Publications

Here are some of my published papers and presentations. Take a look at my C.V. or Google Scholar page for a full listing.

Articles

Rowe, E., Almeda, M. V., Asbell-Clarke, J., Scruggs, R., Baker, R., Bardar, E., & Gasca, S. (2021). Assessing implicit computational thinking in Zoombinis puzzle gameplay. Computers in Human Behavior, 120. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2021.106707 [pdf]

Asbell-Clarke, J., Rowe, E., Almeda, V., Edwards, T., Bardar, E., Gasca, S., Baker, R.S., Scruggs, R. (2021). The development of students' computational thinking practices in elementary- and middle-school classes using the learning game, Zoombinis. Computers in Human Behavior, 115. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2020.106587 [pdf]

Richey, J. E., Andres-Bray, J. M. L., Mogessie, M., Scruggs, R., Andres, J. M. A. L., Star, J. R., … McLaren, B. M. (2019). More confusion and frustration, better learning: The impact of erroneous examples. Computers & Education, 139, 173–190. doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2019.05.012 [pdf]

Huang, J., Patel, S., Scruggs, R., & Levin, D. (2019). In Pursuit of Fellowship: Results from a 2016 survey of US Trainees. Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology. doi:10.1067/j.cpradiol.2017.10.013 Versions of this were also presented at the 2019 American Roentgen Ray Society Annual Meeting and the 2019 Association of University Radiologists Annual Meeting.

Scruggs, R., McDermott, P., & Qiao, X. (2019). A Nationwide Study of Research Publication Impact of Faculty in U.S. Higher Education Doctoral Programs. Innovative Higher Education, 44 (1), 1-15. doi:10.1007/s10755-018-9447-x [pdf]. I also presented an early version of this article at the 2018 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association.

McDermott, P. A., Rovine, M. J., Reyes, R. S., Chao, J. L., Scruggs, R., Buek, K., & Fantuzzo, J. W. (2018). Trajectories of early education learning behaviors among children at risk: A growth mixture modeling approach. Psychology in the Schools, 55 (10), 1205-1223. doi:10.1002/pits.22145 [pdf]

Jackson, K.L., Brua, C., Ramsay, C.M., Hood, L., Weinstein, S., & Scruggs, R. (2016). An examination of teaching award support letters: What they reveal about how students and faculty perceive teaching excellence. Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 27 (3), 3-33.

Conference Full Papers

Richey, J.E., Zhang, J., Das, R., Andres-Bray, J.M., Scruggs, R., Mogessie, M., Baker, R.S., McLaren, B.M. (2021) Gaming and Confrustion Explains Learning Advantages for a Math Digital Learning Game. Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Education. [pdf]

Scruggs, R., Baker, R.S., & McLaren, B.M. (2020). Extending Deep Knowledge Tracing: Inferring Interpretable Knowledge and Predicting Post-System Performance. In: So, H. J. et al. (Eds.) Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE 2020). [pdf] Nominated for Best Student Paper, Best Technical Design.

Almeda, M.V., Rowe, E., Asbell-Clarke, J., Scruggs, R., Baker, R., Bardar, E., Gasca, S. (2019). Modeling Implicit Computational Thinking in Zoombinis Mudball Wall Puzzle Gameplay. To appear in Proceedings of the 2019 Technology, Mind, and Society Conference. [pdf]

Presentations and Short Papers

Richey, J.E., McLaren, B.M., Andres-Bray, M., Mogessie, M., Scruggs, R., Baker, R.S., & Star, J. (2019, June). Confrustion in learning from erroneous examples: Does type of prompted self-explanation make a difference? Paper presented at the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, Chicago, IL.

McDermott, P. A., Rovine, M. J., Reyes, R. S., Chao, J. L., Scruggs, R., Buek, K., & Fantuzzo, J. W. (2019, April). The transitional relationships between early childhood learning behaviors, preschool fade out, and shifting reference standards. Poster session presented at the 2019 Society for Research on Child Development Biennial Meeting, Baltimore, MD.

McDermott, P. A., Rovine M. J., Reyes, R., Chao, J., Scruggs, R., Buek, K., & Fantuzzo J. (2019, March). The longitudinal story of early childhood learning behaviors, preschool fade out, and shifting reference standards. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association 2019 Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada.

Rowe, E., Asbell-Clarke, J., Baker, R., Gasca, S., Bardar, E., & Scruggs, R. (2018). Labeling Implicit Computational Thinking in Pizza Pass Gameplay. Extended Abstracts of The 2018 CHI Conference On Human Factors In Computing Systems - CHI '18. doi:10.1145/3170427.3188541 [pdf]

Book Chapters

Rowe, E., Asbell-Clarke, J., Bardar, E., Almeda, M. V., Baker, R. S., Scruggs, R., & Gasca, S. (2020). Advancing Research in Game-Based Learning Assessment: Tools and Methods for Measuring Implicit Learning. In E. Kennedy, & Y. Qian (Eds.), Advancing Educational Research With Emerging Technology (pp. 99-123). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-1173-2.ch006