ICLS 2004

 

This schedule can be downloaded as a PDF.

A short version can also be downloaded as a PDF.

 

All conference sessions will be held at the Doubletree Hotel in Santa Monica.

Conference registration will open Wednesday morning at 9 am.

Pre-Conference Workshops:
(For a detailed description please click here.)
Tuesday June 22 | Wednesday June 23

Conference:
Wednesday June 23 | Thursday June 24 | Friday June 25 | Saturday June 26
Thursday Posters | Friday Posters

  

Pre-Conference Program

 


TUESDAY JUNE 22

Morning

Doubletree 8:00
  Shuttle Buses leave from Hotel Reception
UCLA 9:00 – 17:00
Moore Hall 3340 Doctoral Consortium
  Annemarie Palincsar, University of Michigan
  Mike Rose, UCLA
  Tim Koschmann, University of Southern Illinois
  Cynthia C. Ching, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Moore Hall 3320 Junior Faculty Fellows • Video Case Analysis
  Rogers Hall, Vanderbilt University
  Frederick Erickson, UCLA
Moore Hall 3030 Workshop 1 • Community-Based Learning Workshop:
  Explorations into Theoretical Groundings, Empirical Findings, and Computer Support
  Ralf Klamme, RWTH Aachen
  Markus Rohde, Universität Bonn
  Gerry Stahl, Drexel University
  Volker Wulf, Universität Siegen
Moore Hall 2120 Workshop 2 • What’s Next for Research on Teaching and Learning with Connected, Handheld Devices?
  Jeremy Roschelle, SRI International
  Roy Pea, Stanford University
  Valerie Crawford, SRI International

Afternoon

Doubletree

12:30

 

Shuttle Bus leaves from Hotel Reception

UCLA

13:30 – 17:00

Moore Hall 3034

Workshop 3 • Collaboration Models for Embracing Diversity: Technology-Supported Science Learning

 

Christopher Hoadley, Pennsylvania State University

 

Yael Kali, Technion

 

Tun Nyien, North Carolina Central University

 

Michelle Williams, UC Berkeley

 

Marcia Linn, UC Berkeley

UCLA

17:00

  Shuttle Buses leave from Moore Hall
UCLA

21:15

  Shuttle Buses leave from Moore Hall

 


WEDNESDAY JUNE 23

Morning

Doubletree 8:00
  Shuttle Buses leave from Hotel Reception
UCLA 9:00 – 12:00
Moore Hall 3340 Doctoral Consortium
  Annemarie Palincsar, University of Michigan
  Mike Rose, UCLA
  Tim Koschmann, University of Southern Illinois
  Cynthia C. Ching, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Moore Hall 3320 Junior Faculty Fellows • HLM Approaches
 

Michael Seltzer, UCLA

Moore Hall 3120 Workshop 4 • Conducting Learning Sciences Research with Emerging NASA e-Education Advanced Technology Applications
 

Steven McGee, Jesuit Wheeling University

  Debbie Reese, Jesuit Wheeling University
Moore Hall 2120 Workshop 5 • Conceptualization of NSF-Support of Research in the Learning Sciences
 

John Cherniavsky, National Science Foundation

 

Barbara Olds, National Science Foundation

 

Eamonn Kelly, George < Mason University

 

Barry Sloane, National Science Foundation

Moore Hall 3034

Workshop 6 • Higher Education Seeking Learning Science Researchers: New Collaborations, Domains and Possibilities

 

Andrew Thomas, University of Southern California

 

Tu Tran, University of Southern California

 

Susan Gautsch, University of Southern California

 

John Silvester, University of Southern California

UCLA

12:00

 

Shuttle Buses leave from Moore Hall

 

 

Conference Program

 


WEDNESDAY JUNE 23

Afternoon

DOUBLETREE 9:00 – 17:00
Foyer REGISTRATION

13:00 – 13:30

Carousel Conference Opening
 

Conference Chairs – 6 th ICLS

  Yasmin B. Kafai, UCLA
 

William Sandoval, UCLA

 

Noel Enyedy, UCLA

 

Dean – Graduate School of Education & Information Studies

 

Aimée Dorr,UCLA

 

President – International Society of the Learning Sciences

 

Pierre Dillenbourg, École Polytechnique Fédéral de Lausanne

   
 

13:30 – 15:00

Carousel Social Policy and Diversity
  Inequality, Stratification, and the Struggle for Just Schooling
 

Jeannie Oakes, UCLA

   

  15:00 – 15:30
Foyer Coffee & Cookies
   
 

15:30 – 17:00

   
Carousel A PAPER 1 • Argumentation, Explanations, and Epistemology
  Chair: Michael Barnett, Boston College
   
 

Teacher Practices that Support Students’ Construction of Scientific Explanations in Middle School Classrooms

  David J. Lizotte, Katherine L. McNeill & Joseph Krajcik, University of Michigan
 

 

  Goal Instructions in Computer-Supported Collaborative Argumentation: Can You Find a Reason?
 

