The Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modeling

the Center for Connected Learning (CCL)
and Computer-Based Modeling

affiliated with the departments of Learning Sciences and Computer Science
and the Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems at Northwestern University

About CCL

Papers

CCL Papers

2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 and earlier

2009

Abrahamson, D. (under review). Grounding Grounding - Generative Abduction Triggers Synthesis of Embodied Sense and Formal Procedures: The Case of Intensive Quantities. Paper submitted to the Journal of the Learning Sciences.

An, G. & Wilensky, U. (in press). From artificial life to in silico medicine: NetLogo as a means of translational knowledge representation in biomedical research. In A. Adamatzky & M. Komosinski (Eds.), Artificial Life Models in Software (2nd Edition). Berlin: Springer-Verlag.

Blikstein, P., & Wilensky, U. (in press). An atom is known by the company it keeps: A constructionist learning environment for Materials Science using multi-agent simulation. Paper submitted to the International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning.

Crain, M. & Wilensky, U. (book in preparation). Learning Through Computer-Based Modeling: A Guide for Teachers and Parents.

D.Agata, E., Baker, R., Webb, G., Horn, M., Kumar, V., Wilensky, U., & Kornhauser, D. (in progress). An Agent-Based Model (ABM) Describing The Transmission Dynamics Of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE).

Gobert, J., Buckley, B., Dwyer, L., Horwitz, P., Levy, S.T. & Wilensky, U. (in press). Examining the relationship between students' epistemologies of models and conceptual learning in three science domains: Biology, Physics, & Chemistry. International Journal of Science Education.

Kornhauser, D., Rand, W. & Wilensky, U. (in press). Agent-based model visualization. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation (JASSS).

Levy, S.T., & Wilensky, U. (2009). Crossing Levels and Representations: The Connected Chemistry (CC1) Curriculum. Journal of Science Education and Technology.

Levy, S.T., & Wilensky, U. (2009). Students' Learning with the Connected Chemistry (CC1) Curriculum: Navigating the Complexities of the Particulate World. Journal of Science Education and Technology.

Maroulis, S. & Wilensky U. (submitted). The conspiracy of organizational inertia: a complex systems perspective on school reform.

Novak, M., Levy, S.T., & Wilensky, U. (in press) Playing in a particle sandbox and gaining a glass box perspective: The connected chemistry curriculum. The Science Teacher.

Sengupta, P. & Wilensky, U. (in press). Learning electricity with NIELS: Thinking with electrons and thinking in levels. International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning.

Stonedahl, F., Wilkerson-Jerde, M. & Wilensky, U. (in preparation). Re-conceiving introductory computer science curricula through agent-based modeling.

Wilensky, U., & Novak, M. (under review). Understanding evolution as an emergent process: learning with agent-based models of evolutionary dynamics. In R.S. Taylor & M. Ferrari (Eds.), Epistemology and Science Education: Understanding the Evolution vs. Intelligent Design Controversy. New York: Routledge.

Wilensky, U., & Rand, W. (textbook in press). An introduction to agent-based modeling: Modeling natural, social and engineered complex systems with NetLogo. Cambridge, Ma., MIT Press.

Wilkerson-Jerde, M. (in press). Agents with Attitude: Exploring Coombs Unfolding Technique with Agent-Based Models. International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning.

Wilkerson-Jerde, M. & Wilensky. U. (2009). Complementarity in Agent-Based and Equation-Based Models. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 2009.

Wilkerson-Jerde, M. & Wilensky, U. (in press). Understanding proof: Tracking experts' developing understanding of an unfamiliar proof. Accepted for presentation at International Commission on Mathematical Instruction, ICMI Study 19, Proof and proving in mathematics education.

2008

Blikstein, P., & Wilensky, U. (2008). Implementing Multi-Agent Modeling in the Classroom: Lessons from Empirical Studies in Undergraduate Engineering Education. In Jacobson, M. (Organizer), "Complex Systems and Learning: Empirical Research, Issues, and 'Seeing' Scientific Knowledge with New Eyes". Symposium in G. Kanselaar, J. van Merriënboer, P. Kirschner, & T. de Jong (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS2008), vol. 3, pp. 266-273. Utrecht, The Netherlands: ISLS.

Blikstein, P., Abrahamson, D., & Wilensky, U. (2008). Groupwork as a complex adaptive system: A methodology to model, understand, and design classroom strategies for collaborative learning. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Education Research Association, New York, March 24-28.

