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2025

41.

Lopez, John Louis-Strakes; Rhodes, Katherine; Begolli, Kreshnik; Bustamante, Andres S; Ahn, June

What” Exactly” Describes Planning in a Math Game-Based Assessment? Introducing Fraction Ball: Exactly Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2025.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: learning analytics, play and games, STEM

40.

Jackson, Kara; Cobb, Paul; Ing, Marsha; Ahn, June; Smith, Thomas; Kochmanski, Nicholas; Chinen, Starlie; Nieman, Hannah

Developing and using practical measures to inform instructional improvement in mathematics at scale Book Chapter

In: LeMahieu, Paul G.; Cobb, Paul (Ed.): Measuring to Improve: Practical Measurement to Support Continuous Improvement in Education, pp. 51-92, Harvard Education Press, 2025.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: dataviz, DBIR, improvement science, k12 education, learning analytics, RPP, STEM, teachers

2024

39.

Guo, Siling; Bailey, Drew; Rhodes, Katherine; Begolli, Kreshnik; Bermudez, Vanessa N; Lawrence, LuEttaMae; Alvarez-Vargas, Daniela; Acevedo-Farag, Lourdes M; Ahn, June; Bustamante, Andres S; others,

Buckets of fun: Impacts of fraction ball activities on students' math-related emotions Journal Article

In: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, vol. 92, pp. 101645, 2024.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: k12 education, play and games, STEM

38.

Campos, Fabio; Nguyen, Ha; Ahn, June; Jackson, Kara

Leveraging cultural forms in human-centred learning analytics design Journal Article

In: British Journal of Educational Technology, vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 769–784, 2024.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: dataviz, DBIR, improvement science, infrastructuring, k12 education, learning analytics, participatory design, RPP, STEM, teachers

37.

Begolli, Kreshnik; Bermudez, Vanessa N; Lawrence, LuEttaMae; Acevedo-Farag, Lourdes M; Valdez, Sabrina; Santana, Evelyn; Alvarez-Vargas, Daniela; Ahn, June; Bailey, Drew; Rhodes, Katherine; others,

Incorporating Design Based Implementation Research with a Randomized Controlled Trial to develop and evaluate the efficacy of playful rational number learning Journal Article

In: Contemporary Educational Psychology, vol. 78, pp. 102296, 2024.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: DBIR, k12 education, play and games, STEM

2023

36.

Santo, Rafi; DeLyser, Leigh Ann; Ahn, June

Booting the system: Leadership practices for initiating and infrastructuring district-wide computer science instructional programs Journal Article

In: Policy Futures in Education, pp. 14782103231178069, 2023.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: computer science education, DBIR, educational change, equity and inclusion, improvement science, infrastructuring, k12 education, leadership, STEM

35.

Clegg, Tamara; Hernly, Kenna; Ahn, June; Yip, Jason; Bonsignore, Elizabeth; Pauw, Daniel; Pitt, Caroline

Changing lanes: Relational dispositions that fuel community science learning Journal Article

In: American Educational Research Journal, vol. 60, no. 3, pp. 621–661, 2023.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: community, culture, equity and inclusion, family, funds of knowledge, HCI, identity, informal learning, infrastructuring, learning sciences, RPP, social media, STEM

34.

Bermudez, Vanessa N; Salazar, Julie; Garcia, Leiny; Ochoa, Karlena D; Pesch, Annelise; Roldan, Wendy; Soto-Lara, Stephanie; Gomez, Wendy; Rodriguez, Rigoberto; Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy; others,

Designing culturally situated playful environments for early STEM learning with a Latine community Journal Article

In: Early Childhood Research Quarterly, vol. 65, pp. 205–216, 2023.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: community, culture, family, funds of knowledge, informal learning, infrastructuring, participatory design, play and games, STEM

33.

Lawrence, LuEttaMae; Garcia, Daniel I; Ochoa, Karlena D; Valdez, Sabrina; Begolli, Kreshnik; Bustamante, Andres S; Ahn, June

Factors That Impact the Implementation of a Game Based Curriculum and Adaptations Teachers Design to Address Them Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the 17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences-ICLS 2023, pp. 918-921, International Society of the Learning Sciences 2023.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: DBIR, infrastructuring, k12 education, participatory design, play and games, STEM, teachers

2022

32.