E. Michael Nussbaum, University of Nevada

   
 

Leveraging Epistemological Diversity through Computer-based Argumentation in the Domain of Probability

 

Dor Abrahamson, Matthew W. Berland, R. Benjamin Shapiro, Joshua W. Unterman & Uri J. Wilensky, Northwestern University

   
 

Epistemic Frames and Islands of Expertise: Learning from Infusion Experiences

 

David Williamson Shaffer, University of Wisconsin-Madison

   
Carousel B SYMPOSIUM 1 • Cracking the Nut – But Which Nutcracker to Use? Diversity in Approaches to Analyzing Collaborative Processes in Technology-Supported Settings

Chairs: Nikol Rummel & Hans Spada, University of Freiburg

   
 

An Emergent Methodology for Examining “Collaborative Space” in Educational Technology Environments

 

Cynthia Carter Ching, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

 

X. Christine Wang, SUNY at Buffalo

   
 

Employing Quantitative and Qualitative Methods to Analyze Collaborative Process in a Computer-Mediated Setting at Three Levels

  Hans Spada & Nikol Rummel, University of Freiburg
   
 

From Coding and Counting to Exploring and Understanding: Methodological Experiences in Analyzing Collaborative Interactions with Shared Representations

 

Dan Suthers, University of Hawai’i

   
 

Assessing Quality Features of Online Contributions: Bringing Microanalysis of Written Texts Together With Participants’ Subjective Perceptions

 

Rainer Bromme, Regina Jucks & Anne Runde, University of Münster

   
 

It Is More Than Just One Nut to Crack: A Multidimensional Approach to Analyzing Collaborative Knowledge Construction in Computer-Supported Learning Environments

 

Frank Fischer & Armin Weinberger, University of Tübingen

 

Heinz Mandl, University of Munich

   
 

Discussant: Pierre Dillenbourg, École Polytechnique Fédéral de Lausanne

   
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PAPER 2 • Studies of Professional Practice

  Chair: April Luehmann, University of Rochester
   
 

Cognitive Partnerships on the Bench Tops

 

Wendy C. Newstetter, Elke Kurz-Milcke & Nancy J. Nersessian, Georgia Institute of Technology

   
 

How a Creative "System" Learns: The Distributed Activity of Choreography

 

Janice E. Fournier, University of Washington

   
 

Seeing Nacirema: How Students and Professors Interpret Ethnographic Film

 

Eric Karl Chambers & Reed Stevens, University of Washington

   
Marquee I PAPER 3 • Mathematics Instruction and Student Understanding
  Chair: Daniel Battey, UCLA
   
 

Learning to Distinguish Between Representations of Data: A Cognitive Tutor That Uses Contrasting Cases

 

Ryan Shaun Baker, Albert T. Corbett & Kenneth R. Koedinger, Carnegie Mellon University

   
 

The Impact of Example Comparisons on Schema Acquisition: Do Learners Really Need Multiple Examples?

 

Katharina Scheiter, Peter Gerjets & Julia Schuh, University of Tübingen

   
 

Diverse Settings for Learning and Teaching: Preservice Teachers Learning Pedagogy Online and On-the-Fly

  Jody S. Underwood, Educational Testing Service
  Janet S. Bowers, San Diego State University
   
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PAPER 4 • Organizational Learning

  Chair: Susan Gautsch, University of Southern California
   
 

Authoring Branching Storylines for Training Applications

  Andrew S. Gordon, University of Southern California
   
 

SCALE: Supporting Community Awareness, Learning, and Evolvement in an Organizational Learning Environment

  Amy Soller, ITC-IRST, Renata Guizzardi, University of Twente
  Alessandra Molani, University of Trento & Anna Perini, IRC-IRST
   
 

Organizational Learning In The Early Stage of Globalization

  Le Zhong, Allan Collins & Jean Egmon, Northwestern University
   
 

19:00–21:00

 

Networking for Graduate Students

 

Meeting in Foyer and Walk to Bowling Alley

 


THURSDAY JUNE 24

Morning

 

7:00 – 8:30

Gallery Nord CLOSED EDITORIAL BOARD MEETING
  Journal of the Learning Sciences
   
 

8:00 – 17:00

Foyer REGISTRATION
   
  8:30 – 9:30
   
Carousel A

PAPER 5 • Computer Technology for At-risk Populations

  Chair: Nicole Pinkard, University of Chicago
   
 

Anticipatory Cognitive Mapping of Unknown Spaces in Unknown Spaces by People who are Blind Using a Virtual Learning Environment

  David Mioduser & Orly Lahav, Tel Aviv University
   
 

GoGo Board: Augmenting Programmable Bricks for Economically Challenged Audiences

  Arnan Sipitakiat, MIT Media Laboratory
  Paulo Blikstein, Northwestern University
  David P. Cavallo, MIT Media Laboratory
   
 

Climbing to Understanding: Lessons from an Experimental Learning Environment for Adjudicated Youth

 

David Cavallo, Seymour Papert & Gary Stager, MIT Media Laboratory

   
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PAPER 6 • Computer Tools for Collaboration, Learning, and Instruction

  Chair: Christine Wang, SUNY at Buffalo
   
 

Can Students Collaboratively Use Hypermedia to Learn about Science? The Dynamics of Self- and Other-regulatory Processes in the Classroom

 

Roger Azevedo, Fielding I. Winters & Daniel C. Moos, University of Maryland

   
 

Implications of Computer-Based Projects in Electronics on Fostering Independent Learning, Creativity and Teamwork

  Moshe Barak, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
   
 

Diverse Descriptions of Experimental Practice as Supports for Learning

  Michael J. Ford, University of Pittsburgh
   
 

