Publications Archive

Milto, E., Portsmore, M., McCormick, M., Watkins, J., Hynes, M. (2020). Novel Engineering, K 8: An Integrated Approach to Engineering and Literacy. NSTA Press. [PDF]

Rogers, C. (2019). Making and Learning. ASEE Prism; Washington. 29(4). 21-22. [PDF]

Rogers, C. (2019). The Textbook, Transformed. ASEE Prism; Washington. 28(8). 23. [PDF]

Willner-Giwerc, S., Rogers, C., & Wendell, K. (2020). The SymbIOTics System: Designing an Internet of Things Platform for Elementary School Students. International Journal of Designs for Learning. 12(2). 64-79. [PDF]

Wright, C., Likely, R., Wendell, K., Paugh, P., & Smith, E. (2020). Recognition and positional identity in an elementary professional learning community: A case study. Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research. (10), 1-12. [PDF]

Andrews, C., Batrouny, N., Wendell, K., & Dalvi, T. (2020). Make Way for Trains: A Community-connected Elementary Geotechnical Engineering Unit. ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition. [PDF]

Andrews, C., Batrouny, N., Wendell, K., & Dalvi, T. (2020). Reservoir Rescue: A Community-connected Elementary Water Filtration Engineering Unit. ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition. [PDF]

Andrews, C., Wendell, K., Batrouny, N., & Dalvi, T. (2020). Patterns of Mechanistic Reasoning in an Integrated Earth Science and Geotechnical Engineering Unit. ICLS 2020. [PDF]

Asatekin, A., & Shamah, I., & Klotz, A. A., & Portsmore, M. D., & Forte, M., & Shute, R. L. (2020). Chemical Engineering for Middle School Girls. ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition. [PDF]

Batrouny, N., Wendell, K., Andrews, C., & Dalvi, T. (2020). Examining Shared Understandings of Design Artifacts in Upper-elementary School Engineering. ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition. [PDF]

Hoch, A., Miel, K., Portsmore, M., & Swanson, R. (2020). “Because I’m Not Always Constantly Getting Everything Right”: Gender Differences in Engineering Identity Formation in Elementary Students. ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition. [PDF] 

Moison, E., Miel, K., Portsmore, M., Paul, K., Maltese, A., & Kim, J. (2020). Characterizing Engineering Outreach Ambassadors’ Teaching Moves during Engineering Design Activities. ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition. [PDF] *

Portsmore, M., Watkins, J., & Swanson, R. (2020). “I Understand Their Frustrations a Little Bit Better”: Elementary Teachers’ Affective Stances in Engineering in an Online Learning Program. ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition. [PDF]

Stuopis, I., Wendell, K., & Mazan, M. (2020). Veterinary Medicine as a Context for Student Reasoning in a Mechanical Engineering Capstone Design Course. ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition.

Swanson, R. D. (2020). Shifting Teaching Practices of Informal STEM Educators in an Online Collaborative Professional Learning Community. NARST 2020. 

Wendell, K., Shaw, F., Kshirsagar, K., Danahy, E., Bernstein, D., Puttick, G., & Cassidy, M. (2020). Navigating Dual Goals of Team Collaboration and Design Concept Development in a Middle School Bio-Inspired Robotics Unit. ICLS 2020. [PDF]

Willner-Giwerc, S., Wendell, K., Rogers, C., Danahy, E., & Stuopis, I. (2020). Solution Diversity in Engineering Computing Final Projects. ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition. [PDF]

Danahy, E. (2020). Arduino. Webinar.

Danahy, E. (2019). Importance of STEAM Education. LEGO Education Conference. Tokyo, Japan.

Danahy, E. (2020). First-Year Engineering: Innovations in ES2. Tufts School of Engineering. Medford, MA.

Danahy, E. (2020). Is Technology Helping or Hurting our Students’ Creativity?. Leonardo at 500: Boosting Creativity in Education. Paris, France.

Danahy, E. (2020). Creativity, Robots and Research: The Power of STEAM with Dr. Ethan Danahy. Institute of Imagination (iOi). London, UK.

Milto, E. (2020). Novel Book Release. Webinar.

Milto, E. (2020). Parent Town Hall. Webinar.

Milto, E. (2020). Teacher Town Hall. Webinar.

Portsmore, M. & Earnhart, A. (2020). Arduino. Webinar.

2015

Coppola, Sarah. (2015). Evaluating Muscle Electromyography (Emg) in Females Across the Anthropometric Spectrum for Three Computer Input Devices. (Unpublished master's thesis). Tufts University, Medford.

Madariaga, Leonard. (2015). Exploratory Study of the Physical Environment in Makerspaces: Implications for the Design and User Evaluation of a New Workstation-system. (Unpublished master's thesis). Tufts University, Medford.

McCormick, Mary. (2015). The Complex Dynamics of Student Engagement in Novel Engineering Design Activities. (Unpublished master's thesis). Tufts University, Medford.

Meehan, Riley. (2015). Making Sense of Making: Teachers' Perceptions of Makerspaces in Schools. (Unpublished master's thesis). Tufts University, Medford.

