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2025

• Murphy, D., Duncan, R. G., Chinn, C. A., Danish, J., Hmelo Silver, C. E., Zhou, J., & Ryan, Z. (2025). Elementary Students’ Metacognitive Knowledge of Epistemic Criteria. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, tea.22030. paper SEEDS project info SEEDS website
• Zhou, M., Anton, G., Mathayas, N., Ayalon, E., Jen, T., Lee, J., Lane, A., Enyedy, N., & Danish, J. (2025, April). Exploring the role of observers in shaping embodied modeling activities [Poster presentation]. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Denver, CO, United States. paper STEP project info STEP website

2024

• Barnes, T., Danish, J., Finkelstein, S., Molvig, O., Burriss, S., Humburg, M., Reichert, H., Limke, A. (2024). Toward Ethical and Just AI in Education Research. Community for Advancing Discovery Research in Education (CADRE). Education Development Center, Inc. paper
• Fonteles, J., Davalos, E., S, A. T., Zhang, Y., Zhou, M., Ayalon, E., Lane, A., Steinberg, S., Anton, G., Danish, J., Enyedy, N., & Biswas, G. (2024). A First Step in Using Machine Learning Methods to Enhance Interaction Analysis for Embodied Learning Environments. arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.06203. paper STEP project info STEP website
• Humburg M, Dragnić-Cindrić D, Hmelo-Silver CE, Glazewski K, Lester JC, Danish JA. Integrating Youth Perspectives into the Design of AI-Supported Collaborative Learning Environments. Education Sciences. 2024; 14(11):1197. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14111197 paper STEP project info STEP website
• Zhou, J., Hmelo-Silver, C. E., Ryan, Z., Stiso, C., Murphy, D., Danish, J., Chinn, C. A., & Duncan, R. G. (2024). Disagreeing softly: Supporting students in managing disagreement in peer critique. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning. paper SEEDS project info SEEDS website
• Zhou, M., Mathayas, N., Danish, J., Vickery, M., & Steinberg, S. (2024, April). Exploring students’ divergent interpretations while studying ecosystems in an embodied mixed-reality environment [Poster presentation, Runner-up for Best Student Paper Award, AERA SIG Learning Sciences and Advanced Technologies for Learning]. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Philadelphia, PA, United States. paper STEP project info STEP website
• Zhou, M., Steinberg, S., Stiso, C., Danish, J. A., & Craig, K. (2024). Using network visualizations to engage elementary students in locally relevant data literacy. Information and Learning Sciences, 125(3/4), 209-231. paper Net.Create and VFOI project info Net.Create and VFOI website

