Publications and Contributions

• Conference Short Paper
  "There Will Always be a Yes and No Side": Facilitating Ethical Sensemaking Around Technology with Teens (2024)

  Authors: Rotem Landesman, Jean Salac, Jared Ordoña Lim, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  Culture-centric computational embroidery (2024)

  ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, Experience Report Track, 1(Unknown Issue), pp. 673-679 Authors: Megumi Kivuva, Jayne Everson, Camilo Montes de Haro, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  Exploring identity through computing integration in a Spanish language and literature class (2024)

  IEEE Conference on Research in Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT) Authors: Megumi Kivuva, Keith O'Hara, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  Exploring the Impact of Assessment Policies on Marginalized Students' Experiences in Post-Secondary Programming Courses (2024)

  Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research, 1(Unknown Issue), pp. 233-245 Authors: Eman Sherif, Jayne Everson, Megumi Kivuva, Mara Kirdani-Ryan, Amy J. Ko
• Journal Article, Professional Journal
  Factors Influencing the Social Help-Seeking Behavior of Introductory Programming Students in a Competitive University Environment (2024)

  ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 24(1), pp. 1-27 Authors: Anael Kuperwajs Cohen, Alannah Oleson, Amy J. Ko
• Journal Article, Professional Journal
  How Economically-Marginalized Adolescents of Color Negotiate Critical Pedagogy in a Computing Classroom (2024)

  ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 25(1), pp. 1-29 Authors: Jean Salac, Lena Armstrong, Megumi Kivuva, Jayne Everson, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  Integrating Philosophy Teaching Perspectives to Foster Adolescents' Ethical Sensemaking of Computing Technologies (2024)

  ACM International Computing Education Research Conference (ICER), 1(Unknown Issue), pp. 502-516 Authors: Rotem Landesman, Jean Salac, Jared Ordoña Lim, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Workshop Paper
  Measuring Students' Programming Skills Via Online Practice (2024)

  Proceedings of the 8th Educational Data Mining in Computer Science Education (CSEDM) Workshop Authors: Hongwen Guo, Mo Zhang, Amy J. Ko, Min Li, Benjamin Zhou, Jared Lim, Paul Pham, Chen Li
• Journal Article, Professional Journal
  Neurodivergent Legitimacy in Computing Spaces (2024)

  ACM Transactions on Computing Education (TOCE), 4(4), pp. 1-28 Authors: Mara Kirdani-Ryan, Amy J. Ko
• Journal Article, Professional Journal
  Recruiting Practices in Informal CS Learning (2024)

  ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 24(4), pp. 1-29 Authors: Christopher Perdriau, Meron Solomon, Amy J. Ko
• Book Editor, Scholarly
  Teaching Accessible Computing (2024)

  Editors: Alannah Oleson, Amy J. Ko, Richard Ladner
• Conference Paper
  "A field where you will be accepted": Belonging in student and TA interactions in post-secondary CS education (2023)

  ACM International Computing Education Research Conference (ICER) Authors: Leah Perlmutter, Jean Salac, Amy J. Ko
• Journal Article, Academic Journal
  "Taught to be automata": Examining the departmental role in shaping initial career choices of computing students (2023)

  Computer Science Education Authors: Mara Kirdani-Ryan, Amy J. Ko, Emilia Borisova
• Conference Paper
  A qualitative study on the implementation design decisions of developers (2023)

  ACM/IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE) Authors: Maryam Arab, Minhyuk Ko, Amy J. Ko, Thomas D. LaToza
• Book, Scholarly-New
  Cooperative Software Development (2023)

  Author: Amy J. Ko
• Book, Scholarly-New
  Design Methods (2023)

  Author: Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  Developing novice programmers' self-regulation skills with code replays (2023)

  ACM International Computing Education Research Conference (ICER) Authors: Benjamin Xie, Jared Lim, Paul Pham, Min Li, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  Funds of Knowledge Used by Adolescents of Color in Scaffolded Sensemaking around Algorithmic Fairness (2023)

  ACM International Computing Education Research Authors: Jean Salac, Alannah Oleson, L. Armstrong, A. Le Meur, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  Navigating a blackbox: Students' experiences and perceptions of automated hiring (2023)

  ACM International Computing Education Research Conference (ICER) Authors: Lena Armstrong, Jayne Everson, Amy J. Ko
• Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
  Operating Systems (2023)

  Critically Conscious Computing: Methods for Secondary Education Authors: Amy J. Ko, Mara Kirdani-Ryan
• Conference Paper
  Proposing, preparing, and teaching an equity- and justice - centered secondary pre-service CS teacher education program (2023)

  ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) Research Track Authors: Amy J. Ko, Anne Beitlers, Brett Wortzman, Dan Gallagher
• Conference Proceeding
  Scaffolding Children’s Sensemaking around Algorithmic Fairness (2023)

  Proceedings of the 22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference Authors: Jean Salac, Rotem Landesman, Stefania Druga, Amy J. Ko
• Journal Article, Professional Journal
  Teaching Inclusive Design Skills with the CIDER Assumption Elicitation Technique (2023)

  ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction Authors: Alannah Oleson, M. Solomon, C. Perdriau, Amy J. Ko
• Journal Article, Academic Journal
  Teaching inclusive design skills with the CIDER assumption elicitation technique (2023)

  ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction Authors: Alannah Oleson, Meron Solomon, Christopher Perdriau, Amy J. Ko
• Book, Scholarly-New
  User Interface Software and Technology (2023)

  Author: Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  What do you really mean by rigor? Deconstructing the definition in CS Teaching (2023)

  American Education Research Association Authors: Jayne Everson, Anne Beitlers, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  "A Key to Reducing Inequities in Like, AI, is by Reducing Inequities Everywhere First" Emerging Critical Consciousness in a Co-Constructed Secondary CS Classroom (2022)

  Proceedings of the 53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education Authors: Jayne Everson, Megumi Kivuva, Amy Ko
• Conference Paper
  "I would be afraid to be a bad CS teacher:" Factors influencing participation in pre-service secondary CS teacher education (2022)

  ACM International Computing Education Research Conference (ICER) Authors: Jayne Everson, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  A Decade of Demographics in Computing Education Research: A Critical Review of Trends in Collection, Reporting, and Use (2022)

  ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research (ICER) 2022 Authors: Alannah Oleson, Benjamin Xie, Jean Salac, Jayne Everson, Megumi Kivuva, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  A Decade of Demographics in Computing Education Research: A Critical Review of Trends in Collection, Reporting, and Use (2022)

  Proceedings of the 2022 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research Authors: Alannah Oleson, Benjamin Xie, Jean Salac, Jayne Everson, Megumi Kivuva, Amy Ko
• Conference Paper
  An Exploratory Study of Sharing Strategic Programming Knowledge (2022)

  ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) Authors: Maryam Arab, Thomas D. LaToza, Jenny Liang, Amy J. Ko
• Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
  CS and Design (2022)

  Critically Conscious Computing: Methods for Secondary Education Authors: Amy J. Ko, Alannah Oleson
• Conference Paper
  Family as a Third Space for AI Literacies: How Do Children and Parents Learn about AI Together? (2022)

  ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) Authors: Stefania Druga, Fee Christoph, Amy J. Ko
• Journal Article, Academic Journal
  How families design and program games: A qualitative analysis of a 4-week online in-home study with a cellular-automata programming platform (2022)

  ACM Interaction Design for Children Authors: Stefania Druga, Tom Ball, Amy J. Ko
• Journal Article, Academic Journal
  Surfacing Equity Issues in Large Computing Courses with Peer-Ranked, Demographically-Labeled Student Feedback (2022)

  Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (CSCW 2022) Authors: Benjamin Xie, Alannah Oleson, Jayne Everson, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  The House of Computing: Integrating Counternarratives into Computer Systems Education (2022)

  ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE), Experience Report Track Authors: Amy J. Ko, Mara Kirdani-Ryan
• Journal Article, Professional Journal
  The House of Computing: Integrating Counternarratives into Computer Systems Education (2022)

  Proceedings of the 53rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, pp. 279-285 Authors: Mara Kirdani-Ryan, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  The House of Computing: Integrating Counternarratives into Computer Systems Education (2022)

  ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE), Experience Report Track Authors: Mara Kirdani-Ryan, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  The Landscape of Teaching Resources for AI Education (2022)

  ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education Authors: Stefania Druga, Nancy Otero, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  “A key to reducing inequities in like, AI, is by reducing inequities everywhere: first”: Emerging Critical Consciousness in a Co-Constructed Secondary CS Classroom (2022)

  ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE), Research Track Authors: Jane Everson, Megumi Kivuva, Amy J. Ko
• Journal Article, Academic Journal
  A Theory of Robust API Knowledge (2021)

  ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 21(1), pp. 1-32, ISBN/ISSN: 1946-6226 Authors: Kyle Thayer, Sarah E. Chasins, Amy J. Ko
• Book, Scholarly-New
  Critically Conscious Computing: Methods for Secondary Education (2021)

  Authors: Amy J. Ko, Anne Beitlers, Brett Wortzman, Matt Davidson, Alannah Oleson, Mara Kirdani-Ryan, Stefania Druga
• Conference Paper
  Domain Experts’ Interpretations of Assessment Bias in a Scaled, Online Computer Science Curriculum (2021)

  Eighth ACM Conference on Learning @ Scale (L@S), 29(Unknown Issue) Authors: Benjamin Xie, Matt J Davidson, Baker Franke, Emily McLeod, Min Li, Amy J. Ko,
• Conference Paper
  Falx: Synthesis-Powered Visualization Authoring (2021)

  Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Authors: Chenglong Wang, Yu Feng, Rastislav Bodik, Isil Dillig, Alvin Cheung, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  How do children's perceptions of machine intelligence change when training & coding smart programs? (2021)

  ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference (IDC 2021) Authors: Stefania Druga, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  HowToo: A Platform for Sharing, Finding, and Using Programming Strategies (2021)

  IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human- Centered Computing (VL/HCC) Authors: Maryam Arab, Jenny Liang, Yang Kyu Yoo, Amy J. Ko, Thomas D. LaToza
• Conference Paper
  Investigating Item Bias in a CS1 exam with Differential Item Functioning (2021)

  Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education Authors: Matt Davidson, Amy J. Ko, Brett Wortzman
• Journal Article, Academic Journal
  Towards Understanding the Effective Design of Automated Formative Feedback for Programming Assignments (2021)

  Computer Science Education Authors: Qiang Hao, David Smith, Lu Ding, Amy J. Ko, Camille Ottaway, Jack Wilson, Kai Hicks, Alistair Turcan, Timothy Poehlman, Tyler Greer
• Conference Paper
  Computing Students' Learning Difficulties in HCI Education (2020)

  Proceedings of the 38th annual ACM conference on human factors in computing systems (CHI '20) Authors: Alannah Oleson, Meron Solomon, Amy J. Ko
• Journal Article, Academic Journal
  Explicit Programming Strategies (2020)

  Empirical Software Engineering, 25(Unknown Issue), pp. 2416–2449 Authors: Thomas D. LaToza, Maryam Arab, Dastyni Loksa, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  Investigating Novices' In Situ Reflections on Their Programming Process (2020)

  SIGCSE Authors: Dastyni Loksa, Benjamin Xie, Harrison Kwik, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  Investigating Novices' In Situ Reflections on Their Programming Process (2020)

  Proceedings of the 51st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE '20), pp. 149-155 Authors: Dastyni Loksa, Benjamin Xie, Harrison Kwik, Amy J. Ko
• Journal Article, Academic Journal
  It Is Time for More Critical CS Education (2020)

  Communications of the ACM, 63(11), pp. 31-33, ISBN/ISSN: 0001-0782 Authors: Amy J. Ko, Alannah Oleson, Neil Ryan, Yim Register, Benjamin Xie, Mina Tari, Matthew Davidson, Stefania Druga, Dastyni Loksa
• Magazine/Trade Publication
  It's time for more Critical CS Education (2020)

  Communications of the ACM, pp. 31 - 33 Authors: Amy J. Ko, Alannah Oleson, Mara Kirdani-Ryan, Yim Register, Benjamin Xie, Mina Tari, Matthew Davidson, Stefania Druga, Dastyni Loksa
• Conference Paper
  Learning Machine Learning with Personal Data Helps Stakeholders Ground Advocacy Arguments in Model Mechanics (2020)

  Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research (ICER) Authors: Yim Register, Amy J. Ko
• Journal Article, Academic Journal
  On the Role of Design in K-12 Computing Education (2020)

  ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 21(1) Authors: Alannah Oleson, Amy J. Ko, Brett Wortzman
• Conference Paper
  Scout: Rapid Exploration of Interface Layout Alternatives through High-Level Design Constraints (2020)

  Proceedings of the 38th annual ACM conference on human factors in computing systems (CHI '20) Authors: Amanda Swearngin, Chenglong Wang, Alannah Oleson, James Fogarty, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  The Effect of Informing Agency in Self-Directed Online Learning Environments (2020)

  Learning @ Scale Authors: Benjamin Xie, Greg L Nelson, Harshitha Akkaraju, William Kwok, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Workshop Paper
  Toward the Development of HCI Pedagogical Content Knowledge (2020)

  ACM SIGCHI Symposium on HCI Education (EduCHI 2020) Authors: Alannah Oleson, Amy J. Ko
• Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
  A Study Design Design Process (2019)

  Cambridge Handbook on Computing Education Research, pp. 81-101 Authors: Amy J. Ko, Sally Fincher
• Journal Article, Academic Journal
  A Systematic Investigation of Replications in Computing Education Research (2019)

  ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 19(4) Authors: Qiang Hao, David H. Smith IV, Naitra Iriumi, Michaeil Tsikerdekis,, Amy J. Ko
• Journal Article, Academic Journal
  A Theory of Instruction for Introductory Programming Skills (2019)

  Computer Science Education, pp. 205-253 Authors: Benjamin Xie, Dastyni Loksa,, Greg L. Nelson,, Matthew J. Davidson, Dongsheng Dong, Harrison Kwik, , Alex Hui Tan,, Leanne Hwa,, Min Li, Amy J. Ko
• Journal Article, Academic Journal
  A theory of instruction for introductory programming skills (2019)

  Computer Science Education, 29(2-3), pp. 205-253, ISBN/ISSN: 0899-3408 Authors: Benjamin Xie, Dastyni Loksa, Greg L. Nelson, Matthew J. Davidson, Dongsheng Dong, Harrison Kwik, Alex Hui Tan, Leanne Hwa, Min Li, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  An Item Response Theory Evaluation of a Language-Independent CS1 Knowledge Assessment (2019)

  SIGCSE, pp. 699--705 Authors: Benjamin Xie, Matthew J Davidson, Min Li, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  An Item Response Theory Evaluation of a Language-Independent CS1 Knowledge Assessment (2019)

  Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE '19), pp. 699-705 Authors: Benjamin Xie, Matthew Davidson,, Min Li, Amy J. Ko
• Blog post
  CS education policymaking: how a (state) bill becomes a (state) law (2019)

  Bits and Behavior Author: Amy J. Ko
• Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
  Human-Centered Methods to Boost Productivity (2019)

  Rethinking Productivity in Software Engineering, pp. 147-157, ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-4842-4221-6 Authors: Brad A Myers, Amy J. Ko, Thomas D. LaToza, YoungSeok Yoon
• Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
  Individual, Team, Organization, and Market: Four Lenses of Productivity (2019)

  Rethinking Productivity in Software Engineering, pp. 49-55, ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-4842-4221-6 Author: Amy J. Ko
• Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
  Learning Outside the Classroom (2019)

  Cambridge Handbook on Computing Education Research, pp. 749-772 Authors: Andrew Begel, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  Teaching Accessibility: A Design Exploration of Faculty Professional Development at Scale (2019)

  Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE '19), pp. 983-989 Authors: Saba Kawas, Laura Vonessen, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  Teaching Explicit Programming Strategies to Adolescents (2019)

  Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE '19), pp. 469-475 Authors: Amy J. Ko, Thomas LaToza, Stephen Hull, Ellen Ko, William Kwok, Jane Quichocho, Harshitha Akkaraju, Rishin Pandit
• Conference Paper
  Teaching accessibility: A design exploration of faculty professional development at scale (2019)

  SIGCSE 2019, Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education Authors: Saba Kawas, Laura Vonessen, Amy J. Ko
• Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
  Tools and Environments (2019)

  Cambridge Handbook on Computing Education Research, pp. 639-662 Authors: Lauri Malmi, Ian Utting, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  Towards Validity for a Formative Assessment for Language-Specific Program Tracing Skills (2019)

  Proceedings of the 19th ACM Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research (Koli Calling '19), pp. 1-10 Authors: Greg L. Nelson, Andrew Hu, Benjmain Xie, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  Towards a validated formative assessment for language-specific program tracing skills (2019)

  Koli Calling Authors: Greg L Nelson, Benjamin Xie, Andrew Hu, Amy J. Ko
• Journal Article, Academic Journal
  What Distinguishes Great Software Engineers? (2019)

  Empirical Software Engineering, pp. 322–352 Authors: Paul Luo Li, Amy J. Ko, Andrew Begel
• Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
  Why Not to Measure Productivity (2019)

  Rethinking Productivity in Software Engineering, pp. 21-26, ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-4842-4221-6 Author: Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  An Explicit Strategy to Scaffold Novice Program Tracing (2018)

  SIGCSE 2018 Authors: Amy J. Ko, Benjamin Xie, Greg Nelson
• Conference Paper
  Empowering Families Facing English Literacy Challenges to Jointly Engage in Computer Programming (2018)

  Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 1-13 Authors: Rahul Banerjee, Leanne Liu, Kiley Sobel, Caroline Pitt, Kung Jin Lee, Meng Wang, Sijin Chen, Lydia Davison, Jason Yip, Amy J. Ko, Zoran Popovic
• Conference Paper
  Empowering families facing English literacy challenges to jointly engage in computer programming (2018)

  Proceedings of SIGCHI Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2018) Authors: Rahul Banerjee, Leanne Liu, Kiley Sobel, Caroline Pitt, Kung Jin Lee, Meng Wang, Sijin Chen, Lydia Davidson, Jason Yip, Amy J. Ko, Zoran Popovič
• Conference Paper
  Experiences of Computer Science Transfer Students (2018)

  ACM International Computing Education Research Conference (ICER) Authors: Harrison Kwik, Benjamin Xie, Amy J. Ko
• Blog Post
  Grand challenges in program comprehension and software repository mining: my keynote on interdisciplinarity and research relevance (2018)

  Medium Author: Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  Informal computing mentoring of low-income adolescents: Relationships, roles, qualities, and impact (2018)

  Proceedings of SIGCSE 2018 Authors: Amy J. Ko, Leanne Hwa, Katharine Davis, Jason Yip
• Conference Paper
  On Use of Theory in Computing Education Research (2018)

  ACM International Computing Education Research Conference (ICER) Authors: Greg L. Nelson, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Teaching Inclusive Design (2018)

  ACM International Computing Education Research Conference (ICER) Authors: Alannah Oleson, Christopher Mendez, Zoe Steine-Hanson, Claudia Hilderbrand, Christopher Perdriau, Margaret Burnett, Amy J. Ko
• Journal Article, Professional Journal
  Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Teaching Inclusive Design (2018)

  ACM International Computing Education Research Conference Authors: Alannah Oleson, C. J. Mendez, Z. Steine-Hanson, C. Hilderbrand, C. Perdriau, M. Burnett, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  Rewire: Interface Design Assistance From Examples (2018)

  2018 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Authors: Amanda Swearngin, Mira Dontcheva, Wilmot Li, Morgan Dixon, Joel Brandt, Amy J. Ko
• Blog Post
  Ten years after the Whyline (2018)