Blikstein, P., Abrahamson, D., & Wilensky, U. (2008). The classroom as a complex adaptive system: An agent-based framework to investigate students' emergent collective behaviors. In G. Kanselaar, J. van Merriënboer, P. Kirschner, & T. de Jong (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS2008), vol. 3, pp. 312-313. Utrecht, The Netherlands: ISLS.

Goldstone, R., & Wilensky, U. (2008). Promoting transfer through complex systems principles. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 17(4),465-516.

Levy, S.T. & Wilensky, U. (2008). Inventing a "mid-level" to make ends meet: Reasoning through the levels of complexity. Cognition & Instruction, 26(1), 1-47.

Maroulis, S., & Gomez, L. (2008). Does 'connectedness' matter? Evidence from a social network analysis of a small school reform. Teachers College Record, 110(9), 1901-1929.

Rand, W., Blikstein, P., & Wilensky, U. (2008). GoGoBot: Group Collaboration, Multi-Agent Modeling and Robots. In L. Padgham, D. Parkes, J. Muller & S. Parsons (Eds.), Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS) (vol. 3, pp. 1717-1722): International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (IFAAMAS).

Sengupta, P., & Wilensky, U. (2008). Designing Across Ages: On The Low-Threshold-High-Ceiling Nature of NetLogo Based Learning Environments . Paper presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, March 24-28.

Sengupta, P., & Wilensky, U. (2008). Learning Activities As Tools For Formative Assessment - Case Study Of A Computational Multi-Agent Based Electricity Curriculum (NIELS: NetLogo Investigations In Electromagnetism). In B. Zhang (Chair) and J. Gobert (Discussant), "Designing and Assessing Modeling and Visualization Technologies (MVT) Enhanced Learning". Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference for the Learning Sciences (ICLS 2008), vol. 3, pp 383-391. The Netherlands: ISLS.

Sengupta, P., & Wilensky, U. (2008). On Learning Electricity with Multi-Agent Based Computational Models (NIELS). Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference for the Learning Sciences (ICLS 2008), vol. 3, pp 123-125. The Netherlands: ISLS.

Sengupta, P., & Wilensky, U. (2008). On The Learnability of Electricity As A Complex System. In M. Jacobson (Chair) and R. Noss (Discussant), "Complex Systems & Learning: Empirical Research, Issues & 'Seeing' Scientific Knowledge With New Eyes." Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference for the Learning Sciences (ICLS 2008), vol. 3, pp 258-264. The Netherlands: ISLS.

Sengupta, P., & Wilensky, U. (2008). On the representational and epistemological affordances of NetLogo-based science curricula. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, March 2008.

Stonedahl, F., Kornhauser, D., Russell, E., Brozefsky, C., Verreau, E., Tisue, S. & Wilensky, U. (2008). Tinkering with Turtles: An Overview of NetLogo's Extensions API. Paper presented at Swarmfest 2008 Conference, Chicago, IL.

Stonedahl, F., Rand, W. & Wilensky, U. (2008). Multi-Agent Learning with a Distributed Genetic Algorithm: Exploring Innovation Diffusion on Networks. Paper presented at the ALAMAS&ALAG workshop at AAMAS 2008, Estoril, Portugal.

Stonedahl, F., Rand, W., & Wilensky, U. (2008). CrossNet: A Framework for Crossover with Network-based Chromosomal Representations. Paper presented at the 2008 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO), Atlanta, Georgia.

Wang, J., Dam, G., Yildrim, S., Rand, W., Wilensky, U., & Houk, J. C. (2008). Reciprocity Between the Cerebellum and the Cerebral Cortex: Nonlinear Dynamics in Microscopic Modules. Complexity, 14(2), 29-45.

Wilkerson, M. & Wilensky, U. (2008). Embedding Environments as a Mechanism for Mathematical Reasoning: An Expert Study. Presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, March 24-28.

Wilkerson, M. & Wilensky, U. (2008). How do mathematicians learn mathematics? In O. Figueras, J. L. Cortina, S. Alatorre, T. Rojano, & A. Sepulveda, Proceedings of the 2008 Joint Meeting of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME-32 and PME-NA XXX), vol. 4, pp. 409-416. Morelia, Mexico: PME.

