Veronica Catete

Goslen, A., Gupta, A., Muthukrishnan, S., Midgett, R., Min, W., Vandenberg, J., … Mott, B. (2024, March 14). Engaging Students from Rural Communities in AI Education with Game-Based Learning. https://doi.org/10.1145/3626253.3635549

Wang, W., Limke, A., Bobbadi, M., Isvik, A., Catete, V., Barnes, T., & Price, T. W. (2024). Idea Builder: Motivating Idea Generation and Planning for Open-Ended Programming Projects through Storyboarding. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 55TH ACM TECHNICAL SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION, SIGCSE 2024, VOL. 1, pp. 1402–1408. https://doi.org/10.1145/3626252.3630872

Wyatt, L. G., Fisk, S. R., Thompson, C., Payton, J., Catete, V., Rorrer, A., … McKlin, T. (2024). 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. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 55TH ACM TECHNICAL SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION, SIGCSE 2024, VOL. 1, pp. 1456–1462. https://doi.org/10.1145/3626252.3630895

Lim, H., Min, W., Vandenberg, J., Cateté, V., Uchidiuno, J., & Mott, B. (2024, March 14). Supporting Student Engagement in K-12 AI Education with a Card Game Construction Toolkit. https://doi.org/10.1145/3626253.3635550

Wang, W., Rao, Y., Kwatra, A., Milliken, A., Dong, Y., Gomes, N., … Price, T. (2023). A Case Study on When and How Novices Use Code Examples in Open-Ended Programming. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2023 CONFERENCE ON INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY IN COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION, ITICSE 2023, VOL 1, pp. 82–88. https://doi.org/10.1145/3587102.3588774

Limke, A., Lytle, N., Lin, M., Mahmoud, S., Hill, M., Cateté, V., & Barnes, T. (2023, April 19). Empowering Students as Leaders of Co-Design for Block-Based Programming. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3585775

Wang, W., Bacher, J., Isvik, A., Limke, A., Sthapit, S., Shi, Y., … Price, T. (2023). Investigating the Impact of On-Demand Code Examples on Novices' Open-Ended Programming Projects. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2023 ACM CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL COMPUTING EDUCATION RESEARCH V.1, ICER 2023 V1, pp. 464–475. https://doi.org/10.1145/3568813.3600141

Vandenberg, J., Min, W., Catete, V., Boulden, D., & Mott, B. (2023). Leveraging Game Design Activities for Middle Grades AI Education in Rural Communities. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 18TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE FOUNDATIONS OF DIGITAL GAMES, FDG 2023. https://doi.org/10.1145/3582437.3587193

Limke, A., Lytle, N., Mahmoud, S., Lin, M., Hill, M., Catete, V., & Barnes, T. (2023). Participatory Design with Teachers for Block-based Learning with SnapClass. 2023 IEEE SYMPOSIUM ON VISUAL LANGUAGES AND HUMAN-CENTRIC COMPUTING, VL/HCC, pp. 173–178. https://doi.org/10.1109/VL-HCC57772.2023.00028

Gransbury, I., Brock, J., Root, E., Catete, V., Barnes, T., Grover, S., & Ledeczi, A. (2023). Project-Based Software Engineering Curriculum for Secondary Students. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 18TH WIPSCE CONFERENCE IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY COMPUTING EDUCATION RESEARCH, WIPSCE 2023. https://doi.org/10.1145/3605468.3605501

Brock, J., Gransbury, I., Cateté, V., Barnes, T., Grover, S., & Ledeczi, A. (2023, August 7). Student Attitudes During the Pilot of the Computer Science Frontiers Course. https://doi.org/10.1145/3568812.3603483

Vandenberg, J., Min, W., Gupta, A., Catete, V., Boulden, D., & Mott, B. (2023). Toward AI-infused Game Design Activities for Rural Middle Grades Students. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2023 CONFERENCE ON INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY IN COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION, ITICSE 2023, VOL. 2, pp. 644–644. https://doi.org/10.1145/3587103.3594199

Catete, V., Isvik, A., & Hill, M. (2022). A Framework for Socially-Relevant Service-Learning Internship Experiences for High School Students. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 53RD ACM TECHNICAL SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION (SIGCSE 2022), VOL 1, pp. 815–821. https://doi.org/10.1145/3478431.3499355

Brady, C., Broll, B., Stein, G., Jean, D., Grover, S., Catete, V., … Ledeczi, A. (2022). Block-based abstractions and expansive services to make advanced computing concepts accessible to novices. JOURNAL OF COMPUTER LANGUAGES, 73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cola.2022.101156

Jocius, R., O'Byrne, W. I., Albert, J., Joshi, D., Blanton, M., Robinson, R., … Catete, V. (2022, April 18). Building a Virtual Community of Practice: Teacher Learning for Computational Thinking Infusion. TECHTRENDS, Vol. 4. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-022-00729-6

