Biography
Tamara "Tammy" Clegg
Ph.D. August 2010
School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Tech
B.S. Computer Science 2002
North Carolina State University
Journals
Ahn, J., Clegg, T., Yip, J., Bonsignore, E., Pauw, D., Gubbels, M., Lewittes, B., & Rhodes, E. (Forthcoming). Seeing the Unseen Learner: Designing and Using Social Media to Recognize Children's Science Dispositions in action. Accepted in Learning Media and Technology.
Clegg, T., & Kolodner, J. (2014) . The role of life-relevant learning environments in helping middle-school learners develop more scientific dispositions. Science Education, 98(1), 36-63..
Foss, E., Guha, M.L., Papadatos, P., Clegg, T., Yip, J., & Walsh, G. (Accepted). Cooperative Inquiry in a Classroom of Children with Special Learning Needs. Journal of Special Education Technology.
Clegg, T., & Kolodner, J. (2007). Bricoleurs and Planners Engaging in Scientific Reasoning: A Tale of Two Groups in One Learning Community. Learning Communities Special Issue of Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning, 2(3), 239-265.
Conference Papers
Yip, J., Clegg, T., Bonsigore, E., Gelderblom, H., Rhodes, E., and Druin, A. (Accepted) Brownies or Bags-of-Stuff? Domain Expertise in Cooperative Inquiry with Children. Paper Submitted to the Interaction, Design, and Children Annual Conference, New York, NY.
Clegg, T., Yip, J., Ahn, J., Bonsignore, E., Gubbels, M., Lewittes, B., & Rhodes, E. (Accepted). When Face-to-Face Fails: Opportunities for Social Media to Foster Collaborative Learning. Paper submitted to the Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, Madison, WI.
Bonsignore, E., Ahn, J., Clegg, T., Guha, M.L., Yip, J., & Druin, A. (Accepted). Embedding Participatory Design into Designs for Learning: An Untapped Interdisciplinary Resource? To be Presented at the Tenth Annual Conference of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning, Madison, WI.
Tate, E., Clegg, T., Zimmerman, H., Gardner, C., Sato, T., Calabrese-Barton, A., & Brown, B. (Accepted). Inside Personally Relevant Science Learning Contexts: How Do Learners Connect Science to their Everyday Lives? Paper Submitted to be presented at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching. Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.
Clegg, T., Bonsignore, E., Yip, J., Kuhn, A., Gelderblom, H., Valenstein, T., & Druin, A. (2012). Technology for supporting life-relevant learning in science. Paper presented at the Interaction, Design, and Children, Bremen, Germany.
Walsh, G., Druin, A., Guha, M.L., Bonsignore, E., Foss, E., Yip, J., Golub, E., Clegg, T., Brown, Q., Brewer, R., Joshi, A., & Brown, R. (2012). DisCo: A Co-Design Online Tool for Asynchronous Distributed Child and Adult Design Partners. Paper presented at the Interaction, Design, and Children, Bremen, Germany.
Rick, J., DeVane, B., Clegg, T., & Peters, V., Goldman, S., Hmelo-Silver, C. (2012). Learning as identity formation: Implications for design, research, and practice. Symposium presented at the International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Sydney, Australia.
Yip, J., Clegg, T., Bonsignore, E., Gelderblom, H., Lewittes, B., Guha, M. L., & Druin, A. (2012). Kitchen chemistry: Supporting learners’ decisions in science. Paper presented at the International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Sydney, Australia.
Yip, J., Clegg, T., Druin, A., Guha, M. L., Bonsignore, E., Foss, E., Golub, E., Walsh, G. (2012). Cooperative inquiry in designing technology in life-relevant learning for science. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Clegg, T., Gardner, C., & Kolodner, J. (2011). Technology for supporting learners in physically
demanding out-of-school learning environments. Proceedings of the Computer Supported Collaborative
Learning, Hong Kong, China.
Clegg, T., Gardner, C., & Kolodner, J. (2010). Playing with Food: Turning Play into Scientifically
Meaningful Experiences. In Gomez, K., Lyons, L., & Radinsky, J. (Eds.) Learning in the Disciplines:
Proceedings of The International Conference of the Learning Sciences (pp. 1135-1142), Chicago, IL.
Clegg, T., & Kolodner, J. (2010). Making Science Social: A Closer Look at How Social Interactions
Impact Scientific Participation. Paper presentation at the American Educational Research Association,
Denver, CO.
Abler, R., Krogmeier, J., Ault, A., Melkers, J., Clegg, T., & Coyle, E. (2010). Enabling and
Evaluating Collaboration of Distributed Teams with High Definition Collaboration Systems. Paper
presented at the American Society for Engineering Education, Louisville, KY.
Clegg, T., Gardner, C., Williams, O., & Kolodner, J. (2006). Promoting Learning in Informal
Environments. In Barab, S., Hay, K., & Hickey, D. (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference of
the Learning Sciences (pp. 92-98), Bloomington IN.
Presentations
Clegg, T. (2013). Keynote: The Potential of Technology for Enhancing Scientific Disposition
Development. Presented at the 2nd Annual Learning Science Workshop: Research and Innovation for
Enhancing Achievement and Equity. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
Clegg, T. (2011). The role of out-of-school programs for promoting the development of learners' scientific identity. Presented at the DFG-NSF Conference on the Public Understanding and Public Engagement
with Science, New York, NY.
Gardner, C., & Clegg, T. (2009). Kitchen Science Investigators (KSI): Kicking up the Science a Notch in your After-school program, National Afterschool Association Workshop. New Orleans, LA.
Clegg, T. (2008). Kitchen Science Investigators: Building Identity as Scientific Reasoners and Thinkers.
Presented at the International Conference of the Learning Sciences Doctoral Consortium, Utrecht, The
Netherlands.
References in the Popular Press
Lagorio, C. (2008, January 4, 2009). Kitchen Chemistry for Middle Schoolers. The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/education/edlife/ideas-kitchenscience-t.html.
Get The Gray Matter Cooking. (2008). The Next Big Thing. U.S.: CNN http://www.cc.gatech.edu/news/multimedia/video/kitchen-science-investigators.