Technology-Supported Systemic Reform: An Initial Evaluation and Reassessment

  Daniel D. Suthers, Violet H. Harada, William E. J. Doane, Joyce Yukawa, Bruce Harris & Viil Lid, University of Hawai’I at Manoa
   
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SYMPOSIUM 2 • Developing Historical Thinking Practices through Technology-Supported Inquiry

   
 

Digital Neighborhood Histories

 

Joseph L. Polman & Laura Westhoff, University of Missouri- St. Louis

   
 

Tracking Canada’s Past

 

D. Kevin O'Neill, Elahe Sohbat & Mahboubeh Asgari, Simon Fraser University

   
 

Facilitating Multiple Perspectives to Promote Historical Argumentation Skills in a Multimedia Learning Environment

  Namsoo Shin, University of Michigan
  Steven McGee, Wheeling Jesuit University
   
 

Teaching the Teaching of History with Digital Resources: Possibilities and Limitations of an On-line Inquiry Project in a Methods Course

  Josh Radinsky, University of Illinois at Chicago
   
 

Promoting Disciplinary-Sensitive Argumentation Across History and Science in the Elementary School Classroom

  Philip Bell, University of Washington
   
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SYMPOSIUM 3 • People, Places, and Things: Multiple Perspectives on Learning Opportunities for Diverse Populations

   
 

Everyday Science and Other Antecedents to Scientific Meaning-Making for Bilingual Families in Informal Learning Settings Like Aquariums

  Doris Ash, University of California, Santa Cruz
   
 

Case Studies of Successful Mathematics Teaching with Yup’ik Native Alaskan Children

  Mary Betsy Brenner, University of California, Santa Barbara
   
 

“I went by twos, he went by ones:” Multiple Ways of Talking About Graphs

  Judit N. Moschkovich, University of California, Santa Cruz
   
 

Diversity as Outcome of Education

  Gordon Wells, University of California, Santa Cruz
   
  10:00 – 10:30
Foyer Coffee & Tea Break
   

   
 

10:30 – 12:00

Carousel The Cultural Learning Sciences
  Making Cultural Practices, Diversity, and Equity Central Concerns for the Learning Sciences
  Chair: Noel Enyedy, UCLA
   
  Carol Lee, Northwestern University
  Kris Gutierrez, UCLA
  Angela Calabrese Barton, Columbia University
  Judy Moscovitch, UC Santa Cruz
   

 

12:00 – 13:30

  LUNCH BREAK
   
Gallery Nord CLOSED BOARD Meeting
  International Society of the Learning Sciences
   
Marquee Learning Sciences at AERA
  Discussion Meeting
  Chair: Douglas Clark, Arizona State University

Afternoon

  13:30 – 15:00
Carousel A

PAPER 7 • Culture and Learning

  Chair: Carmen Martínez-Roldán, Arizona State University
   
 

Narrative and Identity: Constructing Oppositional Identities in Performance Communities

  Erica Rosenfeld Halverson, Northwestern University
   
 

Understanding Collaborative Activity Systems: The Relation of Tools and Discourse in Mediating Learning

  Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver & Ellina Chernobilsky, Rutgers University
   
 

Exploring the Effects of Learners’ Cultural And Social Histories on the Practices of Learning Scientists

  Nichole Pinkard, University of Chicago
   
 

Socially Relevant Representations in Interfaces for Learning

  Christopher M. Hoadley & Joshua A. Kirby, Pennsylvania State University
   
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PAPER 8 • Motivation and Engagement in Students’ Learning

  Chair: Nava Livne, University of New Mexico
   
 

The Interest-Driven Learning Design Framework: Motivating Learning through Usefulness

  Daniel C. Edelson, Northwestern University
  Diana M. Joseph, University of Chicago
   
 

Role, Goal, and Activity: A Framework for Characterizing Participation and Engagement in Project-Based Learning Environments

  Virginia M. Pitts & Daniel C. Edelson, Northwestern University
   
 

Motivation to Read: Comparing Teachers’ Perceptions of Students’ Motivation with Students’ Self-Reported Motivation: A Pilot Study

  Robert Rueda, Julie Au & Sunhee Choi, University of Southern California
   
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PAPER 9 • Participation and Discourse

  Chair: Cathy Angelillo, UC Santa Cruz
   
 

Learning to Participate in Disciplinary Discourses: What Happens When the Conversation Ends?

  Lindsay L. Cornelius, University of Washington
   
 

Knowledge Sharing in Groups: Experimental Findings of How to Overcome a Social Dilemma

  Ulrike Cress & Friedrich-Wilhelm Hesse, University of Tübingen
   
 

Strengthening Learning Communities by Promoting Social Skill Development

  Samuel M. Kwon & Louis M. Gomez, Northwestern University
   
 

Managing Ideological and Pedagogical Dilemmas: Improvising a Balance between Discovery and Transmission in 2 K-1 Science Classrooms

  A. Susan Jurow & Laura Creighton, University of Colorado at Boulder
   
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SYMPOSIUM 4 • Models of Learning and Theories of Practice for Informal Learning Environments

  Chair: Sherry Hsi, The Exploratorium
   
 

Islands of Expertise: Following the Child Through Everyday, Informal, and Formal Learning Environments

  Kevin Crowley, University of Pittsburgh
   
 

Interaction, Mediation and Intervention in Investigate

  Heather King, Kings College London
   
 

Design-Based Research in Informal Education Settings

  Coe Leta Finke, UC Berkeley
   
 

Learning that Transfers Across Multiple Settings: A Problem of Studying and Facilitating Nomadic Inquiry

  Sherry Hsi, The Exploratorium
   
  Discussant: Richard Duschl, Kings College London
   
 

15:00 – 15:30

Foyer Coffee & Cookies
   
 

15:30 – 17:00

  POSTER SESSIONS
   
Carousel

Collaborative Learning

   
 

How Does Adaptive Scaffolding Facilitate High School Students’ Ability to Regulate their Learning with Hypermedia?

