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Fang, Zihan, Li, Jiliang, Liang, Anda, Bai, Gina R., & Huang, Yu. (2025). A Comparative Study on ChatGPT and Checklist as Support Tools for Unit Testing Education. Proceedings of the ACM SIGSOFT Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1145/3696630.3727244 Testing is an essential… Read More

Davalos, Eduardo, Zhang, Yike, Srivastava, Namrata, Salas, Jorge Alberto, McFadden, Sara E., Cho, Sun-joo, Biswas, Gautam, & Goodwin, Amanda P. (2025). “LLMs as educational analysts: Transforming multimodal data traces into actionable reading assessment reports.” In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Vol. 15878, pp. 191-204). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-98417-4_14… Read More

Ashwin, T. S., Sanda, Nihar, Timalsina, Umesh, & Biswas, Gautam. (2025). “Challenges of applying computer vision for emotion detection in educational settings: A study on bias.” In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Vol. 15882, pp. 388-395). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-98465-5_49 Understanding students’ emotions is important for creating… Read More

Roy, Ethan, Harriott, Emily M., Nguyen, Tin Q., Richie-Halford, Adam, Rokem, Ariel, Cutting, Laurie E., & Yeatman, Jason D. (2025). Development of the arcuate fasciculus is linked to learning gains in reading. *Imaging Neuroscience, 3*, imag_a_00542. https://doi.org/10.1162/imag_a_00542 Previous research has explored how the structure… Read More

Mason, Madison Lee, Vatral, Caleb, Cohn, Clayton, Davalos, Eduardo, Jessee, Mary Ann, Biswas, Gautam, & Levin, Daniel T. (2025). Eye movements as predictors of student experiences during nursing simulation learning events. *Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 10*(1), 37. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-025-00640-7   The “eye-mind… Read More

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

Zhou, Mengxi; Fonteles, Joyce; Danish, Joshua; Davalos, Eduardo; Steinberg, Selena; Biswas, Gautam; Enyedy, Noel. “Exploring artificial intelligence supported interaction analysis.” Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL (2024): 2327-2328. https://repository.isls.org//handle/1/10999  Interaction Analysis (IA), a method often used in Learning Sciences, helps researchers understand… Read More

Akpanoko, Celestine E.; Ashwin, T.S.; Biswas, Gautam. “The interplay of affective states and cognitive processes in an open-ended learning environment: A case study.” Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL (2024): 873-880. https://repository.isls.org//handle/1/11182    Emotions play an important role in how students… Read More