David Weintrop

5.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
108 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

David Weintrop is a scholar working on Computer Science Applications, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, David Weintrop has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Computer Science Applications, 39 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 16 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in David Weintrop's work include Teaching and Learning Programming (93 papers), Educational Games and Gamification (34 papers) and Gender and Technology in Education (15 papers). David Weintrop is often cited by papers focused on Teaching and Learning Programming (93 papers), Educational Games and Gamification (34 papers) and Gender and Technology in Education (15 papers). David Weintrop collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Switzerland. David Weintrop's co-authors include Uri Wilensky, Michael Horn, Kai Orton, Kemi Jona, Elham Hosseini‐Beheshti, Laura Trouille, Diana Franklin, Nathan Holbert, Merijke Coenraad and David Shepherd and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Communications of the ACM and Computers & Education.

In The Last Decade

David Weintrop

94 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

Defining Computational Th... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 2015 2017 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Defining Computational Thinking for Mathematics and Science Classrooms
    2015 971 citations David Weintrop, Elham Hosseini‐Beheshti et al. profile →
  2. To block or not to block, that is the question
    2015 246 citations David Weintrop, Uri Wilensky profile →
  3. Comparing Block-Based and Text-Based Programming in High School Computer Science Classrooms
    2017 200 citations David Weintrop, Uri Wilensky profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
David Weintrop 2.4k 1.2k 516 463 315 108 2.9k
Shuchi Grover 2.7k 1.1× 1.4k 1.2× 441 0.9× 497 1.1× 319 1.0× 66 3.0k
Linda Werner 2.4k 1.0× 1.3k 1.1× 1.0k 2.0× 481 1.0× 301 1.0× 52 3.1k
Natalie Rusk 3.1k 1.3× 1.5k 1.2× 827 1.6× 673 1.5× 342 1.1× 27 4.0k
Alexander Repenning 1.7k 0.7× 1.1k 0.9× 488 0.9× 266 0.6× 156 0.5× 125 2.5k
Fred Martin 1.9k 0.8× 712 0.6× 505 1.0× 519 1.1× 250 0.8× 114 3.1k
Mordechai Ben‐Ari 2.3k 1.0× 1.2k 1.0× 741 1.4× 444 1.0× 419 1.3× 118 3.6k
Wanda Dann 2.0k 0.8× 985 0.8× 547 1.1× 211 0.5× 416 1.3× 49 2.4k
Lynda Thomas 2.6k 1.1× 1.2k 1.0× 902 1.7× 447 1.0× 606 1.9× 66 3.1k
Chris Stephenson 2.0k 0.8× 867 0.7× 335 0.6× 414 0.9× 269 0.9× 48 2.3k
‪Marcos Román-González‬ 2.1k 0.9× 1.0k 0.9× 411 0.8× 369 0.8× 127 0.4× 55 2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by David Weintrop

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Weintrop

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Weintrop

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Weintrop. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Weintrop based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with David Weintrop. David Weintrop is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Israel‐Fishelson, Rotem, et al.. (2024). Exploring Interest-Driven Data Science Through Participatory Design. Proceedings.. 1159–1162. 2 indexed citations
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Israel‐Fishelson, Rotem, et al.. (2024). Interest-Driven Data Science Curriculum for High School Students: Empirical Evidence from a Pilot Study. 908–912. 1 indexed citations
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Pellicone, Anthony, et al.. (2024). Children's approaches to solving puzzles in videogames. International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction. 40. 100635–100635. 4 indexed citations
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Weintrop, David, et al.. (2024). Is Block-Based Programming “Real Programming”?. Proceedings.. 2165–2166.
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Weintrop, David, et al.. (2023). Developing preservice teachers intuitions about computational thinking in a mathematics and science methods course. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations
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Weintrop, David, et al.. (2023). Switch Mode. 114–118. 1 indexed citations
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Weintrop, David, et al.. (2023). Using design-based implementation research approach to create computational thinking assessment tools for youth programs in public libraries. Library & Information Science Research. 45(2). 101240–101240. 1 indexed citations
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Coenraad, Merijke, et al.. (2022). Reimagining Professional Development for K-8 CS Teachers. 530–536. 4 indexed citations
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Weintrop, David, et al.. (2020). Mutually Supportive Mathematics and Computational Thinking in a Fourth-Grade Classroom. ICLS. 9 indexed citations
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Walkoe, Janet, et al.. (2020). Teachers’ Conceptualizations of Computational and Mathematical Thinking. ICLS. 3 indexed citations
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Coenraad, Merijke, et al.. (2020). Identifying Spheres of Influence for a Culturally Relevant Computing Curriculum through Participatory Design.. ICLS. 2 indexed citations
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Weintrop, David. (2018). Defining, Designing, and Documenting Computational Thinking Across K-12 Education.. ICLS.
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Weintrop, David, et al.. (2018). Blocks or Text? How programming language modality makes a difference in assessing underrepresented populations.. ICLS. 11 indexed citations
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Weintrop, David. (2016). Modality matters: understanding the design of introductory programming environments. Journal of computing sciences in colleges. 32(1). 6–6. 1 indexed citations
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Weintrop, David & Uri Wilensky. (2016). Playing by Programming: Making Gameplay a Programming Activity.. Educational Technology archive. 56(3). 36–41. 2 indexed citations
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Trouille, Laura, Elham Hosseini‐Beheshti, Michael Horn, et al.. (2013). Bringing Computational Thinking into the High School Science and Math Classroom. AAS. 221. 3 indexed citations

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