Marina Umaschi Bers

Overview

Best Publications

• Computational thinking and tinkering: Exploration of an early childhood robotics curriculum

  Marina Umaschi Bers;Louise Flannery;Elizabeth R. Kazakoff;Amanda Sullivan

  1148
  Citations

• The Effect of a Classroom-Based Intensive Robotics and Programming Workshop on Sequencing Ability in Early Childhood

  Elizabeth R. Kazakoff;Amanda Sullivan;Marina U. Bers

  530
  Citations

• Robotics in the early childhood classroom: learning outcomes from an 8-week robotics curriculum in pre-kindergarten through second grade

  Amanda Sullivan;Marina Umaschi Bers

  503
  Citations

• Blocks to Robots: Learning with Technology in the Early Childhood Classroom

  Marina Umaschi Bers

  429
  Citations

• Teachers as Designers: Integrating Robotics in Early Childhood Education.

  Marina U. Bers;Iris Ponte;Catherine Juelich;Alison Viera

  404
  Citations

• Coding as a Playground: Programming and Computational Thinking in the Early Childhood Classroom

  Marina Umaschi Bers

  402
  Citations

• Designing ScratchJr: support for early childhood learning through computer programming

  Louise P. Flannery;Brian Silverman;Elizabeth R. Kazakoff;Marina Umaschi Bers

  346
  Citations

• The TangibleK Robotics Program: Applied Computational Thinking for Young Children.

  Marina U. Bers

  329
  Citations

• Coding as a playground: Promoting positive learning experiences in childhood classrooms

  Marina U. Bers;Carina González-González;Mª Belén Armas–Torres

  315
  Citations

• Tangible interaction and learning: the case for a hybrid approach

  Michael S. Horn;R. Jordan Crouser;Marina U. Bers

  293
  Citations

• Dancing robots: integrating art, music, and robotics in Singapore’s early childhood centers

  Amanda Sullivan;Marina Umaschi Bers

  259
  Citations

• Ready for Robotics: Bringing Together the T and E of STEM in Early Childhood Teacher Education.

  Marina Umaschi Bers;Safoura Seddighin;Amanda Sullivan

  229
  Citations

• “I want my robot to look for food”: Comparing Kindergartner’s programming comprehension using tangible, graphic, and hybrid user interfaces

  Amanda Strawhacker;Marina U. Bers

  223
  Citations

• Designing Digital Experiences for Positive Youth Development: From Playpen to Playground

  Marina Umaschi Bers

  206
  Citations

• Teaching Partnerships: Early Childhood and Engineering Students Teaching Math and Science Through Robotics

  Marina U. Bers;Merredith Portsmore

  200
  Citations

• Identity Construction Environments: Developing Personal and Moral Values Through the Design of a Virtual City

  Marina Umaschi Bers

  195
  Citations

• Coding as another language: a pedagogical approach for teaching computer science in early childhood

  Marina Umaschi Bers

  193
  Citations

• KIBO robot demo: engaging young children in programming and engineering

  Amanda Sullivan;Mollie Elkin;Marina Umaschi Bers

  168
  Citations

• Learning to code and the acquisition of computational thinking by young children

  E. Relkin;L.E. de Ruiter;M.U. Bers

  165
  Citations

• Interactive storytelling systems for children: using technology to explore language and identity

  Marina Umaschi Bers;Justine Cassell

  161
  Citations

• Programming in a robotics context in the kindergarten classroom: The impact on sequencing skills.

  Elizabeth Kazakoff;Marina Bers

  155
  Citations

• Coding and Computational Thinking in Early Childhood: The Impact of ScratchJr in Europe.

  Marina Umaschi Bers

  152
  Citations