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About
Anna Newley is an education researcher whose work sits at the intersection of STEM pedagogy, educational robotics, and teacher preparation. Her scholarship focuses primarily on equipping preservice and in-service elementary teachers with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to deliver engineering design, computational thinking, and robotics instruction in K-12 classrooms. Her most influential contribution, "Introducing Engineering Design to a Science Teaching Methods Course Through Educational Robotics" (2017, 56 citations), demonstrated how hands-on robotics experiences could meaningfully reshape preservice teachers' understanding of engineering practice. Complementing this, her investigations into computational thinking self-efficacy — particularly her development of instruments measuring CT teaching beliefs among preservice elementary teachers — address a critical gap highlighted by the Next Generation Science Standards. Newley has also extended her reach internationally, designing robotics workshops for Ugandan secondary teachers, reflecting a commitment to global STEM capacity-building. Her work with platforms such as Hummingbird robotics kits and Snap! programming language showcases a practical, accessible approach to engaging diverse student populations. Collectively, her research has accumulated nearly 100 citations, making her a meaningful voice in elementary STEM teacher education and the growing movement to bring engineering and computational thinking into early schooling.
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