Research

Latest Peer-Reviewed Research Articles and Publications

• Generating Constructionist Criteria for AI Educational Technology: How to evaluate AI tools that help students build knowledge

  Lydia Guterman, Sarah Wharton, and Mary Cate Gustafson-Quiett – 2025

  In this hands-on and highly collaborative workshop, participants will draw upon their personal experience with constructionist tools to collaboratively develop a set of criteria to define effective constructionist tools.

• App Planner: Utilizing Generative AI in K-12 Mobile App Development Education

  David Kim, Prerna Ravi, Randi Williams, Daeun Yoo – 2024

  App Planner is an interactive support tool for K-12 students, designed to assist in creating mobile applications.

• Act Out an LLM

  Sarah Wharton, John Masla, Lydia Guterman, Mary Cate Gustafson-Quiett, Christina Bosch, Samar Abu Hegley, Calvin Macatantan, Eric Klopfer, Cynthia Breazeal, and Hal Abelson – 2025

• Supporting AI Literacy Teaching Through the Development of Assessments for Classroom Use

  John Masla, Christina Bosch, Prerna Ravi, Lydia Guterman, Sarah Wharton, Mary Cate Gustafson-Quiett, Samar Abu Hegly, Calvin Macatantan, Eric Klopfer, Cynthia Breazeal, and Hal Abelson – 2025

  Initial discussion of AI literacy assessment has focused on competency frameworks and learning standards rather than materials for classroom use.