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42
Citations
6381
World Ranking
8485
National Ranking
3629

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - ACM Distinguished Member

Overview

Tiffany Barnes is affiliated with North Carolina State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within computer science and psychology, with a significant focus on areas including artificial intelligence and educational technology.

The scientist has published extensively, with notable frequent publication venues being:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education
  • Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
  • Proceedings of the 53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 2

Tiffany Barnes' main fields of study include:

  • Computer Science
  • Psychology

Within these, the subfields of study they focus on are:

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Information Systems
  • Education

The core topics in their research work cover:

  • Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning
  • Online Learning and Analytics
  • Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
  • Teaching and Learning Programming
  • Reinforcement Learning in Robotics
  • Software Engineering Research
  • Gender and Technology in Education

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Barnes include:

  • Min Chi
  • Mark Abdelshiheed
  • Mehak Maniktala
  • Thomas Price
  • Preya Shabrina

Some recent publications by Tiffany Barnes are:

  • Adaptive Immediate Feedback for Block-Based Programming: Design and Evaluation, 2022, IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies
  • A Socially Relevant Focused AI Curriculum Designed for Female High School Students, 2022, Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
  • Building a Virtual Community of Practice: Teacher Learning for Computational Thinking Infusion, 2022, TechTrends
  • How and When: The Impact of Metacognitive Knowledge Instruction and Motivation on Transfer Across Intelligent Tutoring Systems, 2023, International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education
  • Exploring Design Choices to Support Novices' Example Use During Creative Open-Ended Programming, 2022, Proceedings of the 53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

Tiffany Barnes has been recognized as an ACM Distinguished Member since 2020.

Best Publications

  • The Q-matrix Method: Mining Student Response Data for Knowledge

    Tiffany Barnes

  • Comparing Textual and Block Interfaces in a Novice Programming Environment

    Thomas W. Price;Tiffany Barnes

  • Toward Automatic Hint Generation for Logic Proof Tutoring Using Historical Student Data

    Tiffany Barnes;John Stamper

  • Game2Learn: building CS1 learning games for retention

    Tiffany Barnes;Heather Richter;Eve Powell;Amanda Chaffin

  • Experimental evaluation of an educational game for improved learning in introductory computing

    Michael Eagle;Tiffany Barnes

  • Game2Learn: improving the motivation of CS1 students

    Tiffany Barnes;Eve Powell;Amanda Chaffin;Heather Lipford

  • Educational Data Mining

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  • The beauty and joy of computing

    Dan Garcia;Brian Harvey;Tiffany Barnes

  • Experimental evaluation of teaching recursion in a video game

    Amanda Chaffin;Katelyn Doran;Drew Hicks;Tiffany Barnes

  • Understanding problem solving behavior of 6–8 graders in a debugging game

    Zhongxiu Liu;Rui Zhi;Andrew Hicks;Tiffany Barnes

  • Adaptive Immediate Feedback Can Improve Novice Programming Engagement and Intention to Persist in Computer Science

    Samiha Marwan;Ge Gao;Susan Fisk;Thomas W. Price

  • An integrated scenario management strategy

    T.A. Alspaugh;A.I. Anton;T. Barnes;B.W. Mott

  • Experimental evaluation of automatic hint generation for a logic tutor

    John C. Stamper;Michael Eagle;Tiffany Barnes;Marvin Croy

  • Wu's castle: teaching arrays and loops in a game

    Michael Eagle;Tiffany Barnes

  • Program representation for automatic hint generation for a data-driven novice programming tutor

    Wei Jin;Tiffany Barnes;John Stamper;Michael John Eagle

  • Improving retention and graduate recruitment through immersive research experiences for undergraduates

    Teresa Dahlberg;Tiffany Barnes;Audrey Rorrer;Eve Powell

  • MOOC learner behaviors by country and culture; An exploratory analysis

    Zhongxiu Liu;Rebecca Brown;Collin F. Lynch;Tiffany Barnes

  • Preface for the Special Issue on AI-Supported Education in Computer Science

    Tiffany Barnes;Kristy Boyer;Sharon I-Han Hsiao;Nguyen-Thinh Le

  • Use, Modify, Create: Comparing Computational Thinking Lesson Progressions for STEM Classes

    Nicholas Lytle;Veronica Cateté;Danielle Boulden;Yihuan Dong

  • cMotion: A New Game Design to Teach Emotion Recognition and Programming Logic to Children using Virtual Humans

    Samantha L. Finkelstein;Andrea Nickel;Lane Harrison;Evan A. Suma

  • Proceedings of the 2017 ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

    Michael E. Caspersen;Stephen H. Edwards;Tiffany Barnes;Daniel D. Garcia

  • Language to Completion: Success in an Educational Data Mining Massive Open Online Class

    Scott A. Crossley;Danielle S. McNamara;Ryan S. Baker;Yuan Wang

  • Evaluation of a Data-Driven Feedback Algorithm for Open-Ended Programming.

    Thomas W. Price;Rui Zhi;Tiffany Barnes

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric N. Wiebe
Eric N. Wiebe North Carolina State University
Danielle S. McNamara
Danielle S. McNamara Arizona State University
Larry F. Hodges
Larry F. Hodges Clemson University
Scott A. Crossley
Scott A. Crossley Vanderbilt University
Mladen A. Vouk
Mladen A. Vouk North Carolina State University
Ryan S. Baker
Ryan S. Baker University of Pennsylvania
Akos Ledeczi
Akos Ledeczi Vanderbilt University
Cristóbal Romero
Cristóbal Romero University of Córdoba
Jeffrey M. Forbes
Jeffrey M. Forbes University of Colorado Boulder
Lawrence H. Snyder
Lawrence H. Snyder Washington University in St. Louis

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