Wilkerson, M., Sengupta, S., & Wilensky, U. (2008). Perceptual Supports for Sensemaking: A Case Study Using Multi Agent Based Computational Learning Environments. In G. Kanselaar, J. van Merriënboer, P. Kirschner, & T. de Jong (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS2008), vol. 3, pp. 151-152. Utrecht, The Netherlands: ISLS.

2007

Abrahamson, D. & Wilensky, U. (2007). Learning Axes and Bridging Tools in a Technology-Based Design for Statistics. International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning. 12(1), 23-55.

Abrahamson, D., Blikstein, P., & Wilensky, U. (2007). Classroom Model, Model Classroom: Computer-Supported Methodology for Investigating Collaborative-Learning Pedagogy. Proceedings of the Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning conference, New Brunswick, NJ.

Abrahamson, D., Wilensky, U., & Levin, J. (2007).Agent-Based Modeling as a Bridge Between Cognitive and Social Perspectives on Learning . In D. Abrahamson (Org.), Learning Complexity: Agent-Based Modeling Supporting Education Research on Student Cognition in Social Contexts. Paper presented at the 2007 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL, April 9-13.

Bakshy, E., & Wilensky, U. (2007). Turtle Histories and Alternate Universes; Exploratory Modeling with NetLogo and Mathematica. In M. J. North, C. M. Macal & D. L. Sallach (Eds.), Proceedings of the Agent 2007 Conference on Complex Interaction and Social Emergence (pp. 147-158). IL: Argonne National Laboratory and Northwestern University.

Blikstein, P., & Wilensky, U. (2007). Bifocal modeling: a framework for combining computer modeling, robotics and real-world sensing. Paper presented at the 2007 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL, April 9-13.

Blikstein, P., & Wilensky, U. 2007). Modeling manifold epistemological stances with agent-based computer simulation. Paper presented at the 2007 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL, April 9-13.

Blikstein, P., Abrahamson, D., & Wilensky, U. (2007). Multi-agent simulation as a tool for investigating cognitive-developmental theory. Paper presented at the 2007 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL, April 9-13.

Blikstein, P., Rand, W., & Wilensky, U. (2007). Just a Cog in the Machine: Participatory Robotics as a Powerful Tool for Understanding Collaborative Learning. Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL), Rutgers University, Rutgers, NJ, USA.

Blikstein, P., Rand, W., & Wilensky, U. (2007). Examining group behavior and collaboration using ABM and robots. In M. J. North, C. M. Macal & D. L. Sallach (Eds.), Proceedings of the Agent 2007 Conference on Complex Interaction and Social Emergence (pp. 159-172). IL: Argonne National Laboratory and Northwestern University.

Gobert, J., Buckley, B., Levy, S., & Wilensky, U. (2007). Teasing apart domain-specific and domain-general inquiry skills: Co-evolution, bootstrapping, or separate paths? Paper presented at the 2007 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL, April 9-13.

Kornhauser, D., Rand, W., & Wilensky, U. (2007). Visualization Tools for Agent-Based Modeling in NetLogo. Paper presented at Agent2007, Chicago, November 15-17.

Levy, S., & Wilensky, U. (2007). How do I get there...straight, oscillate or inch? High-school students' exploration patterns of Connected Chemistry. Paper presented at the 2007 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL, April 9-13.

Levy, S.T., & Wilensky, U. (2007). Action across levels (AAL): A multiple levels perspective on what it means to make sense of complex systems. Paper presented at the EARLI 2007 conference, Budapest, Hungary, September 2007.

Ottino-Loffler, J., Rand, W., & Wilensky, U. (2007). Coevolution of Predators and Prey in a Spatial Model. Paper presented at the GECCO 2007 Conference. London, England. July 7-11.

Rand, W., & Sondahl, F. (2007) The El Farol Bar Poblem and Computational Effort: Why People Fail to Use Bars Efficiently. In M. J. North, C. M. Macal & D. L. Sallach (Eds.), Proceedings of the Agent 2007 Conference on Complex Interaction and Social Emergence (pp. 71-86). IL: Argonne National Laboratory and Northwestern University.

Rand, W., & Wilensky, U. (2007). Full-Spectrum Modeling: From Simplicity to Elaboration and Realism in Urban Pattern Formation. Paper presented at the North American Association Computational Social and Organization Sciences conference (NAACSOS), Atlanta, GA.