  Medium Author: Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  Undergraduate Teaching Assistants’ Concerns in Creating Inclusive Technology Courses (2018)

  RESPECT 2018: 3rd Annual Conference For Research On Equity & Sustained Participation In Computing Engineering, & Technology Authors: Mina Tari, Hala Annabi, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  Who Teaches Accessibility? A Survey of U.S. Computing Faculty (2018)

  SIGCSE 2018 Authors: Amy J. Ko, Kristen S Shinohara, Saba Kawas, Richard Ladner
• Conference Paper
  A Three-Year Participant Observation of Software Startup Software Evolution (2017)

  International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE), Software Engineering in Practice Author: Amy J. Ko
• Conference Poster
  Accessibility as a First-Class Concern in Teaching GUIs and Software Engineering (2017)

  SIGCSE '17: Proceedings of the 48th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education, ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-4503-4698-6 Authors: Joel Ross, Amy J. Ko, David L Stearns
• Conference Paper
  Barriers Faced by Coding Bootcamp Students (2017)

  Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research, pp. 245-253 Authors: Kyle Thayer, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  Barriers Faced by Coding Bootcamp Students (2017)

  13th Annual ACM International Computing Education Research (ICER) Conference Authors: Kyle Thayer, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  Barriers faced by coding bootcamp participants (2017)

  ACM International Computing Education Research Conference Authors: Kyle Thayer, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  Comprehension First: Evaluating a Novel Pedagogy and Tutoring System for Program Tracing in CS1 (2017)

  13th Annual ACM International Computing Education Research (ICER) Conference Authors: Greg Nelson, Benjamin Xie, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  Comprehension First: Evaluating a Novel Pedagogy and Tutoring System for Program Tracing in CS1 (2017)

  International Computing Education Research (ICER) Authors: Gregory L Nelson, Benjamin Xie, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  Comprehension first: evaluating a novel pedagogy and tutoring system for program tracing in CS1 (2017)

  ACM International Computing Education Research Conference Authors: Greg Nelson, Benjamin Xie, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  Computing mentorship in a software boomtown: relationships to adolescent interest and beliefs (2017)

  ACM International Computing Education Research Conference (ICER) Authors: Amy J. Ko, Katharine Davis
• Conference Paper
  Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Collaborations with Software Engineers (2017)

  International Workshop on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering (CHASE) Authors: Paul Li, Amy J. Ko, Andrew Begel
• Journal Article, Professional Journal
  General Principles for a Generalized Idea Garden (2017)

  Journal of Visual Languages & Computing Authors: W. Jernigan, A. Horvath, M. Lee, M. Burnett, T. Cuilty, S. Kuttal, A. Peters, I. Kwan, F. Bahmani, Amy J. Ko, C. J. Mendez, Alannah Oleson
• Journal Article, Academic Journal
  General Principles for a Generalized Idea Garden (2017)

  Journal of Visual Languages & Computing, 39(Unknown Issue), pp. 51-65 Authors: William Jernigan, Amber Horvath, Michael Lee, Margaret M Burnett, Taylor Cuilty, Sandeep Kuttal, Anicia Peters, Irwin Kwan, Faezeh Bahmani, Amy J. Ko, Christopher Mendez, Alannah Oleson
• Conference Paper
  Genie: Input Retargeting on the Web through Command Reverse Engineering (2017)

  ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) Authors: Amanda Swearngin, Amy J. Ko, James Fogarty
• Conference Workshop Paper
  Modeling Programming Problem Solving Through Interactive Worked Examples (2017)

  Workshop on Evaluation and Usability of Programming Languages and Tools (PLATEAU) Authors: Dastyni Loksa, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  Predicting Abandonment in Online Coding Tutorials (2017)

  IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centered Computing Authors: An Yan, Michael Lee, Amy J. Ko
• Magazine/Trade Publication
  AccessComputing Promotes Teaching Accessibility (2016)

  ACM Inroads, 7(4), pp. 65-68 Authors: Amy J. Ko, Richard Ladner
• Magazine/Trade Publication
  Programmers are Users Too: Human Centered Methods for Improving Tools for Programming (2016)

  IEEE Computer, 49(7), pp. 44-52 Authors: Brad A. Myers, Amy J. Ko, Thomas LaToza, YoungSeok Yoon
• Conference Paper
  Programming, Problem Solving, and Self-Awareness: Effects of Explicit Guidance (2016)

  ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Authors: Dastyni Loksa, Amy J. Ko, W. Jernigan, Alannah Oleson, C. J. Mendez, M. Burnett
• Conference Paper
  Programming, Problem Solving, and Self-Awareness: Effects of Explicit Guidance (2016)

  ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) Authors: Dastyni Loksa, Amy J. Ko, William Jernigan, Alannah Oleson, Christopher Mendez, Margaret M Burnett
• Conference Paper
  The Role of Self-Regulation in Programming Problem Solving Process and Success (2016)

