Kristie Gutierrez

Datos Biográficos

ID5807149
NOMBREKristie Gutierrez
NOMBRESKristie
APELLIDOGutierrez
FIRMAGUTIÉRREZ K
AFILIACIONESOld Dominion University
ORCID0000-0002-9339-7574
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS12
TOTAL DE CITAS12
TOTAL COMO AUTOR12
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2016
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H2

  • Secondary Teachers’ Experiences in International Professional Development for Convergence Research in STEM and Tradition

    Open AccessR White, Rachel Sparks White et al.ARTICLEEducation Sciences2026

    Convergence education promotes learning experiences that integrate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to address complex real-world problems. However, secondary teachers often report limited access to professional development (PD) and curricular resources that support transdisciplinary instruction. This exploratory case study examines how four secondary teachers (three chemistry; one engineering) made sense of a transdiscipl…

  • Rural families’ at-home STEM tinkering stimulates creativity, self-expression, and social–emotional engagement

    Open AccessKristie Gutierrez, Kylie J Swanson et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Education2025

    Introduction Informal STEM learning experiences include visits to museums, zoos, and aquariums, as well as experiments and other activities performed at home. Family involvement in these experiences has been linked to increased student interest and participation in STEM fields; yet, scant research has been conducted on at-home STEM. Methods This descriptive case study investigated the tinkering experiences of nine rural middle school students and…

  • Scaffolding Coding Instruction Through Literacy via the Compose and Code Digital Platform and Curriculum

    Open AccessAmy Hutchison, Qi Si et al.ARTICLEJournal of Computer Assisted…2025

  • Developing Teamwork Skills in Undergraduate Engineering Students

    Open AccessFrancisco Cima, Pilar Pazos et al.ARTICLEIEEE Transactions on Education2025

    This study contributes to team science and competency development by comparing demonstrated teamwork skills by engineering students participating in disciplinary and cross-disciplinary team projects. Teamwork skills are key competencies necessary to solve complex technical challenges in the workplace. Despite prior efforts to enhance these competencies in engineering students, there is still a lack of empirical research examining the effectivenes…

  • Preparing undergraduates for the post-pandemic workplace

    Open AccessKristie Gutierrez, Jennifer J Kidd et al.ARTICLEHumanities and Social Sciences…2023

    When schools and universities across the world transitioned online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Ed+gineering, a National Science Foundation (NSF) project that partners engineering and education undergraduates to design and deliver engineering lessons to elementary students, also had to shift its hands-on lessons to a virtual format. Through the lens of social cognitive theory (SCT), this study investigates engineering and education students’ exp…

  • Why Do Students Attend STEM Clubs, What Do They Get Out of It, and Where Are They Heading

    Open AccessMargaret R Blanchard, Kristie Gutierrez et al.ARTICLEEducation Sciences2023

    This research investigated what motivated and sustained the involvement of 376 students in culturally relevant, afterschool STEM clubs at four rural, under-resourced schools. A longitudinal, convergent parallel mixed methods research design was used to investigate participants’ participation in and perceptions of the clubs, their motivations to attend, and their future goals, over three years. Situated Expectancy-Value Theory (SEVT) served as a g…

  • Evaluating the role of professional development on elementary teachers’ knowledge, comfort, and beliefs related to teaching computer science to students with high-incidence disabilities

    Amy Hutchison, Kristie Gutierrez et al.ARTICLEJournal of Research on Technology…2023

    This article reports results from the implementation of a model of professional development (PD) to help K-5 teachers develop the knowledge and skills to teach Computer Science (CS) in classrooms of diverse students, including students with high-incidence disabilities. This article describes our Inclusive CS model of PD, how we made the PD model available to teachers during a pandemic and presents quantitative and qualitative results about the im…

  • Developing Constructivist Practices through an Alternative Route to Licensure Program for STEM Teacher Candidates

    Kristie Gutierrez, Jori S Beck et al.ARTICLEThe Educational Forum2023

    In this component mixed methods study, we analyzed two STEM teacher candidates' constructivist practices during their alternative route to licensure summer teacher education program. The findings suggest that the STEM teacher candidates incorporated all six components of constructivism in their instruction, although each candidate focused on different components more frequently than others. Additionally, the participating middle grades students s…

  • “We're all like one big family”

    Open AccessKylie J Swanson, Margaret R Blanchard et al.ARTICLELearning Culture and Social…2023

  • Undergraduate Engineering and Education Students Reflect on Their Interdisciplinary Teamwork Experiences Following Transition to Virtual Instruction Caused by Covid-19

    Open AccessKristie Gutierrez, Jennifer J Kidd et al.ARTICLEEducation Sciences2022

    This study explores undergraduate engineering and education students’ perspectives on their interdisciplinary teams throughout the rapid transition to online learning and instruction from a face-to-face to a virtual format. In this qualitative study, students’ reflections and focus groups from three interdisciplinary collaborations were analyzed using the lens of Social Cognitive Theory. COVID-19 created a dramatic change in the environment such …

  • What effective design strategies do rural, underserved students in STEM clubs value while learning about climate change

    Kristie Gutierrez, Margaret R Blanchard et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Education Research2022Citada por: 2Referencias: 9

    This study investigated the experiences of rural, underserved middle school students in afterschool clubs. Culturally relevant climate change education strategies were used to enhance students’ climate change literacy. We investigated changes in students’ climate change literacy, perceptions of strategies used, and what they valued about the clubs by analyzing a pre-post survey (N = 97) and structured written reflections (N = 113). A new integrat…

  • Investigating Technology-Enhanced Teacher Professional Development in Rural, High-Poverty Middle Schools

    Open AccessMargaret R Blanchard, Catherine E LePrevost et al.ARTICLEEducational Researcher2016Citada por: 10Referencias: 43

    This 3-year, mixed-methods study investigated the effects of teacher technology-enhanced professional development (TPD) on 20 teachers’ beliefs and practices. Teachers in two middle schools located in neighboring rural, high-poverty districts in the southeastern United States participated in reform-based lessons and learned how to integrate technologies into their teaching over three summers and throughout the school year. Mathematics and science…