2023

• Anton, G., Ayalon E., Mathayas, N., Zhou, M., Danish, J. A. & Enyedy N. (2023). Computational Tinkering with Movement in Embodied Models. In Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2023. STEP project info STEP website
• Humburg, M., Bell, A., Keifert, D, T., Tu, X., Hmelo-Silver, C., Danish, A., Lee, S., Henrie, A., Park Rogers, M., Francis, D., & Enyedy, N. (2023) Learning to be a science teacher: The worries, joys, and vulnerabilities of exploring new pedagogies. International Conference of the Learning Sciences 2023. (Naomi Miyake Outstanding Student Paper Award) RepTal project info RepTal website
• Humburg, M., Bell, A., Tu, X., Danish, J., Keifert, D., Hmelo-Silver, C., Henrie, A., Park Rogers, M., Enyedy. (2023) “Sounds Very Joyful to Me”: Emotional Engagement and Social Support in Teacher Professional Development. Paper accepted at the Annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL. RepTal project info RepTal website
• Park Rogers, M., Hmelo-Silver, C., Nicholas, C., Cross Francis, D., & Danish, J. (2023). Learning to Teach with Science Representations. Science and Children, 60(3), 60–67. paper RepTal project info RepTal website
• Ryan, Z., Danish, J., Zhou, J., Stiso, C., Murphy, D., Duncan, R., Chinn, C., & Hmelo-Silver, C. E. (2023). Investigating students’ development of mechanistic reasoning in modeling complex aquatic ecosystems. Frontiers in Education, 8. paper SEEDS project info SEEDS website
• Steinberg, S. & Danish, J. (2023, April). The role of feedback in shaping student agency in technology-supported embodied science activities. In Whose agency? What learning? Whence power? AERA Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. paper STEP project info STEP website
• Steinberg, S., Hmelo-Silver, C., Zou, X., Danish, J., & Lester, J. (2023). Seeing student engagement in classroom video: Affordances of cognitive and sociocultural frameworks. In Proceedings of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) 2023. paper STEP project info STEP website
• Steinberg, S., Zhou, M., Vickery, M., Mathayas, N., & Danish, J. A. (2023). Making Sense of Modes in Collective Embodied Science Activities. In Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2023. paper STEP project info STEP website
• Stiso, C., Zhou, M., Steinberg, S., Danish, J. A. & Craig, K. (2023). Visualizing Funds of Identity: Using Network Software to Model Collective Identity in a Classroom. In Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2023. poster Net.Create and VFOI project info Net.Create and VFOI website
• Tu, X., & Danish, J. (2023). From play to science modeling: Young Children Learning Pollination in an MR Environment. Annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL. STEP project info STEP website
• Tu, X., Danish, J., Humburg, M., Hmelo-Silver, C., Park Rogers, M., Bell, A., & Lee, S. (2023). Understanding Teachers Perceptions of RePresentation in Elementary Science Classrooms, The Biennial Conference of European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), Thessaloniki, Greece. RepTal project info RepTal website
• Tu, X., Danish, J., Humburg, M., Hmelo-Silver, C., Park Rogers, M., Bell, A., & Lee, S. (2023). Understanding teachers’ perceptions of rePresentation in elementary science education. Annual conference of the American, Chicago, IL. RepTal project info RepTal website
• Tu, X., Danish, J., Humburg, M., Zhou, M., Mathayas, N., Enyedy, N., & Jen, T. (2023). Understanding young children’s science learning through embodied communication within an MR environment. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-023-09395-z paper STEP project info STEP website
• Tu, Xintian, and Joshua Danish. “Designing a Technology-Enhanced Play Environment for Young Children’s Science Modeling Practice.” In Proceedings of the 2023 Symposium on Learning, Design and Technology, 60–69. LDT ’23. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1145/3594781.3594798. paper STEP project info STEP website
• Zhong, Q., Park Rogers, M., Nicholas, C., Danish, J. A., & Hmelo-Silver, C. E. (2023). An Elementary Teacher’s Development of Using Representations: Comparing 2 Years’ Teaching in Earth Science Unit. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 0(0), 1–22. paper RepTal project info RepTal website
• Zhou, M., Steinberg, S., Stiso, C., Danish, J. A. & Craig, K. (2023). Exploring Network Visualization of Data in Elementary Classroom. In Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2023. paper Net.Create and VFOI project info Net.Create and VFOI website