Mehta, Lajja. (2015). Understanding Novel Engineering Implementation Barriers for Teachers. (Unpublished master's thesis). Tufts University, Medford.

Schnedeker, Marya. (2015). An Exploration of Introductory Training Experiences in 3D Design and 3D Printing. (Unpublished master's thesis). Tufts University, Medford.

Scolnic, Jessica. (2015). Design, Development and Analysis of the EVDuino Robotics Prototype Platform. (Unpublished master's thesis). Tufts University, Medford.

Tietz, Aaron. (2015). Using Machine Learning Techniques to Predict Human-Like Actions in Trails Forward. (Unpublished master's thesis). Tufts University, Medford.

2014

Church, B. (2014). An Interactive Digital Workbook Design to Scaffold Engineering Design Projects. (Unpublished master's thesis). Tufts University, Medford.

Crooks, Whitney. (2014). Using Social Networking to Crowdsource Control Strategies for Soft Robots. (Unpublished master's thesis). Tufts University, Medford.

Hellickson, T. (2014). Analytical Heat Transfer of a Porous Media: An Analysis of the Thermal Characteristics of Synthetic Lightweight Aggregate. (Unpublished master's thesis). Tufts University, Medford.

Smith, C. (2014). Automated Sorting with the Baxter Research Robot. (Unpublished master's thesis). Tufts University, Medford.

Swenson, J. (2014). Examining Students' Activation of Productive Resources for Engineering Evaluation. (Unpublished master's thesis). Tufts University, Medford.

2013

Boardman, S. (2013). The Use of a Large Multi-Touch Surface for Classroom Education. (Unpublished master's thesis). Tufts University, Medford.

Dowling, D. (2013). Teacher Noticing and Classroom Communication Systems: How They Can Inform Each Other. (Unpublished master's thesis). Tufts University, Medford.

Fournier, E. (2013). Injectable Silk Foams for the Treatment of Cervical Insufficiency. (Unpublished master's thesis). Tufts University, Medford.

Noble, J. (2013). Building a LEGO-Based robotics platform for a 3rd grade classroom. (Unpublished master's thesis). Tufts University, Medford.

O'Connell, B. (2013). The Development of the PaperBots Robotics Kit for Inexpensive Robotics Education Activities for Elementary Students. (Unpublished master's thesis). Tufts University, Medford.

Yagudin, R. (2013). SmartPost: An Authoring Tool for Online Education Communities. (Unpublished master's thesis). Tufts University, Medford.

2011

Wendell, K. B. (2011). Science through engineering in elementary school: Comparing three enactments of an engineering-design-based curriculum on the science of sound. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Tufts University, Medford, MA.

2010

Carberry, A. (2010). Characterizing learning-through-service students in engineering by gender and academic year. Unpublished Dissertation, Tufts University.

Portsmore, M. (2010). Exploring how experience with planning impacts first grade students' planning and solutions to engineering design problem. Unpublished Dissertation, Tufts University.

2009

Carberry, A. (2009). Measuring engineering design self-efficacy. Unpublished Qualifying Paper, Tufts University.

Gravel, B. (2009). Making "unseens" visible: Multiple representations of students' understandings of air and the particle model. Unpublished Qualifying Paper, Tufts University. [PDF]

Hynes, M. (2009). Teaching middle-school engineering: An investigation of teachers' subject matter and pedagogical content knowledge. Unpublished Dissertation, Tufts University.

Wendell, K. B. (2009). Children's material science practices before, during, and after a design-based science learning experience. Unpublished Qualifying Paper, Tufts University. [PDF]

Wright, C. (2009). Toward a more complete theory of design-based science teaching and learning: Recognizing the voices of students of color. Unpublished Qualifying Paper, Tufts University.

Wright, C. (2009). "I spread out through the air": Conceptualizing Sound from Darlene's Point of View. Unpublished Qualifying Paper, Tufts University.

2008

Carberry, A. (2008). Learning-by-teaching as a pedagogical approach and its implications on engineering education. Unpublished Qualifying Paper, Tufts University. [PDF]

Gravel, B. (2008). Science as multiple representations: Integrated perspectives on the role of learning and appropriating representations in constructing science understanding. Unpublished Qualifying Paper, Tufts University. [PDF]

Portsmore, M., (2008) Exploring first grade students' planning an an engineering design problem and its relationships to artifact construction and success: A pilot study. Unpublished Qualifying Paper, Tufts University. [PDF]

Wendell, K. B. (2008). The theoretical and empirical basis for design-based science instruction for children. Unpublished Qualifying Paper, Tufts University. [PDF]

2007

Hynes, M. (2007). Middle school teachers' use and development of engineering subject matter and pedagogical content knowledge: A pilot study. Unpublished Qualifying Paper, Tufts University. [PDF]

Hynes, M. (2007). Developing middle school engineering teachers: Toward expertise in subject matter and pedagogical content knowledge. Unpublished Qualifying Paper, Tufts University. [PDF]

2006

Beals, L. (2006). Dyadic collaborative problem solving on engineering tasks in a first grade classroom. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Tufts University. [PDF]

2005

Cejka, E. (2005). Inservice teachers' approaches to open-ended engineering design problems and the engineering design process. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Tufts University. [PDF]