STEM

Zhang, Ningyu, & Biswas, Gautam. (2019). Defining and assessing students’ computational thinking in a learning by modeling environment. In *Computational Thinking Education* (pp. 203-221). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6528-7_12 Researchers in learning sciences have suggested that there is a strong connection between learning STEM subjects… Read More

Basu, Satabdi; Rachmatullah, Arif; McElhaney, Kevin; Alozie, Nonye; Yang, Hui; Hutchins, Nicole; Biswas, Gautam; Mills, Kelly. “A comparison of computational practices and student challenges across three types of computational modeling activities integrating science and engineering.” Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL (2024): 1778-1781. https://repository.isls.org//handle/1/10808… Read More

McElhaney, Kevin W.; Basu, Satabdi; McBride, Elizabeth; Hutchins, Nicole; Biswas, Gautam. “Design and implementation of a week-long, high school curriculum unit integrating physics and computational modeling.” Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL (2023): 497-504. https://repository.isls.org//handle/1/10289  Getting students involved in computational modeling (CM)—where… Read More

Hutchins, Nicole M.; Biswas, Gautam. “Catalyzing teachers’ evidence-based responses to students’ problem-based learning in STEM.” Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL (2023): 154-161.https://repository.isls.org/handle/1/9968  This paper looks at how middle school STEM teachers understand what their students are learning and how they solve… Read More

Snyder, Caitlin; Cohn, Clayton; Fonteles, Joyce Horn; Biswas, Gautam. “Using collaborative interactivity metrics to analyze students’ problem-solving behaviors during STEM+C computational modeling tasks.” Learning and Individual Differences 121 (2025): 102724. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102724.  Recently, there has been a big increase in creating… Read More