ChanMin Kim
Papers
10
Total Citations
480
H-Index
5
About
ChanMin Kim is an educational technology researcher whose work sits at the dynamic intersection of robotics, computational thinking, and teacher preparation — particularly for early childhood and elementary STEM education. Kim's most celebrated contribution, "Robotics to Promote Elementary Education Pre-Service Teachers' STEM Engagement, Learning, and Teaching" (2015), has garnered over 338 citations, establishing her as a leading voice in how physical computing tools can transform teacher education. Her research consistently addresses how novice learners — especially preservice early childhood teachers — develop programming skills, debug block-based code, and build confidence in computer science through playful, hands-on robot-based experiences. A distinctive thread in Kim's work is scaffolding the transfer of responsibility from instructor to learner, as well as leveraging analogical reasoning to support debugging in both virtual and physical programming contexts. She also developed RoboSTEM, an open educational resource portal designed to help practicing teachers design and implement robotics-integrated lessons. More recently, her scholarship has explored epistemic agency in science teaching with robots and social resilience as a driver of CS engagement. Across her portfolio, Kim's impact reflects a sustained commitment to equipping future educators with the pedagogical tools and confidence to bring meaningful technology experiences into early learning environments.
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- 2Debugging during block-based programming88 citations · 2018
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- 5Epistemic Agency in Preservice Teachers’ Science Lessons with Robots7 citations · 2024
- 6Robotics Integration for Learning with Technology.5 citations · 2016
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