Select publications from our work. An * indicates publications from earlier work conducted to support the Resources we provide.

2021

McGill, M.M., Peterfreund, A., Sexton, S., Zarch, R., Kargarmoakhar, M. (2021, September). Exploring Research Practice Partnerships for Use in K-12 Computer Science Education. ACM Inroads (pp. 24-31).

McGill, M. M. (2021, March). Improving K-12 CS Education Research via Tools and Resources for the Community. In Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (pp. 1360-1360).

McGill, M. M., Sexton, S., Peterfreund, A., & Praetzellis, M. (2021, March). Efficient, Effective, and Ethical Education Research Data Management and Sustainability. In Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (pp. 1347-1347).

* McGill, M. M., & Schroeder, E. (2021, March). The REDCap Survey Platform: Using Standardized Instruments on a Single Platform for Collecting Research Study Data. In Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (pp. 1378-1378).

* PANEL: Price, T., Franke, B., Grover, S., and McGill, M. (2021, March). Using Data to Inform Computing Education Research and Practice. 2021. In Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education.

2020

* McGill, M. M., DeLyser, L.A., Brennan, K., Franke, B., Kaylor, E., Mayhew, E., Mills, K. and Yadav, A.. 2020. Evaluation and assessment for improving CS teacher effectiveness. ACM Inroads 11, 4 (December 2020), 35–41.

* Xavier, J., McGill, M.M., and Decker, A. 2020. Designing and Developing a Resource Center for Primary and Secondary Computing Education Researchers. In 2020 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE). In Press.

* McGill, M.M., and Decker, A. 2020. PREPRINT: Construction of a Taxonomy for Tools, Languages, and Environments across Computing Education. In Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research (ICER ’20). In Press.

* McGill, M.M., and Decker, A. 2020. Tools, Languages, and Environments Used in Primary and Secondary Computing Education. In Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (pp. 103-109).

* Rebecca Vivian, Diane Franklin, David Frye, Alan Peterfreund, Jason Ravitz, Florence Sullivan, Melissa Zeitz and Monica M. McGill. 2020. 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).

* Bishakha Upadhyaya, Monica M. McGill, and Adrienne Decker. 2020. A Longitudinal Analysis of K-12 Computing Education Research in the United States: Implications and Recommendations for Change. In Proceedings of the 51st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE ’20), March 11-14, 2020, Portland, OR, USA. ACM, New York, NY, USA.

* McGill, M.M., and Decker, A. 2020. A Gap Analysis of Statistical Data Reporting in K-12 Computing Education Research: Recommendations for Improvement. In Proceedings of the 51st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE ’20), March 11-14, 2020, Portland, OR, USA. ACM, New York, NY, USA.

2019

* McGill, M.M. 2019. Discovering Empirically-Based Best Practices in Computing Education Through Replication, Reproducibility, and Meta-Analysis Studies. In Proceedings of the 19th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research (pp. 1-5). Koli Calling. ACM, New York, NY, USA. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3364510.3364528

* Monica M. McGill, Tom McKlin, and Errol Kaylor. 2019. Defining What Empirically Works Best: Dynamic Generation of Meta-Analysis for Computer Science Education. In Proceedings of the 2019 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research (ICER ’19). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 199-207. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3291279.3339401

* Decker, A. and McGill, M.M. 2019. A Systematic Review Exploring the Differences in Reported Data for Pre-College Educational Activities for Computer Science, Engineering, and Other STEM Disciplines. Education Sciences, 9(2), 69.

* McGill, M.M., Decker, A., McKlin, T., and Haynie, K.. 2019. A Gap Analysis of Noncognitive Constructs in Evaluation Instruments Designed for Computing Education. In Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE ’19), February 27-March 2, 2019, Minneapolis, MN, USA. ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 4, 7 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3287324.3287362

* Decker, A. and McGill, M.M. 2019. A Topical Review of Evaluation Instruments for Computing Education. In Proceedings of 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE ’19), February 27-March 2, 2019, Minneapolis, MN, USA. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 7 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3287324.3287393

2018

* McGill, M.M., Decker, A., and Abbott, Z. 2018. Improving Research and Experience Reports of Pre-College Computing Activities: A Gap Analysis. In Proceedings of SIGCSE ’18: The 49th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, Baltimore , MD, USA, February 21–24, 2018 (SIGCSE ’18), 6 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3159450.3159481.

* McGill, M.M. and Decker, A. 2018. Defining Requirements for a Repository to Meet the Needs of K-12 Computer Science Educators, Researchers, and Evaluators. In 2018 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) (pp. 1-9). IEEE.

2017

Adrienne Decker and Monica M. McGill. 2017. Pre-College Computing Outreach Research: Towards Improving the Practice. In Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE ’17). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 153-158. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3017680.3017744