2022

• Danish, J. A., & Ma, J. Y. (2023). Sociocultural and cognitive perspectives on learning: What is learning, for whom, and to what end? In R. J. Tierney, F. Rizvi, & K. Erkican (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Education(Fourth Edition) (Fourth Edition) (pp. 1–11). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818630-5.14001-1 chapter
• Danish, J., Anton, G., Mathayas, N., Jen, T., Vickery, M., Lee, S., Tu, X., Cosic, L., Zhou, M., Ayalon, E., Steinberg, S., Enyedy, N., & Ryan, Z. (2022). Designing for Shifting Learning Activities. The Journal of Applied Instructional Design, 11(4). https://dx.doi.org/10.51869/114/jdabc paper STEP project info STEP website
• Gerber, A., Park Rogers, M. Cross Francis, D., Danish, J., & Akerson, V. (2022, January). Exploring how a Professional Development Program Adapts to Support Elementary teachers Learning to Teach Science with RePresentation. Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE), Greenville, SC. paper abstract RepTal project info RepTal website
• Lee, S., Tu, X., Adebola, S., Danish, J., & Enyedy, N. (2022). “We Made Liquid!”: How Children Blend Feedback in a Mixed-Reality Environment for Collective Embodied Learning [paper]. International Conference of the Learning Sciences 2022. Volume CSCL Proceedings, 219-215, Hiroshima, Japan (Online): International Society of the Learning Sciences. paper STEP project info STEP website
• Mathayas, N., Tu, X., Danish, J., Vogelstein, L., & Cosic, L. (2022). Building meaningful participation using embodied Mixed Reality technologies. International Conference of the Learning Sciences 2022. Volume ICLS Proceedings, 1225-1228, Hiroshima, Japan (Online): International Society of the Learning Sciences. paper STEP project info STEP website
• Mathayas, N., Vogelstein, L., Danish, J., Lindberg, L., Marin, A., Kern, A., Orellana, M., Meixi, Dorr, S., Keefe, D., Diaz, V., Zohar, R., Tu, X., Cosic, L., Vickery, M., & Kelton, M. (2022). Moving toward dignity affirming invitations to embodied participation in the design of learning environments. Proceedings of the 17th Annual Meeting of the International Society of the Learning Sciences. Annual Meeting of the International Society of the Learning Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan. STEP project info STEP website
• McClain, J., Nicholas, C., Zimmermann, K., Pierce, E., Danish, J., & Zhong, Q. (2022). Observing the Unobservable. Science and Children, 60(2). paper RepTal project info RepTal website
• Ryan, Z., Danish, J. A., Tu, X., Davis, B., Zhou, M., & Vickery, M. (2022). Designing for Broadening Participation in an Embodied Learning Environment. In the session “Designing for Dignity Affirming Experiences: Leveraging Embodied Learning Towards Equity in Interaction. Annual Conference of American Educational Research Association (AERA) STEP project info STEP website
• Steinberg, S., & Danish, J. (2022). Balancing Agency and Accountability to Support Learning in Playful, Embodied Science Activities. In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference of the Learning Sciences-ICLS 2022, pp. 1149-1152. International Society of the Learning Sciences. paper STEP project info STEP website
• Tu, X., Danish, J. A., Enyedy, N. D., Jen, T. T., Vickery, M., & Zhou, M. (2022). Breaking the 4th Dimension of Science Assessment: Role of Embodied Experience. Paper presented in the symposium: Technologies for Situated, Grounded, Embodied Learning: The Unique Role of Extended Reality Experiences at the Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). STEP project info STEP website
• Tu, X., Humburg, M., Mathayas, N., Zhou, M., & Danish, J. (2022). How embodiment helps students explain their ideas within an MR environment and content interviews [paper]. International Conference of the Learning Sciences 2022. Volume ICLS Proceedings, 1225-1228, Hiroshima, Japan (Online): International Society of the Learning Sciences. paper STEP project info STEP website
• Vickery, M., Zhou, M., & Danish, J. A. (2022). Mediated goal navigation in a mixed-reality embodied learning environment. In Tissenbaum, M., Lindgren, R., & Danish, D. (session organizer), “The Role of the Physical Space in Distributed Intelligence,”Symposium presented at the 16th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2022. Published in Weinberger, A. Chen, W., Hernández-Leo, D., & Chen, B. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning - CSCL 2022). International Society of the Learning Sciences. paper STEP project info STEP website
• Zhou, J., Hmelo-Silver, C.E., Danish, J., Ryan, Z., Stiso, C., Duncan, R. G., Chinn, C. A. & Murphy, D. (April 2022). Mediating scientific argumentation when students engage in modeling in small groups. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA. SEEDS project info SEEDS website
• Zhou, M., Vickery, M., & Danish, J. A. (2022). Mediating elementary students’ mechanistic reasoning in collective embodied modeling activities. In Chinn, C., Tan, E., Chan, C., & Kali, Y. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 16th International Conference of the Learning Sciences - ICLS 2022 (pp. 488-495). International Society of the Learning Sciences. paper STEP project info STEP website
• Zhou, M., Vickery, M., Danish, J. A., Tu, X., & Ryan, Z. (2022). The Role of Body in Goal Negotiation and Adoption During a Collective Modeling Activity. A Roundtable Presentation at the Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) was held virtually (due to COVID-19). STEP project info STEP website

