Publications

2019

Matuszczak, Denise & Melissa Zeitz.   Revolutionizing Computer Science Integration for All Students – an Incremental Approach (Poster). International Society for Technology in Education Conference (ISTE 2019), Philadelphia. June 23-26, 2019.  

Adrion, R. &  F. Sullivan. “CSforAll Springfield: Elementary CS/CT Integration” in Anne Leftwich & Chris Stephenson. Google Computer Science Educational Research Grants: A Summary of 2018-2019 Cohort Projects. Hopper Down Under Conference. Brisbane. July 29 - 31, 2019

Sullivan, Florence, Catherine Tulungen, Sneha Veeragoudar, and Emrah Pektas. "Supporting Elementary Teacher's Reflections on Equity in CS Education: A Case Study Approach." In Proceedings of the 2019 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research (ICER), pp. 319-320. 2019. Aug 12-14, 2019.

Adrion, R., K. Brennan, D. Frye, A.  Leftwich, C. Stephenson, & J. A. Warner. Dialogue Between Researchers and Policymakers. CSEDCon -- the Global Computer Science Education Conference. Las Vegas, NV.  September 10-13, 2019.

2020

Earnest, D., Sullivan, F.R., Randall, J. & Botha, S. A funds of knowledge approach to support computational thinking in early elementary grades. Paper presentation at the Sixth International Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment Conference, Chicago, IL, Sept. 30 – Oct. 2, 2020.

Veeragoudar, Sneha and Florence R. Sullivan. "Equity-based CS Case Study." ACM Transactions on Computing Education (2020).

Sullivan, F.R., & S. Veeragoudar. “E”quity and “e”quity in the campaign for CS for All: transforming curriculum, professional development and people. Presentation at the annual meeting for Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT), Portland, OR, March 11-12, 2020.

Sullivan, F.R., G. Hillaire, L. Larke, L.  & J. Reich. Using teacher moments during the COVID-19 pivot. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 28(2), 303-313. (2020).

Sullivan, Florence, Enrique Suárez, Emrah Pektas, and Lian Duan. "Developing Pedagogical Practices That Support Disciplinary Practices When Integrating Computer Science Into Elementary School Curriculum." Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on the Learning Sciences, Nashville, TN, vol. 4, pp. 2289-2292. June 19-23, 2020.

Vivian, Rebecca, Diana Franklin, Dave Frye, Alan Peterfreund, Jason Ravitz, Florence Sullivan, Melissa Zeitz, and Monica M. McGill. "Evaluation and assessment needs of computing education in primary grades." In Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, pp. 124-130. 2020.

2021

Adrion, R., F. Sullivan, R. Woodland, S. Veeragoudar Harrell, A. Leonard, P. Foster & E. Branch, “Designing, Implementing, Assessing, and Scaling Equitable, Integrated Computer Science Curricula in K-5 Classrooms.”  In Burke, Q., McGee, S. & Santo, R., Session Co-Chairs. Understanding and Supporting District Systems Change around Computer Science Education - a Structured Poster Session. Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association. Orlando, FL; April 9 – 12, 2021

Bevan, Katie, Melissa Zeitz, Rachel Chouinard, Laura Rita, and Scott Wohler. "Choose Your Own Adventure-Designing Equity-focused CS/CT modules for K-5 Elementary Schools." In 2021 Conference on Research in Equitable and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT), pp. 1-1. IEEE, 2021.

Sullivan, Florence R. "Critical pedagogy and teacher professional development for online and blended learning: the equity imperative in the shift to digital." Educational Technology Research and Development 69, no. 1 (2021): 21-24.

Jake Foster, Melissa Zeitz, Lisa Manzi, David Petty, and Gary Garber. Digital Literacy and Computer Science Curriculum Guide for Massachusetts Districts. 2021 Retrieved from https://www.doe.mass.edu/stem/dlcs/curriculum-guide.pdf.  

