Veronica Catete

Integrating Computer Science in Middle School Lessons through Block-Based Coding

Reddi, S., Perez, E., & Cateté, V. (2026, February 13).

"Like a GPS": Analyzing Middle School Student Responses to an Interactive Pathfinding Activity

Aguiar, C., Carpenter, D., Vandenberg, J., Goslen, A., Min, W., Cateté, V., & Mott, B. (2025, February 18).

A New Method of Collaboration in Block-Based Programming Environments

White, I., Thomas, M., & Catete, V. (2025, November 2). (Vol. 11). Vol. 11.

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.

Comparative Analysis of STEM and Non-STEM Teachers’ Needs for Integrating AI into Educational Environments

Riahi, B., & Cateté, V. (2025, January 1). Lecture Notes in Computer Science.

Examining the Adaptation of an Infusing Computing Professional Development Program to a Rwandan Context

Isvik, A., Cateté, V., & Uwamahoro, J. (2025, September 29).

Introducing Reinforcement Learning Concepts to Middle School Students with Game-Based Learning

Presson, M., Gupta, A., Vandenberg, J., Goslen, A., Min, W., Cateté, V., & Mott, B. (2025, February 18).

Measuring Student Perceptions of Cybersecurity in an Informal Learning Environment

Thomas, M., White, I., & Cateté, V. (2025, October 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.

SnapClass: An AI-Enhanced Classroom Management System for Block-Based Programming

Riahi, B., Tian, X., Limke, A., Storozhevykh, V., Cateté, V., Barnes, T., … Singh, K. (2025, October 7).

What Does It Take to Support Problem Solving in Programming Classrooms? A New Framework from the K-12 Teacher Perspective

Limke, A., Islam, S., Riahi, B., Tian, X., Hill, M., Cateté, V., & Barnes, T. (2025, April 23). EXTENDED ABSTRACTS OF THE 2025 CHI CONFERENCE ON HUMAN FACTORS IN COMPUTING SYSTEMS, CHI 2025.

A Survey of K-12 Teacher Needs for an Online Programming Learning System

Limke, A., Hill, M., Cateté, V., & Barnes, T. (2024, May 11). EXTENDED ABSTRACTS OF THE 2024 CHI CONFERENCE ON HUMAN FACTORS IN COMPUTING SYSTEMS, CHI 2024.

Cybersecurity Pedagogy: Exploration Of Effective Teaching Methods For Engaging Middle School Learners

Chavez, B., Thomas, M., Elmore, E., & Cateté, V. (2024, December 2). PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2024 ACM VIRTUAL GLOBAL COMPUTING EDUCATION CONFERENCE V.2, SIGCSE VIRTUAL 2024, pp. 303–304.

Engaging Students from Rural Communities in AI Education with Game-Based Learning

Goslen, A., Gupta, A., Muthukrishnan, S., Midgett, R., Min, W., Vandenberg, J., … Mott, B. (2024, March 14).

Equitable Access to Cybersecurity Education: A Case Study of Underserved Middle School Students

Thomas, M., Elmore, E., Chavez, B., Ruth, R., Avery, C., Cukier, M., & Cateté, V. (2024, July 3). PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2024 CONFERENCE INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY IN COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION, VOL 1, ITICSE 2024, pp. 625–632.

Exploring Novices' Problem-Solving Strategies in Computing and Math Domains

Marwan, S., Choquette, N., Cateté, V., & Morrison, B. B. (2024, November 12). PROCEEDINGS OF 24TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTING EDUCATION RESEARCH, KOLI CALLING 2024.

Idea Builder: Motivating Idea Generation and Planning for Open-Ended Programming Projects through Storyboarding

Wang, W., Limke, A., Bobbadi, M., Isvik, A., Cateté, V., Barnes, T., & Price, T. W. (2024, March 7). PROCEEDINGS OF THE 55TH ACM TECHNICAL SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION, SIGCSE 2024, VOL. 1, pp. 1402–1408.

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.

Multi-Pronged Pedagogical Approaches to Broaden Participation in Computing and Increase Students' Computing Persistence: A Robustness Analysis of the STARS Computing Corps' Impact on Students' Intentions to Persist in Computing

Wyatt, L. G., Fisk, S. R., Thompson, C., Payton, J., Cateté, V., Rorrer, A. S., … McKlin, T. (2024, March 7). PROCEEDINGS OF THE 55TH ACM TECHNICAL SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION, SIGCSE 2024, VOL. 1, pp. 1456–1462.

