Scholarship

2023

Journal Article: Computational thinking belongs in social studies classrooms

  • Hammond, T.C., Manfra, M.M., Oltman, J.L., Coven, R.M., Salter, S., & Walp, D. (2023). Computational thinking belongs in social studies classrooms. Trends & Issues in Social Studies, 29(1), 46-60.

2021

AERA Conference: Leveraging Computational Thinking for Inquiry-Based Education in the Social Studies [Virtual – Round Table Paper Session]

  • Manfra, M. M., Hammond, T. C., & Oltman, J. (2021, Apr 8 – 12). Leveraging Computational Thinking for Inquiry-Based Education in the Social Studies. [Virtual – Round Table Paper Session] AERA Annual Meeting [Virtual]

2020

NCGE Conference: The whys of where: Empowering geography instruction with geo-computational thinking [Virtual]

  • Oltman, J., Hammond, T.C., & Manfra, M.M. (2020, December). The Whys of Where: Empowering Geography Instruction With Geo-Computational Thinking. Accepted as a Presentation at the annual conference of the National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE), Online. (slides)

AERA Conference: Computational Thinking in the Social Studies: A Study on Design and Assessment [Paper Session]

  • Hammond, T. C., Manfra, M. M., & Oltman, J. (2020, Apr 17 – 21) Computational Thinking in the Social Studies: A Study on Design and Assessment [Paper Session]. AERA Annual Meeting San Francisco, CA http://tinyurl.com/yxybp6v3 (Conference Canceled)

SITE Conference: Thematic Use of GIS to Teach American History: An Excerpt From Enslavement, Emancipation, and the Continuing Struggle [Virtual Presentation]

  • Hammond, T.C., Oltman, J., & Manfra, M.M. (2020, April). Thematic Use of GIS to Teach American History: An Excerpt From Enslavement, Emancipation, and the Continuing Struggle. Virtual presentation of a Full Paper at the at the conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE), New Orleans, LA
  • Slides: https://tinyurl.com/tl46am2
  • Abstract: https://academicexperts.org/conf/site/2020/papers/56167/ (full paper available to conference registrants)

Book Chapter: Computational Thinking and Social Studies Teacher Education: What, Why, and How

  • Hammond, T. C., Oltman, J. L., & Manfra, M. M. (2020). Computational Thinking and Social Studies Teacher Education: What, Why, and How. In J. Keengwe, & P. Wachira (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Integrating Computer Science and Computational Thinking in K-12 Education (pp. 1-16). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-1479-5.ch001
  • PDF of Chapter

2019

SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems Workshop on Geo-Computational Thinking in Education: Geo-Computational Thinking in the Third Grade

  • Hammond, T.C., Oltman, J.L., & Manfra, M.M. (2019, November). Geo-Computational Thinking in the Third Grade: Making Computational Thinking Truly “For Everyone, Everywhere”. Paper presented at 27th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems Workshop on Geo-Computational Thinking in Education (GeoEd 2019), Chicago, IL.
  • Link to paper

Journal Article: Using computational thinking to explore the past, present, and future.

ISTE Conference: Better Together: Teaching Social Studies with Computational Thinking and Spatial Reasoning.

  • Hammond, T.C., & Oltman, J. (2019, June). Better Together: Teaching Social Studies with Computational Thinking and Spatial Reasoning. Accepted as a Poster at the annual meeting of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), Philadelphia, PA.
  • Poster (PDF)

Book Chapter: Bridging STEM and the Civic Mission of Social Studies: Integrating Spatial Reasoning & Computational Thinking Into Decision-Focused Secondary Social Studies Instruction.

  • Hammond, T.C., & Oltman, J. (2019). Bridging STEM and the civic mission of social studies: Integrating spatial reasoning & computational thinking into decision-focused secondary social studies instruction. In D. Gibson & M. Ochoa (Eds.), Research highlights in technology and teacher education 2019 (pp. 127-132). Waynesville, NC: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education.
  • Chapter PDF

SITE Conference: Bridging STEM and the Civic Mission of Social Studies: Integrating Spatial Reasoning & Computational Thinking Into Decision-Focused Secondary Social Studies Instruction.

  • Hammond, T. & Oltman, J. (2019). Bridging STEM and the Civic Mission of Social Studies: Integrating Spatial Reasoning & Computational Thinking Into Decision-Focused Secondary Social Studies Instruction. In K. Graziano (Ed.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 2034-2038). Las Vegas, NV, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved March 27, 2019 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/207979/.

2018

Dissertation: Oltman, Julia Leonhardt, “Exploring a Curriculum-Embedded, Constructivist-Inspired, Augmented Reality Game Within an Early Elementary Social Studies Curriculum and Its Influence on Student Experiences, Learning Outcomes, and Teacher Instructional Practices” (2018). Theses and Dissertations. 4313.
https://preserve.lehigh.edu/etd/4313

Dissertation Defense: Investigating the Effect of a Curriculum-Embedded Augmented Reality Game Within an Early Elementary Social Studies Curriculum and its Influence on Student Experiences, Learning Outcomes, and Teacher Instructional Practices

SITE Conference:  Enhancing Early Elementary Civics Education Through Augmented Reality Games

  • Hammond, T. C., Oltman, J. L., & Alexander, R. C. (2018). In Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (pp. TBD). Washington, DC: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). 2018
  • Link to paper for proceedings

2017

Book Chapter: Inside, Outside, and Off-Site: Social Constructivism in Mobile Games