2021

• Craig, K., Danish, J., Humburg, M., Hmelo-Silver, C., Szostalo, M., & McCranie, A. (2021). Net.Create: Network Visualization to Support Collaborative Historical Knowledge Building. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning. paper Net.Create and VFOI project info Net.Create and VFOI website
• Dahn, M., Lee, C., Enyedy, N., & Danish, J. (2021). Instructional improv to analyze inquiry-based science teaching: Zed’s dead and the missing flower. Smart Learning Environments, 8(1). paper STEP project info STEP website
• Danish, J., Duncan, R., Hmelo-Silver, C., Chinn, C., Vickery, M., Ryan, Z., Stiso, C., Murphy, D., Zhou, J. (2021). Interactive Demo of the Modeling and Evidence Mapping Environment (MEME) for Supporting both Elementary and Graduate Students. Paper presented at the 2021 Annual Meeting of the International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS). SEEDS project info SEEDS website
• Danish, J., Johnson, H.J., Nicholas, C., Francis, D. C., Hmelo-Silver, C., Rogers, M. P., Askew, R., Gerber, A., & Enyedy, N. (2021). Situating video as context for teacher learning. Learning, Culture, and Social Interaction, 30, 100542. paper RepTal project info RepTal website
• Danish, J., Vickery, M., Duncan, R., Ryan, Z., Stiso, C., Zhou, J. Moreland, M., Stiso, C., Hmelo-Silver, C., Chinn, C. (2021). Scientific Model Evaluation During a Gallery Walk. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Online. SEEDS project info SEEDS website
• Danish, J., Vickery, M., Duncan, R., Ryan, Z., Stiso, C., Zhou, J., Murphy, D., Hmelo-Silver, C., Chinn, C. (2021). Scientific Model Evaluation During a Gallery Walk. Paper presented at the 2021 Annual Meeting of the International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS). poster abstract slides SEEDS project info SEEDS website
• DeLiema, D., Enyedy, N., Steen, F., & Danish, J. A. (2021). Integrating Viewpoint and Space: How Lamination across Gesture, Body Movement, Language, and Material Resources Shapes Learning. Cognition and Instruction, 1-38. paper STEP project info STEP website
• Gerber, A., Park Rogers, M., Danish, J., Cross Francis, D. (2021). Exploring an adaptive professional development program and its contribution to teacher growth. Paper to be presented at Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE) International Conference. paper abstract RepTal project info RepTal website
• Humburg, M. A., Craig, K., Danish, J., & Szostalo, M. (2021). Fostering Historical Empathy Through Network Analysis: Personal Experiences as a Lens for Understanding the Past. Paper presented at the 2021 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), held virtually (due to COVID-19). Net.Create and VFOI project info Net.Create and VFOI website
• Humburg, M., Craig, K., Szostalo, M., Danish, J., Hmelo-Silver, C., & McCranie, A. (2021). Noticing, Understanding, and Encouraging Positive Engagement with Collaborative History Learning. Paper presented at the 2021 Annual Meeting of the International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS), Bochum, Germany (held virtually due to COVID-19). paper Net.Create and VFOI project info Net.Create and VFOI website
• Humburg, M., Tan, V., Maltese, A. V., Simpson, A., & Danish, J. A. (2021). Making for learning: how graduate students discuss and design for maker-focused pedagogy. Information and Learning Sciences, 12(3/4), 147-170. doi:10.1108/ils-08-2020-0191 paper
• Keifert, D., Xiao, C., Enyedy, N., & Danish, J. (2021). Learners as phenomena: Expansive inquiry as students embody water particles. Learning, Culture and Social Interaction, 31, 100572. STEP project info STEP website
• Lee, C., Humburg, M., Georgen, C., Enyedy, N., & Danish, J. (2021). Playful Discourse Practices in Guided Play Learning Environments. In Proceedings of the 15th International Conference of the Learning Sciences-ICLS 2021.. International Society of the Learning Sciences. paper STEP project info STEP website
• Murphy, D., Duncan, R., Chinn, C., Danish, J., Hmelo-Silver, C., Ryan, Z., Morgan, V., Stiso, C. (2021). Students’ Justifications for Epistemic Criteria for Good Scientific Models. Paper presented at the 2021 Annual Meeting of the International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS). paper SEEDS project info SEEDS website
• Parr, E. D., Machaka, N., Dyer, E. B., Krist, C., Langer-Osuna, J., Chavez, R., Malamut, J., Kwon, F., Lange, K., Ramirez, J., Gargroetzi, E., Walkoe, J., Walton, M., Mathayas, N., Danish, J., Tu, X., Zhou, M., Vickery, M., Kelly, S., … Shim, S.-Y. (2021). Movement, Authority, and Knowledge: Examining the Relationships in Embodied and Social Positioning for STEM Learning. Proceedings of the 15th International Conference of the Learning Sciences - ICLS 2021, 8. STEP project info STEP website
• Ryan, Z., Danish, J., & Hmelo-Silver, C. (2021). Understanding Students’ RePresentation of Mechanism through Modeling Complex Aquatic Ecosystems. Paper presented at the 2021 Annual Meeting of the International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS). paper SEEDS project info SEEDS website
• Ryan, Z., Stiso, C., Danish, J., & Robinson, E. (2021). Designing sustained game-based learning environments to engage undergraduate students in history. ISLS Community Report retrieved from https://repository.isls.org//handle/1/6855 paper Cities on the Edge project info
• Tu, X., Georgen, C., Danish, J. A., & Enyedy, N. (2021). Elementary students learning science in an MR environment by constructing liminal blends through action on props. Information and Learning Sciences, ahead-of-print. paper STEP project info STEP website
• Vickery, M., Danish, J., Tu, X., & Zhou, M. B. G. (2021). Scientific Modeling Practices Through Perspective Taking in a Mixed Reality Embodied Learning Environment. Paper presented at the 2021 Annual Meeting of the International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS). STEP project info STEP website
• Zhong, Q., Nicholas, C., Hmelo-Silver, C., Danish, A. (2021). Exploring an elementary teacher’s knowledge and practices with science rePresentation over two years of professional development. Paper presented at Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE) International Conference. paper abstract RepTal project info RepTal website

