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Kathleen Harper

Engineering · The Ohio State University

Mid career · publishing since 2001

Publications

64

Citations

600

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

25

Publishing since 2001

Research summary
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Kathleen Harper's work focuses on how engineering is taught, especially to first-year undergraduate students. Her publications cover classroom techniques such as inverted classrooms, formative quizzes, robotics and design projects, and ways to connect math, science, and engineering courses to help students learn more effectively. This research is aimed at improving teaching practices and curricula rather than developing new engineering technologies.

First-year engineering educationClassroom teaching methods and course designEngineering-math-science curriculum integrationRobotics and design-based learningStudent learning assessment and metacognition

Publication output has been uneven over the past decade, with a large burst of activity in 2020, gaps in several other years, and a modest renewed output in 2024-2025.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.6/year recently
172018: 3 publications18192020: 12 publications12202122232024: 6 publications242025: 2 publications2526
Publishes in
  • Nature Communications×2
  • 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings×1
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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