Selected Publications

Barron, B., Pozos, R. K., Martin, C. K., & Troy, F. (2025). Shifting frames in the service of learning: Caregivers as collaborators and co-designers during school closures. In S. Goldman, B. Barron, E. B. Kozleski, & A. Garcia (Eds.), Families, COVID, and Unequal Schooling in the US: Resilient Learning Ecologies, Intersectional Portraits, and Layered Theoretical Perspectives (pp. 23–46). Routledge.

Barron, B., Garcia, A., Goldman, S., & Kozleski, E. B. (2025). Same storm, different boats: Learning from families under duress to frame a more resilient future. In S. Goldman, B. Barron, E. B. Kozleski, & A. Garcia (Eds.), Families, COVID, and Unequal Schooling in the US: Resilient Learning Ecologies, Intersectional Portraits, and Layered Theoretical Perspectives (pp. 3–20). Routledge.

Martin, C. K., Barron, B., & Chen, S. (2025). Parents as design partners in fostering curiosity and connection. Proceedings of the 19th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS 2025) (pp. 1859–1863). International Society of the Learning Sciences.

Takeuchi, L., Martin, C. K., & Barron, B. (2021). Learning together: Adapting methods for family and community research during a pandemic. New York: Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop. [Link]

Barron, B., Martin, C. K., Lin, V., Lam, C., Pozos, R., Nguyen, J., Garcia, S., & Levy, Z. (2021). New views, new roles: How parents supported learning during the transition to remote learning. Annual Meeting of the International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS), Bochum, Germany. [Link]

Nguyen, J., Barron, B., Martin, C. K., Lam, C., Pozos, R., Lin, V., Levy, Z., & Garcia, S. (2021). Family resilience during Covid-19: Contrasting cases of mothers’ beliefs and behaviors to support child well-being. Annual Meeting of the International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS), Bochum, Germany. [Link]

Pozos, R.K., Martin, C. K., Barron, B., Lam, C., Nguyen, J., Lin, V., Levy, Z., & Garcia, S. (2021). Before the storm: How families were supported for the transition to distance learning. Annual Meeting of the International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS), Bochum, Germany. [Link]

Lee, V. R., Tzou, C., Bang, M., Bell, P., Stromholt, S., Price, N., ... & Barron, B. (2017). Libraries as emerging spaces for computer-supported collaborative learning in schools and communities. Proceedings of the Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Conference. Philadelphia, PA: International Society of the Learning Sciences. [Link]

Darling-Hammond, L., Flook, L., Cook-Harvey, C., Barron, B., & Osher, D. (2020). Implications for educational practice of the science of learning and development. Applied Developmental Science, 24(2), 97-140. [Link]

Barron, B., & Martin, C. K. (2016). Making matters: A framework for assessing digital media citizenship. In E. Rosenfeld, K. Peppler, & Y. Kafai (Eds.) Makeology: Makers as Learners (Volume 2), 45-71. New York: Routledge. [Link]

Barron B., Martin C.K., Mertl V., Yassine M. (2016) Citizen Science: Connecting to Nature Through Networks. In: Cress U., Moskaliuk J., Jeong H. (eds) Mass Collaboration and Education. Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Series, vol 16. Springer, Cham. Springer. [Link]

Barron, B. (2015). Learning across setting and time: Catalysts for synergy. In BJEP Monograph Series II, Number 11-Learning Beyond the Classroom (Vol. 7, No. 21, pp. 7-21). British Psychological Society. [Link]

Lee, J., & Barron, B. (2015). Aprendiendo en Casa: Media as a Resource for Learning among Hispanic-Latino Families. A Report of the Families and Media Project. In Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop. Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop. 1900 Broadway, New York, NY 10023. [Link]

Barron, Brigid., & Bell, P. (2015). Learning environments in and out of school. Handbook of educational psychology, 323-336. [Link]

Darling-Hammond, L., Barron, B., Pearson, P. D., Schoenfeld, A. H., Stage, E. K., Zimmerman, T. D., ... & Tilson, J. L. (2015). Powerful learning: What we know about teaching for understanding. John Wiley & Sons. [Link]

Barron, B., Bofferding, L., Cayton-Hodges, G., Copple, C., Darling-Hammond, L. and Levine, M.H.. (2011). Take a Giant Step: A Blueprint for Teaching Young Children in a Digital Age. A report written for the Joan Ganz Cooney Center. [Link]

Barron, B., Levinson, A., Martin, C. K., Mertl, V., Stringer, D., Austin, K., Pinkard, P., Richards, K., & Gomez, K. (2010). Supporting young new media producers across learning spaces: A longitudinal study of the digital youth network. In K. Gomez, L. Lyons, & J. Radinsky (Eds.), Proceedings of the 9th International Conference of the Learning Sciences: Volume 2. Learning in the Disciplines (pp. 203-210).Chicago, IL: ISLS. [Link]

Barron. B. (2006). Interest and self-sustained learning as catalysts of development: A learning ecologies perspective. Human Development, 49, 193-224. [Link]

Barron, B. (2004). Learning ecologies for technological fluency: Gender and experience differences. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 31(1), 1-36. [Link]

Barron, B. (2000). Problem solving in video-based microworlds: Collaborative and individual outcomes of high achieving sixth grade students. Journal of Educational Psychology, 92(2), 391-398. [Link]

Barron, B. (2000). Achieving coordination in collaborative problem solving groups. The Journal of the Learning Sciences, 9(4), 403-436. [Link]

Barron, B., Schwartz, D. L., Vye, N. J., Moore, A., Petrosino, A., Zech, L., & Bransford, J. D. (1998). Doing with understanding: Lessons from research on problem- and project-based learning. The Journal of the Learning Sciences, 7, 271-311. [Link]

For additional publications, see Dr. Barron's Google Scholar profile