2020

• Craig, K., Danish, J., Bae, H., Szostalo, M., Humburg, M. A., Hmelo-Silver, C. E., & McCranie, A. (2020). Net.Create: Network Analysis in Collaborative Co-Construction of Historical Context in a Large Undergraduate Classroom. Paper presented at the 2020 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco, CA (Conference cancelled due to COVID-19). Net.Create and VFOI project info Net.Create and VFOI website
• Craig, K., Danish, J., Humburg, M., Szostalo, M., McCranie, A., & Hmelo-Silver, C. E. (2020). Net. Create: network analysis in collaborative co-construction of historical context in a large undergraduate classroom. Paper presented at the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS), Nashville, TN. paper Net.Create and VFOI project info Net.Create and VFOI website
• Craig, Kalani, Humburg, Megan, Danish, Joshua, Szostalo, Maksymilian, Hmelo-Silver, Cindy E. , McCranie, Ann (2020) Increasing students’ social engagement during COVID-19 with Net.Create: collaborative social network analysis to map historical pandemics during a pandemic, Information and Learning Sciences, Vol. 121 No. 7/8 (July 2020), pp. 533-547. paper Net.Create and VFOI project info Net.Create and VFOI website
• Danish, J. A., & Hmelo-Silver, C. E. (2020). On Activities and Affordances for Mobile Learning. Journal of Contemporary Educational Psychology. paper
• Danish, J. A., Enyedy, N., Saleh, A., & Humburg, M. (2020). Learning in embodied activity framework: a sociocultural framework for embodied cognition. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 15(1), 49-87. doi:10.1007/s11412-020-09317-3 paper STEP project info STEP website
• Danish, J., Moreland, M., Ryan, Z. D., Hmelo-Silver, C. E., Chinn, C. A., Duncan, R. G., & Av-Shalom, N. a. Y. (2020). Designing to Support Iterative Model Revision From Simulation and Research Evidence. Paper presented at the 2020 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco, CA (Conference cancelled due to COVID-19). SEEDS project info SEEDS website
• Danish, J., Nicholas, C., Hmelo-Silver, C., Park Rogers, M., Cross Francis, D., Enyedy, N., Keifert, D., and Stiso, C. (2020). What, how, and why do elementary teachers think about using rePresentation in their science teaching? Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. RepTal project info RepTal website
• Danish, J., Stiso, C., Nicholas, C., Hmelo-Silver, C. E., Rogers, M. P., & Cross Francis, D. (2020). What, how, and why do elementary teachers think about using rePresentation in their science teaching? In Gresalfi, M. and Horn, I. S. (Eds.), The Interdisciplinarity of the Learning Sciences, 14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2020, 4 (1934-1941). Nashville, Tennessee: International Society of the Learning Sciences. paper RepTal project info RepTal website
• Davis, B. N., Tu, X., Humburg, M. A., Georgen, C., Danish, J., & Enyedy, N. D. (2020). An Analysis of Supplementary Guided Play Activities to Enhance Embodied Science Learning Within Classroom Contexts. Paper presented at the 2020 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco, CA (Conference cancelled due to COVID-19). STEP project info STEP website
• Keifert, D., Lee, C., Enyedy, N., Dahn, M., Lindberg, L., & Danish, J. (2020). Tracing bodies through liminal blends in a mixed reality learning environment. International Journal of Science Education, 1-23. doi:10.1080/09500693.2020.1851423 STEP project info STEP website
• Moreland, M., Vickery, M., Ryan, Z., Murphy, D., Av-Shalom, N., Hmelo-Silver, C. E., Danish, J., Duncan, R., & Chinn, C. (2020). Representing Modeling Relationships in Systems: Student Use of Arrows. In Gresalfi, M. and Horn, I. S. (Eds.), The Interdisciplinarity of the Learning Sciences, 14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2020, Volume 3 (pp. 1773-1774). Nashville, Tennessee: International Society of the Learning Sciences. poster summary SEEDS project info SEEDS website
• Nicholas, C., McClain, J., Park Rogers, M., & Danish, J.A. (2020). Elementary teachers’ elicitation of students’ funds of knowledge to support science learning with rePresentation. In Gresalfi, M. and Horn, I. S. (Eds.), The Interdisciplinarity of the Learning Sciences, 14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2020, 4 (2151-2158). Nashville, Tennessee: International Society of the Learning Sciences. poster abstract RepTal project info RepTal website
• Nicholas, C., Park Rogers, M., Danish, J., Hmelo-Silver, C., Zhong, Q., Stiso, C., Phillips, A., McClain, J., Gerber, A., (2020). Rural elementary teachers’ perceptions about incorporating rePresentation into their science teaching. Paper presented at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) International Conference. Portland, OR. paper abstract RepTal project info RepTal website
• Park Rogers, M., Nicholas., C, Danish, J., Gerber, A., McClain, J., Phillips, A., Stiso, C., and Zhong, Q. (2020). Elementary teachers’ developing perceptions of the role of rePresentation in teaching science. Paper presented at the Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE) International Conference. San Antonio, TX. paper abstract RepTal project info RepTal website
• Peppler, K., Thompson, N., Danish, J., Moczek, A., & Corrigan, S. (2020). Comparing first- and third-person perspectives in early elementary learning of honeybee systems. Instructional Science. doi: 10.1007/s11251-020-09511-8 paper BioSim project info
• Stiso, C., Ryan, Z., Danish, J., & Robinson, E. (2020). Fostering Perspective-taking in History Students Through Board Games. Paper presented at the The Interdisciplinarity of the Learning Sciences, 14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS), Nashville, Tennessee. paper Cities on the Edge project info
• Tu, X., Danish, J. A., Humburg, M., Enyedy, N., & Keifert, D. (2020). Play and Embodiment: Designing for early elementary students’ strengths. In D. Keifert (Chair), Broadening Learning Sciences Theoretical lenses to understand young children’s sensemaking [Symposium]. In Gresalfi, M. and Horn, I. S. (Eds.). (2020). The Interdisciplinarity of the Learning Sciences, 14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2020, Volume 1, 390-397. Nashville, Tennessee: International Society of the Learning Sciences. abstract STEP project info STEP website
• Tu, X., Danish, J., Georgen, C., Humburg, M. A., Davis, B. N., & Enyedy, N. D. (2020). Using Props to Support Embodied Learning of Science Concepts in a Mixed-Reality Environment. Paper presented at the 2020 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco, CA (Conference cancelled due to COVID-19). STEP project info STEP website
• Tu, X., Georgen, C., Danish, J., & Enyedy, N. (2020). Extended Embodiment: Physical and Conceptual Tools in a Mixed-Reality Learning Environment as Supports for Young Learners’ Exploration of Science Concepts. Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences STEP project info STEP website

