Research Findings

Publications and Presentations


  • National and Regional Conference Presentations Coggins, M. R.*, Ober, T. M., Cheng, Y., Urdan, T., Brenner, P., Zdankus, J., Johnson, E., & Gonsalves, P. (2021, April). Changing computer programming attitudes over time: Effects of an intervention for girls and URM students. Undergraduate poster accepted for presentation at the Midwestern Psychological Association Meeting, April 22nd–24th , 2021.

  • Ober, T. M., Cheng, Y., Urdan, T., Brenner, P., Zdankus, J., Gonsalves, P., Johnson, E., & Martinez, V. (2021, April). Results of a personalized intervention to promote children’s and adolescent’s computer programming career opportunities. Accepted for presentation at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, April 7th–9th, 2021.

  • Summer 2021 Undergraduate Research Projects Hirsch, C., Ober, T. M., & Cheng, Y. (2021, July). Predicting middle school students’ self-efficacy in computer programming using linear mixed models. Poster presented at the University of Notre Dame Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium, Notre Dame, IN, July 21st, 2021. [ Link to poster, Link to recorded talk]

  • Lin, D. T., Ober, T. M., & Cheng, Y. (2021, July). The effect of informal STEM Experience: A mediation analysis. Poster presented at the University of Notre Dame Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium, Notre Dame, IN, July 21st, 2021. [Link to poster]

  • Nonamaker, S., Cheng, Y., & Ober, T. M. (2021, July). Exploratory factor analysis of the computer programming attitudes scale: evidence of proximal and distal outcome expectations. Poster presented at the University of Notre Dame Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium, Notre Dame, IN, July 21st, 2021. [ Link to poster, Link to recorded talk]

  • Summer 2020 Undergraduate Research Projects Coggins, M., Ober, T. M., & Cheng, Y. (2020, July). Increase in computer science attitudes is not moderated by gender or underrepresented race/ethnicity in STEM+C. Poster presented at the University of Notre Dame Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium, Notre Dame, IN, July 29th, 2020. [ Link to poster, Link to recorded talk]

  • Filonczuk, A., Ober, T. M., Rebouças, D. A., & Cheng, Y. (2020, July). Multiverse analysis reveals stronger correlations when removing all careless responders.Poster presented at the University of Notre Dame Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium, Notre Dame, IN, July 29th, 2020. [ Link to poster, Link to recorded talk]

  • Mosley, M., Ober, T. M., & Cheng, Y. (2020, July). How language and parental educational achievement impacts computer science self-perceptions in 4th -12th grade students. Poster presented at the University of Notre Dame Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium, Notre Dame, IN, July 29th, 2020. [Link to poster, Link to recorded talk]

  • Sanchez, E., Cheng, Y., & Ober, T. M. (2020, July). Attitudes towards computer programming: An analysis on background experiences. Poster presented at the University of Notre Dame Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium, Notre Dame, IN, July 29th, 2020. [ Link to poster, Link to recorded talk]

  • Wan, A., Ober, T. M., & Cheng, Y. (2020, July). Determining psychological predictors for attrition in a longitudinal study of STEM persistence. Poster presented at the University of Notre Dame Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium, Notre Dame, IN, July 29th, 2020. [ Link to poster, Link to recorded talk]