Belgrave, Ashlee; Bermudez, Vanessa N; Chew, Phebe; Lin, Yiwen; Ahn, June; Bustamante, Andres S

Using a participatory design approach for co-creating culturally situated STEM enrichment activities Journal Article

In: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, vol. 82, pp. 101451, 2022.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: community, culture, equity and inclusion, family, funds of knowledge, informal learning, participatory design, play and games, STEM

31.

Pesch, Annelise; Ochoa, Karlena D; Fletcher, Katelyn K; Bermudez, Vanessa N; Todaro, Rachael D; Salazar, Julie; Gibbs, Hailey M; Ahn, June; Bustamante, Andres S; Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy

Reinventing the public square and early educational settings through culturally informed, community co-design: Playful Learning Landscapes Journal Article

In: Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 13, pp. 933320, 2022.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: community, culture, equity and inclusion, family, funds of knowledge, informal learning, infrastructuring, participatory design, play and games, STEM

30.

Garcia, Leiny; Roldan, Wendy; Bermudez, Vanessa N; Bustamante, Andres S; Ahn, June

Elevating the ways in which Latina mothers perceive, do, and envision early STEM learning Best Paper Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS), International Society of the Learning Sciences Hiroshima, Japan, 2022.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: community, culture, equity and inclusion, family, funds of knowledge, informal learning, participatory design, play and games, STEM

2021

29.

Chew, Phebe; Lin, Yiwen; Bermudez, Vanessa N; Bustamante, Andres S; Ahn, June

Understanding pedagogical frameworks, relationships, and learning opportunities in community-based participatory design Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of International Society of the Learning Sciences Annual Meeting, ISLS 2021.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: community, infrastructuring, participatory design, RPP, STEM

2019

28.

Mills, Kelly; Bonsignore, Elizabeth; Clegg, Tamara; Ahn, June; Yip, Jason; Pauw, Daniel; Hernly, Kenna; Pitt, Caroline

Connecting children’s scientific funds of knowledge shared on social media to science concepts Journal Article

In: International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, vol. 21, pp. 54-64, 2019.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: community, participatory design, RPP, social media, STEM, teachers

27.

Mills, Kelly; Bonsignore, Elizabeth; Clegg, Tamara; Yip, Jason; Ahn, June; Pauw, Daniel; Pitt, Caroline

Social media in the science classroom: Bridging funds of knowledge to scientific concepts Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning – CSCL, ISLS Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning – CSCL, Lyon, FR, 2019.

BibTeX | Tags: community, k12 education, participatory design, RPP, social media, STEM, teachers

2018

26.

Pellicone, Anthony; Ahn, June

Building worlds: A connective ethnography of play in Minecraft Journal Article

In: Games and Culture, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 440-458, 2018.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: culture, HCI, informal learning, play and games, STEM

25.

Cabrera, Lautaro; Ahn, June; Clegg, Tamara; Hernly, Kenna; Bonsignore, Elizabeth; Pitt, Caroline; Pauw, Daniel

Exploring practices on the move: Facilitating learning across a neighborhood Best Paper Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference of the Learning Sciences - ICLS 2018, ISLS Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference of the Learning Sciences - ICLS 2018, London, UK, 2018.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: community, DBIR, HCI, infrastructuring, participatory design, RPP, social media, STEM

24.

Mills, Kelly; Bonsignore, Elizabeth; Clegg, Tamara; Ahn, June; Yip, Jason; Pauw, Daniel; Cabrera, Lautaro; Hernly, Kenna; Pitt, Caroline

Designing to illuminate children’s scientific funds of knowledge through social media sharing Proceedings Article

In: In Proceedings of the 17th Conference for Interaction Design and Children – IDC 2018, ACM In Proceedings of the 17th Conference for Interaction Design and Children – IDC 2018, New York, NY, 2018.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: community, DBIR, HCI, infrastructuring, participatory design, RPP, social media, STEM

23.

Ahn, June; Clegg, Tamara; Yip, Jason; Bonsignore, Elizabeth; Pauw, Daniel; Cabrera, Lautaro; Hernly, Kenna; Pitt, Caroline; Mills, Kelly; Salazar, Arturo; Griffing, Diana; Rick, Jochen; Marr, Rachael

Science Everywhere: Designing public, tangible displays to connect youth learning across settings Proceedings Article

In: In Proceedings of the 36th Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems – CHI 2018, ACM In Proceedings of the 36th Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems – CHI 2018, New York, NY, 2018.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: community, DBIR, HCI, infrastructuring, participatory design, RPP, social media, STEM

2016

22.