  Roger Azevedo, University of Maryland
   
 

“Remote Earthquakes”: Getting Serious about Authenticity in CSCL

 

Nelson Baloian & Henning Breuer, Universidad de Chile

 

Ulrich Hoppe, University Duisburg-Essen

  Jose A. Pino, Universidad de Chile
   
 

A Reflective Analysis of Instructional Practice in an Online Environment

  Matt DelMarcelle & Sharon Derry, University of Wisconsin
   
 

Information Infrastructures to Support Ambitious Instruction in Urban Schools: Bringing Diverse Perspectives to Bear on a Tough Problem

  Diana Joseph & Nichole Pinkard, University of Chicago
   
 

The Effects of "Collaborative Discovery Learning with an Association Scheme" on the Acquirement of Scientific Literacy

  Hiroko Kobayashi, University of Tokyo
   
 

Classroom Strategies for Simulation-Based Collaborative Inquiry Learning

   
 

Classroom Strategies for Simulation-Based Collaborative Inquiry Learning

  Tom Murray, Larry Winship, Neil Stillings, Esther Shartar & Ayala Galton, Hampshire College
   
 

Challenge or Connect? The Discourse of Collaboration in an Online Course

  Trena M. Paulus, University of Tennessee
   
 

Diversity in Virtual Math Teams

  Gerry Stahl, Wesley Shumar & Stephen Weimar, Drexel University
   
 

Diversity Issues in Design and Learning

   
 

Designing Pedagogical Agents to Address Diversity in Learning

  Amy L. Baylor, Florida State University
   
 

Equity and the Development of Technological Fluency

 

Brigid Barron, Jennifer Tackman, Caitlin Martin, Emma Mercier, Aditja Johri, Zanette Johnson, Susie Wise, Marie White, Sara McPhee, & Peter Worth, Stanford University

   
 

Is a Conversation with a Wall Really a Conversation? A Review of the Recent Mainstream Science Education Literature about Gender Issues in Science

  Thomas Higginbotham, Boston College
   
 

Social and Technological Innovations: Entry into the Knowledge Society for Everyone

 

Mary Lamon, University of Toronto

 

Carleen Andrews, Dr. Kearney Junior Secondary School

  Marlene Scardamalia, University of Toronto
   
 

The Community Practice of Teasing Among Latino Children

 

Lucinda Pease-Alvarez & Cathy Angelillo, University of California, Santa Cruz

   
 

Marquee Learning Applications & Tools

   
 

My World: A Case Study in Adapting Scientists’ Tools for Learners

  Daniel C. Edelson, Northwestern University
   
  Designing an Online Learning Environment for New Elementary Science Teachers: Supports for Learning to Teach
 

Elizabeth A. Davis, Julie Smithey & Debra Petish, University of Michigan

   
  Computer-Assisted Engineering for Children: a Pop-Up Design Application
  Susan Hendrix & Michael Eisenberg, University of Colorado at Boulder
   
 

Searching for Steven Spielberg: Introducing iMovie to the High School English Classroom: A Closer Look at What Open-Ended Technology Project Designs Can Do to Promote Engaged Learning

  Claudia Hindo, Ken Rose & Louis M. Gomez, Northwestern University
   
 

Using Handheld Technologies in High School Economics: A School-University Collaborative Design Project

  Steve Lonn & Rodney Williams, University of Michigan
   
 

The Digital IdeaKeeper: Combining Digital Library Services with Support for Online Inquiry

  Chris Quintana & Meilan Zhang, University of Michigan
   
 

Improving Personal Home Pages to Support Learning as Becoming and Belonging

  Jochen Rick & Mark Guzdial, Georgia Institute of Technology
   
 

From Text to Tool: Unpacking the Diffusion of a Learning Technology in Higher Education

  Tom Satwicz & Reed Stevens, University of Washington
   
 

Berta's Tower: Understanding Physics through Virtual Engineering

  Gina Svarovsky & David Williamson Shaffer, University of Wisconsin-Madison
   
 

Game of the Moment: Constructed Social Practice in Young Children’s Game Playing

  X. Christine Wang, SUNY at Buffalo
   
 

Sam Goes to School: Story Listening Systems in the Classroom

 

Colleen Kehoe, University of Illinois

 

Justine Cassell, Northwestern University

 

Susan Goldman, University of Illinois

 

James Dai & Ian Gouldstone, MIT Media Laboratory

 

Shaunna MacLeod & Traci O’Day, University of Illinois

  Anna Pandolfo, Kimiko Ryokai & Austin Wang, MIT Media Laboratory
   
 

Using Museum Resources to Engage High School Students in Historical Thinking

  Meilan Zhang, Robert B. Bain & Stephen Mucher, University of Michigan
   
 