Sengupta, P., Wilkerson, M. & Wilensky, U. (2007). On The Relationship Between Spatial Knowledge And Learning Electricity: Comparative Case Studies of Students Using 2D And 3D Emergent, Computational Learning Environments. Paper presented at the 2007 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL, April 9-13.

Sondahl, F., & Rand, W., "Multi-agent Communication Disorders: Dynamic Breeding Networks in Genetic Algorithms". Presentation at Swarmfest 2007 Conference, DePaul University, Chicago, IL. July 2007.

Sondahl, F., & Rand, W (2007). "Evolution of Non-Uniform Cellular Automata using a Genetic Algorithm: Diversity and Computation". Presented at the GECCO 2007 Conference, London, UK.

Wilensky, U., & Rand, W. (2007). Making models match: Replicating agent-based models. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation (JASSS), 10(4).

2006

Abrahamson, D., Berland, M.W., Shapiro, R. B., Unterman, J. W., & Wilensky, U. (2006). Leveraging epistemological diversity through computer-based argumentation in the domain of probability. For the Learning of Mathematics, 26(3), 39-55.

Abrahamson, D., Janusz, R. M. & Wilensky, U. (2006). There once was a 9-Block... -- A middle-school design for probability and statistics. Journal of Statistics Education, 14(1).

Berland, M. & Wilensky, U. (2006). Constructionist collaborative engineering: Results from an Implementation of PVBOT. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Blikstein, P. & Wilensky, U. (2006). An atom is known by the company it keeps: A constructionist learning environment for Materials Science using multi-agent simulation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA, April 7-11.

Blikstein, P. & Wilensky, U. (2006). From inert to generative modeling: Case studies of multi-agent-based simulation in undergraduate engineering education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Blikstein, P. & Wilensky, U. (2006). 'Hybrid modeling': Advanced scientific investigation linking computer models and real-world sensing. Paper presented at the Seventh International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Bloomington, IL, June 27-July 1.

Blikstein, P. & Wilensky, U. (2006). A case study of multi-agent-based simulation in undergraduate materials science education. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education, Chicago, IL, June 18-21.

Blikstein, P., & Wilensky, U. (2006). The Missing Link: A Case Study of Sensing-and-Modeling Toolkits for Constructionist Scientific Investigation. Proceedings of the International Conference for Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT 2006) (pp. 980-982). Kerkrade, The Netherlands.

Blikstein, P., Rand, W. & Wilensky, U. (2006). Participatory, embodied, multi-agent simulation. Paper presented at AAMAS 2006.

Felsen, M., Watson,B. & Wilensky, U. (2006). Urban Complexity + Emergence: Procedural Modeling of City Activity and Form. In Surfacing Urbanisms: Recent Approaches to Metropolitan Design (pp. 261-265). Pasadena, CA: Woodbury University.

Jacobson, M. & Wilensky, U. (2006). Complex systems in education: Scientific and educational importance and implications for the learning sciences. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 15(1), pp. 11-34.

Lechner, T., Watson, B., Ren, P., Wilensky, U., Tisue, S. & Felsen, M. (2006). Procedural modeling of urban land use. ACM SIGGRAPH 2006 conference.

Levy, S.T, Novak, M. & Wilensky, U. (2006). Students' foraging through the complexities of the particulate world: Scaffolding for independent inquiry in the connected chemistry (MAC) curriculum. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Levy, S.T. & Wilensky, U. (2006). Gas laws and beyond: Strategies in exploring models of the dynamics of change in the gaseous state. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, San Francisco, CA.

Levy, S.T. & Wilensky, U. (2006). Emerging knowledge through an emergent perspective: High-school students' inquiry, exploration and learning in the Connected Chemistry curriculum. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Maroulis, S., & Wilensky, U. (2006). Using agent-based modeling to understand the social dynamics of schools. Paper presented at the Teacher Networks conference, Northwestern University, Evanston,IL, November 8.

Rand, W. (2006). Machine Learning Meets Agent-Based Modeling: When Not to Go to a Bar. Paper presented at Agent 2006, Chicago, IL.

Rand, W. & Wilensky, U. (2006). Verification and Validation through Replication: A Case Study Using Axelrod and Hammond's Ethnocetnrism Model. Paper presented at NAACSOS 2006, South Bend, IN, June 2006.

Rand, W. & Wilensky, U. (2006). NetLogo 3.1: Low Threshold, No CeilingPaper presented at NAACSOS 2006, South Bend, IN, June 2006.