Ahn, June; Beck, Austin; Rice, John; Foster, Michelle

Exploring issues of implementation, equity, and student achievement with educational software in the DC Public Schools Journal Article

In: AERA Open, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 1-10, 2016.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: data science, DBIR, infrastructuring, k12 education, RPP, STEM

21.

Clegg, Tamara; Ahn, June; Yip, Jason; Bonsignore, Elizabeth; Pauw, Daniel

Scientizing with sciencekit: Social media and storytelling mobile apps for developing playful scientific dispositions Journal Article

In: Educational Technology, vol. 56, no. 3, pp. 23-28, 2016.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: community, HCI, informal learning, participatory design, social media, STEM

20.

Yip, Jason; Clegg, Tamara; Ahn, June; Uchidiuno, Judith; Bonsignore, Elizabeth; Beck, Austin; Pauw, Daniel; Mills, Kelly

The evolution of engagements and social bonds during child-parent co-design Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the 34th Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - CHI 2016, ACM Proceedings of the 34th Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - CHI 2016, New York, NY, 2016.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: community, HCI, participatory design, social media, STEM

19.

Ahn, June; Clegg, Tamara; Yip, Jason; Bonsignore, Elizabeth; Pauw, Daniel; Gubbels, Michael

Seeing the unseen learner: Designing and using social media to recognize children’s science dispositions in action Journal Article

In: Learning, Media, and Technology, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 252-282, 2016.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: HCI, informal learning, participatory design, social media, STEM

2015

18.

Pauw, Daniel; Clegg, Tamara; Ahn, June; Bonsignore, Elizabeth; Yip, Jason; Uchidiuno, Judith

Navigating Connected Inquiry Learning with ScienceKit Proceedings Article

In: Computer Supported Collaborative Learning, International Society of the Learning Sciences Computer Supported Collaborative Learning, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2015.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: community, HCI, informal learning, learning sciences, participatory design, social media, STEM

17.

Subramaniam, Mega; Ahn, June; Waugh, Amanda; Taylor, Natalie Greene; Druin, Allison; Fleischmann, Kenneth R.; Walsh, Greg

The role of school librarians in enhancing science learning Journal Article

In: Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 3-16, 2015.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: information sciences, STEM

2014

16.

Ahn, June; Subramaniam, Mega; Bonsignore, Elizabeth; Pellicone, Anthony; Waugh, Amanda; Yip, Jason

“I Want to be a Game Designer or Scientist”: Connected Learning and Developing Identities with Urban, African-American Youth Best Paper Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference of the Learning Sciences - ICLS 2014, International Society of the Learning Sciences Boulder, CO, 2014.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: DBIR, equity and inclusion, identity, learning sciences, STEM

15.

Clegg, Tamara; Bonsignore, Elizabeth; Ahn, June; Yip, Jason; Pauw, Daniel; Gubbels, Michael; Lewittes, Becky; Rhodes, Emily

Capturing personal and social science: Technology for integrating the building blocks of disposition Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference of the Learning Sciences - ICLS 2014, International Society of the Learning Sciences Boulder, CO, 2014.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: HCI, identity, informal learning, learning sciences, online communities, participatory design, social media, STEM

14.

Yip, Jason; Clegg, Tamara; Ahn, June; Bonsignore, Elizabeth; Gubbels, Michael; Rhodes, Emily; Lewittes, Becky

The role of identity development within tensions in ownership of science learning Best Paper Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference of the Learning Sciences - ICLS 2014, International Society of the Learning Sciences Boulder, CO, 2014.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: DBIR, funds of knowledge, HCI, identity, informal learning, learning sciences, participatory design, social media, STEM

13.

Yip, Jason; Ahn, June; Clegg, Tamara; Bonsignore, Elizabeth; Pauw, Daniel; Gubbels, Michael

It helped me do my science. A case of designing social media technologies for children in science learning Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference of Interaction Design and Children - IDC 2014, ACM New York, NY, 2014.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: DBIR, funds of knowledge, HCI, informal learning, learning sciences, participatory design, social media, STEM

12.

Bonsignore, Elizabeth; Ahn, June; Clegg, Tamara; Yip, Jason; Pauw, Daniel; Gubbels, Michael; Lewittes, Becky; Rhodes, Emily

Selfies for science: Collaborative configurations around sciencekit Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the companion publication of the 17th ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work & social computing – CSCW 2014, ACM New York, NY, 2014.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: HCI, informal learning, learning sciences, social media, STEM

11.

