Nathalia Alves

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

• Gresse von Wangenheim, C., Alves, N. da C., Rauber, M. F, Hauck, J. C. R., Yeter, I. H. A Proposal for Performance-based Assessment of the Learning of Machine Learning Concepts and Practices in K-12. Informatics in Education, 21 (3), 2022. DOI:10.15388/infedu.2022.18
• Alves, N. da C., Gresse von Wangenheim, C., Martins-Pacheco, L. H. Assessing Product Creativity in Computing Education: A Systematic Mapping Study. Informatics in Education, 20(1), 2021. DOI:10.15388/infedu.2021.02
• Alves, N. da C., Gresse von Wangenheim, C., Hauck, J. C. R., Borgatto, A. F. A Detailed Item Response Theory Analysis of Algorithms and Programming Concepts in App Inventor Projects. Brazilian Journal of Informatics in Education (RBIE) – Special Edition Awarded Articles in the Brazilian Symposium on Computing Education (EduComp21), 29, 2021. DOI:10.5753/rbie.2021.2097
• Lehmkuhl, G., Gresse von Wangenheim, C., Martins-Pacheco, L. H., Borgatto, A. F. Alves, N. da C. SCORE – A Model for the Self-Assessment of Creativity Skills in the Context of Computing Education in K-12. Informatics in Education, 20(2), 2021. DOI:10.15388/infedu.2021.11
• Alves, N. da C., Gresse von Wangenheim, C.; Hauck, J. C. R. Approaches to Assess Computational Thinking Competences Based on Code Analysis in K-12 Education: A Systematic Mapping Study. Informatics in Education, 18(1), 17-39, 2019. DOI:10.15388/infedu.2019.02
• Gresse von Wangenheim, C., Hauck, J. C. R., Demetrio, M. F., Pelle, R. Alves, N. da C., Barbosa, H., Azevedo, L. F. CodeMaster – Automatic Assessment and Grading of App Inventor and Snap! Programs. Informatics in Education, 17(1), 2018, 117-150. DOI:10.15388/infedu.2018.08
• Gresse von Wangenheim, C., Alves, N. da C., Rodrigues, P. E., Hauck, J. C. R. Teaching Computing in a Multidisciplinary Way in Social Studies Classes in School – A Case Study. International Journal of Computer Science Education in Schools, 1(2), 2017. DOI:10.21585/ijcses.v1i2.9