Virtual Game Environments for Learning

   
 

A Model and a Game for Investigating, Designing and Teaching Collaborative Learning

 

César A. Collazos, Luis A. Guerrero & José A. Pino, Universidad de Chile

 

Gerry Stahl, Drexel University

  Sergio F. Ochoa, Universidad de Chile
   
 

Getting Your Socks Wet: Augmented Reality Environmental Science

 

Eric Klopfer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Kurt Squire, University of Wisconsin-Madison
   
 

Effects of Age on Associating Virtual and Embodied Toys

  Sandra Y. Okita, Stanford University
   
 

Using Coordination Classes to Interpret Conceptual Change in Astronomical Thinking

 

Brett E. Shelton & Reed Stevens, University of Washington

   
 

Robot Role Play: Tangible Programming and Role Play Program Execution for Kids

 

Jakob Tholander, Ylva Fernaeus & Jesper Holmberg, Stockholm University

   
Foyer

DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM

   
  Student Generated Analogies in Science: Analogy as Categorization Phenomenon
  Leslie Atkins, University of Maryland
   
 

Cooperative Problem-Solving and Learning in Computer-Mediated Settings: The Role of Shared Pictorial and Textual Applications in Free and Restricted Communication

  Miriam Bertholet, Universität Freiburg
   
 

Understanding the Social and Instructional Meaning of a Multimedia, Bilingual Instructional Tool for Educators of the Deaf

  Elizabeth Digello, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
   
 

Designing for Participation: How Social and Environmental Factors Influence Educational Discussions

  James Hudson, Georgia Institute of Technology
   
 

Designing, Playing, and Learning: Sustaining Student Engagement with a Constructionist Design Tool for Craft and Math

  Kristine Kaster Lamberty, Georgia Institute of Technology
   
 

The Good Field Trip: How Student Epistemologies of Science and Art are Affected by Trips to Museums and Other Sites

  Sandra Toro Martell, University of Washington
   
 

E-Design for a Learning Journey

  Nerida McCredie, University of Technology Sydney
   
  Exploring the Development of Case Application Skills in Middle School Project-Based Inquiry Classrooms
 

Jakita Owensby, Georgia Institute of Technology

   
  Local vs. Global Networks: Network Analysis of a Multi-User Virtual Environment
  Kirk Job-Sluder, Indiana University
   
Doubletree

17:00

 

Buses start leaving from Hotel Foyer

   
 

17:30 – 20:30

  UCLA CONFERENCE DINNER RECEPTION
   
UCLA

20:30

  Buses start leaving from Moore Hall

 


FRIDAY JUNE 25

Morning

 

7:00 – 8:30

Gallery Nord CLOSED EDITORIAL BOARD MEETING
 

Computer Support for Collaborative Learning

   
 

8:00 – 17:00

Foyer REGISTRATION
   
 

8:30 – 10:30

   
Carousel A

PAPER 10 • Project-based Science Inquiry

 

Chair: Krista Glazewski, Purdue University

   
 

How Should Learning Be Structured in Elementary Science Instruction?: Investigating the Interplay of 1st- and 2nd-hand Investigations in Inquiry about Motion

 

S. J. Magnusson, A. S. Palincsar, S. Hapgood & A. Lomangino, University of Michigan

   
 

Case Application Suite: Scaffolding Use of Expert Cases in Middle-School Project-Based Inquiry Classrooms

  Jakita N. Owensby & Janet L. Kolodner, Georgia Institute of Technology
   
 

Contextualizing Instruction in Project-Based Science: Activating Students' Prior Knowledge and Experiences to Support Learning

 

Ann E. Rivet, Columbia University

  Joseph S. Krajcik, University of Michigan
   
 

Using "Rules of Thumb" Practices to Enhance Conceptual Understanding and Scientific Reasoning in Project-Based Inquiry Classrooms

  Michael T. Ryan & Janet L. Kolodner, Georgia Institute of Technology
   
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SYMPOSIUM 5 • Design Theories of Interest, Motivation, and Engagement for the Learning Sciences

 

Chair: Daniel T. Hickey, University of Georgia

   
 

An Initial Contribution to the Development of a Design Theory of Mathematical Interest: The Case of Statistical Data Analysis

  Paul Cobb & Lynn Hodge, Vanderbilt University
   
 

Learning in Informal and School-based Settings: A Multi-Context View of the Development of Interest

 

Brigid Barron, Stanford University

   
 

Designing Learning Environments to Support Engaged Participation in Domain Knowledge Practices

  Daniel T. Hickey, University of Georgia
   
 

What Does It Mean to be Interested in a Practice?

