| 2026 | SIGCSE | Boosting Coding Confidence in Elementary Students: The Impact of ELA-Integrated Computational Thinking Curriculum. | Leiny Y. Garcia, Yvonne Kao, Sharin Jacob, Clare Baek, Dana Saito-Stehberger, Diana Franklin, Mark Warschauer |
| 2026 | SIGCSE | Informal Learning in Computer Science. | Rosalind Owen, Elysse Caballero, Yvonne Kao |
| 2025 | CogSci | The Impact of Immediate and Elaborative Feedback on Second Grade Students' Equation Solving and Understanding of the Equal Sign. | Anna N. Bartel, Jacklyn Powers, Amy L. Miyahara, Yvonne Kao, Jodi L. Davenport, Nicole M. McNeil |
| 2025 | CogSci | Supporting Knowledge Transfer in Programming: Insights from K-12 Computer Science Teachers. | Jennifer Houchins, Kiley K. McKee, Rosalind Owen, Elysse Caballero, Bryan J. Matlen, Yvonne Kao |
| 2025 | CogSci | Capturing Student's Spontaneous Knowledge Transfer Between Block and Text-Based Programming Languages. | Kiley K. McKee, Bryan J. Matlen, Rosalind Owen, Elysse Caballero, Jennifer Houchins, Yvonne Kao |
| 2025 | CogSci | Conceptual Analysis of Analogical Transfer in Common Programming Languages. | Rosalind Owen, Jennifer Houchins, Bryan J. Matlen, Elysse Caballero, Kiley K. McKee, Yvonne Kao |
| 2024 | SIGCSE | Building a Mixed-format Computer Science Assessment for Middle School. | Jennifer Houchins, Kim Luttgen, Rosalind Owen, Lydia Martinez Rivera, Matt Silberglitt, Yvonne Kao |
| 2024 | SIGCSE | Programming Language Knowledge Transfer that Teachers Observe in their Classrooms. | Jennifer Houchins, Rosalind Owen, Bryan J. Matlen, Yvonne Kao |
| 2024 | SIGCSE | Discourse Practices in Computer Science Education. | Yvonne Kao, David McKinney, Sam Berg, Brenda Tuohy, Courtney Ortega |
| 2024 | SIGCSE | Iterative Design of a Socially-Relevant and Engaging Middle School Data Science Unit. | David McKinney, Chloe Morton, Brenda Tuohy, Sam Berg, Audrey Karlstad, Courtney Ortega, Zelda Allison, Griffin Munzel, Max Washburn, Yvonne Kao |
| 2023 | ICER | The Development and Validation of a Survey to Predict Computing Career Intentions. | Yvonne Kao, Daniel L. Murphy, Aleata Hubbard Cheuoua, Priya Kannan, Jennifer Tsan, Kyle E. Jennings, Heather Smith, Shameeka Emanuel, Emily R. Miller |
| 2023 | SIGCSE | Using Student and Teacher Feedback to Modify CS Curriculum. | Fernando Echeverra, Yvonne Kao, Aleata Hubbard Cheuoua |
| 2022 | SIGCSE | Multilingual CS Education Pathways: Implications for Vertically-Scaled Assessment. | Yvonne Kao, David Weintrop |
| 2021 | CogSci | Predicting Learning and Knowledge Transfer in Two Early Mathematical Equivalence Interventions. | Kristen Johannes, Nicole M. McNeil, Yvonne Kao, Jodi L. Davenport |
| 2020 | SIGCSE | Project Scoring for Program Evaluation and Teacher Professional Development. | Yvonne Kao, Irene Nolan, Andrew Rothman |
| 2018 | SIGCSE | Applying the Mathematical Work of Teaching Framework to Develop a Computer Science Pedagogical Content Knowledge Assessment. | Yvonne Kao, Katie D'Silva, Aleata Hubbard, Joseph Green, Kimkinyona Cully |
| 2017 | CogSci | Promoting Children's Relational Understanding of Equivalence. | Kristen Johannes, Jodi L. Davenport, Yvonne Kao, Caroline Byrd Hornburg, Nicole M. McNeil |
| 2017 | SIGCSE | Computer Science Teaching Knowledge: A Framework and Assessment (Abstract Only). | Aleata Hubbard, Yvonne Kao |
| 2016 | VR | Discovering educational augmented reality math applications by prototyping with elementary-school teachers. | Iulian Radu, Betsy McCarthy, Yvonne Kao |
| 2014 | CogSci | Testing Cognitive Science Principles in a Middle School Mathematics Curriculum. | Jodi L. Davenport, Yvonne Kao, Aleata Hubbard, Steven Schneider |
| 2014 | SIGITE | Industry partnerships to support computer science high school teachers' pedagogical content knowledge. | Aleata Hubbard, Yvonne Kao |
| 2013 | CogSci | Integrating Cognitive Principles to Redesign a Middle School Math Curriculum. | Jodi L. Davenport, Yvonne Kao, Steven Schneider |