Rand, W., Blikstein, P. & Wilensky, U. (2006). Widgets, Planets, and Demons: the Case for the Integration of Human, Embedded, and Virtual Agents via Mediation. Paper presented at Swarmfest 2006, South Bend, IN, June 2006.

Sengupta, P. & Wilensky, U. (2006) NIELS: An agent-based modeling environment for learning electromagnetism. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Sondahl, F., Tisue, S. & Wilensky, U. (2006). Breeding faster turtles: Progress towards a NetLogo compiler. Paper presented at Agent 2006, Chicago, IL.

Unterman, J. & Wilensky, U. (2006). PANDA BEAR: Perimeter and area by embodied agent reasoning. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Wilensky, U. (2006). Complex systems and restructuration of scientific disciplines: Implications for learning, analysis of social systems, and educational policy. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA, April 7-11.

Wilensky, U. (2006). Promoting ABM literacy: implications for design, scientific content and education. Paper presented at Agent 2006, Chicago, IL.

Wilensky, U. & Abrahamson, D. (2006). Is a disease like a lottery?: Classroom networked technology that enables student reasoning about complexity. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Wilensky, U. & Reisman, K. (2006). Thinking Like a Wolf, a Sheep or a Firefly: Learning Biology through Constructing and Testing Computational Theories -- an Embodied Modeling Approach (PDF). Cognition & Instruction, 24(2), pp. 171-209.

Wilensky, U., & Papert, S. (2006). Restructurations: Reformulations of knowledge disciplines through new representational forms. Working Paper. Evanston, IL. Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modeling. Northwestern University.

2005

Rand, W., Brown, D., Riolo, R. & Robinson, D. (2005). Toward a graphical ABM toolkit with GIS integration. Paper presented at the Agent2005 Conference, Chicago, IL, October 13-14.

Abrahamson, D. & Wilensky, U. (2005). Understanding chance: From student voice to learning supports in a design experiment in the domain of probability. In G.M. Lloyd, M. Wilson, J. L. M. Wilkins & S.L. Behm (Eds.), Proceedings of the Twenty Seventh Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education.Roanoke, VA.

Abrahamson, D. & Wilensky, U. (2005). ProbLab goes to school: Design, teaching, and learning of probability with multi-agent interactive computer models. Paper presented at the Fourth Conference of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education, San Feliu de Guixols, Spain.

Blikstein, P. & Wilensky, U. (2005). Less is more: Agent-based simulation as a powerful learning tool in materials science. Paper presented at the 4th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2005), Utrecht, Netherlands.

Sengupta, P. & Wilensky, U. (2005). N.I.E.L.S: An emergent multi-agent based modeling environment for learning physics. Paper presented at the 4th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2005), Utrecht, Netherlands.

Abrahamson, D. & Wilensky, U. (2005). Piaget? Vygotsky? I'm game: Agent-based modeling for psychology research. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Jean Piaget Society. Vancouver, Canada, June 1-3.

Abrahamson, D., Blikstein, P., Lamberty, K. K. & Wilensky, U. (2005). Mixed- media learning environments. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Interaction Design and Children 2005, Boulder, Colorado.

Blikstein, P., Abrahamson, D. & Wilensky, U. (2005). NetLogo: Where we are, where we're going. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Interaction Design and Children. Boulder, Colorado.

Maroulis, S., & Wilensky, U. (2005). Modeling school districts as complex adaptive systems: A simulation of market-based reform. Paper presented at the 3rd Lake Arrowhead Conference on Human Complex Systems. Lake Arrowhead, CA, May 18-22.

Abrahamson, D., & Wilensky, U. (2005). Collaboration and equity in classroom activities using Statistics As Multi-Participant Learning-Environment Resource (S.A.M.P.L.E.R.). In W. Stroup and U. Wilensky (Chairs), & C. D. Lee (Discussant), "Patterns in group learning with next-generation network technology". Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada, April 11 - 15.

Abrahamson, D., & Wilensky, U. (2005). The stratified learning zone: Examining collaborative-learning design in demographically-diverse mathematics classrooms. In D. Y. White (Chair) & E. H. Gutstein (Discussant), "Equity and diversity studies in mathematics learning and instruction." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada, April 11 - 15.

Berland, M., & Wilensky, U. (2005). Complex play systems -- Results from a classroom implementation of VBOT. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada, April 11 - 15.

