Publications — Listening to Waves

Minces, V.H., Akshay, N., 2023. “STEAM for all: a vision for STEM and arts integration”. In Tierney, R.J., Rizvi, F., Erkican, K. (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Education, vol. 11. Elsevier.

Yukyeong Song, Wanli Xing, Alec Barron, Hyunju Oh, Chenglu Li, and Victor Minces. 2023. “M-flow: a Flow-based Music Creation Platform Improves Children’s Attitudes toward Computer Programming”. In ACM Interaction Design and Children (ACM IDC ’23), June 19–23, 2023, Chicago, IL, USA. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 6 pages. Best short paper award.

Liu, Z., Xing, W., Li, C., Zhang, F., Li, H., & Minces, V. (2025). Exploring Automated Assessment of Primary Students’ Creativity in a Flow-Based Music Programming Environment. Journal of Learning Analytics, 12(2), 83-104. https://doi.org/10.18608/jla.2025.8835

Minces*, V. H., & Li, L., & Yonezawa, S., & Chow, E., & Barron, A. (2025, June), IMPROVING TEACHERS’ ATTITUDES TOWARD PHYSICS BY INTEGRATING MUSIC IN ONLINE AND IN-PERSON PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. AN ITEST STUDY. Paper presented at 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Montreal, Quebec, Canada . 10.18260/1-2--55751

Liu, Z., & Zhang, S., & Xing, W., & Minces*, V., & Israel, M., & Barron, A. (2025, June), Integrating Music and Flow-Based Programming Builds Teachers' Confidence in Computer Science. An ITEST program. Paper presented at 2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Montreal, Quebec, Canada . 10.18260/1-2--55755

An, Song A.; Tillman, Daniel A.; Minces, Victor; and Kim, So Jung (2025) "Preservice Teachers Use of Digital and Non-Digital Music Composition Systems as Resources for Teaching Elementary Mathematics," Journal of STEM Teacher Education: Vol. 59: Iss. 1, Article 6.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.61403/2158-6594.1525

Liu, Z., Zhang, S., Israel, M., Smith, R., Xing, W., & Minces, V. (2025, February). Engaging K-12 students with flow-based music programming: An experience report on its impact on teaching and learning. In Proceedings of the 56th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 1 (pp. 708-714).

Chow, E., & Li, L., & Akshay, N., & Barron, A., & Yonezawa, S., & Minces, V. H. (2024), Improving Teachers' Attitudes Toward Sound and Waves Through the Connections with Music Paper presented at 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, Oregon. https://peer.asee.org/46887

Booker, A. and Minces, V. (2022). Harmonized mutual development through exploring and creating sound. Proceedings of the International Society of the Learning Sciences. Full paper. 871-878. Hiroshima, Japan.

Minces, V., A. Booker and A. Khalil (2021). Listening to waves: Engaging underrepresented students through the science of sound and music. Connected Science Learning 3

Minces, V. H. (2021, July), Developing and Popularizing STEM Online Tools: The Case of 'Listening to Waves' Tools for the Science of Music Paper presented at 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual Conference. 10.18260/1-2--36938

Akshay, N., Minces, V., Vazhayil, A., Gopalasamy, V., & Bhavani, R. R. (2020). There’s Data all around you : Improving data literacy in high schools through STEAM based activities. Proceedings of Fablearn Asia.

V. H. Minces, W. Xing and C. Li, "Work in Progress: Mflow, a Flow-based Music Programming Platform for Young Children," 2023 IEEE World Engineering Education Conference (EDUNINE), Bogota, Colombia, 2023, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/EDUNINE57531.2023.10102852.

N. Akshay and V. Minces, "Introducing Data Literacy in the Classroom using Sound Exploration Tools," 2023 IEEE World Engineering Education Conference (EDUNINE), Bogota, Colombia, 2023, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/EDUNINE57531.2023.10102886.

Z. Liu, W. Xing, M. Israel, V. Minces (2025) ENHANCING PRE-SERVICE TEACHER CONFIDENCE AND ENGAGEMENT THROUGH FLOW-BASED MUSIC PROGRAMMING, EDULEARN25 Proceedings, pp. 4127-4133.