  • Bressler, D. M., Oltman, J. L., & Vallera, F. L. (2018). Inside, Outside, and Off-Site: Social Constructivism in Mobile Games. In J. Keengwe (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Mobile Technology, Constructivism, and Meaningful Learning. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. http://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3949-0.ch001
  • Chapter PDF

AERA Annual Meeting –  “I Almost Wanted to Touch Them!”: Curriculum-embedded GBL for Young Elementary History Education 

  • Oltman, J. L., & Hammond, T. C. (2017). “I Almost Wanted to Touch Them!” Curriculum-Embedded Game-Based Learning for Young Elementary History Education. Paper presented at the 2017 Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Antonio, TX. http://doi.org/10.302/1177211
  • Paper
  • Slides

Pennsylvania Educational Technology Expo and Conference (PETE&C) – ARIS Games for Elementary Social Studies

  • Three ARIS games developed for elementary social studies will be presented. Topics include colonial history, community needs, and local government. Games have been played and tested by students and teachers in grades 2-4.
  • Presentation Slides

2016

ARIS Global Summit – Three Games for Elementary Social Studies

  • Three ARIS games developed for elementary social studies will be presented. Topics include colonial history, community needs, and local government. Games have been played and tested by students and teachers in grades 2-4.
  • Presentation Slides

ARIS Global Summit – Get the Data!

  • Description: How do you determine a game’s learning impact if every student plays the game and there isn’t any control group? How can you conduct in-game data assessment without breaking the magic circle of gameplay? Strategies and ideas for data collection learned during a two year mixed methods, design-based research project using an ARIS game will be presented.
  • Presentation Slides

ISTE Conference – Moravian History Mystery: Elementary Game-Based Learning About Colonial America  

  • Description: Game-based learning presents unique teaching opportunities, evoking students’ intrinsic motivation, social learning, and drive to mastery. We present an augmented reality mobile game played by 2nd graders studying colonial American history. Students scored higher on game-related test items than non-game-related items, demonstrating the game’s effectiveness.
  • Presentation Slides

SITE Conference – The Sleeping Giant Awakens? Two Cases in Geospatial Tools Re-Shaping Curricular Content in Elementary Social Studies

  • Available at: https://www.learntechlib.org/p/171912/
  • Hammond, T. & Oltman, J. (2016). The Sleeping Giant Awakens? Two Cases in Geospatial Tools Re-Shaping Curricular Content in Elementary Social Studies. In Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (pp. 1502-1505). Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).2015

2015

Teaching, Learning, and Technology Summit at Lehigh University – Get the Little Ones Moving! Location-based, augmented reality games for elementary students.

Lehigh University College of Education: Distinguished Lecture Series – Moravian History Mystery: A Mobile, Digital, Augmented Reality, Geospatial, Game-Based Learning Experience for Elementary Students.

  • Oltman, J. & Hammond, T.C. (2015, October). Moravian history mystery: A mobile, digital, augmented reality, geospatial, game-based learning experience for elementary students. Poster presented at the Lehigh University College of Education Distinguished Lecture Series, Bethlehem, PA.
  • Research Poster

GLS Conference – Moravian History Mystery: An Outside Augmented Reality Game for Elementary History

ARIS Global Summit – Putting the “AR” in Farm: Baaaaad or Good?

  • Co-Presenter: Dr. Denise Bressler
  • Description: A field trip to a farm with goats, and chickens, and cows – oh my! But wait, I get to use an iPad and augmented reality too? This session will provide a quick overview of a farm field trip where 100 4th graders learned about being farmhands through live demonstrations with farm staff. Students experienced a fence-making activity, petting baby goats, and even looking at real goat poop under a microscope to inspect it for parasites! An ARIS activity scaffolded their mission, added some flair, and directed them to each station. Did augmented reality actually augment the experience or would “regular” reality be equally as effective or (yikes!) even better in this scenario? The presenters are “on the fence” – so help us decide!

ISTE Conference – Inside, Outside, Between: Recipes for Augmented Reality in Social Studies Learning

  • Co-Presenter: Dr. Thomas Hammond
  • Description: Want to try augmented reality but don’t know how to get started? We’ll offer three free models to help you apply this technology to your teaching, whether inside the classroom, out in the community or somewhere in between.
  • Hammond, T.C., & Oltman, J. (2015, June). Inside, outside, between: Recipes for augmented reality in social studies learning. Poster presented at the annual ISTE conference, Philadelphia, PA.

SITE Conference – Exploring the use of a Location-Based iPad Augmented Reality Game for Elementary History Education

  • Oltman, J., & Hammond, T. C. (2015, March). Exploring the use of a Location-Based iPad Augmented Reality Game for Elementary History Education. In Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (Vol. 2015, No. 1, pp. 8328-8331).
  • Paper
  • Presentation Slides
  • Conference Proceedings

2014

Mobile Learning and Teaching Summit at Lehigh University –The Future of Educational Mobile Game: Inside, Outside, and Offsite

1998

Association for the Advancement of Applied Sports Psychology Annual Conference – Examining the Effects of the Sports Media on Young Female Athletes and their Self-Perceptions

  • AASP Paper
  • Leonhardt, J.M. & Barber, H. (1998, September). Examining the effects of the sports media on young female athletes and their self-perceptions. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association for the Advancement of Applied Sports Psychology, Hyannis, MA.

1997

Master’s Thesis – So What if the Sports Media Trivializes Women? An Exploratory Study Examining the Effect of the Sports Media on Young Female Athletes and their Self-Perceptions.

  • Leonhardt, J. M. (1997). So what if the sports media trivializes women? An exploratory study examining the effect of the sports media on young female athletes and their self-perceptions. Unpublished masters thesis. University of New Hampshire, Durham.
  • Master’s Thesis