  Flávio S. Azevedo, University of California, Berkeley
   
 

Making Motivation-Centered Design Practical: A Tool for Analyzing and Guiding Design

 

Diana Joseph, University of Chicago

  Daniel Edelson, Northwestern University
   
 

Discussants: Allan Collins, Northwestern University

  Ann Renninger, Swarthmore College
   
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PAPER 11 • Research Strategies for the Learning Sciences

 

Chair: Orly Lahav, University of Wisconsin-Madison

   
 

The Video Analyst’s Manifesto (or The Implications of Garfinkel’s Policies for the Development of a Program of Video Analytic Research within the Learning Sciences)

  Timothy Koschmann & Alan Zemel, Southern Illinois University
   
 

A Reform-based Framework for Observing Teaching

 

Rebecca Schneider, University of Toledo

  Joseph Krajcik & Phyllis Blumenfeld, University of Michigan
   
 

Outline of a Pattern-Oriented Research Strategy for Complex Learning Scenarios

  Christoph Richter & Heidrun Allert, University of Hanover
   
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PAPER 12 • Reading and Listening Comprehension

 

Chair: Carmen Martínez-Roldán, Arizona State University

   
 

Self-explaining Science Texts: Strategies, Knowledge and Reading Skill

 

Rachel Best, Yasuhiro Ozuru & Danielle S. McNamara, University of Memphis

   
 

World Knowledge Driving Young Readers’ Comprehension Difficulties

 

Danielle S. McNamara, Randy G. Floyd, Rachel Best & Max Louwerse, University of Memphis

   
 

Learning from Lectures for Comprehension

 

Naomi Miyake & Hajime Shirouzu, Chukyo University

   
 

Supporting Middle School Students Use Nonlinear Science Texts in an Inquiry Classroom

  Agnes Stylianou & Sadhana Puntambekar, University of Connecticut
   
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PAPER 13 • Teacher Communication Styles and Student Learning

  Chair: Susan Jurow, University of Colorado at Boulder
   
 

What Makes Teaching Special?

  Victor R. Lee & Bruce L. Sherin, Northwestern University
   
 

The Effects of Teacher Social Presence on Student Satisfaction, Engagement, and Learning

  Alyssa Wise, Juyu Chang, Thomas Duffy & Rodrigo del Valle, Indiana University
   
 

The Role of Gesture in Instructional Communication: Evidence from an Early Algebra Lesson

  Martha Wagner Alibali, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  Mitchell J. Nathan, University of Colorado
   
 

10:00 – 10:30

Foyer Coffee & Tea Break

 

   
 

10:30 – 12:00

Carousel CULTURE, LEARNING, AND IDENTITY
  Taking Culture Seriously in the Study of Learning and Development
  Na’ilah Nasir, Stanford University
 

 

 

12:00 – 13:30

  LUNCH BREAK
   
Marquee OPEN BUSINESS MEETING
  International Society of the Learning Sciences

Afternoon

 

13:30 – 15:00

   
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PAPER 14 • Representations and Learning

  Chair: Randi Engle, University of Pittsburgh
   
 

'Cultural Mathematics' in the Oksapmin Curriculum: Continuities and Discontinuities

  Indigo Esmonde & Geoffrey B. Saxe, University of California, Berkeley
   
 

Of Grids and Jars: A Comparative Analysis of Representational Infrastructure and Learning Opportunities in Middle School and Professional Science

 

Rogers Hall, Rich Lehrer, Deb Lucas & Leona Schauble, Vanderbilt Univerisity

   
 

Supporting Students’ Reasoning with Inscriptions

  Jose Luis Cortina, Qing Zhao, Paul Cobb & Kay McClain, Vanderbilt University
   
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PAPER 15 • Science and Technology in Urban Schools

  Chair: Ann Rivet, Columbia University
   
 

Standardized Test Outcomes of Urban Students Participating in Standards and Project Based Science Curricula

 

Robert Geier, Phyllis Blumenfeld, Ronald Marx, Joseph Krajcik, Barry Fishman & Elliot Soloway

  University of Michigan
   
 

Improving Urban Youth’s Interest and Engagement through Field-Based Scientific Investigations

 

Michael Barnett, Eric Strauss & Camelia Rosca, Boston College

  Heather Langford, Casey Trees Endowment Fund
  Dawn Chavez & Leah Deni, Boston College
  Charles Lord, Urban Ecology Institute
   
 

Using Educational Robotics to Engage Inner-City Students with Technology

  Rachel Goldman, Columbia University
  Amy Eguchi, University of Cambridge
  Elizabeth Sklar, Columbia University
   
 

RoBallet: Exploring Learning through Expression in the Arts through Constructing in a Technologically Immersive Environment

  David Cavallo, Arnan Sipitakiat, Anindita Basu, Shaundra Bryant, Larissa Welti-Santos, John
  Maloney, Siyu Chen, Erik Asmussen, Cynthia Solomon & Edith Ackermann, MIT Media Laboratory
   
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PAPER 16 • Understanding Students’ Scientific Reasoning

  Chair: Brian Foley, California State University Northridge
   
 

What Constitutes Evidence of Complex Reasoning in Science?

  Nancy B. Songer & Amelia W. Gotwals, University of Michigan
   
 

Student Generated Analogies in Science: Analogy as Categorization Phenomenon

  Leslie J. Atkins, University of Maryland
   
 

Investigating Students’ Collaborative Scientific Reasoning during a Natural Selection Investigation

  Eleni A. Kyza, Northwestern University
   
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SYMPOSIUM 6• Programming Revisited — The Educational Value of Computer Programming

  Chair: Mitchel Resnick, MIT Media Laboratory
   
 

Scratch: Creating a “Programming Culture” at Community Technology Centers

  Mitchel Resnick, John Maloney & Brian Silverman, MIT Media Laboratory
   
 

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  Andrea diSessa, University of California, Berkeley
   
 

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  Eric Klopfer, MIT Teacher Education Program
  Andrew Begel, University of California, Berkeley
   