Leonard, Ann M. "Teacher Collaborative Action-Taking And Instructional Practices Supportive Of Social-Emotional Learning: A Correlational Study." (2021). Retrieved  from https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3331&context=dissertations_2 

Martínez, Itza D. "Making Meaning of Equity in a Computer Science for All Research Practitioner Partnership." (2021). Retrieved  from https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3287&context=dissertations_2 

Pektaş, Emrah, and Florence R. Sullivan. "Storytelling through Programming in Scratch: Interdisciplinary Integration in the Elementary English Language Arts Classroom." In Proceedings of the Fifth Asia Pacific Society for Computers in Education International Conference on Computational Thinking and STEM Education, June 2--4, 2021, Singapore.

Woodland, Rebecca H., Jacole Douglas, and Denise Matuszczak. "Assessing organizational capacity for diffusion: A school-based social network analysis case study." Evaluation and Program Planning 89 (2021): 101995.

2022

Leonard, Ann M., and Rebecca H. Woodland. "Anti-racism is not an initiative: How professional learning communities may advance equity and social-emotional learning in schools." Theory Into Practice (2022): 1-12.

Sullivan, Florence R., W. Richards Adrion, Catherine Tulungen, and Emrah Pektas. Teacher Co-Design in a CSforALL Research–Practice Partnership: Curriculum Development and Teacher Learning,  in Chrystalla Mouza, Anne Ottenbreit-Leftwich, and Aman Yadav. Professional Development for In-Service Teachers: Research and Practices in Computing Education. Information Age Publishing Charlotte, NC. 2022

Adrion, W. Richards, Katie Bevan, Paul Foster, Denise Matuszczak, Rachel Miller, Laura Rita, Florence R. Sullivan, Sneha Veeragoudar, Scott Wohlers, and Melissa Zeitz. "How a Research-Practice Partnership Refined its Strategy for Integrating CS/CT into K-5 Curricula: An Experience Report." In Proceedings of the 53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 1, pp. 592-598. 2022.

Leonard, Ann and Woodland, Rebecca. (2022). Teacher Collaboration and Instruction for Social-Emotional Learning: A Correlational Study.  Current Issues in Education. 23  (3)

Woodland, R. (2022). Diffusion of innovation theory. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Research Design, 2e. Frey, B.  Sage.  Thousand Oaks.

Jake Foster, Melissa Zeitz, Lisa Manzi, and David Petty. (2022). 2022 Massachusetts Digital Literacy and Computer Science Curriculum Guide.  MA DESE Curriculum Guide.

Sullivan, Florence R., Lian Duan, and Emrah Pektas. "Design of an evaluative rubric for CT integrated curriculum in the elementary grades." In CTE-STEM 2022 conference. 2022.

2023

Kristin Bergeron and Melissa Zeitz. (2023). Assessment Through Engagement with Flip in the K-6 Classroom. ISTE 2023. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

Bevan, K. A. , Miller, R. H. , Rita, L. A., Wohlers, S., & Zeitz, M. (2023). Building CSforAll: Springfield and Burlington Case Studies. 2023 DLCS Summit. Burlington, MA. 

Bevan, Katie A., Rachel H. Miller, and Laura A. Rita. "Fostering the Capacity of Teacher Leadership in a K-5 RPP." In Proceedings of the 54th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 2, pp. 1343-1343. 2022.

Leonard, Ann M., and Rebecca H. Woodland. "Teacher PLCs and the advancement of SEL." In Exploring social emotional learning in diverse academic settings, pp. 251-270. IGI Global, 2023.

Sullivan, Florence R., Lian Duan, and Emrah Pektas. "Design of an evaluative rubric for CT integrated curriculum in the elementary grades." In CTE-STEM 2022 conference. 2022.

2024

Woodland, Rebecca, Ann M. Leonard, and Itza D. Martinez. "Teachers’ perceptions about the value of protocols for professional development: results of a qualitative investigation." Teacher Development 28, no. 2 (2024): 158-177.

Adrion, W. Richards, and Emrah Pektaş. "Evolution of an Integrated, Elementary CSforAll Curriculum." In Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 2, pp. 1548-1549. 2024.

Miller, Rachel. “Creating Diverse Perspectives in CS Begins With You!”. CSTA 2024 Annual Conference. July 16-19, 2024. Las Vegas, NV. 2024.