Publications and Conference Papers

Publications [select]

 

Wood, S.L. (2024). The role of coding in early elementary mathematics. In L. Colgan & A. Youmans (Eds.), Beyond 1, 2, 3: Strengthening Early Mathematics Education in Canada.  Canadian University Scholars Press. 

 

Wood, S. L., & Paul, J. (accepted). Elementary hardware: Models of circuits and energy transfer. Science & Children. ISSN 0036-8148 

 

Wood, S.L., & Paul, J. (2021). Wasisək kisihtohtit [Children made it]: Coding workshops as a site for professional development for teacher candidates and practicing teachers. In D. Anderson, M. Milner-Bolotin, R. Santos, & S. Petrina (Eds.), Proceedings of the 6th International STEM in Education Conference (STEM 2021). (pp. 388-394). University of British Columbia. https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0402129 

 

Wood, S. L. (2010). Technology for teaching and learning: Moodle as a tool for higher education. International Journal of Teaching in Higher Education, 22(3), 299-307. 

 

Wood, S.L. (2010). Technology for teaching and learning: The influence of prior learning and access. In N. Simmonds (Ed.). Opportunities and new directions: Canadian SoTL research. Conference proceedings. (pp.33-42). Waterloo, ON: University of Waterloo. ISBN 978-0-9682827-5-5  

 

Wood, S.L. (2003). Engineering pedagogy: Doctoral women engineers’ perspectives of learning and participation. In Barbara Groombridge and Vera Mackie (Eds.), Re-searching Research Agendas: Women, Research, and Publication in Higher Education (pp.159-174).   Perth, Western Australia: The Learning Support Network. ISBN 174067 328 X 

 

Wood, S.L. (2002). Perspectives of best practices for learning gender-inclusive science: Influences of extracurricular science for gifted girls and electrical engineering for women. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 8(1), 36-51. 

 

Conference Publications [select]

 

Wood, S.L. (2023, Sept.). Coding curricula in elementary mathematics: Developing a continuum of formality and choice when designing coding and computational thinking activities. British Educational Research Association [BERA], Annual Conference, Birmingham, UK, Sept. 12-14.  

 

Wood, S.L. & Paul, J. (2021, July). Wasisək kisihtohtit [Children made it]: Coding workshops as a site for professional development for teacher candidates and practicing teachers. [Paper presentation]. 6th International STEM in Education Conference, Vancouver, Canada. http://stem 2021.ubc.ca/ July 5-9. 

 

Wood, S.L. (2019, June). Facilitating STEM learning within and outside the teacher education classroom: Out-of-School-Time as a site for real-world learning. SIG: Canadian Association for Educational Psychologists [CAEP], Canadian Society for Studies in Education [CSSE], Congress of Humanities and Social Science, Vancouver, BC, June 4. 

 

Wood, S.L. & Paul, J. (2019, April). Wasisək kisihtohtit [Children made it].  Coding, learning, and constructing digital/STEM literacies. SIG: Technology, Instruction, Cognition, & Learning. American Education Research Conference [AERA], Toronto, ON, April 5.  

 

Wood, S.L. (2018, May). Coding in the community: Children, families, and communities becoming creators. SIG: Science Educators Research Group [SERG], Canadian Society for Studies in Education [CSSE], Congress of Humanities and Social Science, Regina, SK, May 29. 

 

Wood, S.L. (2017, June). Women and computing: Constructing digital identities in computer science education in schools and universities. Paper presented, Hawaii University International conference on Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Education, Honolulu, Hawaii. 

 

Reynolds, C., Sherman, A., & Wood, S. (2012, May). Indigenous accord: Students’ perspectives.  Association of Canadian Deans of Education, Canadian Society for Studies in Education [CSSE], Congress of Humanities and Social Science, Waterloo, ON. 

 

Wood, S. L. (2011, May). Vision for the future:  Adapting teacher education for 21st century in Canada. Association of Canadian Deans of Education, Canadian Society for Studies in Education [CSSE], Congress of Humanities and Social Science, Fredericton, NB.  

 

Wood, S.L. (2010, April). Technology for teaching and learning: Moodle as a tool for participation and performance in teacher education. Paper presentation, American Educational Research Association [AERA], Denver, Colorado.