 

Real-Time Models and their Educational Significance

  Chris Hancock, Tertl Studos
   
  15:00 – 15:30
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  15:30 – 17:00
   
Marquee PAPER 17 • Technology-Based Learning Environments
  Chair: Kate Muir, University of Wyoming
   
  Help-seeking in Interactive Learning Environments: Effectiveness of Help and Learner-related Factors in a Dyadic Setting
 

Tobias Bartholomé, Elmar Stahl & Rainer Bromme, University of Münster

   
  Fostering Reflection with Socratic Tutoring Software: Results of Using Inquiry Teaching Strategies with Web-Based HCI Techniques
 

Baba Kofi A. Weusijana, Christopher K. Riesbeck & Joseph T. Walsh, Jr., Northwestern University

   
 

A Microworld Learning for Psychology Experiments by Combining Real and Virtual Experiments

 

Kazuhisa Miwa, Norio Ishii, Hitomi Saito & Ryuichi Nakaike, Nagoya University

   
  Electromagnetism Supercharged! Learning Physics with Simulation Games
  Kurt Squire, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  Mike Barnett, Jamillah M. Grant & Thomas Higginbotham, Boston College
   
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  Learning Environments
   
  We built this city: Developing students' understanding of ecology through the professional practice of urban planning
  Kelly L. Beckett & David Williamson Shaffer, University of Wisconsin-Madison
   
  What is Your Science Classroom Environment Like?
  Yaron Doppelt & Christian Schunn, University of Pittsburgh
   
 

Developing Understanding of Basic Astronomical Concepts By Using a Virtual Solar System

  Elhanan Gazit, David Chen & Yoav Yair, Tel-Aviv University
   
  Who has Why-Pox: A case study of informal science education on the net
  Brian J. Foley, University of California, Irvine
  Deborah La Torre, University of California, Los Angeles
   
  Tools for Open Interpretation: using novel, non-desktop computing to support multiple perspectives in children's historical understanding
  Tony Hall, Liam Bannon, Luigina Ciolfi, Kieran Ferris & Paul Gallagher, University of Limerick
  Nora Hickey, The Hunt Museum
  Anders Hedman, Royal Institute of Technology
   
  Audience in Computer Learning: A Constructionist Interpretation
 

Gillian R. Hayes, Anne Marie Piper, Bob Amar, Korin J. Bevis,

  Wendy Newstetter & Amy S. Bruckman, Georgia Institute of Technology
   
  Students' Interest for and Work with Applet-Enhanced Word Problems
  K. Ann Renninger, Nathalie Sinclair, Victoria M. Hand, Hollylynne Stohl,
  Suzanne Alejandre & Jody S. Underwood, Swarthmore College
   
  Medium-Based Design: Supporting Bricoleur Designers
  Jochen Rick & K.K. Lamberty, Georgia Institute of Technology
   
  Automated Content Assessment Tools for e-Learning Environments
  Lynn A. Streeter & Noelle LaVoie, Knowledge Analysis Technologies
  Charles Krupnick, US Army War College
  Joseph Psotka, US Army Research Institute
   
  A Case Study of a Family’s Digital Technology Use
  Heather Toomey Zimmerman, University of Washington
   
 

Student Reasoning

   
 

Personally-Seeded Discussions to Scaffold Online Argumentation

  Douglas B. Clark, Arizona State University
   
  Who is to blame? The Impact of Views of Causal Agency on Reasoning and Decision Making
  Maria Carolina DaCosta & Clark A. Chinn, Rutgers University
   
  Numerically Driven Inferencing about Abortion: Estimation and Rate Feedback’s Diverse Effects on Personal Policies and Justifications
 

Jennifer Garcia de Osuna, Michael Ranney, Janek Nelson & Laura Germine,

  University of California, Berkeley
   
  Creativity Education Centered on Reflective Activities
  Norio Ishii & Kazuhisa Miwa, Nagoya University
   
  Scaffolding Causal Reasoning
  David Jonassen, Woei Hung, Johannes Strobel, Matthew Schmidt & Moon-Heum Cho,
  University of Missouri
   
  Historical Reasoning Reconceptualized: A Case Study
  Johannes Strobel, University of Missouri-Columbia
   
  Inquiry Practices as Subsystems: Characterizing Important Elements of Reasoning
  Carrie T. Tzou & Brian J. Reiser, Northwestern University
 

 

 

Student Understanding of Complex Systems

   
  Milo and J-Mole: Computers as Interpretive Agents to Improve Symbolic Understanding
  Kristen P. Blair & Daniel L. Schwartz, Stanford University
   
  The Impact of Spurious Correlations on Students’ Problem-Solving
 

Norma M. Chang, Kenneth R. Koedinger & Marsha C. Lovett, Carnegie Mellon University

   
  Understanding What's Hard in Learning about Complex Systems
  Elizabeth S. Charles, Georgia Institute of Technology
  Sylvia T. d'Apollonia, Dawson College
   
  Learning from Category-Avoiding Instructional Examples Reduces Cognitive Load and Fosters Cognitive Skill Acquisition
  Peter Gerjets, Knowledge Media Research Center
  Katharina Scheiter, University of Tübingen
  Richard Catrambone, Georgia Institute of Technology
   
