Yasmin B. Kafai

15.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
262 papers, 9.3k citations indexed

About

Yasmin B. Kafai is a scholar working on Computer Science Applications, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Yasmin B. Kafai has authored 262 papers receiving a total of 9.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 136 papers in Computer Science Applications, 91 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 71 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Yasmin B. Kafai's work include Teaching and Learning Programming (126 papers), Educational Games and Gamification (69 papers) and Digital Games and Media (56 papers). Yasmin B. Kafai is often cited by papers focused on Teaching and Learning Programming (126 papers), Educational Games and Gamification (69 papers) and Digital Games and Media (56 papers). Yasmin B. Kafai collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and Germany. Yasmin B. Kafai's co-authors include Mitchel Resnick, Deborah A. Fields, Quinn Burke, Kylie Peppler, Natalie Rusk, John Maloney, Kristin A. Searle, Brian S. Silverman, Andrés Monroy‐Hernández and Jay Silver and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Communications of the ACM and Computers & Education.

In The Last Decade

Yasmin B. Kafai

251 papers receiving 8.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Scratch

2009 2.0k citations Yasmin B. Kafai et al. profile →
Constructionism in Practice: Designing, Thinking, and Learning in A Digital World

1996 651 citations Yasmin B. Kafai et al. profile →
Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Learning sciences

2004 366 citations Yasmin B. Kafai et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yasmin B. Kafai United States	42	5.5k	3.9k	2.3k	1.5k	1.5k	262	9.3k
Mitchel Resnick United States	42	5.3k 1.0×	3.2k 0.8×	2.2k 0.9×	944 0.6×	1.7k 1.1×	97	10.1k
Roy Pea United States	51	3.8k 0.7×	5.6k 1.4×	5.2k 2.2×	1.5k 0.9×	1.8k 1.2×	176	12.4k
Mark Guzdial United States	47	6.0k 1.1×	4.2k 1.1×	3.6k 1.5×	651 0.4×	2.0k 1.3×	307	10.8k
Marina Umaschi Bers United States	41	4.2k 0.8×	1.7k 0.4×	2.3k 1.0×	349 0.2×	1.1k 0.7×	119	6.0k
Sasha A. Barab United States	44	1.4k 0.3×	4.5k 1.2×	4.3k 1.8×	1.7k 1.1×	899 0.6×	102	8.8k
Kurt Squire United States	39	1.5k 0.3×	4.2k 1.1×	2.6k 1.1×	2.1k 1.3×	1.5k 1.0×	86	7.7k
Elliot Soloway United States	60	4.2k 0.8×	5.8k 1.5×	7.1k 3.1×	878 0.6×	4.6k 3.0×	255	15.8k
Ching Sing Chai Hong Kong	61	2.6k 0.5×	2.9k 0.7×	7.5k 3.2×	1.2k 0.8×	3.3k 2.2×	256	12.9k
Valerie J. Shute United States	37	2.4k 0.4×	3.6k 0.9×	3.2k 1.4×	514 0.3×	757 0.5×	125	8.5k
Punya Mishra United States	36	2.9k 0.5×	3.5k 0.9×	11.9k 5.1×	2.1k 1.4×	5.4k 3.5×	202	17.0k

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Lui, Debora, Deborah A. Fields, & Yasmin B. Kafai. (2024). Collaborative Troubleshooting in STEM: A Case Study of High School Students Finding and Fixing Code, Circuit and Craft Challenges in Electronic Textiles. Cognition and Instruction. 42(3). 359–398. 2 indexed citations

Kafai, Yasmin B., et al.. (2020). Charting the Identity Turn in K-12 Computer Science Education: Developing More Inclusive Learning Pathways for Identities. ICLS. 13 indexed citations

Fields, Deborah A., et al.. (2020). Pair Debugging of Electronic Textiles Projects: Analyzing Think-Aloud Protocols for High School Students' Strategies and Practices While Problem Solving.. ICLS. 8 indexed citations

Blikstein, Paulo, Yasmin B. Kafai, & Roy Pea. (2019). Mike Eisenberg: A One of a Kind Pioneer in the Learning Sciences. Journal of the Learning Sciences. 28(4-5). 678–684. 1 indexed citations

Litts, Breanne Krystine, et al.. (2017). Reflections on Pair E-Crafting: High School Students’ Approaches to Collaboration in Electronic Textiles Projects. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University). 2. 569–572. 3 indexed citations

Litts, Breanne Krystine, Yasmin B. Kafai, Deborah A. Fields, et al.. (2016). Connected making: Designing for youth learning in online maker communities in and out of schools. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University). 2. 1041–1047. 5 indexed citations

Fields, Deborah A., et al.. (2014). The Programmers' Collective: Connecting Collaboration and Computation in a High School Scratch Mashup Coding Workshop.. ICLS. 5 indexed citations

Kafai, Yasmin B., et al.. (2013). Broadening participation in and perceptions of computing through cascading mentoring: Implementing a CS community service learning course. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University). 2 indexed citations

Giang, Michael T., Yasmin B. Kafai, Deborah A. Fields, & Kristin A. Searle. (2012). Social Interactions in Virtual Worlds: Patterns and Participation of Tween Relationship Play. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University). 543. 2 indexed citations

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Fields, Deborah A., Yasmin B. Kafai, & Kristin A. Searle. (2012). Functional Aesthetics for Learning: Creative Tensions in Youth E-Textiles Designs. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University). 196. 9 indexed citations

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Fields, Deborah A. & Yasmin B. Kafai. (2011). Crafting Identities: E-Textile Artifacts as Mediators in High Tech Communities. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University). 910. 2 indexed citations

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Kafai, Yasmin B. & Jacqueline Wong. (2008). Real arguments about a virtual epidemic: conversations and contestations in a tween gaming club. International Conference of Learning Sciences. 414–421. 3 indexed citations

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Barron, Brigid & Yasmin B. Kafai. (2006). Clubs, homes, and online communities as contexts for engaging youth in technology fluency building activities. International Conference of Learning Sciences. 1022–1028. 3 indexed citations

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Kafai, Yasmin B.. (2005). The Classroom as "Living Laboratory": Design-Based Research for Understanding, Comparing, and Evaluating Learning Science Through Design. Educational technology: The magazine for managers of change in education. 45(1). 28–33. 26 indexed citations

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Gilliland‐Swetland, Anne J., et al.. (1999). Integrating Primary Sources into the Elementary School Classroom: A Case Study of Teachers' Perspectives. Archivaria. 48(48). 89–116. 21 indexed citations

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Kafai, Yasmin B.. (1998). Children as designers, testers, and evaluators of educational software. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers Inc. eBooks. 123–145. 32 indexed citations

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Kafai, Yasmin B. & Marcia J. Bates. (1997). Internet Web-Searching Instruction in the Elementary Classroom: Building a Foundation for Information Literacy.. 25(2). 103 indexed citations

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Kafai, Yasmin B. & Cynthia Carter Ching. (1996). Meaningful contexts for mathematical learning: the potential of game making activities. 30(9). 164–171. 13 indexed citations

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Yarnall, Louise & Yasmin B. Kafai. (1996). Issues in Project-Based Science Activities: Children's Constructions of Ocean Software Games.. Viruses. 14(5). 5 indexed citations

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Kinder, Marsha, Lynn Okagaki, Peter A. Frensch, et al.. (1996). Interacting with Video. Greenwood Publishing Group Inc. eBooks. 53 indexed citations

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