2019

• Bae, H., Craig, K., Danish, J., Hmelo-Silver, C. E., Uttamchandani, S., Szostalo, M., & McCranie, A. (2019). The Power of Network Analysis Tool for Collaborative Learning. In Lund, K., Niccolai, G. P., Lavoué, E., Hmelo-Silver, C., Gweon, G., & Baker, M. (Eds.), A Wide Lens: Combining Embodied, Enactive, Extended, and Embedded Learning in Collaborative Settings, 13th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) 2019, Volume 2 (pp. 1025-1028). Lyon, France: International Society of the Learning Sciences. paper Net.Create and VFOI project info Net.Create and VFOI website
• Bae, H., Craig, K., Danish, J., Hmelo-Silver, C., Uttamchandani, S., & Szostalo, M. (2019). Mediating Collaboration in History with Network Analysis. In Lund, K., Niccolai, G. P., Lavoué, E., Hmelo-Silver, C., Gweon, G., & Baker, M. (Eds.), A Wide Lens: Combining Embodied, Enactive, Extended, and Embedded Learning in Collaborative Settings, 13th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) 2019, Volume 2 (pp. 949-950). Lyon, France: International Society of the Learning Sciences. poster abstract Net.Create and VFOI project info Net.Create and VFOI website
• Danish, J., Enyedy, N., Humburg, M., Davis, B., & Tu, X. (2019). Collective embodied activity and how different concepts map to social exploration. Paper presented at the International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning, Lyon France. abstract STEP project info STEP website
• Davis, B., Tu, X., Georgen, C., Danish, J. A., & Enyedy, N. (2019). The impact of different play activity designs on students’ embodied learning. Information and Learning Sciences. STEP project info STEP website
• DeLiema, D., Enyedy, N., & Danish, J. A. (2019). Roles, Rules, and Keys: How Different Play Configurations Shape Collaborative Science Inquiry. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 28(4-5), 513-555. STEP project info STEP website
• Mccranie, A., Bae, H., Craig, K., Danish, J., Uttamchandani, S., Szostalo, M., & Hmelo-Silver, C. E. (2019). How to Support Network Capta and Collaborative Data Entry through Net.Create, Open Source Software. Paper presented at the NetSci, Burlington, VT. Net.Create and VFOI project info Net.Create and VFOI website
• Park Rogers, M., Danish, J., Nicholas, C., Cross Francis, D. Hmelo-Silver, C. (2019). Supporting teacher cognition and instruction of science rePresentation in elementary classrooms: A peek into the first year of a multi-year program. Poster presented at the Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE) International Conference. Savannah, GA. poster abstract RepTal project info RepTal website
• Tu, X., Danish, J., Georgen, C., Humburg, M., Davis, B., & Enyedy, N. (2019). Examining How Scientific Modeling Emerges Through Collective Embodied Play. Paper presented at the International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning, Lyon France. paper STEP project info STEP website