  A Multi-Level/Multi-Type Model for Design-Based Alignment of Instruction, Assessment, and Testing
  Daniel T. Hickey & Steven J. Zuiker, University of Georgia
  Steven McGee, Wheeling Jesuit University
   
  A Breath of Fresh Air: Alternative Approaches to Learning About Complex Systems.
  Surabhi Marathe, Lei Liu & Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver, Rutgers University
   
  Coevolution of Symbolic and Concrete Dimensions of Understanding
  Taylor Martin, University of Texas
 

 

 

Teacher Development

   
  Supporting the Scaling of Innovations: Guiding Teacher Adaptation of Materials by Making Implicit Structures Explicit
  Hsien-Ta Lin & Barry J. Fishman, University of Michigan
   
  Understanding Teachers’ Conceptual and Pedagogical Knowledge of Probability
  Yan Liu, Vanderbilt University
   
  Preparing Elementary Education Teachers To Teach Science In Diverse Environments
  Gail R. Luera & Charlotte A. Otto, University of Michigan
   
  The Benefits and Challenges of Learning from Contrasting Video Cases
 

Anandi Nagarajan, Cindy Hmelo-Silver & Ellina Chernobilsky, Rutgers University

   
  Towards Systemic Professional Development: Teachers as e-Designers
 

Lachlan Forsyth, Gillian Mulholland & Lynette Schaverien, University of Technology, Sydney

   
  Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to Use Technology: Analysis of Pre-service Elementary and Middle School Teacher’s Interactions With Computer Modeling and Simulation Tools
 

Christina Schwarz, Jason Meyer & Ajay Sharma, Michigan State University

   
  Preservice Elementary Science Teachers' Identity Development: Identifying with Images of Inquiry
  Julie Smithey & Elizabeth A. Davis, University of Michigan
   
  Negotiating the Meaning of Representations in the Mathematics Classroom
  Jennifer A. Tackman & Shelley V. Goldman, Stanford University
   
  Insights Into the Complexity of Designing for Professional Development Networks in Educational Technologies: Tensions Between Structure and Agency
  Susan Yoon, Eric Klopfer, Ginger Richardson & James Taylor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 

 

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SATURDAY JUNE 26

Morning

  8:30 – 10:00
   
Carousel A PAPER 18 • Multi-User Online Environments
  Chair: Douglas Clark, Arizona State University
   
  Passive Forum Behaviors (Lurking): A Community Perspective
  Fei-ching Chen, National Central University
   
  Learning in Massively Multiplayer Online Games
  Constance A. Steinkuehler, University of Wisconsin-Madison
   
  Replaying History: Engaging Urban Underserved Students in Learning World History Through Computer Simulation Games
  Kurt Squire, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  Sasha Barab, Indiana University
   
  Design-based Research Strategies for Studying Situated Learning and Knowledge Transfer in a Multi-user Virtual Environment
 

Chris Dede, Brian Nelson, Diane Jass Ketelhut, Jody Clarke & Cassie Bowman, Harvard University

   
Carousel B PAPER 19 • Student Inquiry and Collaboration with Handheld Technology
  Chair: Noel Enyedy, UCLA
   
  Emerging Social Engineering in the Wireless Classroom
 

Shelley Goldman, Roy Pea & Heidy Maldonado, Stanford University

   
  Meeting Teachers in the Middle: Designing Handheld Software to Improve Student Questioning
 

William R. Penuel, Louise Yarnall, Melissa Koch & Jeremy Roschelle, SRI International

   
  Leveraging Handhelds to Increase Student Learning: Engaging Middle School Students with the Mathematics of Change
  Philip Vahey, SRI International
  Deborah Tatar, Virginia Tech
  Jeremy Roschelle, SRI International
   
Carousel C PAPER 20 • Teacher Education, Curriculum Development & Administration
  Chair: Iris Tabak, Ben-Gurion University
   
  Representing a Problem Space: Towards a Deeper Understanding of the Practice of Instructional Leadership
  Lawrence D. Brenninkmeyer, Bruce L. Sherin & James P. Spillane, Northwestern University
   
  The Best Made Plans of Mice and Curriculum Planners: Embracing Diversity in Teacher Needs and Planning For It
  Barbara Burks Fasse, Georgia Institute of Technology
   
  Professional Development and Teacher Change: A Longitudinal Investigation of Teacher Generative Growth
  Chrystalla Mouza, University of Delaware
   
  Learning behind the Scenes: Development of Mentors through their Participation in Design Research
  Jun Oshima, Shizuoka University
  Ritsuko Oshima, Chukyo University
  Taku Ishiyama, Shizuoka University
   
Marquee SYMPOSIUM 7 • Plumbing the Foundations of Knowledge Building
  Chair: Timothy Koschmann, Southern Illinois University
   
  Carl Bereiter, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
  Timothy Koschmann, Southern Illinois University
  Bertram Bruce, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  Eamonn Kelly, National Science Foundation
   
 

10:00 – 10:30

Foyer Coffee & Tea

 

   
 

10:30 – 12:00

Carousel Defining the Science in the Learning Sciences
  Chair: William Sandoval, UCLA
   
  Sasha Barab, Indiana University
  Paul Cobb, Vanderbilt University
  Marcia Linn, University of California, Berkeley
  Nora Sabelli, SRI International
  Michael Seltzer, University of California, Los Angeles
   

 

  12:00 – 12:30
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