Marina Bers

Marina Bers

Tufts University

H-index: 58

North America-United States

About Marina Bers

Marina Bers, With an exceptional h-index of 58 and a recent h-index of 47 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Tufts University, specializes in the field of Educational technology, impact of new technologies for personal and moral development, coding and computational thinking in earl.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Program Comprehension Does Not Primarily Rely On the Language Centers of the Human Brain

ScratchJr design in practice: low floor, high ceiling

A normative analysis of the TechCheck computational thinking assessment

Contribution à l'étude de l'apprentissage de la programmation en grande section et en cours préparatoire à travers le logiciel ScratchJr: une approche didactique exploratoire.

Coding as Another Language: An International Comparative Study of Learning Computer Science and Computational Thinking in Kindergarten

Coding as another language: Research-based curriculum for early childhood computer science

International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction

Examining gender difference in the use of ScratchJr in a programming curriculum for first graders

Marina Bers Information

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Citations(all)

13081

Citations(since 2020)

8711

Cited By

7105

hIndex(all)

58

hIndex(since 2020)

47

i10Index(all)

121

i10Index(since 2020)

100

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Marina Bers Skills & Research Interests

Educational technology

impact of new technologies for personal and moral development

coding and computational thinking in earl

Top articles of Marina Bers

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Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Program Comprehension Does Not Primarily Rely On the Language Centers of the Human Brain

arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.12373

Shashank Srikant

Anna A Ivanova

Yotaro Sueoka

Hope H Kean

Riva Dhamala

...

2023/4/11

ScratchJr design in practice: low floor, high ceiling

International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction

Jessica C Blake-West

Marina U Bers

2023/9/1

A normative analysis of the TechCheck computational thinking assessment

Educational Technology & Society

Emily Relkin

Sara K Johnson

Marina U Bers

2023/4/1

Contribution à l'étude de l'apprentissage de la programmation en grande section et en cours préparatoire à travers le logiciel ScratchJr: une approche didactique exploratoire.

Georges-Louis Baron

Vassilis Komis

Sevastiani Touloupaki

Konstantinos Ravanis

Marina Umaschi Bers

...

2023/7/12

Coding as Another Language: An International Comparative Study of Learning Computer Science and Computational Thinking in Kindergarten

Proceedings of the 17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences-ICLS 2023, pp. 1659-1665

Marina Bers

Tess Levinson

Zhanxia Yang

Rinat Rosenberg-Kima

Avia Ben-Ari

...

2023

Coding as another language: Research-based curriculum for early childhood computer science

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Marina Umaschi Bers

Jessica Blake-West

Madhu Govind Kapoor

Tess Levinson

Emily Relkin

...

2023/7/1

International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction

Magnus Høholt Kaspersen

Karl-Emil Kjær Bilstrup

Maarten Van Mechelen

Arthur Hjort

Niels Olof Bouvin

...

2022

Examining gender difference in the use of ScratchJr in a programming curriculum for first graders

Computer Science Education

Zhanxia Yang

Marina Bers

2023/6/15

El desarrollo de Scratch-Jr: el aprendizaje de programación en primera infancia como nueva alfabetización

Virtualidad, Educación y Ciencia

Marina Umaschi Bers

2023/12/19

Impact Study of the Coding as Another Language Curriculum: Study B June 2023

Zhanxia Yang

Patricia Moore Shaffer

Courtney Hagan

Parastu Dubash

Marina Bers

2023/6

Teachers of Today Make a Better Tomorrow: Teachers’ Values in Teaching Robotics to Pre-K Students Experiencing Homelessness

Madeline A Nievera

2023

The efficacy of a computer science curriculum for early childhood: evidence from a randomized controlled trial in K-2 classrooms

Computer Science Education

Dandan Yang

Zhanxia Yang

Marina Umaschi Bers

2023/11/11

The Coding Stages Assessment: development and validation of an instrument for assessing young children’s proficiency in the ScratchJr programming language

Computer Science Education

Laura E De Ruiter

Marina U Bers

2022/10/2

Contrasting Practices in Computational Thinking Special Education.

AERA Online Paper Repository

Tess Levinson

Marina U Bers

2022/4/25

Designing an adaptive assessment for preschool children’s robotics knowledge

Educational Designer

Amanda Strawhacker

Emily Relkin

Marina Umaschi Bers

2022

Horizons for Homeless Children CAL-KIBO-PreK Pilot Program Research Findings Report

Tess Levinson

Marina Umaschi Bers

2022/9/16

Clustering young children’s coding project scores with machine learning

Apittha Unahalekhaka

Marina Umaschi Bers

2022/3/28

Beyond coding: How children learn human values through programming

Marina Umaschi Bers

2022/3/22

OECD Education Working Papers: The state of the field of computational thinking in early childhood education

Marina Umaschi Bers

Amanda Strawhacker

Amanda Sullivan

2022/7/13

The state of the field of computational thinking in early childhood education

Marina Umaschi Bers

Amanda Strawhacker

Amanda Sullivan

2022/7/13

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