ICER 2016 - 2016 International Computing Education Research

The twelfth annual ACM International Computing Education Research (ICER) Conference aims to gather high-quality contributions to the computing education research discipline. We invite submissions across a variety of categories for research investigating how people of all ages come to understand computational processes and devices, and empirical evaluation of approaches to improve that understanding in formal and informal learning environments.
Research areas of particular interest include:
discipline based education research (DBER) in computer science (CS), information sciences (IS), and related disciplines
learnability/usability of programming languages and the psychology of programming
pedagogical environments fostering computational thinking
design-based research, learner-centered design, and evaluation of educational technology supporting computing knowledge development
learning sciences work in the computing content domain
learning analytics and educational data mining in CS/IS content areas
informal learning experiences related to programming and software development (all ages), ranging from after-school programs for children, to end-user development communities, to workplace training of computing professionals
measurement instrument development and validation (e.g., concept inventories, attitudes scales, etc) for use in computing disciplines
research on CS/computing teacher thinking and professional development models at all levels
In addition to standard research paper contributions, we continue our longstanding commitment to fostering discussion and exploring new research areas by offering several ways to engage. These include a doctoral consortium for graduate students just prior to the conference, a work-in-progress workshop for researchers following the conference, and poster and lightning talks. This is in addition to the format of conference sessions, where all research paper presentations include time for discussion among the attendees followed by feedback to the paper presenters.