PUBLICATIONS

This page contains a list of our conference presentations and journal publications.

2022-2023 Publications & Presentations

AERA

Kidd, J., Gutierrez, K., Kaipa, K., Lee, M., Pazos, M., Ringleb, S., & Ayala, O. (2023, April 1316). Sources of Teaching Self-Efficacy in a Preservice Teacher’s Collaboratively Taught Online Robotics Lesson for 5th Graders. Paper presented at the 2023 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual International Conference, Chicago, IL.

Gutierrez, K., Kidd, J., Kaipa, K., Lee, M., Pazos, M., & Ringleb, S. (2023, April 1316). Exploring the Importance of Cross-disciplinary Relationships as Education Students Learn and Teach Robotics via Zoom. Paper presented at the 2023 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual International Conference, Chicago, IL.

ASTE

Gutierrez, K. S., Lee, M., Kidd, J., Pazos, P., Kaipa, K., Ringleb, S. I., & Ayala, O. (2023, Jan 11-14). “This Began My Journey of Confidence in Teaching Engineering on an Elementary Level!”: Three Cases to Examine the Development of Preservice Teacher Self-Efficacy for Teaching Engineering in the Elementary Classroom. Paper presented at the 2023 Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE) Annual International Conference. Salt Lake City, UT.

ASEE

Kumi, I., Ringleb, S., Cima, F., Pazos, P., Ayala, O., Lee, M., Kaipa, K., Gutierrez, K., & Kidd, J. (2023, June 25-28). How does working on an interdisciplinary service-learning project vs. a disciplinary design project affect peer evaluations teamwork skills? Proposal accepted at the 2023 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference. Baltimore, MD.

Ringleb, S. I., & Pazos, P., & Cima, F., & Kumi, I. K., & Ayala, O. M., & Kaipa, K., & Kidd, J. J., & Gutierrez, K., & Lee, M. J. (2023, June 25-28), The Impact of a Multidisciplinary Service-Learning Project on Engineering Knowledge and Professional Skills in Engineering and Education Students. Paper presented at 2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore, Maryland. https://peer.asee.org/44457

NSF DRK-12 PI Annual Meeting

Kidd, J., Gutierrez, K., Lee, M. J., Ringleb, S. I., Pazos, P., Kaipa, K., & Ayala, O. (2023, June 28-30). Ed+gineering: An Interdisciplinary Partnership Integrating Engineering into Elementary Teacher Preparation Programs. Poster presented at the DRK12 PI Meeting, Early STEM Education (PreK-Grade 5) Structured Poster Session, Arlington, VA.

MA-ASTE

Gutierrez, K. S., Lee, M. J., Kidd, J., Pazos, P., Kaipa, K., Ringleb, S. I., & Ayala, O. (2022, September 30-October 1). “This Began My Journey of Confidence in Teaching Engineering on an Elementary Level!” Paper presented at the 2022 Mid-Atlantic Association for Science Teacher Education Conference (MA-ASTE), West Portsmouth, Ohio. 

NARST

Lee, M., Pazos, P., Kidd, J., Gutierrez, K., Cima, F., Ringleb, S., Kaipa, K., & Ayala, O. (2023, Apr 18-21). “I 100% see myself teaching engineering”: An exploration of elementary PSTs’ intentions to integrate engineering. Paper presented at the 2023 National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) Annual International Conference. Chicago, IL.

VAST

Kidd, J., Gutierrez, K., & Lee, M. (2022, Nov 10-12). Navigating Barriers & Challenges: K-6 Engineering Education. Proposal accepted at the 2022 Virginia Association of Science Teachers Professional Development Institute (VAST PDI), Williamsburg, VA.

Gutierrez, K. S., Kidd, J., & Lee, M. J. (2022, November 10-12). Teaching Elementary Engineering Lessons Across Disciplines. Presentation given at the Virginia Association of Science Teachers Professional Development Institute 2022 (VAST PDI 2022) Williamsburg, Virginia.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Pazos, P., Cima, F., Kidd, J., Gutierrez, K. S., Faulkner, D., Lee, M. J., Kaipa, K., & Ayala, O. (2023, in press). Predicting Engineering Integration in K-12 from the Perspective of Pre-service Teachers. Paper accepted at the International Journal of Engineering Education, 39(2), 441–452.