Conference papers

• Alves, N. da C., Gresse von Wangenheim, C. Automated Assessment of Mobile Application Creativity in the Educational Context (in Brazilian Portuguese: Avaliação Automatizada da Criatividade de Aplicativos Móveis no Contexto Educacional). In Proc. of the 4th Brazilian Symposium on Computing Education, online, Brazil. 2024. DOI:10.5753/educomp.2024.237500
• Alves, N. da C., Gresse von Wangenheim, C. A Large-Scale Analysis of the Functionalities of Apps created with App Inventor (in Brazilian Portuguese: Uma Análise em Larga-Escala das Funcionalidades de Aplicativos criados com App Inventor). In Proc. of the 3rd Brazilian Symposium on Computing Education, online, Brazil. 2023. DOI:10.5753/educomp.2023.228140
• Alves, N. da C., Gresse von Wangenheim, C. Does teaching design thinking help in the development of original apps in the context of teaching computing? (in Brazilian Portuguese: O ensino de design thinking ajuda no desenvolvimento de aplicativos originais no contexto do ensino de computação?) In: Proc. of the 33rd Brazilian Symposium of Informatics in Education, Manaus, Amazonas/Brazil, 2022. DOI:10.5753/sbie.2022.224690
• Alves, N. da C., Kreuch, L., Gresse von Wangenheim, C. Analyzing Structural Similarity of User Interface Layouts of Android Apps using Deep Learning. In: Proc. of the 21st Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Diamantina, Minas Gerais/Brazil, 2022. DOI:10.1145/3554364.3559111
• Alves, N. da C., Gresse von Wangenheim, C., Martins-Pacheco, L. H., Borgatto, A. F. Are computational artifacts considered creative? (in Brazilian Portuguese: Artefatos computacionais são considerados criativos?) In: Proc. of the 2nd Brazilian Symposium on Computing Education, Feira de Santana, Bahia/Brazil, 2022. DOI:10.5753/educomp.2022.19193
• Alves, N. da C., Gresse Von Wangenheim, C., Hauck, J. C. R., Borgatto, A. F. An Item Response Theory Analysis of Algorithms and Programming Concepts in App Inventor Projects. In: Proc. of the 1st Brazilian Symposium on Computing Education, Jataí, Goiás/Brazil, 2021. DOI:10.5753/educomp.2021.14466.
• Alves, N. da C., Gresse von Wangenheim, C., Martins-Pacheco, L. H., Borgatto, A. F. Is there agreement and reliability in the assessment of creativity of tangible results of computing education in K-12? (in Brazilian Portuguese: Existem concordância e confiabilidade na avaliação da criatividade de resultados tangíveis da aprendizagem de computação na Educação Básica?). In: Proc. of the 1st Brazilian Symposium on Computing Education, Jataí, Goiás/Brazil, 2021. DOI:10.5753/educomp.2021.14467
• Alves, N. da C., Alberto, M., Gresse von Wangenheim, C. Automated Analysis of Android Applications Originality in Educational Context: A Literature Mapping (in Brazilian Portuguese: Análise Automatizada da Originalidade de Aplicativos Android no Contexto Educacional: Um Mapeamento da Literatura). In: Proc. of the 29th Brazilian Workshop on Computing Education, online, 2021. DOI:10.5753/wei.2021.15913
• De Souza, A. S., Alves, N. da C., Gresse von Wangenheim, C., Kreuch, L. Automated Analysis of User Interface Design Originality in Educational Context: A Literature Mapping (in Brazilian Portuguese: Análise Automatizada da Originalidade de Design de Interfaces de Usuário no Contexto Educacional: Um Mapeamento da Literatura). In: Proc. of the 32nd Brazilian Symposium of Informatics in Education, online, 2021. DOI:10.5753/sbie.2021.217542
• Ferreira, M. N. F., Gresse von Wangenheim, C., Alves, N. da C. Development of an online course to teach User Interface Design in K-12 Education (in Brazilian Portuguese: Desenvolvimento de um Curso on-line para Ensinar Design de Interface de Usuário na Educação Básica). In: Proc. of the 20th Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computational Systems – Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction Education, online, Brazil, 2021. DOI:10.5753/ihc.2021.19589
• Alves, N. da C., Gresse von Wangenheim, C., Hauck, J. C. R., Borgatto, A. F., Andrade, D. F. An Item Response Theory Analysis of the Sequencing of Algorithms & Programming Concepts. In: Proc. of the 4th International Conference on Computational Thinking, Hong Kong, 2020.
• Alves, N. da C., Gresse von Wangenheim, C., Hauck, J. C. R., Borgatto, A. F. A Large-scale Evaluation of a Rubric for the Automatic Assessment of Algorithms and Programming Concepts. In: Proc. of the 51st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, Portland/USA, 2020. DOI:10.1145/3328778.3366840
• Solecki, I.; Porto, J. A.; Alves, N. da C., Gresse von Wangenheim, C., Hauck, J. C. R., Borgatto, A. F. Automated Assessment of the Visual Design of Android Apps Developed with App Inventor. In: Proc. of the 51st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, Portland, USA, 2020. DOI:10.1145/3328778.3366868
• Alves, N. da C., Gresse von Wangenheim, C., Hauck, J. C. R. Teaching Programming to Novices: A Large-scale Analysis of App Inventor Projects. In: Proc. of the 15th Latin-American Conference on Learning Technologies, Loja/Ecuador, 2020. DOI:10.1109/LACLO50806.2020.9381172
• Alves, N. da C., Gresse von Wangenheim, C., Alberto, M., Martins-Pacheco, L. H. A Proposal for Assessing Product Originality in Teaching Algorithms and Programming in K-12 Education (in Brazilian Portuguese: Uma Proposta de Avaliação da Originalidade do Produto no Ensino de Algoritmos e Programação na Educação Básica). In: Proc. of the 31st Brazilian Symposium of Informatics in Education (SBIE20), online, 2020. DOI:10.5753/cbie.sbie.2020.41
• Alves, N. da C., Solecki, I., Gresse von Wangenheim, C., Borgatto, A. F. Hauck, J. C. R., Ferreira, M. N. F. Analysis of the Difficulty Level of User Interface Design Concepts using Item Response Theory (in Brazilian Portuguese: Análise do Nível de Dificuldade dos Conceitos de Design de Interface de Usuário usando a Teoria de Resposta ao Item) In: Proc. of the 31st Brazilian Symposium of Informatics in Education (SBIE20), online, 2020. DOI:10.5753/cbie.sbie.2020.1563
• Alves, N. da C., Kretzer, F., Gresse von Wangenheim, C., Ferreira, M. N. F.; Hauck, J. C. R. Continued Training of in-service K-12 Teachers for Teaching Algorithms and Programming (in Brazilian Portuguese: Formação Continuada de Professores da Educação Básica para o Ensino de Algoritmos e Programação). In: Proc. of the 31st Brazilian Symposium of Informatics in Education (SBIE20), online, 2020. DOI:10.5753/cbie.sbie.2020.11
• Alves, N. da C., Gresse von Wangenheim, C., Hauck, J. C. R., Borgatto, A. F., Andrade, D. F. An Analysis of Pedagogical Sequencing in the Teaching of Computing in K-12 Education (in Brazilian Portuguese: Uma Análise do Sequenciamento Pedagógico no Ensino de Computação na Educação Básica). Proc. of the 30th Brazilian Symposium of Informatics in Education (SBIE20), Brasília, DF/Brazil, 2020.
• Martins-Pacheco, L. H.; Gresse von Wangenheim, C.; Alves, N. da C. Polemics about Computational Thinking: Digital Competence in Digital Zeitgeist – Continued Search for Answers. In: Proc. of the 12th International Conference on Computer Supported Education (CSEDU20), Prague/Czech Republic, 2020. DOI:10.5220/0009797104990506
• Solecki, I., Porto, J. A., Justen, K. A., Alves, N. da C., Gresse von Wangenheim, C., Borgatto, A. F., Hauck, J. C. R. CodeMaster UI Design – App Inventor: An UI Design Evaluation Rubric for Android Applications Developed with App Inventor (in Brazilian Portuguese: CodeMaster UI Design – App Inventor: Uma Rubrica de Avaliação do Design de Interface de Aplicativos Android desenvolvidos com App Inventor). In: Proc. of the 17th Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computer Systems (IHC19), Vitória, ES/Brasil, 2019. DOI:10.1145/3357155.3358463
• Alves, N. da C., Gresse von Wangenheim, C., Hauck, J. C. R., Borgatto, A. F., Andrade, D. F. An Analysis of the Guidelines for Teaching Computational Thinking proposed by SBC in K-12 Education (in Brazilian Portuguese: Uma Análise das Diretrizes para Ensino de Pensamento Computacional propostas pela SBC na Educação Básica). In: Proc. of the 10th Meeting of the Brazilian Association of Educational Assessment (ABAVE19). São Paulo, SP/Brazil, 2019.
• Alves, N. da C., Gresse von Wangenheim, C., Hauck, J. C. R., Borgatto, A. F., Andrade, D. F. CodeMaster: An Assessment Model of Computational Thinking in K-12 Education through Visual Programming Language Code Analysis (in Brazilian Portuguese: CodeMaster: Um Modelo de Avaliação do Pensamento Computacional na Educação Básica através da Análise de Código de Linguagem de Programação Visual). In: Proc. of the 10th Meeting of the Brazilian Association of Educational Assessment (ABAVE19). São Paulo, SP/Brazil, 2019.
• Martins-Pacheco, L. H., Gresse von Wangenheim, C., Alves, N. da C. Assessment of Computational Thinking in K-12 Context: Educational Practices, Limits and Possibilities – A Systematic Mapping Study. In: Proc. of the 11th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, Heraklion, Greece, 2019.
• Daniel, G. T., Gresse von Wangenheim, C., Medeiros, G., Alves, N. da C. Teaching Computing through Programming with App Inventor (in Brazilian Portuguese: Ensinando a Computação por meio de Programação com App Inventor). In: Proc. of the 8th Computer on the Beach (CoB17), Florianópolis, SC/Brazil, 2017.

