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Mitchel Resnick

Mitchel Resnick

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Computer Science

D-Index
58
Citations
27642
World Ranking
3527
National Ranking
1698

Overview

Mitchel Resnick is affiliated with MIT in the United States. Their research spans key areas within computer science and engineering, focusing particularly on the applications of computer science and media technology.

The scientist's recent publication includes the paper titled "Coding at a crossroads," published in 2020 in the journal Communications of the ACM. This work has been cited 59 times.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Mitchel Resnick include:

  • Natalie Rusk

Publications by Resnick have appeared predominantly in the venue Communications of the ACM.

The main fields of study addressed in their research are:

  • Computer Science
  • Engineering

The subfields of study covered include:

  • Computer Science Applications
  • Media Technology

Main research topics engaged by Mitchel Resnick are:

  • Teaching and Learning Programming
  • Experimental Learning in Engineering

Best Publications

  • Scratch: programming for all

    Mitchel Resnick;John Maloney;Andrés Monroy-Hernández;Natalie Rusk

  • Turtles, Termites, and Traffic Jams: Explorations in Massively Parallel Microworlds

    Mitchel Resnick

  • The Scratch Programming Language and Environment

    John Maloney;Mitchel Resnick;Natalie Rusk;Brian Silverman

  • Constructionism in Practice: Designing, Thinking, and Learning in A Digital World

    Yasmin Bettina Kafai;Mitchel Resnick

  • Thinking in Levels: A Dynamic Systems Approach to Making Sense of the World

    Uri Wilensky;Mitchel Resnick

  • Affective Learning — A Manifesto

    R. W. Picard;S. Papert;W. Bender;B. Blumberg

  • Rethinking Learning in the Digital Age

    Mitchel Resnick

  • Programming by choice: urban youth learning programming with scratch

    John H. Maloney;Kylie Peppler;Yasmin Kafai;Mitchel Resnick

  • Digital manipulatives: new toys to think with

    Mitchel Resnick;Fred Martin;Robert Berg;Rick Borovoy

  • Some reflections on designing construction kits for kids

    Mitchel Resnick;Brian Silverman

  • Extending tangible interfaces for education: digital montessori-inspired manipulatives

    Oren Zuckerman;Saeed Arida;Mitchel Resnick

  • Scratch: a sneak preview [education]

    J. Maloney;L. Burd;Y. Kafai;N. Rusk

  • All I really need to know (about creative thinking) I learned (by studying how children learn) in kindergarten

    Mitchel Resnick

  • Sowing the Seeds for a more Creative Society

    Mitchel Resnick

  • “Thick” authenticity: new media and authentic learning

    David Williamson Shaffer;Mitchel Resnick

  • Designing for Tinkerability

    Mitchel Resnick;Eric Rosenbaum

  • Beyond Black Boxes: Bringing Transparency and Aesthetics Back to Scientific Investigation

    Mitchel Resnick;Robbie Berg;Michael Eisenberg

  • New Pathways into Robotics: Strategies for Broadening Participation

    Natalie Rusk;Natalie Rusk;Mitchel Resnick;Robbie Berg;Margaret Pezalla-Granlund

  • Programmable bricks: toys to think with

    M. Resnick;F. Martin;R. Sargent;B. Silverman

  • Moose crossing: construction, community, and learning in a networked virtual world for kids

    Amy Susan Bruckman;Mitchel Resnick

Frequent Co-Authors

Yasmin B. Kafai
Yasmin B. Kafai University of Pennsylvania
Amy Bruckman
Amy Bruckman Georgia Institute of Technology
Marina Umaschi Bers
Marina Umaschi Bers Tufts University
Andrew Begel
Andrew Begel Carnegie Mellon University
Ben Shneiderman
Ben Shneiderman University of Maryland, College Park
Uri Wilensky
Uri Wilensky Northwestern University
Brad A. Myers
Brad A. Myers Carnegie Mellon University

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