Sally Fincher

2.7k total citations
109 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Sally Fincher is a scholar working on Computer Science Applications, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Sally Fincher has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Computer Science Applications, 28 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 24 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Sally Fincher's work include Teaching and Learning Programming (38 papers), Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (21 papers) and Online Learning and Analytics (20 papers). Sally Fincher is often cited by papers focused on Teaching and Learning Programming (38 papers), Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (21 papers) and Online Learning and Analytics (20 papers). Sally Fincher collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Sweden. Sally Fincher's co-authors include Josh Tenenberg, Marian Petre, Anthony Robins, Martyn Clark, Ian Utting, Raymond Lister, Janet Finlay, Quintin Cutts, Patricia Haden and Ken Sutton and has published in prestigious journals such as Communications of the ACM, Computer and Journal of Engineering Education.

In The Last Decade

Sally Fincher

99 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sally Fincher United Kingdom 23 845 442 406 312 223 109 1.5k
Symeon Retalis Greece 19 494 0.6× 566 1.3× 326 0.8× 549 1.8× 55 0.2× 95 1.3k
Juan I. Asensio‐Pérez Spain 23 967 1.1× 735 1.7× 485 1.2× 543 1.7× 93 0.4× 125 1.7k
Christopher Hundhausen United States 23 1.3k 1.6× 1.0k 2.3× 471 1.2× 363 1.2× 221 1.0× 88 2.2k
Michael Derntl Austria 17 327 0.4× 277 0.6× 239 0.6× 371 1.2× 62 0.3× 86 1.0k
Davinia Hernández‐Leo Spain 25 1.1k 1.3× 853 1.9× 683 1.7× 808 2.6× 83 0.4× 202 2.2k
Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones United States 19 636 0.8× 185 0.4× 532 1.3× 172 0.6× 104 0.5× 159 1.5k
Josh Tenenberg United States 21 422 0.5× 264 0.6× 245 0.6× 155 0.5× 77 0.3× 95 1.6k
Benedict du Boulay United Kingdom 20 1.1k 1.3× 678 1.5× 450 1.1× 233 0.7× 121 0.5× 60 1.8k
Rob Koper Netherlands 30 1.6k 1.9× 1.3k 2.9× 925 2.3× 953 3.1× 88 0.4× 191 3.3k
Robert R. Kessler United States 13 672 0.8× 230 0.5× 1.0k 2.5× 71 0.2× 62 0.3× 55 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Sally Fincher

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sally Fincher

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sally Fincher

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Bradley, Steven, et al.. (2025). From Marco to Maria: Ten Years of the Computing Education Practice Conference. Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent). 1–11.
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Fincher, Sally, et al.. (2014). Learning to learn: The co-evolution of an institution and its students. Scholarly Commons (University of the Pacific). 11. 1–7. 3 indexed citations
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Fincher, Sally. (2013). The Diarists' Audience. Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent).
4.
Fincher, Sally. (2012). Computing education research: who is it for? oh, and why?. Journal of computing sciences in colleges. 27(6). 5–5. 1 indexed citations
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Fincher, Sally, Brad Richards, Janet Finlay, Helen Sharp, & Isobel Falconer. (2012). Stories of change: How educators change their practice. ResearchOnline (Glasgow Caledonian University). 1–6. 6 indexed citations
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Fincher, Sally. (2012). Using Narrative Methodology. Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent). 1 indexed citations
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Anderson, Richard, Sally Fincher, & Mark Guzdial. (2006). Proceedings of the second international workshop on Computing education research. 6 indexed citations
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Simon, Norma P., Sally Fincher, Anthony Robins, et al.. (2006). Predictors of success in a first programming course. University of Southern Queensland ePrints (University of Southern Queensland). 52(5). 189–196. 84 indexed citations
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Tolhurst, Denise, John Hamer, Ilona Box, et al.. (2006). Do map drawing styles of novice programmers predict success in programming?: a multi-national, multi-institutional study. University of Southern Queensland ePrints (University of Southern Queensland). 52(5). 213–222. 24 indexed citations
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Simon, Norma P., Quintin Cutts, Sally Fincher, et al.. (2006). The ability to articulate strategy as a predictor of programming skill. University of Southern Queensland ePrints (University of Southern Queensland). 52(5). 181–188. 21 indexed citations
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Fincher, Sally & Josh Tenenberg. (2005). Making sense of card sorting data. Expert Systems. 22(3). 89–93. 123 indexed citations
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Raadt, Michael de, Margaret Hamilton, Raymond Lister, et al.. (2005). Approaches to learning in computer programming students and their effect on success. University of Southern Queensland ePrints (University of Southern Queensland). 28. 407–414. 34 indexed citations
13.
Daniels, Mats, Anders Berglund, Arnold Pears, & Sally Fincher. (2004). Five myths of assessment. Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent). 26(5). 57–61. 12 indexed citations
14.
Fincher, Sally & Robin Adams. (2004). Developing engineering education research questions: What do they look like? How do I get one?. Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent). 3 indexed citations
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Richards, Brad, Marian Petre, Sally Fincher, & Josh Tenenberg. (2003). 'My Criterion is: Is it a Boolean?': A card-sort elicitation of students' knowledge of programming constructs. Sound Ideas (University of Puget Sound). 6(3). 13 indexed citations
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Fincher, Sally, et al.. (2003). Perspectives on HCI patterns: concepts and tools (introducing PLML. Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent). 8 indexed citations
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Fincher, Sally. (2002). Patterns for HCI and Cognitive Dimensions: two halves of the same story?. Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent). 15. 7 indexed citations
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Quintana, Chris, Joseph Krajcik, Elliot Soloway, et al.. (2001). Learner-Centered Design: Reflections and New Directions. Human-Computer Interaction. 16(1). 605–626. 31 indexed citations
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Fincher, Sally, et al.. (2001). ITiCSE 2001 : proceedings of the 6th annual SIGCSE Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, June 25-27, 2001, Canterbury, UK. Association for Computing Machinery eBooks. 4 indexed citations
20.
Fincher, Sally. (1999). Analysis of design: an exploration of patterns and pattern languages for pedagogy. Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent). 18(3). 331–348. 25 indexed citations

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