2018

• Dahn, M., Enyedy, N., & Danish, J. (2018). How Teachers Use Instructional Improvisation to Organize Science Discourse and Learning in a Mixed Reality Environment. In J. Kay & R. Luckin (Eds.), International Conference of the Learning Sciences. paper STEP project info STEP website
• Danish, J. A., Humburg, M., Tu, X., Davis, B., & Georgen, C. (2018). Modeling bees by acting as bees in a mixed reality simulation. In J. Kay & R. Luckin (Eds.), International Conference of the Learning Sciences. paper STEP project info STEP website
• Danish, J., Enyedy, N., Humburg, M., Saleh, A., Dahn, M., Lee, C., … Georgen, C. (2018). STEP-Bees and the Role of Collective Embodiment in Supporting Learning Within a System. In J. Kay & R. Luckin (Eds.), International Conference of the Learning Sciences. paper STEP project info STEP website
• Danish, J., Keifert, D., Enyedy, N., Humburg, M., Tu, X., Davis, B., & Lee, C. (2018). Embodiment Within Computational Models: Explorations of Agency and Normativity. Annual conference of the American Educational Research Association. STEP project info STEP website
• Davis, B., Tu, X., Danish, J., & Enyedy, N. (2018). The Structures of Embodied Play Activities and Their Impact on Students’ Exploration of the Particulate Nature of Matter. In J. Kay & R. Luckin (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences paper STEP project info STEP website
• Humburg, M., & Danish, J. (2018). Investigating Multiple Dimensions of Student Engagement with Embodied Science Learning. In J. Kay & R. Luckin (Eds.), International Conference of the Learning Sciences paper STEP project info STEP website
• Humburg, M., Keifert, D., Georgen, C., Lee, C., Tu, X., Danish, J., & Enyedy, N. (2018). The Challenge of Consistency in Sensemaking Resources Across Play and Assessment for Young Science Learners. Annual conference of the American Educational Research Association. STEP project info STEP website
• Keifert, D., Enyedy, N., Danish, J., Lee, C., Dahn, M., & Lindberg, L. (2018). Tracing Bodies Through Liminal Blends during Play-based Inquiry in a Mixed Reality Environment. In J. Kay & R. Luckin (Eds.), International Conference of the Learning Sciences. paper STEP project info STEP website
• Peppler, K., Thompson, N., Danish, J., Moczek, A., & Corrigan, S. (2018). Comparing First- and Third-Person Perspectives in Early Elementary Learning of Honeybee Systems. In J. Kay & R. Luckin (Eds.), International Conference of the Learning Sciences. paper BioSim project info
• Peppler, K., Thompson, N., Danish, J., Moczek, A., & Corrigan, S. (2018). In the Hive: Designing for Emergence When Teaching Complex Systems In Early Childhood. In J. Kay & R. Luckin (Eds.), International Conference of the Learning Sciences paper BioSim project info
• Peppler, K., Thompson, N., Danish, J., Moczek, A., & Han, S. (2018). Indoor Positioning Technology & Enhanced Engagement in Early Elementary Systems Thinking and Science Learning. In J. Kay & R. Luckin (Eds.), International Conference of the Learning Sciences. paper BioSim project info

2017

• Craig, K., Mahoney, C., & Danish, J. A. (2017). Correcting for Presentism in Student Reading of Historical Accounts Through Digital-History Methodologies. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association paper
• Craig, K., Mahoney, C., & Danish, J. A. (2017). Correcting for Presentism in Student Reading of Historical Accounts Through Digital-History Methodologies. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX. paper
• Danish, J. A., Enyedy, N., Saleh, A., Humburg, M., DeLiema, D., Dahn, M., & Lee, C. (2017). STEP-Bees: Coordinating embodied interaction with peers, teachers, and computer simulation to support learning. Annual conference of the American Educational Research Association. STEP project info STEP website
• Danish, J. A., Peppler, K., & Thompson, N. (2017). BeeSim: Remediating Students’ Engagement With Honeybees Collecting Nectar From a First- and Third-Person Perspective. Annual conference of the American Educational Research Association. BioSim project info
• Danish, J. A., Saleh, A., Andrade, A., & Bryan, B. (2017). Observing complex systems thinking in the zone of proximal development. Instructional Science, 1–20. paper BeeSign project info
• Saleh, A., Danish, J., Humburg, M., & Enyedy, N. (2017). How body-based actions support elementary students’ science explanations about the particulate nature of matter. Annual conference of the American Educational Research Association. STEP project info STEP website

2016

• Danish, J. A., Enyedy, N., Saleh, A., & Lee, C. (2016). Designing for Activity. In V. Svihla & R. Reeve (Eds.), Design as Scholarship: Case Studies from the Learning Sciences (p. 26). Routledge. BeeSign project info LPP project info
• DeLiema, D., Enyedy, N., Danish, J., Lee, C., Illum, R., Dahn, M., … Mahoney, C. (2016). Blending Play and Inquiry in Augmented Reality: A Comparison of Playing a Video Game to Playing Within a Participatory Model. In International Conference of the Learning Sciences (pp. 450-457). paper STEP project info STEP website
• Thompson, N., Peppler, K., & Danish, J. A. (2016). Designing BioSim: Playfully Encouraging Systems. In R. Zheng & M. K. Gardner (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Serious Games for Educational Applications (p. 149). IGI Global. BioSim project info