Limke, A., Milliken, A., Catete, V., Gransbury, I., Isvik, A., Price, T., … Barnes, T. (2022). Case Studies on the use of Storyboarding by Novice Programmers. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 27TH ACM CONFERENCE ON INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY IN COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION, ITICSE 2022, VOL 1, pp. 318–324. https://doi.org/10.1145/3502718.3524749

Isvik, A., Lytle, N., Catete, V., & Barnes, T. (2022, November 17). Characterizing High School Participants’ Motivations and Outcomes in a Service-Oriented Summer Internship. https://doi.org/10.1145/3564721.3564734

Vandenberg, J., Min, W., Cateté, V., Boulden, D., & Mott, B. (2022, March). Promoting AI Education for Rural Middle Grades Students with Digital Game Design. https://doi.org/10.1145/3545947.3576333

Bottomley, L., Catete, V., Mbaneme, V., Daniel, A., Pender, K., Reynolds, K., & Marshall, L. (2021). Developing Sustainable, Mutually Collaborative, Global Partnerships. 2021 WORLD ENGINEERING EDUCATION FORUM/GLOBAL ENGINEERING DEANS COUNCIL (WEEF/GEDC), pp. 82–87. https://doi.org/10.1109/WEEF/GEDC53299.2021.9657357

Isvik, A., Catete, V., Elmore, E., & Barnes, T. (2021). Examining Equity in Computing-Infused Lessons Made by Novices. IEEE STCBP RESPECT CONFERENCE: 2021 RESEARCH ON EQUITY AND SUSTAINED PARTICIPATION IN ENGINEERING, COMPUTING, AND TECHNOLOGY (RESPECT), pp. 157–161. https://doi.org/10.1109/RESPECT51740.2021.9620700

Milliken, A., Catete, V., Limke, A., Gransbury, I., Chipman, H., Dong, Y., & Barnes, T. (2021). Exploring and Influencing Teacher Grading for Block-based Programs through Rubrics and the GradeSnap Tool. ICER 2021: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 17TH ACM CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL COMPUTING EDUCATION RESEARCH, pp. 101–114. https://doi.org/10.1145/3446871.3469762

Isvik, A., Catete, V., Bell, D., Gransbury, I., & Barnes, T. (2021). Infusing Computing: Moving a Service Oriented Internship Program Online. IEEE STCBP RESPECT CONFERENCE: 2021 RESEARCH ON EQUITY AND SUSTAINED PARTICIPATION IN ENGINEERING, COMPUTING, AND TECHNOLOGY (RESPECT), pp. 199–203. https://doi.org/10.1109/RESPECT51740.2021.9620644

Milliken, A., Wang, W., Cateté, V., Martin, S., Gomes, N., Dong, Y., … Martens, C. (2021). PlanIT! A New Integrated Tool to Help Novices Design for Open-ended Projects. SIGCSE 2021 - Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 232–238. https://doi.org/10.1145/3408877.3432552

Broll, B., Ledeczi, A., Stein, G., Jean, D., Brady, C., Grover, S., … Barnes, T. (2021). Removing the Walls Around Visual Educational Programming Environments. 2021 IEEE SYMPOSIUM ON VISUAL LANGUAGES AND HUMAN-CENTRIC COMPUTING (VL/HCC 2021). https://doi.org/10.1109/VL/HCC51201.2021.9576399

Rorrer, A., Pugalee, D., Edwards, C., Boulden, D., Maher, M. L., Cao, L., … Wiebe, E. (2021). The Design and Implementation of a Method for Evaluating and Building Research Practice Partnerships. SIGCSE 2021 - Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 753–759. https://doi.org/10.1145/3408877.3432532

Jocius, R., Joshi, D., Albert, J., Barnes, T., Robinson, R., Cateté, V., … Andrews, A. (2021). The Virtual Pivot: Transitioning Computational Thinking PD for Middle and High School Content Area Teachers. SIGCSE 2021 - Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 1198–1204. https://doi.org/10.1145/3408877.3432558

Cateté, V., Lytle, N., Boulden, D., Hinckle, M., Wiebe, E., & Barnes, T. (2020). A block-based modeling curriculum for teaching middle grade science students about Covid-19. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series. https://doi.org/10.1145/3421590.3421624

Cateté, V., Alvarez, L., Isvik, A., Milliken, A., Hill, M., & Barnes, T. (2020). Aligning Theory and Practice in Teacher Professional Development for Computer Science. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series. https://doi.org/10.1145/3428029.3428560

Catete, V., Bell, D., Isvik, A., Lytle, N., Dong, Y., & Barnes, T. (2020). Bridge to Computing: An outreach program for at-risk young men. 2020 Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology, RESPECT 2020 - Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.1109/RESPECT49803.2020.9272475

