Office: Dion 302A
Phone: (508)999-8295
Email: rupchurch@umassd.edu

Office Hours Spring 2008

Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9-10am, W 10-11am

other times by appointment.

Software Engineering

• System Dynamics Modeling

• PCMM

• Empirical Methods for SE

Human-Computer Interaction

Acquisition of Expertise in Design

Cognitive Science

Current Projects

• Learning Portal - Portfolios (Foundation Coalition Funded)
• Assessment Tools (Foundation Coalition Funded)
• Maturity Framework for Project Courses
• Assessing Cognitive Components of Design for Course-based Improvement (NSF Funded)

Judith E. Sims-Knight, Richard L. Upchurch, Nixon Pendergrass, Tesfay Meressi, Paul Fortier, Plamen Tchimev, Rebecca VonderHeide and Madeleine Page USING CONCEPT MAPS TO ASSESS DESIGN PROCESS KNOWLEDGE. Proceedings of Frontiers in Education 2004, Oct. 20-23, 2004, Savannah, GA.

Upchurch, R. L. & Sims-Knight, J. E. TEAMING ASSESSMENT: IS THERE A CONNECTION BETWEEN PROCESS AND PRODUCT?. Proceedings of Frontiers in Education 2004, Oct. 20-23, 2004, Savannah, GA.

Sims-Knight, J. E., Upchurch, R. L.,  Pendergrass, N.,  Meressi, T. &  Fortier, P. ASSESSING DESIGN BY DESIGN: PROGRESS REPORT 1 . Proceedings of Frontiers in Education 2003, Nov. 7-9, 2003, Boulder, CO.

Upchurch, R. L. & Sims-Knight, J. E. Portfolio Use in Software Engineering Education: An Experience Report. Proceedings of Frontiers in Education 2002, Nov. 6-9, 2002, Boston, MA.

Upchurch, R. L. & Sobel, Ann K. Structural Assessment of Cost of Quality. Proceedings of Frontiers in Education 2002, Nov. 6-9, 2002, Boston, MA.

Sims-Knight, J., Upchurch, R., Powers, T. A., Haden, S., & Topciu, R. Teams in Software Engineering Education. Proceedings of Frontiers in Education 2002, Nov. 6-9, 2002, Boston, MA.

Williams, L. & R. Upchurch Extreme Programming for Software Engineering Education?. Proceedings of Frontiers in Education 2001, Oct. 10-13, 2001, Reno, NV.

Upchurch, R. L. & Sims-Knight, J. E. The Learning Portal. ASEE Annual Conference, June 25-27, 2001, Albuquerque, NM.

Sims-Knight, J. E. & Upchurch, R. L. What's Wrong with Giving Students Feedback? ASEE Annual Conference, June 25-27, 2001, Albuquerque, NM.

Williams, L. & R. Upchurch In Support of Student Pair Programming. 32nd Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, February 21-25, 2001, Charlotte, NC.

Fowler, E., J. Sims-Knight, N. Pendergrass, & R. Upchurch Course-based Assessment: Engaging Faculty in Reflective Practice. Proceedings of Frontiers in Education, October 18-21, 2000, Kansas City, MO.

Upchurch, R. && W. Serra A Primer of Legal Issues for Software Engineering Education. Proceedings of Frontiers in Education, October 18-21, 2000, Kansas City, MO.

Upchurch, R. L. & Sims-Knight, J. E. Reflective Essays in Software Engineering. Proceedings of Frontiers in Education, November 10-13, 1999, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Sims-Knight, J. E., & Upchurch, R. L. The Acquisition of Expertise in Software Engineering Education. Proceedings of Frontiers in Education, November 4-7, 1998, Tempe, AZ.

Upchurch, R. L. & Sims-Knight, J. E. In Support of Student Process Improvement. Proceedings of CSEE&T'98, February 22-25, 1998, Atlanta, Georgia. Los Alamitos: IEEE Computer Society Press. p. 114-123.

Upchurch, R. L. & Sims-Knight, J. E. Integrating Software Process in Computer Science Curriculum. Proceedings of the Frontiers in Education Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, November 5-8, 1997.

Upchurch, R. L. & Sims-Knight, J. E. Designing Process-Based Software Curriculum. Proceedings of the Tenth Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, Virginia Beach, VA, April 13-16, 1997. Los Alamitos: IEEE Computer Society Press. p. 28-38

Sims-Knight, J. E., & Upchurch, R. L. Teaching Object-oriented Design Without Programming: A Progress Report. Computer Science Education, 4, 1993, p. 135-156.

Sims-Knight, J. E.,& Upchurch, R. L. Teaching software design: A new approach to high school computer science. Paper to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 1993, Atlanta, GA.

Sims-Knight, J. E., & Upchurch, R. L. Teaching Object-oriented Design to Nonprogrammers: A Progress Report. Proceedings of the Educators' Symposium of OOPSLA-92, Vancouver, BC.

Magrass, Y. & R. Upchurch Computer Literacy: People Adapted for Technology. Computers and Society, 18(3), July 1988, p. 1-9.

Magrass, Y. & R. Upchurch. Computer Literacy: The Pigeonhole Principle. Computers and Society, 18(2), p. 8-15.

Upchurch, R. & J. Lochhead The Computer and Higher Level Thinking Skills. In V. Koehler (ed.), The Educator's Handbook: A Research Perspective. New York: Longman, Inc., 1986.

Magrass, Y. & R. Upchurch Computer Science Curriculum: Technography, Technocracy, Technology or Theology?, SIGCSE BULLETIN, 17(4), 1985, p. 59-63.

Rehg, J. & R. Upchurch Automated Manufacturing Technology - A System Training Approach. Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on Industrial Robots, 1983.

Upchurch, R. Developmental Mathematics through Rose-Colored Glasses. Journal of Developmental and Remedial Education, 3(3), 1980.

Miles, C. & R. Upchurch Fundamental Reasoning Skills: A Partial Bibliography. ERIC ED 188 76, 1980.

Cormack, R. & R. Upchurch Necker Cube Reversibility and Perspective Dominance as a Function of Rotation and Retinal Disparity. Psychonomic Science, 1969.

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