2015

• Danish, J. A. (2015). Collective and Participatory Embodiment: Science through Technology Enhanced Play (STEP) and BioSim. Association of Science-Technology Centers Annual Conference. STEP project info STEP website
• Danish, J. A., & Saleh, A. (2015). The impact of classroom context upon 1st and 2nd grade students’ critical criteria for science rePresentation. Instructional Science. paper
• Danish, J. A., Enyedy, N., Saleh, A., Lee, C., & Andrade, A. (2015). Science Through Technology Enhanced Play: Designing to Support Reflection Through Play and Embodiment. In Exploring the Material Conditions of Learning: The Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) Conference (Vol. 1). The International Society of the Learning Sciences. paper STEP project info STEP website
• Enyedy, N., & Danish, J. A. (2015). Learning Physics through Play and Embodied Reflection in an mixed-reality learning environment. In V. Lee (Ed.), Learning Technologies and the Body: Integration and Implementation in Formal and Informal Learning Environments. New York, NY.: Routledge. LPP project info
• Enyedy, N., Danish, J. A., & DeLiema, D. (2015). Liminal Blends: How students blend symbols, experiences, and their own bodies together in order to co-construct meaning in a collaborative augmented-reality learning environment. International Journal of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning paper LPP project info

2014

• Danish, J. A. (2014). Applying an Activity Theory Lens to Designing Instruction for Learning About the Structure, Behavior, and Function of a Honeybee System. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 23(2), 1–49. paper BeeSign project info
• Danish, J. A., & Saleh, A. (2014). Examining How Activity Shapes Students’ Interactions While Creating RePresentation in Early Elementary Science. International Journal of Science Education, 1–21 paper

2013

• Danish, J. A. (2013). Designing for Technology Enhanced Activity to Support Learning. The Journal of Emerging Learning Design, (1). paper BeeSign project info
• Danish, J. A., Saleh, A., & Andrade, L. A. (2013). Designing Interactive Scaffolds to Support Teacher-Led Inquiry of Complex Systems Concepts (poster). In S. Puntambekar, N. Rummel, M. Kapur, & M. Nathan (Eds.), Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning. Madison, WI. BeeSign project info
• Peppler, K., & Danish, J. A. (2013). E-textiles for Educators: Participatory Simulations with e-Puppetry . In L. Buechley, K. Peppler, M. Eisenberg, & Y. Kafai (Eds.), Textile Messages: Dispatches from the World of E-textiles and Education. BioSim project info
• Peppler, K., & Danish, J. A. (2013). E-textiles for Educators: Participatory Simulations with e-Puppetry . In L. Buechley, K. Peppler, M. Eisenberg, & Y. Kafai (Eds.), Textile Messages: Dispatches from the World of E-textiles and Education. BioSim project info
• Peppler, K., Danish, J. A., & Phelps, D. (2013). Collaborative Gaming: Teaching Children About Complex Systems and Collective Behavior. Simulation & Gaming. paper BeeSign project info

2012

• Enyedy, N., Danish, J. A., Delacruz, G., & Kumar, M. (2012). Learning physics through play in an augmented reality environment. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 1-32. paper LPP project info

2011

• Danish, J. A., Peppler, K., Phelps, D., & Washington, D. A. (2011). Life in the Hive: Supporting Inquiry into Complexity Within the Zone of Proximal Development. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 20(5), 454–467. paper BeeSign project info

2010

• Danish, J. A., & Phelps, D. (2010). Representational Practices by The Numbers: How Kindergarten and First-Grade Students Create, Evaluate, and Modify Their Science RePresentation. International Journal of Science Education, 33(15), 2069–2094 paper BeeSign project info
• Danish, J. A., Peppler, K., & Phelps, D. (2010). BeeSign: Designing to Support Mediated Group Inquiry of Complex Science by Early Elementary Students. In 9th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children (pp. 182–185). ACM. BeeSign project info
• Peppler, K., Danish, J. A., Zaitlen, B., Glosson, D., Jacobs, A., & Phelps, D. (2010). BeeSim: leveraging wearable computers in participatory simulations with young children. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, 246–249 BioSim project info

2009

• Danish, J. A. (2009). BeeSign: a Design Experiment to Teach Kindergarten and First Grade Students About Honeybees From a Complex Systems Perspective. annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. BeeSign project info

2007

• Danish, J. A., & Enyedy, N. (2007). Negotiated Representational Mediators: How Young Children Decide What to Include in Their Science RePresentation. Science Education, 91(1), 1–35. paper

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