Harris, T., Lee, M., Gutierrez, K. S., & Kidd, J. J. (2023). River’s Edge Construction: Third-grade students engineer solutions to prevent local flooding. Science and Children, 60(5), 29-35. https://www.nsta.org/science-and-children/science-and-children-mayjune-2023/rivers-edge-construction

Kidd, J., Kaipa, K., Gutierrez, K., Lee, M., Pazos, P., & Ringleb, S. I. (2023). COVID-19 as a Magnifying Glass: Exploring the Importance of Relationships as Education Students Learn and Teach Robotics via Zoom. Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER), 12(2), Article 8. https://doi.org/10.7771/2157-9288.1350

2021-2022 Publications & Presentations

AERA

Kidd, J., Lee, M., Gutierrez, K., Pazos, P., Ringleb, S., Kaipa, K., & Ayala, O. (2022, April 22-25). Preparing Preservice Teachers to Teach Engineering: The Influence of a Cross-Disciplinary Partnership on Teaching Self-efficacy. Presented at the 2022 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual International Conference. San Diego, California. 

Gutierrez, K., Kidd, J., Lee, M., Pazos, P. Kaipa, K., Ringleb, S., & Ayala, O. (2022, April 22-25). Undergraduate Education and Engineering Student Cross-Disciplinary Teamwork Experiences following the COVID-19 Transition Online. Presented at the 2022 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual International Conference. San Diego, California.

ASEE

Kaipa, K., Kidd, J., Noginova, J., Cima, F., Ringleb, S., Ayala, O., Pazos, P., Gutierrez, K., & Lee, M. (2022). Can We Make Our Robot Play Soccer? Influence of Collaborating with Preservice Teachers and Fifth Graders on Undergraduate Engineering Students’ Learning during a Robotic Design Process. Presented at the 2022 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference. Minneapolis, MN.

Ayala, O., Kaipa, K., Ringleb, S.,  Pazos, P., Noginova, J., Cima, F., Kidd, J., Gutierrez, K., & Lee, M. (2022). Experiences during the implementation of two different project-based learning assignments in a fluid mechanics course. Presented at the 2022 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference. Minneapolis, MN.

ASTE

Lee, M., Gutierrez, K. S., & Kidd, J. (2022, January 8-10). Exploring elementary PSTs’ self-efficacy for teaching engineering: In what aspects do PSTs feel most and least confident? Presented at the Annual International Conference of the Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE), Greenville, SC.

MAASTE

Lee, M., Kidd, J., & Gutierrez, K. S. (2021, September 23-24). “I feel confident about everything!”: Exploring the focus of pre-service teachers’ surprisingly high self-efficacy. Presented at the regional conference of the Mid-atlantic Association for Science Teacher Education (MAASTE), Blowing Rock, NC.

NARST

Gutierrez, K., Kidd, J., Lee, M., Pazos, P. Kaipa, K., Ringleb, S., & Ayala, O. (2022, March 27-30). “It truly benefited me!”: Surprising Learning Benefits for Collaborating Education and Engineering Undergraduates During COVID. Presented at the 2022 National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) Annual International Conference. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

SITE

Lee, M., Kidd, J. & Gutierrez, K. (2022). Lessons Learned from Two Teacher Educators: What COVID-19 Can Teach us about Preparing Elementary Preservice Teachers to Teach the Next Generation of Students. In E. Langran (Ed.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 1479-1484). San Diego, CA, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved August 24, 2022 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/220910.

VCEC

Lee, M., Gutierrez, K. S., Ringleb, S., & Kidd, J. (2022, February 8-10). Ed+gineering: Interdisciplinary hands-on engineering for elementary students. Presented at the Virginia Children’s Engineering Council Virtual Convention 2022 (VCEC), Virtual.

JOURNAL ARTICLES 

Cima, F., Pazos, P., Kidd, J., Gutierrez, K., Ringleb, S., Ayala, O., & Kaipa, K. (2021). Enhancing Preservice Teachers’ Intention to Integrate Engineering through a Cross-Disciplinary Model. Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER), 11(2), Article 7. https://doi.org/10.7771/2157-9288.1338

Gutierrez, K. S.,Kidd, J., Lee, M. J.,  Pazos, P., Kaipa, K., Ringleb, S. I., & Ayala, O. (2022). Undergraduate Engineering and Education Students Reflect on their Interdisciplinary Teamwork Experiences following Transition to Virtual Instruction caused by COVID-19. Education Sciences, 12(9). https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci12090623 

2020-2021 Publications & Presentations

AERA

Gutierrez, K., Ayala, O., Pazos, P., Kidd, J., Ringleb, S., & Kaipa, K. (2021, April 9-12). The Impact of COVID-19: Undergraduate Ed+gineering Teams Shift Online to Teach Elementary Students Engineering. Paper presented at the 2021 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual International Virtual Conference.

Kidd, J., Kaipa, K., Gutierrez, K., Pazos, P., Ayala, O. & Ringleb, S. (2021, April 9-12). Zooming In on Robotics: When COVID-19 Forces a Preservice Teacher’s Collaborative Lesson to Go Virtual. Paper presented at the 2021 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual International Virtual Conference.