Lee, Tak Yeon; Mauriello, Matthew Louis; Ahn, June; Bederson, Benjamin

CTArcade: Computational thinking with games in school age children Journal Article

In: International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, vol. 2, iss. 1, pp. 26-33, 2014.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: computer science education, HCI, informal learning, play and games, STEM

2013

10.

Ahn, June; Yip, Jason; Gubbels, Michael

SINQ: Designing social media to foster everyday scientific inquiry for children Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children – IDC2013, ACM New York, NY, 2013.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: crowdsourcing, DBIR, funds of knowledge, HCI, informal learning, online communities, participatory design, social media, STEM

9.

Ahn, June; Gubbels, Michael; Yip, Jason; Bonsignore, Elizabeth; Clegg, Tamara

Using social media and learning analytics to understand how children engage in scientific inquiry Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children – IDC2013, ACM New York, NY, 2013.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: community, crowdsourcing, DBIR, funds of knowledge, HCI, informal learning, learning analytics, participatory design, STEM

8.

Bonsignore, Elizabeth; Hansen, Derek; Kraus, Kari; Visconti, Amanda; Ahn, June; Druin, Allison

Playing for real: Designing alternate reality games for teenagers in learning contexts Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children – IDC2013, ACM New York, NY, 2013.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: DBIR, HCI, informal learning, learning sciences, online communities, participatory design, play and games, STEM

7.

Subramaniam, Mega; Ahn, June; Waugh, Amanda; Taylor, Natalie Greene; Druin, Allison; Fleischmann, Kenneth R.; Walsh, Greg

Crosswalk between the framework for k-12 science education and standards for the 21st century learner: School Librarians as the Crucial Link Journal Article

In: School Library Research, vol. 16, pp. 1-28, 2013.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: information sciences, k12 education, libraries, STEM

6.

Waugh, Amanda; Taylor, Natalie Greene; Subramaniam, Mega; Ahn, June; Druin, Allison; Fleischmann, Kenneth R.

Young people’s engagement in content creation: An analysis of outliers Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology 76th Annual Meeting – ASIST2013, Association for Information Science and Technology Montreal, Canada, 2013.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: community, HCI, informal learning, information sciences, k12 education, libraries, online communities, social media, STEM

2012

5.

Ahn, June; Subramaniam, Mega; Fleischmann, Kenneth R.; Waugh, Amanda; Walsh, Greg; Druin, Allison

Youth identities as remixers in an online community of storytellers: Attitudes, strategies, and values Best Paper Proceedings Article

In: Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology 75th Annual Meeting – ASIST2012, Association for Information Science and Technology Baltimore, MD, 2012.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: community, DBIR, HCI, identity, informal learning, information sciences, learning sciences, online communities, participatory design, social media, STEM

4.

Bonsignore, Elizabeth; Kraus, Kari; Ahn, June; Visconti, Amanda; Fraistat, Ann; Druin, Allison

Alternate Reality Games: Platforms for Collaborative Learning Proceedings Article

In: Tenth International Conference of the Learning Sciences – ICLS 2012, International Society of the Learning Sciences Sydney, Australia, 2012.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: DBIR, HCI, informal learning, information sciences, learning sciences, online communities, participatory design, play and games, STEM

3.

Ahn, June; Gubbels, Michael; Kim, Jinyoung; Wu, Johnny

SINQ: Scientific INQuiry learning using social media Proceedings Article

In: CHI '12 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems – CHI 2012, ACM New York, NY, 2012.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: community, crowdsourcing, DBIR, funds of knowledge, HCI, informal learning, information sciences, learning sciences, online communities, participatory design, social media, STEM

2.

Lee, Tak Yeon; Mauriello, Matthew Louis; Ingraham, John; Sopan, Awalin; Ahn, June; Bederson, Benjamin

CTArcade: Learning computational thinking while training virtual characters through game play Proceedings Article

In: CHI '12 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems – CHI 2012, ACM New York, NY, 2012.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: computer science education, HCI, informal learning, play and games, STEM

1.

Subramaniam, Mega; Ahn, June; Fleischmann, Kenneth R.; Druin, Allison

Reimagining the role of school libraries in stem education: Creating hybrid spaces for exploration Journal Article

In: The Library Quarterly, vol. 82, iss. 2, pp. 161-182, 2012.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: informal learning, information sciences, k12 education, libraries, STEM