Recent Works
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2025 article
Applying Large Language Models to Enhance Dialogue and Communication Analysis for Adaptive Team Training
Spain, R., Min, W., Kumaran, V., Pande, J., Saville, J., & Lester, J. (2025, May 14). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN EDUCATION, Vol. 5.
2025 article
Measuring upper-elementary students' understanding of AI concepts - a Rasch model analysis
Chakraburty, S., Glazewski, K. D., Hmelo-Silver, C. E., Svetina Valdivia, D., Ottenbreit-Leftwich, A., Mott, B., & Lester, J. (2025, April 30). INFORMATION AND LEARNING SCIENCES.
2025 article
Collaborative Game-based Learning Analytics: Predicting Learning Outcomes from Game-based Collaborative Problem Solving Behaviors
FIFTEENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LEARNING ANALYTICS & KNOWLEDGE, LAK 2025, pp. 429–438.
2025 article
Platform-based Adaptive Experimental Research in Education Lessons Learned from The Digital Learning Challenge
FIFTEENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LEARNING ANALYTICS & KNOWLEDGE, LAK 2025, pp. 13–23.
2025 article
A scaffolding model for designing and implementing work-integrated learning experiences based on the analysis of the university and company's arrangements
Diaz, B., Delgado, C., Han, K., & Lynch, C. (2025, April 2). HIGHER EDUCATION, Vol. 4.

2025 article
Unlocking Gameplay Insights with Epistemic (Ordered) Network Analysis: Understanding the Potential of Video Games to Foster Authentic Scientific Practices in STEM Education
Zambrano, A. F., Barany, A., Ocumpaugh, J., Nasiar, N., Vandenberg, J., Goslen, A., … Hutt, S. (2025, March 26). JOURNAL OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY.

2025 journal article
Analysis of two pedagogical approaches to foster discipline integrations in an educational data mining class using communities of practice
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STEM EDUCATION, 12(1).

2025 conference paper
"Like a GPS": Analyzing Middle School Student Responses to an Interactive Pathfinding Activity
Aguiar, C., Carpenter, D., Vandenberg, J., Goslen, A., Min, W., Cateté, V., & Mott, B. (2025, February 18).

2025 article
An Automated Approach to Recommending Relevant Worked Examples for Programming Problems
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 56TH ACM TECHNICAL SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION, SIGCSE TS 2025, VOL 1, pp. 527–533.
2025 conference paper
Introducing Reinforcement Learning Concepts to Middle School Students with Game-Based Learning
Presson, M., Gupta, A., Vandenberg, J., Goslen, A., Min, W., Cateté, V., & Mott, B. (2025, February 18).
2024 article
Jigsaw: A Tool for Decomposing and Planning Programming Problems
2024 IEEE SYMPOSIUM ON VISUAL LANGUAGES AND HUMAN-CENTRIC COMPUTING, VL/HCC 2024, pp. 236–247.

2024 journal article
From product to process data: Game mechanics for science learning
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SERIOUS GAMES, 11(4), 127–153.

2024 journal article
Integrating Youth Perspectives into the Design of AI-Supported Collaborative Learning Environments
EDUCATION SCIENCES, 14(11).

2024 conference paper
Are Engineering Students Motivated by Interacting With Simulations They Program? A Controlled Study
Bacher, J., Price, T., Skripchuk, J., Wang, W., Shi, Y., & Tran, K. (2024, December 5).
2024 conference paper
Cybersecurity Pedagogy: Exploration Of Effective Teaching Methods For Engaging Middle School Learners
Chavez, B., Thomas, M., Elmore, E., & Cateté, V. (2024, December 5).
2024 conference paper
Investigating the Needs of Middle School Educators in Teaching Artificial Intelligence
Boulden, D., Vandenberg, J., Goslen, A., Cateté, V., Min, W., & Mott, B. (2024, December 5).

2024 article
Recognizing Multi-Party Epistemic Dialogue Acts During Collaborative Game-Based Learning Using Large Language Models
Acosta, H., Lee, S., Bae, H., Feng, C., Rowe, J., Glazewski, K., … Lester, J. C. (2024, November 14). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN EDUCATION.

2024 article
Exploring Novices' Problem-Solving Strategies in Computing and Math Domains
PROCEEDINGS OF 24TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTING EDUCATION RESEARCH, KOLI CALLING 2024.

2024 article
"I Am Confused! How to Differentiate Between.?" Adaptive Follow-Up Questions Facilitate Tutor Learning with Effective Time-On-Task
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN EDUCATION, PT II, AIED 2024, Vol. 14830, pp. 17–30.

2024 article
The Learning Observer: A Prototype System for the Integration of Learning Data
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN EDUCATION: POSTERS AND LATE BREAKING RESULTS, WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS, INDUSTRY AND INNOVATION TRACKS, PRACTITIONERS, DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM AND BLUE SKY, AIED 2024, Vol. 2151, pp. 432–438.
2024 article
Leveraging Student Planning in Game-Based Learning Environments for Self-Regulated Learning Analytics
Goslen, A., Taub, M., Carpenter, D., Azevedo, R., Rowe, J., & Lester, J. (2024, September 5). JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY, Vol. 9.

2024 article
AI Planning is Elementary: Introducing Young Learners to Automated Problem Solving
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2024 CONFERENCE INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY IN COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION, VOL 2, ITICSE 2024, pp. 811–811.

2024 article
An Investigation of the Drivers of Novice Programmers' Intentions to Use Web Search and GenAI
20TH ANNUAL ACM CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL COMPUTING EDUCATION RESEARCH, ICER 2024, VOL 1, pp. 487–501.

2024 article
Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Testing Checklist Intervention in CS2: An Quasi-experimental Replication Study
20TH ANNUAL ACM CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL COMPUTING EDUCATION RESEARCH, ICER 2024, VOL 1, pp. 55–64.
2024 article
Overcoming Barriers in Scaling Computing Education Research Programming Tools: A Developer's Perspective
20TH ANNUAL ACM CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL COMPUTING EDUCATION RESEARCH, ICER 2024, VOL 1, pp. 312–325.