Scaffolding Novices: Analyzing When and How Parsons Problems Impact Novice Programming in an Integrated Science Assignment

Tabarsi, B., Reichert, H., Lytle, N., Catete, V., & Barnes, T. (2024, August 6). 20TH ANNUAL ACM CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL COMPUTING EDUCATION RESEARCH, ICER 2024, VOL 1, pp. 42–54.

Supporting Student Engagement in K-12 AI Education with a Card Game Construction Toolkit

Lim, H., Min, W., Vandenberg, J., Cateté, V., Uchidiuno, J., & Mott, B. (2024, March 14).

A Case Study on When and How Novices Use Code Examples in Open-Ended Programming

Wang, W., Rao, Y., Kwatra, A., Milliken, A., Dong, Y., Gomes, N., … Price, T. (2023, June 29). PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2023 CONFERENCE ON INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY IN COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION, ITICSE 2023, VOL 1, pp. 82–88.

Empowering Students as Leaders of Co-Design for Block-Based Programming

Limke, A., Lytle, N., Lin, M., Mahmoud, S., Hill, M., Cateté, V., & Barnes, T. (2023, April 19).

High School Girls’ Experiences in a Project-Based Learning Computer Science Course

Gransbury, I., Brock, J., Cateté, V., Barnes, T., Grover, S., & Lédeczi, Á. (2023, June 20). 2023 CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN EQUITABLE AND SUSTAINED PARTICIPATION IN ENGINEERING, COMPUTING, AND TECHNOLOGY, RESPECT 2023, pp. 117–123.

Investigating the Impact of On-Demand Code Examples on Novices' Open-Ended Programming Experience

Wang, W., Bacher, J., Isvik, A., Limke, A., Sthapit, S., Shi, Y., … Price, T. (2023, August 7). PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2023 ACM CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL COMPUTING EDUCATION RESEARCH V.1, ICER 2023 V1, pp. 464–475.

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.

Participatory Design with Teachers for Block-Based Learning with SnapClass

Limke, A., Lytle, N., Mahmoud, S., Lin, M., Hill, M., Cateté, V., & Barnes, T. (2023, October 3). 2023 IEEE SYMPOSIUM ON VISUAL LANGUAGES AND HUMAN-CENTRIC COMPUTING, VL/HCC, pp. 173–178.

Project-Based Software Engineering Curriculum for Secondary Students

Gransbury, I., Brock, J., Root, E., Catete, V., Barnes, T., Grover, S., & Ledeczi, A. (2023, September 12). PROCEEDINGS OF THE 18TH WIPSCE CONFERENCE IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY COMPUTING EDUCATION RESEARCH, WIPSCE 2023.

Student Attitudes During the Pilot of the Computer Science Frontiers Course

Brock, J., Gransbury, I., Cateté, V., Barnes, T., Grover, S., & Ledeczi, A. (2023, August 7).

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.

A Framework for Socially-Relevant Service-Learning Internship Experiences for High School Students

Catete, V., Isvik, A., & Hill, M. (2022, February 22). Proceedings of the 53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, pp. 815–821.

Block-based abstractions and expansive services to make advanced computing concepts accessible to novices

Brady, C., Broll, B., Stein, G., Jean, D., Grover, S., Cateté, V., … Lédeczi, Á. (2022, September 20). Journal of Computer Languages, Vol. 12.

Building a Virtual Community of Practice: Teacher Learning for Computational Thinking Infusion

Jocius, R., O’Byrne, W. I., Albert, J., Joshi, D., Blanton, M., Robinson, R., … Catete, V. (2022, April 18). TechTrends, Vol. 4.

Case Studies on the Use of Storyboarding by Novice Programmers

Limke, A., Milliken, A., Cateté, V., Gransbury, I., Isvik, A., Price, T., … Barnes, T. (2022, July 7). PROCEEDINGS OF THE 27TH ACM CONFERENCE ON INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY IN COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION, ITICSE 2022, VOL 1, pp. 318–324.

Characterizing High School Participants’ Motivations and Outcomes in a Service-Oriented Summer Internship

Isvik, A., Lytle, N., Catete, V., & Barnes, T. (2022, November 12).

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.

Developing Sustainable, Mutually Collaborative, Global Partnerships

Bottomley, L., Catete, V., Mbaneme, V., Daniel, A., Pender, K., Reynolds, K., & Marshall, L. (2021, November 15). 2021 World Engineering Education Forum/Global Engineering Deans Council (WEEF/GEDC).

