice Elementary Science Teacher Education. National Science Foundation STEM+C PI Meeting, Washington, D.C., September 18- 20, 2019. http://stemcsummit.edc.org/slides/DianeJass.pdf