Associate Professor, Academic General Faculty, Teaching Track Computer Science
Bio
Ph.D., Human Centered Computing, Georgia Institute of TechnologyM.S., Computer Science, Southern Polytechnic State UniversityB.S.E., cum laude, Computer Engineering, Tulane University
Research interests include:
Computer Science Education, Broadening Participation in Computing, Increasing K-12 Access to Qualified Computing Teachers
Awards
University of Nebraska Omaha Alumni IS&T Outstanding Teaching Award2021
Georgia Tech College of Computing Dissertation Award2018
Foley Scholars Finalist2015
ICER Chairs’ Best Paper Award 2015
SPSU Outstanding Faculty Award2002 & 2007
Research Interests
Computer Science Education
Broadening Participation in Computing
Increasing K-12 Access to Qualified Computing Teachers
Selected Publications
Reducing withdrawal and failure rates in introductory programming with subgoal labeled worked examples. International Journal of STEM Education, 7, 1-16. 2020. Margulieux, L. E., Morrison, B. B., & Decker, A.
The curious case of loops. Computer Science Education, 1-28. 2020. Morrison, B. B., Margulieux, L. E., & Decker, A.
Subgoals, Context, and Worked Examples in Learning Computing Problem Solving. In Proceedings of the eleventh annual International Conference on International Computing Education Research (ICER '15). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 21-29. 2015. ABSMorrison, B., Margulieux, L., and Guzdial, M.
Measuring cognitive load in introductory CS: adaptation of an instrument. In Proceedings of the tenth annual conference on International computing education research (ICER '14). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 131-138. DOI=10.1145/2632320.2632348. 2014. Morrison, B., Dorn, B., and Guzdial, M.
Adapting the disciplinary commons model for high school teachers: improving recruitment, creating community. In Proceedings of the 9th annual international conference on International computing education research (pp. 47-54). New York, NY, USA: ACM. 2012 Morrison, B., Ni, L., Guzdial, M.