Pathways for Intro to CS: Story Programming

We investigate different ways of introducing students to CS based on their prior programming experience and interest in coding. We introduce a new approach for explaing computation using well-known stories before teaching coding, and we compare this approach with the traditional code-first approaches.

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Success in CS: Problem-Solving, Access/Usage, and Accreditation

What contributes to the success of CS students? In this research we investigate three areas that contribute to students' success in CS. One contributing factor is the problem-solving process and skills used by students to engage in computational thinking and the misconceptions students' develop about abstract computational concepts. Another factor includes the access and usage of computing resources to succeed as a CS major and in CS courses. We also look at how accreditation can help promote student success through proccess that support continuous improvement.

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Peer Review: Self-Efficacy and Accuracy

This research investigates peer review in an academic setting. We are interested in learning how peer reviews impact and correlate to self-efficacy, and we also investigate how accurate students are in engaging in peer review. We are working on an online system that uses comparitive judgement, instead of absolute judgement, for reviewing and grading the quality of work more accurately.

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K-12 Education: Curriculum Development and Pre-Service Teachers

This research focuses on developing curriculum for K-12 students and teachers. We create small modules to teach CS principles for after-school programs and in-school classes. We create modules that teach computational thinking and programming/coding as a stand-alone subject, and we also integrate computation into secondary mathematics currica for pre-service teachers.

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PhD Students

Paris Kathalas
Abdullah Azzouni
Eman Almadhoun

MS Students

Aiden Nelson (MS Thesis)
Pallavi Sapale (MS Project)

Undergrads

Javier Garcia-Ramirez
Erick Branner

Past MS/PhD

Beatrice Moissinac (PhD)
Ashwaq Alsalmi (MS Project)
Shannon Ernst (MS Thesis)
Hanadi Alqahtani (MS Project)
Asma Alghamdi (MS Thesis)
Ernie Bodle (MS Thesis)
Fengfei (Funfay) Zheng (MS Thesis)
Chris Kawell (MS Thesis)
Yipeng (Roger) Song (MS Thesis)

Past Undergrad Researchers

Jessica Garcia-Ramirez
Hannah Vaughan
Sharlena Luyen
Mason Sidebottom
Aiden Nelson
Kaitlin Hill
Emily Dominguez
Lily Shellhammer
Lizz Premer

Publications

Azzouni, Abdullah and Parham-Mocello, J. (2021). Continuous Improvement in Academic Computing Programs is Rarely Comprehensive. American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE 2021). (Abstract approved, Paper submitted)

Azzouni, Abdullah and Parham-Mocello, J. (2021). A Method for Evaluating a Computing Program's Continuous Improvement Plan. Frontiers in Education (FIE 2021). (Abstract approved, Paper in progress)

Almadhoun, E. and Parham-Mocello, J. (2021). Identifying Student Misunderstandings About Basic Linked List Components. Frontiers in Education (FIE 2021). (Abstract approved, Paper in progress)

Azzouni, Abdullah and Parham-Mocello, J. (2021). Evaluating Current Continuous Improvement Approaches in an ABET-Accredited Computing Program (ITiCSE 2021).

Niess, Margaret, Parham-Mocello, J. and Erwig, M. (2021). Reframing Middle School Mathematics Teachers' TPACK for Teaching A New Computer Science Curriculum: Researcher-Practitioner Partnership, Board Games, and Virtual Teaching Experiences. Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference.

McCormick, M., Parham-Mocello, J., Heer, D. (2020 October). Improving Multidisciplinary Understanding Through Interdisciplinary Project-based Learning in a First-Year Orientation Course. Frontiers in Education (FIE 2020), Uppsala, Sweden.

Parham-Mocello, J., and Bodle, E. (2020, June), The Effectiveness of Using Robotics for Career Technology Education in a Middle School STE(A)M Course Paper presented at 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line . https://peer.asee.org/35311

Parham-Mocello, J. and Erwig, M. (2020). Does Story Programming Prepare for Coding? Special Interest Group in Computer Science Education (SIGCSE 2020).

Mossinic, B., Parham-Mocello, J. and Pappas, R. (2020). CS Student Laptop and Computer Lab Usage as a Factor of Success in Computing Education. Special Interest Group in Computer Science Education (SIGCSE 2020).

Parham-Mocello, J., Erwig, M., and Dominguez, E. (2019). To Code or Not to Code? Programming in Introductory CS Courses (VL/HCC 2019).

Parham-Mocello, J., Ernst, S., Erwig, M., Shellhammer, L., and Dominguez, E. (2019). Story Programming: Explaining Computer Science Before Coding. Special Interest Group in Computer Science Education (SIGCSE 2019).

Ernst, S. and Parham-Mocello, J. (2018). Analysis of CS 1 and CS 2 Student Design Behavior. Psychology of Programming Interest Group (PPIG 2018).

Parham-Mocello, J. and Ernst, S. (2017 October). Analysis of Freshman Designs and the Correlation to Grades. The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 33(1), 186-193.

Parham, J., Gugerty, L., and Stevenson, D. E. (2010). Empirical Evidence for the Existence and Uses of Metacognition in Computer Science Problem Solving. SIGCSE (March 2010), 1-5.

Parham, J., Chinn, D., and Stevenson, D. E. (2009). Using Bloom's taxonomy to code verbal protocols of students solving a data structure problem. In Proceedings of the 47th Annual Southeast Regional Conference (March 2009), 1-6.

Stevenson, D. E. and Parham, Jennifer. (2006). Problem-Based and Case-Based Methods in Computer Science. The Creative College Teaching Journal, 3(1), 53–66.

Parham, J. (2003 December). An Assessment and Evaluation of Computer Science Education. The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 19(2), 115-127.

Papers in Progress

Parham-Mocello, J., Kalathas, P., Elliot, R. and Lockwood, E. (2021). Exploring Math + CS in a Secondary Education Methods Course.

Parham-Mocello, J., Erwig, M., Niess, M., Kawell, C. and Friedman, B. (2021). Virtually Unplugged: Using Board Games For Online CS Middle School Camps.

Parham-Mocello, J. A Cognitive Model Explaining How People Solve CS Problems. Computer Science Education. Paper in progress.

Pathways for Intro to CS: Story Programming

Success in CS: Problem-Solving, Access/Usage, and Accreditation

Peer Review: Self-Efficacy and Accuracy

K-12 Education: Curriculum Development and Pre-Service Teachers

PhD Students

MS Students

Undergrads

Past MS/PhD

Past Undergrad Researchers

Publications

Papers in Progress

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