Posters

• Alves, N. da C., Kleinmintz, O., Moon, K., Green, A. E. (2025, May). Leveraging Shape-of-Thought to Train Creativity: A Pilot Study [Poster]. Annual Conference – Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity, Paris Brain Institute, Paris, France.
• Kleinmintz, O., Moon, K., Alves, N. da C., Liu, Y., Cardoso-Botelho, M., Green, A. E. (2025, May). Shape-of-Thought: geometric features derived from LLM-based embeddings differentiate human and AI semantic content [Poster]. Annual Conference – Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity, Paris Brain Institute, Paris, France.
• Alves, N. da C., Gresse von Wangenheim, C., Kaufman, J. (2024, March). Assessing the Creativity of Mobile Applications in Computing Education. Talk presented at the symposium Machines Learn to Judge Creativity: AI Advances in Automated Assessment, Division 10 Annual Conference – Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, United States.

Book chapters

• Gresse von Wangenheim, C., Alves, N. da C., Rauber, M. F., Martins, R. M., Hauck, J.C.R. Creating Mobile Applications with Artificial Intelligence Adopting Computational Action. In: Papadakis, S., Kalogiannakis, M. (eds) Education, Development and Intervention. Integrated Science, vol 23. Springer, Cham. 2024. DOI:10.1007/978-3-031-60713-4_10
• Gresse von Wangenheim, C., Alves, N. da C., Fortuna Ferreira, M. N., Hauck, J. C. Creating Mobile Applications with App Inventor Adopting Computational Action. In Teaching Coding in K-12 Schools: Research and Application (pp. 305-318). Cham: Springer International Publishing. 2023. DOI:10.1007/978-3-031-21970-2_20
• Alves, N. da C., Gresse von Wangenheim, C., Hauck, J. C. R., Borgatto. Automating the Assessment of Algorithms and Programming Concepts in App Inventor projects in Middle School. In Kalogiannakis, M.; Kalogiannakis, M. Handbook of Research on Tools for Teaching Computational Thinking in P-12 Education. IGI Global, 2020.  DOI:10.4018/978-1-7998-4576-8.ch004
• Martins-Pacheco L. H., Alves N. da C., Gresse von Wangenheim C. Educational Practices in Computational Thinking: Assessment, Pedagogical Aspects, Limits, and Possibilities: A Systematic Mapping Study. In: Lane H.C., Zvacek S., Uhomoibhi J. (eds) Computer Supported Education. CSEDU 2019. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1220. Springer. 2020.

Technical Reports