Jessica Vandenberg

Better to Be Confused or Frustrated Than Bored: Analyzing Affect Dynamics Across Player Archetypes

Zambrano, A. F., Ocumpaugh, J., Baker, R. S., & Vandenberg, J. (2025, December 1). Communications in Computer and Information Science.

Building Capacity for K-12 AI Education: A Non-Computer Science Teacher’s Experience

Boulden, D., Uchidiuno, J., Vandenberg, J., Cateté, V., Min, W., & Mott, B. (2025, June 10). Proceedings., Vol. 6.

Shaping AI Interest in Rural Middle Schools with Unplugged Learning: Gender Differences and Teacher Insights

Lim, H., Boulden, D., Vandenberg, J., Cateté, V., Min, W., & Mott, B. (2025, April 11). Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 4.

Unlocking Gameplay Insights with Epistemic (Ordered) Network Analysis: Understanding the Potential of Video Games to Foster Authentic Scientific Practices in STEM Education

Zambrano, A. F., Barany, A., Ocumpaugh, J., Nasiar, N., Vandenberg, J., Goslen, A., … Hutt, S. (2025, March 26). Journal of Science Education and Technology.

AI Planning is Elementary: Introducing Young Learners to Automated Problem Solving

Mott, B., Gupta, A., Vandenberg, J., Chakraburty, S., Ottenbreit-Leftwich, A., Hmelo-Silver, C., … Lester, J. (2024, July 4). (Vol. 7). Vol. 7.

Investigating the Needs of Middle School Educators in Teaching Artificial Intelligence

Boulden, D., Vandenberg, J., Goslen, A., Cateté, V., Min, W., & Mott, B. (2024, December 2). PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2024 ACM VIRTUAL GLOBAL COMPUTING EDUCATION CONFERENCE V.2, SIGCSE VIRTUAL 2024, pp. 301–302.

Leveraging Large Language Models for Automated Assessment of Elementary Students' Block-Based Narrative Programs

Gupta, A., Monahan, R., Vandenberg, J., Smith, A., Elsayed, R., Fox, K., … Mott, B. (2024, December 2). PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2024 ACM VIRTUAL GLOBAL COMPUTING EDUCATION CONFERENCE V.2, SIGCSE VIRTUAL 2024, pp. 318–319.

Student Perspectives on Expressing Academic Emotions in Digital Game-Based Learning

Goslen, A., Vandenberg, J., Zambrano, A. F., Nasiar, N., Hutt, S., Ocumpaugh, J., & Rowe, J. (2024, December 2).

"AI Teaches Itself": Exploring Young Learners' Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence for Instrument Development

Vandenberg, J., & Mott, B. (2023, June 29).

Cross-Country Variation in (Binary) Gender Differences in Secondary School Students’ CS Attitudes: Re-Validating and Generalizing a CS Attitudes Scale

Rachmatullah, A., Vandenberg, J., Shin, S., & Wiebe, E. (2023, October 23). ACM Transactions on Computing Education, Vol. 23.

Leveraging Game Design Activities for Middle Grades AI Education in Rural Communities

Vandenberg, J., Min, W., Catete, V., Boulden, D., & Mott, B. (2023, April 11). PROCEEDINGS OF THE 18TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE FOUNDATIONS OF DIGITAL GAMES, FDG 2023.

Multimodal CS Education Using a Scaffolded CSCL Environment

Monahan, R., Vandenberg, J., Gupta, A., Smith, A., Elsayed, R., Fox, K., … Mott, B. (2023, June 29). PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2023 CONFERENCE ON INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY IN COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION, ITICSE 2023, VOL. 2, pp. 645–645.

Toward AI-infused Game Design Activities for Rural Middle Grades Students

Vandenberg, J., Min, W., Gupta, A., Catete, V., Boulden, D., & Mott, B. (2023, June 29). PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2023 CONFERENCE ON INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY IN COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION, ITICSE 2023, VOL. 2, pp. 644–644.

Promoting AI Education for Rural Middle Grades Students with Digital Game Design

Vandenberg, J., Min, W., Cateté, V., Boulden, D., & Mott, B. (2022, March 1). PROCEEDINGS OF THE 54TH ACM TECHNICAL SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION, VOL 2, SIGCSE 2023, pp. 1388–1388.

Supporting Upper Elementary Students in Multidisciplinary Block-Based Narrative Programming

Vandenberg, J., Gupta, A., Smith, A., ElSayed, R., Fox, K., Cheuoua, A. H., … Mott, B. (2022, March 1). PROCEEDINGS OF THE 54TH ACM TECHNICAL SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION, VOL 2, SIGCSE 2023, pp. 1401–1401.

Toward More Generalizable CS and CT Instruments

Rachmatullah, A., Vandenberg, J., & Wiebe, E. (2022, July 7). PROCEEDINGS OF THE 27TH ACM CONFERENCE ON INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY IN COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION, ITICSE 2022, VOL 1, pp. 179–185.

“I remember how to do it”: exploring upper elementary students’ collaborative regulation while pair programming using epistemic network analysis

Vandenberg, J., Lynch, C., Boyer, K. E., & Wiebe, E. (2022, March 9). Computer Science Education, Vol. 3, pp. 1–29.

Prompting collaborative and exploratory discourse: An epistemic network analysis study

Vandenberg, J., Zakaria, Z., Tsan, J., Iwanski, A., Lynch, C., Boyer, K. E., & Wiebe, E. (2021, August 7). International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, Vol. 8.

Two-Computer Pair Programming: Exploring a Feedback Intervention to improve Collaborative Talk in Elementary Students

Zakaria, Z., Vandenberg, J., Tsan, J., Boulden, D. C., Lynch, C. F., Boyer, K. E., & Wiebe, E. N. (2021, February 3). Computer Science Education, Vol. 32, pp. 3–29.

Elementary Students’ Understanding of CS Terms

Vandenberg, J., Tsan, J., Boulden, D., Zakaria, Z., Lynch, C., Boyer, K. E., & Wiebe, E. (2020, June 16). ACM Transactions on Computing Education, Vol. 20.

A Field Study of Teachers Using a Curriculum-integrated Digital Game

Peddycord-Liu, Z., Cateté, V., Vandenberg, J., Barnes, T., Lynch, C. F., & Rutherford, T. (2019, April 29). Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 1–12.