  ACM International Computing Education Research Conference (ICER) Authors: Dastyni Loksa, Amy J. Ko
• Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
  The World is Your Test Suite (2016)

  Perspectives on Data Science for Software Engineering Author: Amy J. Ko
• Workshop Paper
  What is a Programming Language, Really? (2016)

  Proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Evaluation and Usability of Programming Languages and Tools, pp. 32-33 Author: Amy J. Ko
• Column
  Why the Software Industry Needs Computing Education Research (2016)

  The Huffington Post Authors: Amy J. Ko, Susanne Hambrusch
• Conference Paper
  Comparing the Effectiveness of Online Learning Approaches on CS1 Learning Outcomes (2015)

  ACM International Computing Education Research Conference Authors: Michael Lee, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  Explaining Visual Changes in Web Interfaces (2015)

  UIST - ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology Authors: Brian Burg, Amy J. Ko, Michael D. Ernst
• Conference Paper
  From User-Centered Design to Adoption-Centered Design: A Case Study of a Research System Becoming a Product (2015)

  Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’15), pp. 1749-1785 Authors: Parmit Chilana, Amy J. Ko, Jacob O. Wobbrock
• Conference Paper
  It's the Principle(s) of the Thing! A Principled Evaluation for a Principled Idea Garden (2015)

  IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computer (VL/HCC) Authors: Will Jernigan, Amber Horvath, Michael Lee, Margaret Burnett, Taylor Cuilty, Sandeep Kuttal, Anicia Peters, Irwin Kwan, Faezeh Bahaman, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  Challenging Stereotypes and Changing Attitudes: The Effect of a Brief Programming Encounter on Adults' Attitudes toward Programming (2014)

  ACM Symposium on Computer Science Education Authors: Polina Charters, Amy J. Ko, Michael Lee, Dastyni Loksa
• Conference Paper
  Principles of a Debugging-First, Gender-Inclusive, Help-Yourself Puzzle Game for Computing Education (2014)

  IEEE Conference on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing Authors: Michael Lee, Faezeh Bahmani, Irwin Kwan, Jilian LaFerte, Polina Charters, Amber Horvath, Fanny Luor, Jill Cao, Catherine Law, Michael Beswetherick, Sheridan Long, Margaret M Burnettt, Amy J. Ko
• Workshop Paper
  Thirty Years of Software Problems in the News (2014)

  International Workshop on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering Authors: Amy J. Ko, Bryan Dosono, Neeraja Duriseti
• Conference Paper
  A Multi-Site Field Study of Crowdsourced Contextual Help: Usage and Perspectives of End-Users and Software Teams (2013)

  ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Authors: Parmit Chilana, Amy J. Ko, Jacob O. Wobbrock, Tovi Grossman
• Journal Article, Academic Journal
  A Practical Guide to Controlled Experiments of Software Engineering Tools with Human Participants (2013)

  Empirical Software Engineering, pp. 1382-3256 Authors: Amy J. Ko, Thomas D LaToza, Margaret M Burnett
• Workshop Paper
  Crowdsourced Q&A-based Contextual Help for Web Applications: Challenges and Opportunities (2013)

  CSCW Workshop on Social Media Question Asking Authors: P.K. Chilana, Amy J. Ko, Jacob O. Wobbrock
• Conference Paper
  In-Game Assessments Increase Novice Programmers’ Engagement and Learning Efficiency (2013)

  International Computing Education Research Conference Authors: Michael Lee, Amy J. Ko, Irwin Kwan
• Conference Paper
  Interactive Record/Replay for Web Application Debugging (2013)

  ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, pp. 473-484 Authors: Brian Burg, Richard Bailey, Amy J. Ko, Michael D Ernst
• Conference Paper
  Designing for a billion users: A case study of Facebook (2012)

  ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Extended Abstracts Authors: Parmit Chilana, Christina Holsberry, Flavio Oliveira, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  Investigating the Role of Purposeful Goals on Novices' Engagement in a Programming Game (2012)

  IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing Authors: Michael Lee, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  Is this what you meant? Promoting listening on the web with reflect (2012)

  ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Authors: Travis Kriplean, Michael Toomim, Jonathan Morgan, Alan Borning, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  LemonAid: Selection-based crowdsourced contextual help for web applications (2012)

  ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Authors: Parmit Chilana, Amy J. Ko, Jacob O. Wobbrock
• Conference Paper
  LemonAid: Selection-based, crowdsourced, contextual help retrieval in web applications (2012)

  ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology Authors: Parmit Chilana, Amy J. Ko, Jacob O. Wobbrock
• Conference Paper
  Mining whining in support forums with Frictionary (2012)

  Extended Abstracts on ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Author: Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  A case study of post-deployment user feedback triage (2011)

  International Workshop on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering, pp. 1-8 Authors: Amy J. Ko, Michael Lee, Valentina Ferrari, Stephen Ip, Charlie Tran
• Conference Paper
  Characterizing the differences between pre- and post-release versions of software (2011)