Levy, S.T., & Wilensky, U. (2005). Students' patterns in exploring NetLogo models, embedded in the Connected Chemistry curriculum. In J. Gobert (Chair) and J. Pellegrino (Discussant), "Logging students' learning in complex domains: Empirical considerations and technological solutions." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada, April 11 - 15.

Maroulis, S., & Wilensky, U. (2005). Leave no turtle behind: An agent-based simulation of school choice dynamics. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada, April 11 - 15.

Gobert, J., Buckley, B., Dede, C., Levy, S., Slotta, J., & Wilensky, U. (2005). Technology features that support research through logging of student interactions with models. Paper presented at the Winter Text Conference, Jackson Hole, WY, January 20-23.

2004

Tisue, S., & Wilensky, U. (2004). NetLogo: Design and Implementation of a Multi-Agent Modeling Environment. Paper presented at the Agent2004 Conference, Chicago, IL. (This is a combined, revised, and updated version of our ICCS and SwarmFest papers from earlier this year.)

Blikstein, P., & Wilensky, U. (2004) MaterialSim: an agent-based simulation toolkit for Materials Science learning. Paper presented at the International Conference on Engineering Education, Gainesville, Florida.

Abrahamson, D. (2004). Embodied spatial articulation: A gesture perspective on student negotiation between kinesthetic schemas and epistemic forms in learning mathematics. In D. E. McDougall and J. A. Ross (Eds.), Proceedings of the Twenty Sixth Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education Vol. 2 (pp. 791 - 797). Windsor, Ontario: Preney.

Abrahamson, D., & Wilensky (2004). ProbLab: A computer-supported unit in probability and statistics. In M.J. Hoines & A.B. Fuglestad (Eds.), Proceedings of the 28th Annual Meeting of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education Vol. 1 (p. 369). Bergen: Bergen University College.

Abrahamson, D., & Wilensky, U. (2004). SAMPLER: Collaborative interactive computer-based statistics learning environment. Paper presented at the 10th International Congress on Mathematical Education, Copenhagen, July 4 - 11, 2004.

Abrahamson, D., Berland, M.W., Shapiro, R.B., Unterman, J.W., & Wilensky, U. (2004). Leveraging epistemological diversity through computer-based argumentation in the domain of probability. In Y. B. Kafai, W. A. Sandoval, N. Enyedy, A. S. Nixon, & F. Herrera (Eds.), Proceedings of The Sixth International Conference of the Learning Sciences (pp. 28 - 35). Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Tisue, S., & Wilensky, U. (2004). NetLogo: Design and implementation of a multi-agent modeling environment. Paper presented at SwarmFest, Ann Arbor, MI, May 9 - 11.

Tisue, S., & Wilensky, U. (2004). NetLogo: A simple environment for modeling complexity. Paper presented at the International Conference on Complex Systems, Boston, May 16 - 21.

Abrahamson, D., & Wilensky, U. (2004). S.A.M.P.L.E.R.: Statistics As Multi-Participant Learning-Environment Resource. In U. Wilensky (Chair) and S. Papert (Discussant), "Networking and complexifying the science classroom: Students simulating and making sense of complex systems using the HubNet networked architecture." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA, April 12 - 16.

Berland, M., & Wilensky, U. (2004). Virtual robotics in a collaborative constructionist learning environment. In U. Wilensky (Chair) and S. Papert (Discussant), "Networking and complexifying the science classroom: Students simulating and making sense of complex systems using the HubNet networked architecture." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA, April 12 - 16.

Levy, S.T., Kim, H., & Wilensky, U. (2004). Connected Chemistry - A study of secondary students using agent-based models to learn chemistry. In J. Gobert (Chair) and N. H. Sabelli (Discussant), "Modeling Across the Curriculum (MAC): Technology, Pedagogy, Assessment, & Research." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA, April 12 - 16.

Levy, S.T., & Wilensky, U. (2004). Making sense of complexity: Patterns in forming causal connections between individual agent behaviors and aggregate group behaviors. In U. Wilensky (Chair) and S. Papert (Discussant), "Networking and complexifying the science classroom: Students simulating and making sense of complex systems using the HubNet networked architecture." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA, April 12 - 16.

Lechner, T., Watson, B., Wilensky, U., & Felsen, M. (2004). Procedural modeling of land use in cities. Technical report NWU-CS-04-38. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University, Computer Science department.