Jocius, R., Joshi, D., Dong, Y., Robinson, R., Cateté, V., Barnes, T., … Lytle, N. (2020). Code, Connect, Create: The 3C Professional Development Model to Support Computational Thinking Infusion. Proceedings of the 51st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 971–977. https://doi.org/10.1145/3328778.3366797

Boulden, D., Edwards, C., Catete, V., Lytle, N., Barnes, T., Wiebe, E. N., & Frye, D. (2020). Creating a School-wide CS/CT-focused STEM Ecosystem to Address Access Barriers. 2020 Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology, RESPECT 2020 - Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.1109/RESPECT49803.2020.9272485

Lytle, N., Catete, V., & Dong, Y. (2020). Data-driven approaches for exploring the effects of teacher instruction on student programming behaviors. CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 2734. Retrieved from http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85096177425&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Akintunde, R. O., Shabrina, P., Catete, V., Barnes, T., Lynch, C., & Rutherford, T. (2020). Data-informed curriculum sequences for a curriculum-integrated game. Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Learning Analytics & Knowledge, 635–644. https://doi.org/10.1145/3375462.3375530

Isvik, A., Catete, V., Alvarez, L., Lytle, N., & Barnes, T. (2020, August). Exploring Differences Between Student and Teacher Created Snap! Projects. 2020 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC). https://doi.org/10.1109/vl/hcc50065.2020.9127249

Grover, S., Cateté, V., Barnes, T., Hill, M., Ledeczi, A., & Broll, B. (2020). FIRST Principles to Design for Online, Synchronous High School CS Teacher Training and Curriculum Co-Design. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series. https://doi.org/10.1145/3428029.3428059

Isvik, A., Catete, V., & Barnes, T. (2020). FLAMES: A Socially Relevant Computing Summer Internship for High School Students. 2020 Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology, RESPECT 2020 - Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.1109/RESPECT49803.2020.9272515

Cateté, V., Isvik, A., & Barnes, T. (2020). Infusing Computing: A Scaffolding and Teacher Accessibility Analysis of Computing Lessons Designed by Novices. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series. https://doi.org/10.1145/3428029.3428056

Lytle, N., Milliken, A., Cateté, V., & Barnes, T. (2020). Investigating Different Assignment Designs to Promote Collaboration in Block-Based Environments. Proceedings of the 51st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 832–838. https://doi.org/10.1145/3328778.3366943

Milliken, A., Catete, V., Isvik, A., & Barnes, T. (2020, August). Poster: Designing GradeSnap for Block-Based Code. 2020 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC). https://doi.org/10.1109/vl/hcc50065.2020.9127284

Price, T. W., Dong, Y., Zhi, R., Paaßen, B., Lytle, N., Cateté, V., & Barnes, T. (2019). A Comparison of the Quality of Data-Driven Programming Hint Generation Algorithms. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 29(3), 368–395. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40593-019-00177-z

Peddycord-Liu, Z., Catete, V., Vandenberg, J., Barnes, T., Lynch, C. F., & Rutherford, T. (2019). A Field Study of Teachers Using a Curriculum-integrated Digital Game. CHI 2019: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2019 CHI CONFERENCE ON HUMAN FACTORS IN COMPUTING SYSTEMS. https://doi.org/10.1145/3290605.3300658

Lytle, N., Cateté, V., Dong, Y., Boulden, D., Akram, B., Houchins, J., … Wiebe, E. (2019). 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. https://doi.org/10.1145/3300115.3309527

Dong, Y., Marwan, S., Catete, V., Price, T., & Barnes, T. (2019). 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. https://doi.org/10.1145/3287324.3287437

Wiebe, E., Boulden, D., Catete, V., Barnes, T., Freeman, S., Frye, D., … Rorrer, A. S. (2019). Developing a Systemic, Scalable Model to Broaden Participation in Middle School Computer Science. 2019 Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT), 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1109/respect46404.2019.8985931

Milliken, A., Cody, C., Catete, V., & Barnes, T. (2019). Effective Computer Science Teacher Professional Development. Proceedings of the 2019 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education  - ITiCSE '19, 271–277. https://doi.org/10.1145/3304221.3319779

Lytle, N., Catete, V., Isvik, A., Boulden, D., Dong, Y., Wiebe, E., & Barnes, T. (2019). 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. https://doi.org/10.1145/3361721.3362110

Dong, Y., Andrews, A., Cateté, V., Lytle, N., Isvik, A., Barnes, T., … Robinson, R. (2019). Infusing Computing. Proceedings of the 2019 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education  - ITiCSE '19, 278–284. https://doi.org/10.1145/3304221.3319772

Jocius, R., Albert, J., Andrews, A., Catete, V., Dong, Y., Joshi, D., … Lytle, N. (2019). 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.