  International Conference on Software Engineering, pp. 716-725 Authors: Paul Li, Ryan Kivett, Zhiyuan Zhan, Sung-eok Jeon, Nachiappan Nagappan, Brendan Murphy, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  Design, discussion, and dissent in open bug reports (2011)

  iConference 2011, pp. 106-113 Authors: Parmit Chilana, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  FeedLack detects missing feedback in web applications (2011)

  ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing, pp. 2177-2186 Authors: Amy J. Ko, Xing Zhang
• Conference Paper
  Personifying programming tool feedback improves novice programmers' learning (2011)

  International Computing Education Research Conference, pp. 109-116 Authors: Michael Lee, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Short Paper
  Post-deployment usability: A survey of current practices (2011)

  ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 2243-2246 Authors: Parmit Chilana, Amy J. Ko, Jacob O. Wobbrock, Tovi Grossman, George Fitzmaurice
• Conference Short Paper
  The role of conceptual knowledge in API usability (2011)

  IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, pp. 173-176 Author: Amy J. Ko
• Journal Article, Academic Journal
  The state of the art in end-user software engineering (2011)

  ACM Computing Surveys 43, 3, Article 21 (April 2011), pp. 44 pages Authors: Amy J. Ko, R Abraham, L Beckwith, A Blackwell, M M Burnett, M Erwig, C Scaffidi, J Lawrence, H Lieberman, B A Myers, M B Rosson, G Rothermel, M Shaw, S Wiedenbeck
• Conference Workshop Paper
  Using crowdsourcing in the design of context-sensitive help for web applications (2011)

  CHI 2011 Workshop on “Crowdsourcing and Human Computation” Authors: Parmit Chilana, Amy J. Ko, Jacob O. Wobbrock
• Journal Article, Academic Journal
  Why-oriented end-user debugging of naive Bayes text classification (2011)

  ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems, 1(1) Authors: Todd Kuleza, Simone Stumpf, Weng Keen Wong, Margaret Burnett, Stephen Perona, Amy J. Ko, Ian Oberst
• Conference Paper
  Cleanroom: Edit-time error detection with the uniqueness heuristic (2010)

  IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC), pp. 7-14 Authors: Amy J. Ko, Jacob O. Wobbrock
• Journal Article, Professional Journal
  Extracting and answering why and why not questions about Java program output (2010)

  ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology, 20(2) Authors: Amy J. Ko, B A Myers
• Conference Paper
  Gestalt: integrated support for implementation and analysis in machine learning (2010)

  ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST 2010), pp. 37-46 Authors: Kayur Patel, Naomi Bancroft, Steven M. Drucker, James Fogarty, Amy J. Ko, James A. Landay
• Conference Paper
  How power users help and hinder open bug reporting (2010)

  ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’10), pp. 2337-2346 Authors: Parmit Chilana, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  Understanding expressions of unwanted behaviors in open bug reporting (2010)

  IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC), pp. 203-206 Authors: Parmit Chilana, Amy J. Ko, Jacob O. Wobbrock
• Book, Chapter in Non-Scholarly Book-New
  Understanding software engineering through qualitative methods (2010)

  Making Software: What Really Works and Why We Believe It, pp. 14 Author: Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  Understanding usability practices in complex domains (2010)

  Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’10), pp. 2337-2346 Authors: Parmit Chilana, Jacob O. Wobbrock, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  Attitudes and self-efficacy in young adults' computing autobiographies (2009)

  IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computer (VL/HCC), pp. 67-74 Authors: Amy J. Ko, B A Meyers
• Conference Paper
  Comparing bioinformatics software development by computer scientists and biologists: An exploratory study (2009)

  Proceedings of the 2009 ICSE Workshop on Software Engineering for Computational Science and Engineering, pp. 72-79 Authors: Parmit Chilana, Carole L Palmer, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Workshop Paper
  Designing software for unfamiliar domains (2009)

  International Workshop on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering Authors: Parmit Chilana, Amy J. Ko, Jacob O. Wobbrock
• Conference Paper
  Finding causes of program output with the Java Whyline (2009)

  ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), pp. 1569-1578 Authors: Amy J. Ko, B A Meyers
• Conference Paper
  Fixing the program my computer learned: Barriers for end users, challenges for the machine (2009)

  Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI), pp. 187-196 Authors: T. Kuleza, W K Wong, S Perona, R White, I Oberst, S Stumpf, M M Burnett, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  Past, present and future of programming in HCI (2009)

  Human-Computer Interaction Consortium Authors: B. A. Meyers, Amy J. Ko
• Journal Article, Professional Journal
  Reflections on the future of iSchools from inspired junior faculty. (2009)

  interactions, 16(5), pp. 69-71 Authors: Jacob O. Wobbrock, Amy J. Ko, J. A. Kientz
• Conference Paper
  Asking and answering questions about the causes of software behaviors (2008)

  Author: Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  Debugging reinvented: Asking and answering why and why not questions about program behavior (2008)

  International Conference on Software Engineering, pp. 301-310 Authors: Amy J. Ko, B A Meyers
• Conference Paper
  Designers' natural descriptions of interactive behaviors (2008)

  IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC), pp. 185-188 Authors: S. Park, B A Myers, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  How designers design and program interactive behaviors (2008)

  IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC), pp. 177-184 Authors: B. A. Myers, S Park, Y Nakano, G Mueller, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Workshop Paper
  Source-level debugging with the Whyline (2008)

  International Workshop on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering, pp. 69-72 Authors: Amy J. Ko, B A Myers
• Conference Workshop Paper
  End User Software Engineering (2007)

  CHI 2007 Special Interest Group Meeting, pp. 2125-2128 Authors: B. A. Meyers, M M Burnett, S Wiedenbeck, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  Information needs in collocated software development teams (2007)

  International Conference on Software Engineering, pp. 344-353 Authors: Amy J. Ko, R DeLine, G Venolia
• Conference Paper
  Let's go to the whiteboard: How and why software developers draw code (2007)

  ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 557-566 Authors: M. Cherubini, G Venolia, R Deline, Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  A linguistic analysis of how people describe software problems in bug reports (2006)

  IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, pp. 127-134 Authors: Amy J. Ko, B A Myers, D H Chau
• Journal Article, Professional Journal
  An Exploratory Study of How Developers Seek, Relate, and Collect Relevant Information during Software Maintenance Tasks (2006)

  IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 32(12), pp. 971 - 987 Authors: Amy J. Ko, Brad Myers, Michael Coblenz, Htet Htet Aung
• Conference Paper
  Answering why and why not questions in user interfaces (2006)

  ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 397-406 Authors: B. A. Myers, D Weitzman, Amy J. Ko, D H Chau
• Conference Paper
  Barista: An implementation framework for enabling new tools, interaction techniques and views for code editors (2006)

  ACM Conferences on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 387-396 Authors: Amy J. Ko, B A Meyers
• Conference Paper
  Debugging by asking questions about program output (2006)

  International Conference on Software Engineering, pp. 989-992 Author: Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  Dimensions characterizing programming feature usage by information workers (2006)

  IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, pp. 59-62 Authors: C. Scaffidi, Amy J. Ko, B A Myers, M Shaw
• Conference Workshop Paper
  End-user programming productivity tools (2006)

  Institute for Software Research Authors: Amy J. Ko, B A Meyers, M Coblenz, J Stylos
• Conference Extended Abstract
  Invited research overview: End-user programming (2006)

  ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 75-80 Authors: B. A. Meyers, Amy J. Ko, M M Burnett
• Conference Published Video
  The Crystal framework and editor for answering why and why not questions (2006)

  ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Authors: B. A. Myers, D A Weitzman, Amy J. Ko, D H Chau
• Conference Workshop Paper
  The role of science in supporting software development (2006)

  Workshop on Supporting the Social Side of Large-Scale Software Development, pp. 65-69 Authors: M. J. Coblenz, Amy J. Ko, B A Meyers
• Journal Article, Academic Journal
  A framework and methodology for studying the causes of software errors in programming systems (2005)

  Journal of Visual Languages and Computing, 16(1), pp. 41-84 Author: Amy J. Ko
• Conference Paper
  Citrus: A language and toolkit for simplifying the creation of structured editors for code and data (2005)

  ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, pp. 3-12 Authors: Amy J. Ko, B A Meyers
• Conference Paper
  Design requirements for more flexible structured editors from a study of programmers' text editing (2005)

  ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 1557-1560 Authors: Amy J. Ko, H Aung, B A Myers
• Conference Paper
  Eliciting design requirements for maintenance-oriented IDEs: A detailed study of corrective and perfective maintenance Tasks (2005)

  International Conference on Software Engineering, pp. 126-135 Authors: Amy J. Ko, H Aung, B A Myers
• Conference Paper
  Examining task engagement in sensor-based statistical models of human interruptibility. (2005)

  ACM Conferences on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 331-340 Authors: J. Fogarty, Amy J. Ko, H H Aung, E Golden, K P Tang, S E Hudson
• Conference Workshop Paper
  Human factors affecting dependability in end-user programming (2005)

  Workshop on End-User Software Engineering (WEUSE), pp. 1-4 Authors: Amy J. Ko, B A Myers
• Technical Report
  Identifying types of end users: Hints from an informal survey (2005)

  Carnegie Mellon University ISRI Technical Report, no. CMU-HCII-05-101 and Human Computer Interaction Institute Technical Report CMU-ISRI-05-110 Authors: C. Scaffidi, Amy J. Ko, B A Myers, M Shaw
• Conference Published Video
  The Citrus language and user interface toolkit. Video figure (2005)

  ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology Authors: Amy J. Ko, B A Meyers
• Conference Paper
  Using objects of measurement to detect spreadsheet errors (2005)

  IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, pp. 22-26 Authors: M. J. Coblenz, Amy J. Ko, B A Meyers
• Journal Article, Academic Journal
  Using the Cognitive Walkthrough to improve the design of a visual programming experiment (2002)

  Journal of Visual Languages and Computing, 13(Unknown Issue), pp. 517-544 Author: Amy J. Ko