Examining Equity in Computing-Infused Lessons Made by Novices

Isvik, A., Catete, V., Elmore, E., & Barnes, T. (2021, May 23). IEEE STCBP RESPECT CONFERENCE: 2021 RESEARCH ON EQUITY AND SUSTAINED PARTICIPATION IN ENGINEERING, COMPUTING, AND TECHNOLOGY (RESPECT).

Exploring and Influencing Teacher Grading for Block-based Programs through Rubrics and the GradeSnap Tool

Milliken, A., Cateté, V., Limke, A., Gransbury, I., Chipman, H., Dong, Y., & Barnes, T. (2021, August 16). ICER 2021: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 17TH ACM CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL COMPUTING EDUCATION RESEARCH.

Infusing Computing: Moving a Service Oriented Internship Program Online

Isvik, A., Catete, V., Bell, D., Gransbury, I., & Barnes, T. (2021, May 23). IEEE STCBP RESPECT CONFERENCE: 2021 RESEARCH ON EQUITY AND SUSTAINED PARTICIPATION IN ENGINEERING, COMPUTING, AND TECHNOLOGY (RESPECT).

PlanIT! A New Integrated Tool to Help Novices Design for Open-ended Projects

Milliken, A., Wang, W., Cateté, V., Martin, S., Gomes, N., Dong, Y., … Martens, C. (2021, March 3). Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, pp. 232–238.

Removing the Walls Around Visual Educational Programming Environments

Broll, B., Ledeczi, A., Stein, G., Jean, D., Brady, C., Grover, S., … Barnes, T. (2021, October 10). 2021 IEEE SYMPOSIUM ON VISUAL LANGUAGES AND HUMAN-CENTRIC COMPUTING (VL/HCC 2021).

The Design and Implementation of a Method for Evaluating and Building Research Practice Partnerships

Rorrer, A., Pugalee, D., Edwards, C., Boulden, D., Maher, M. L., Cao, L., … Wiebe, E. (2021, March 3). SIGCSE 2021 - Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, pp. 753–759.

The Virtual Pivot

Jocius, R., Joshi, D., Albert, J., Barnes, T., Robinson, R., Cateté, V., … Andrews, A. (2021, March 3). SIGCSE 2021 - Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, pp. 1198–1204.

A block-based modeling curriculum for teaching middle grade science students about Covid-19

Cateté, V., Lytle, N., Boulden, D., Hinckle, M., Wiebe, E., & Barnes, T. (2020, October 15). ACM International Conference Proceeding Series.

Aligning Theory and Practice in Teacher Professional Development for Computer Science

Cateté, V., Alvarez, L., Isvik, A., Milliken, A., Hill, M., & Barnes, T. (2020, November 19). ACM International Conference Proceeding Series.

Bridge to Computing: An outreach program for at-risk young men

Catete, V., Bell, D., Isvik, A., Lytle, N., Dong, Y., & Barnes, T. (2020, March 10). 2020 Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology, RESPECT 2020 - Proceedings.

Code, Connect, Create

Jocius, R., Joshi, D., Dong, Y., Robinson, R., Cateté, V., Barnes, T., … Lytle, N. (2020, February 25). Proceedings of the 51st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, pp. 971–977.

Creating a School-wide CS/CT-focused STEM Ecosystem to Address Access Barriers

Boulden, D., Edwards, C., Catete, V., Lytle, N., Barnes, T., Wiebe, E. N., & Frye, D. (2020, March 10). 2020 Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology, RESPECT 2020 - Proceedings.

Data-driven approaches for exploring the effects of teacher instruction on student programming behaviors

CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 2734. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85096177425&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Data-informed curriculum sequences for a curriculum-integrated game

Akintunde, R. O., Shabrina, P., Catete, V., Barnes, T., Lynch, C., & Rutherford, T. (2020, March 13). Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge, pp. 635–644.

Exploring Differences Between Student and Teacher Created Snap! Projects

Isvik, A., Catete, V., Alvarez, L., Lytle, N., & Barnes, T. (2020, July 16). 2020 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC).

FIRST Principles to Design for Online, Synchronous High School CS Teacher Training and Curriculum Co-Design

Grover, S., Cateté, V., Barnes, T., Hill, M., Ledeczi, A., & Broll, B. (2020, November 19). ACM International Conference Proceeding Series.

FLAMES: A Socially Relevant Computing Summer Internship for High School Students

Isvik, A., Catete, V., & Barnes, T. (2020, March 10). 2020 Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology, RESPECT 2020 - Proceedings.