ASEE

Cima, F., & Pazos, P., & Kidd, J. J., & Gutierrez, K. S., & Ringleb, S. I., & Ayala, O. M., & Kaipa, K. (2021, July), Enhancing Preservice Teachers’ Intention to Integrate Engineering through a Multi-Disciplinary Partnership (Evaluation) Paper presented at 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual Conference. https://peer.asee.org/37084

Ringleb, S. I., & Pazos, P., & Noginova, J., & Cima, F., & Ayala, O. M., & Kaipa, K., & Kidd, J. J., & Gutierrez, K. (2021, July), The Influence of Participation in a Multi-Disciplinary Collaborative Service Learning Project on the Effectiveness of Team Members in a 100-level Mechanical Engineering Class Paper presented at 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual Conference. https://peer.asee.org/37872 

ASTE

Gutierrez, K., Ayala, O., Kidd, J. Ringleb, S., Kaipa, K. & Pazos, P. (2021, January 13-16). How can science teacher educators best prepare students to teach engineering practices? Paper presented at the 2021 Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE) Annual International Conference, Virtual Online.

ISTE

Kidd, J., Sacks, S., Kaipa, K., Padilla, R., Drew, S. (2020, November). Partnering Education and Engineering Students with 5th Graders to Enhance Computational Thinking. Presented at the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Conference and Expo, Online, November 29-December 5, 2020.

MAASTE

Gutierrez, K., Ayala, O., Kidd, J. Ringleb, S., Kaipa, K. & Pazos, P. (2020, September 25-26). Exploring effective ways to prepare preservice elementary teachers to teach engineering skills and practices. Proposal submitted for the 2020 Mid-Atlantic Association for Science Teacher Education (MAASTE) Regional Conference, Virtual Online. https://ma.theaste.org/2020-ma-aste-virtual-conference-program/

NARST

Gutierrez, K., Ayala, O., Kidd, J., Pazos, P., Ringleb, S., & Kaipa, K. (2021). Ed+gineering Teams of Undergraduate Education and Engineering Students Transition Online to Teach Elementary Students Engineering. P. 2021 National Association of Research in Science Teaching (NARST) Annual International Conference. Orlando, Florida.

SITE

Kidd, J., Kaipa, K., Gutierrez, K., Pazos, P., Ayala, O. & Ringleb, S. (2020). “Zooming In” on Robotics during COVID-19: A Preservice Teacher, an Engineering Student, and a 5th Grader Engineer Robotic Flowers via Zoom. In Proceedings of SITE Interactive Online 2020 Conference (pp. 441-450). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved November 2, 2020 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/218194/

VAST

Gutierrez, K. S. & Kidd, J. (2020, November). Ed+gineering: Preparing Elementary Educators in Engineering. Presented at the Virginia Association of Science Teachers Professional Development Institute 2020 (VAST PDI 2020), Virtual Online.

VCEC

Lee, M., Gutierrez, K. S., Ringleb, S., & Kidd, J. (2021, February). Ed+gineering: Partnering Undergraduate Engineering and Education Students. Presented at the Virginia Children’s Engineering Council Virtual Convention 2021 (VCEC 2021).

BOOK CHAPTER

Gutierrez, K., Kidd, J., & Lee, M. (2021). It’s virtually possible: Rethinking preservice teachers’ field experiences in the age of COVID-19 and beyond. In R.E. Ferdig & K. Pytash (Eds.), What teacher educators should have learned from 2020 (pp. 169-181). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). https://www.learntechlib.org/p/219088/

2019-2020 Publications & Presentations

AERA

Gutierrez, K. S., Kidd, J., Ringleb, S., Ayala, O., Sacks, S. & Pazos, P. (2020). Ed+gineering: Education and Engineering Undergraduates Collaboratively Planning and Teaching Engineering Lessons to Elementary School Students. Presentation accepted at the American Educational Research Association (AERA 2020) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Kidd, J., Sacks, S., Kaipa, K., (2020). Computational Thinking in Teacher Education: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Building Competency & Self-Efficacy. Presentation accepted at the American Educational Research Association (AERA 2020) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

ASEE

Gutierrez, K., Ringleb, S. I., Kidd, J. J., Ayala, O. M., Pazos, P., & Kaipa, K. (2020, June), Partnering Undergraduate Engineering Students with Preservice Teachers to Design and Teach an Elementary Engineering Lesson Through Ed+gineering. Paper presented at 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual Online. https://peer.asee.org/35039

Kidd, J. J., Kaipa, K., Sacks, S. J., Ringleb, S. I., Pazos, P., Gutierrez, K., Ayala, O. M., & deSouza Almeida, L. M. (2020, June), What do Undergraduate Engineering Students and Pre-service Teachers Learn by Collaborating and Teaching Engineering and Coding Through Robotics? Paper presented at 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual Online. https://peer.asee.org/35498

