Publications

Journal

Yu, X., Gelder, W., Touretzky, D., Gardner-McCune, C., Uchidiuno, J., “Using Design Projects to Understand Youths’ Experiences with AI”. Transactions on Computing Education (TOCE) (2026) [pdf]

Gelder, W., Yu, X., Touretzky, D., Gardner-McCune, C., Uchidiuno, J., “From Lecture Hall to Homeroom: Co-Designing an AI Elective with Middle School CS Teachers”. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education (IJAIED) (2025) [pdf]

Touretzky, D., Gardner-McCune, C., Cox, B., Uchidiuno, J., Yu, X., Gelder, W., McKlin, T., Brown, T., Kareem, B., Chung, W., Jones, A., Kolodner, J., “Artificial Intelligence Education in Georgia Middle Schools”. AI Magazine (2025) [pdf]

Conference

Lim, J., Berge, S., Yu, X., Alexander S., Nhi, Vo, Denver, W., Cedric S., Uchidiuno, J., “Mechanics and Metaphors: Youth Representations of AI Ethics Through Play”. Computer-Human Interaction in Play (CHI Play) (2026). [pdf]

Lim, J., Yu, X., Bryan, W., Berge, S., Jane, A., Uchidiuno, J., “Age Matters: Age-Differentiated Playtesting for AI Edu- cational Games”. Computer-Human Interaction in Play (CHI Play) (2026). [pdf]

Yu, X., Gelder, W., Touretzky, D., Gardner-McCune, C., Uchidiuno, J., “Design Considerations for Evaluating Middle School AI Knowledge”. International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) (2025). [pdf]

Poster

Yu, X., Gelder, W., Touretzky, D., Gardner-McCune, C., Uchidiuno, J., “A comparison of different modalities used in a design-based AI project”. Poster to the MIT RAISE Conference (2025).

Yu, X., “Affordances and Challenges: Co-designing an inclusive AI curriculum with middle school students”. Poster to the Harvard Student Research Symposium (2022).