Infusing Computing: A Scaffolding and Teacher Accessibility Analysis of Computing Lessons Designed by Novices

Cateté, V., Isvik, A., & Barnes, T. (2020, November 19). ACM International Conference Proceeding Series.

Investigating Different Assignment Designs to Promote Collaboration in Block-Based Environments

Lytle, N., Milliken, A., Cateté, V., & Barnes, T. (2020, February 25). Proceedings of the 51st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, pp. 832–838.

Poster: Designing GradeSnap for Block-Based Code

Milliken, A., Catete, V., Isvik, A., & Barnes, T. (2020, July 16). 2020 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC).

A Comparison of the Quality of Data-Driven Programming Hint Generation Algorithms

International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 29(3), 368–395.

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.

CEO: A Triangulated Evaluation of a Modeling-Based CT-Infused CS Activity for Non-CS Middle Grade Students

Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Global Computing Education - CompEd '19, 58–64.

Defining Tinkering Behavior in Open-ended Block-based Programming Assignments

Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education - SIGCSE '19, 1204–1210.

Developing a Systemic, Scalable Model to Broaden Participation in Middle School Computer Science

Wiebe, E., Barnes, T., Freeman, S., Frye, D., Maher, M. L., Cao, L., … Catete, V. (2019, February 1). 2019 Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT), pp. 1–2.

Effective Computer Science Teacher Professional Development

Proceedings of the 2019 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education - ITiCSE '19, 271–277.

From 'Use' to 'Choose': Scaffolding CT Curricula and Exploring Student Choices while Programming

[Paper]. Proceedings of the 14th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education on - WiPSCE'19, 18.

Infusing Computing

Proceedings of the 2019 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education - ITiCSE '19, 278–284.

Infusing Computing Through Professional Development: Shifts in Content Area Teachers’ Understandings of Computational Thinking Integration

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, 302–305.

PRADA

Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education - SIGCSE '19, 906–912.

Position: Scaffolded Coding Activities Afforded by Block-Based Environments

Lytle, N., Dong, Y., Catete, V., Milliken, A., Isvik, A., & Barnes, T. (2019, October 1). Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE Blocks and Beyond Workshop (B&B), pp. 5–7.

Use, Modify, Create

Proceedings of the 2019 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education - ITiCSE '19, 395–401.

Creation and validation of low-stakes rubrics for K-12 computer science

Proceedings of the 23rd Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education - ITiCSE 2018, 63–68.

Infusing computational thinking into middle grade science classrooms

Cateté, V., Lytle, N., Dong, Y., Boulden, D., Akram, B., Houchins, J., … Boyer, K. (2018, October 3). WIPSCE'18: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 13TH WORKSHOP IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY COMPUTING EDUCATION, pp. 109–114.

A Framework for the Rapid Creation of Quality-Assured Programming Rubrics for New K-12 Computer Science Teachers.

North Carolina State University.

A Pathway to Strengthening Support for Beauty and Joy of Computing Teachers

Subramaniam, M., & Cateté, V. (2017, March 8). Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, pp. 779–780.

Application of the Delphi Method in Computer Science Principles Rubric Creation

Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education - ITiCSE '17, Part F128680, 164–169.

Factors Influencing Students' Help-Seeking Behavior while Programming with Human and Computer Tutors

Price, T. W., Liu, Z., Cateté, V., & Barnes, T. (2017, August 14). Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research (ICER 17), pp. 127–135.

Developing a Rubric for a Creative CS Principles Lab

Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education - ITiCSE '16, 11-13-July-2016, 290–295.

Lessons Learned from "BJC" CS Principles Professional Development

Proceedings of the 47th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education - SIGCSE '16, 467–472.

Augmenting introductory Computer Science Classes with GameMaker and Mobile Apps (Abstract Only)

Catete, V., Peddycord, B., & Barnes, T. (2015, February 24). Proceedings of the 46th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, pp. 709–709.

BJC in action: Comparison of student perceptions of a computer science principles course

Price, T. W., Albert, J., Catete, V., & Barnes, T. (2015, August 1). 2015 Research in Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT), pp. 1–4.

BOTS: Selecting Next-Steps from Player Traces in a Puzzle Game.

EDM (Workshops), 1446. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84944339515&partnerID=MN8TOARS

CS outreach to high school enrollment

Cateté, V. (2014, July 28). Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Conference on International Computing Education Research, pp. 143–144.

Making games and apps in introductory computer science (abstract only)

Proceedings of the 45th ACM technical symposium on Computer science education - SIGCSE '14, 739–739.