Dong, Y., Catete, V., Jocius, R., Lytle, N., Barnes, T., Albert, J., … Andrews, A. (2019). PRADA. Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education - SIGCSE '19, 906–912. https://doi.org/10.1145/3287324.3287431

Lytle, N., Dong, Y., Catete, V., Milliken, A., Isvik, A., & Barnes, T. (2019). Position: Scaffolded Coding Activities Afforded by Block-Based Environments. Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE Blocks and Beyond Workshop (B&B), 5–7. https://doi.org/10.1109/bb48857.2019.8941203

Lytle, N., Barnes, T., Cateté, V., Boulden, D., Dong, Y., Houchins, J., … Wiebe, E. (2019). Use, Modify, Create. Proceedings of the 2019 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education  - ITiCSE '19, 395–401. https://doi.org/10.1145/3304221.3319786

Cateté, V., Lytle, N., & Barnes, T. (2018). 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. https://doi.org/10.1145/3197091.3197134

Catete, V., Lytle, N., Dong, Y., Boulden, D., Akram, B., Houchins, J., … Boyer, K. (2018). Infusing Computational Thinking into Middle Grade Science Classrooms: Lessons Learned. WIPSCE'18: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 13TH WORKSHOP IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY COMPUTING EDUCATION, pp. 109–114. https://doi.org/10.1145/3265757.3265778

Catete, V. M. (2017). A Framework for the Rapid Creation of Quality-Assured Programming Rubrics for New K-12 Computer Science Teachers. North Carolina State University.

Subramaniam, M., & Cateté, V. (2017). A pathway to strengthening support for Beauty and Joy of Computing teachers. Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 779–780. https://doi.org/10.1145/3017680.3022458

Cateté, V., & Barnes, T. (2017). 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. https://doi.org/10.1145/3059009.3059042

Price, T. W., Liu, Z., Catete, V., & Barnes, T. (2017). Factors Influencing Students' Help-Seeking Behavior while Programming with Human and Computer Tutors. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2017 ACM CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL COMPUTING EDUCATION RESEARCH (ICER 17), pp. 127–135. https://doi.org/10.1145/3105726.3106179

Cateté, V., Snider, E., & Barnes, T. (2016). 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. https://doi.org/10.1145/2899415.2899449

Price, T. W., Cateté, V., Albert, J., Barnes, T., & Garcia, D. D. (2016). Lessons Learned from "BJC" CS Principles Professional Development. Proceedings of the 47th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education - SIGCSE '16, 467–472. https://doi.org/10.1145/2839509.2844625

Catete, V., Peddycord, B., & Barnes, T. (2015). Augmenting introductory Computer Science Classes with GameMaker and Mobile Apps. Proceedings of the 46th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 709–709. https://doi.org/10.1145/2676723.2678307

Price, T. W., Albert, J., Catete, V., & Barnes, T. (2015). BJC in action: Comparison of student perceptions of a computer science principles course. 2015 Research in Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT), 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1109/respect.2015.7296506

Hicks, A., Dong, Y., Zhi, R., Cateté, V., & Barnes, T. (2015). BOTS: Selecting Next-Steps from Player Traces in a Puzzle Game. EDM (Workshops), 1446. Retrieved from http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84944339515&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Cateté, V. (2014). CS outreach to high school enrollment: bridging the gap. Proceedings of the tenth annual conference on International computing education research, 143–144. https://doi.org/10.1145/2632320.2632323

Barnes, T., Catete, V., Hicks, A., & Peddycord, B. (2014). 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. https://doi.org/10.1145/2538862.2539000

Hicks, A., Cateté, V., & Barnes, T. (2014). Part of the game: Changing level creation to identify and filter low quality user-generated levels. Foundations of Digital Games (FDG).

Cateté, V., Hicks, D., Lynch, C., & Barnes, T. (2014). Snag’em: Graph data mining for a social networking game. Workshop on Graph-Based Educational Data Mining, 6(4), 10. Retrieved from http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84922311434&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Cateté, V., Wassell, K., & Barnes, T. (2014). Use and development of entertainment technologies in after school STEM program. SIGCSE '14: Proceedings of the 45th ACM technical symposium on Computer science education, 163–168. https://doi.org/10.1145/2538862.2538952

Barnes, T., Boyce, A., Catete, V., Doran, K., Hicks, A. G., & Keller, L. (2013). Augmenting introductory computer science classes with GameMaker and mobile apps. Proceeding of the 44th ACM technical symposium on Computer science education, 767–767. https://doi.org/10.1145/2445196.2445532

Powell, E., Brinkman, R., Barnes, T., & Catete, V. (2012). Table tilt. Proceedings of the International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games - FDG '12, 242–245. https://doi.org/10.1145/2282338.2282386