Supporting Computational Algorithmic Thinking (SCAT)

SCAT Publications

     Rankin, Y. & Thomas, J.O. (under contract). Moving Students of Color from Consumers to Producers of Technology, Hershey, PA: IGI Global (Edited book).

   

     Thomas, J.O., Mindor, R., & Odemwingie, O.C. (submitted).   Exploring African-American Middle-School Girls' Perceptions of Computational Algorithmic Thinking and of Themselves as Game Designers.  Submitted as a paper to the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS). Singapore, 2016.

 

     Thomas, J.O., (in press). Understanding the Deveopment of Comutational Algorithmic Thinking Capabilities in African-American Middle-School Girls Through Game Design.  To be presented and published in the Proceedings of the Foundations of Digital Games (FDG). Pacific Grove, CA, June 2015.

     

     Thomas, J. O., Holloway, M., Richmond, A., Saunders, Q. & Thomas, T. (2015).  The Computational Algorithmic Thinking (CAT) Tree: A methodological approach to articulating complex cognitive skills and capabilities over time.  In the proceedings of the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago, IL, April 2015.

 

     Thomas, J.O., Odemwingie, O. C.*, Richmond, A.*, Saunders, Q.*, Watler, M.* (2015). Understanding the Difficulties African-American Middle School Girls Face While Enacting Computational Algorithmic Thinking in the Context of Game Design.  In Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology (JCSIT). Vol. 3, No. 1. American Research Institute for Policy Development: 2015.

 

     Thomas, J.O. (2014). Supporting Computational Algorithmic Thinking (SCAT): Exploring the development of computational algorithmic thinking in African-American middle-school girls.  In Polman, J., Kyza, E., O'Neill, D. K., Tabak, I., Penuel, W. R., Jurow, S., O'Connor, K., Lee, T. & D'Amico, L. (Eds.) Learning and Becoming Practice: Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2014, Volume 2. pp. 1092 - 1096. Boulder, CO: International Society of the Learning Sciences, June 2014. pdf

 

    Rankin, Y., Thomas, J.O., Irish, I. & Hawkins, S. M. (2014). From producers to consumers: African-American middle-school students as game designers.  In Barnes, T., & Bogost, I. (Eds.) Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, online proceedings, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. April 2014.  online pdf

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     Thomas, J. O. (2014). Supporting Computational Algorithmic Thinking (SCAT): development of a complex cognitive capability in African-American middle-school girls.  Abstract in SIGCSE ' 14 Proceedings of the 45th ACM technical symposium on Computer Science education.  ACM, New York, NY, pp. 709 - 710. Atlanta, GA, March 2014. pdf