Pazos, P., Cima, F., Kidd, J. J., Ringleb, S. I., Ayala, O. M., Gutierrez, K., & Kaipa, K. (2020, June), Enhancing Teamwork Skills Through an Engineering Service-learning Collaboration. Paper presented at 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual Online. https://cms.jee.org/34577

Ringleb, S. I., Kidd, J. J., Pazos, P., Gutierrez, K., Ayala, O. M., & Kaipa, K. (2020, June), The First Year of an Undergraduate Service Learning Partnership to Enhance Engineering Education and Elementary Pre-Service Teacher Education. Paper presented at 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual Online. https://peer.asee.org/35320

ISTE

Kidd, J., Sacks, S., Kaipa, K., Padilla, R., Drew, S. (2020). Partnering Education and Engineering Students With 5th Graders to Enhance Computational Thinking. Paper submitted for the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE 2020) Conference and Expo, Anaheim, CA.

SITE

Kidd, J., Kaipa, K., Sacks, S., Almeida, L.M.S. (2020). Introducing Coding into Teacher Education: An Interdisciplinary Robotics Experience for Education and Engineering Students. Presentation given at the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) online conference.

VAST

Gutierrez, K. S., Kidd, J., Ringleb, S., & Ayala, O. (2019). When Engineers and Educators Collide…to Teach Engineering (2019). Presentation given at the Virginia Association of Science Teachers Professional Development Institute (VAST PDI), 2019 , Roanoke, VA.

Kidd, J., Sacks, S., & Kaipa, K. (2019, November). The WoW Club: Making Animal-Inspired Robots After School. Presentation to be given at the Virginia Association of Science Teachers Professional Development Institute 2019 (VAST PDI 2019), Roanoke, VA.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Pazos, P., Ringleb, S.I., Kidd, J., Jones, R. (2019). Scaffolding Project-Based Learning in an Engineering and Education Partnership Using Open-Access Technology. International Journal of Engineering Education, 35(5), 1306-1315.

2018-2019 Publications & Presentations

AERA

Kidd. J., Kaipa, K., Sacks, S. (2019, April). Making Animal-Inspired Robots with Fifth and Sixth Graders: Introducing Engineering in Pre-Service Teacher Education. Paper presented at the AERA Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April 5-9, 2019.

ISTE

Kidd, J., Sacks, S., Kaipa, K., Rippard, K. (2019). Making Animal-Inspired Robots with Fifth-Graders: Integrating Engineering into Teacher Education. Paper presented at the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Conference and Expo, Philadelphia, PA, June 23-26, 2019.

MAASTE

Sacks, S. & Kidd, J. (2018, September 28-29). The WoW Club: Introducing Engineering in Pre-Service Teacher Education. Paper presented at the Mid-Atlantic Meeting of the Association for Science Teacher Association, Harrisonburg, Virginia.

SITE

Kidd. J., Kaipa, K., Sacks, S. (2019, March). 5th/6th Graders and Preservice Teachers Explore Engineering and Coding in a Combined After-School Technology Club/Educational Technology Course. Proceedings of SITE 2019–Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference. Washington, D.C. Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). https://www.learntechlib.org/p/207858/

2017-2018 Publications & Presentations

ASEE

Ringleb, S., Kidd, J., & Pazos-Lago, P. (2018, August 8-11). Introducing Engineering and Biomechanics to PreK-6 Students through a Service Learning Partnership. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, Rochester, Minnesota (173-174). http://www.asbweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/asb2018Abstracts_rev.pdf

ISTE

Kidd, J., Ringleb, S., & Pazos-Lago, P. (2018, June). Not as Scary as it Seems: Education and Engineering Students Teach Engineering. Paper presented at the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Conference and Expo, Chicago, Illinois.

SITE

Kidd, J., Ringleb, S. & Pazos, P. (March, 2018). Engineering made Easier: Education and Engineering Students Collaboratively Plan and Teach Engineering Lessons to Elementary School Students. Proceedings of SITE 2018–Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference. Washington, D.C. Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

2016-2017 Publications & Presentations

ASEE

Ringleb, S., Kidd, J. and Pazos, P. (2017). WIP: Introducing Engineering Principles into PreK-6 Through a Service Learning Partnership. ASEE Conference Zone II Proceedings, Mar 2-5, 2017, San Juan, Puerto Rico. http://se.asee.org/proceedings/2017%20Zone%20II%20Proceedings/papers/proceedings/s201.html

ISTE

Kidd, J. (2017). When Middle Schoolers Joined Pre-Service Teachers in an Educational Technology Course. International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Conference & Expo, San Antonio, Texas, June 25-28, 2017.

Acknowledgment and Disclaimer

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants #1821658 and #1908743. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.