Buckley, B.C., Gobert, J.D., Kindfield, A., Horwitz, P., Tinker, R., Gerlits, B., Wilensky, U., Dede, C., & Willett, J. (2004). Model-based Teaching and Learning with BioLogica™: What do they learn? How do they learn? How do we know? Journal of Science Education and Technology, 13(1), 23-41.

2003

Wilensky, U., & Stroup, W. (2003). Participatory Simulations guide for Computer-HubNet. Evanston, IL, Center for Connected Learning and Computer Based Modeling, Northwestern University. (Updated 2004, 2005)

Horwitz, P., Gobert, J., Wilensky, U., & Dede, C. (2003). MAC: A longitudinal study of modeling technology in science classrooms. Paper presented at the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC), Seattle, WA.

Gobert, J., Horwitz, P., Tinker, R., Buckley, B., Wilensky, U., Levy, S. T. & Dede, C. (2003). Modeling across the curriculum: Scaling up modeling using technology. Paper presented at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, Boston, MA, July 31 - August 2.

Wilensky, U., & Stroup, W. (2003). Embedded complementarity of object-based and aggregate reasoning in students developing understanding of dynamic systems. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL, April 1-5.

Wilensky, U. (2003). Statistical mechanics for secondary school: The GasLab modeling toolkit. International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning, 8(1), 1-41 (special issue on agent-based modeling).

Stieff, M., & Wilensky, U. (2003). Connected Chemistry - incorporating interactive simulations into the chemistry classroom. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 12(3), 285-302.

Abrahamson, D., & Wilensky, U. (2003). The quest of the bell curve: A constructionist approach to learning statistics through designing computer-based probability experiments. Paper presented at the Third Conference of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education, Bellaria, Italy, Feb. 28 - March 3.

2002

Wilensky, U., & Stroup, W. (2002). Participatory Simulations guide for Calculator-HubNet. Evanston, IL, Center for Connected Learning and Computer Based Modeling, Northwestern University. (Updated 2003, 2004, 2005)

Abrahamson, D., & Wilensky, U. (2002). Statistics as situated probability: The design and implementation of S.A.M.P.L.E.R. Unpublished manuscript.

Abrahamson, D., Berland, M., Shapiro, R.B., Unterman, J., & Wilensky, U. (2002). Collaborative interpretive argumentation as a phenomenological-mathematical negotiation: A case of statistical analysis of a computer simulation of complex probability. Unpublished manuscript.

Ratto, M., Shapiro, R.B., Truong, T., & Griswold, W. (2002). The ActiveClass Project: Experiments in encouraging classroom participation. Unpublished manuscript.

Stieff, M., & Wilensky, U. (2002). ChemLogo: An emergent modeling environment for teaching and learning chemistry. Paper presented at the Fifth Biannual International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Seattle, WA, October.

Stroup, W., Kaput, J., Ares, N., & Wilensky, U. (2002). The nature and future of classroom connectivity: The dialectics of mathematics in the social space. Paper presented at the Psychology of Mathematics Education conference, Atlanta, GA, October.

MSCP Project Summary (HTML)

Wilensky, U., & Stroup, W. (2002). Participatory Simulations: Envisioning the networked classroom as a way to support systems learning for all. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Research Education Association, New Orleans, LA, April 13.

2001

Wilensky, U. (2001) Modeling nature's emergent patterns with multi-agent languages. Paper presented at EuroLogo 2001. Linz, Austria.

Wilensky, U. (2001). Embodied Learning: Students Enacting Complex Dynamic Phenomena with the HubNet Architecture. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Seattle, WA.

Wilensky, U. (2001). Emergent Entities and Emergent Processes: Constructing Emergence through Multi-agent programming. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Seattle, WA.

2000

Wilensky, U., Hazzard, E., & Longenecker, S. (2000). A Bale of Turtles: A Case Study of a middle school science class studying complexity using StarLogoT. Paper presented at the meeting of the Spencer Foundation, New York, New York, October 11-13, 2000.

Two versions of the original "Survival of the Groupiest" paper:

Wilensky, U., & Centola, D. (2007). Simulated Evolution: Facilitating Students' Understanding of the Multiple Levels of Fitness through Multi-Agent Modeling. Paper presented at the Evolution Challenges conference, Phoenix, AZ, November 1-4.

Centola D., McKenzie E., & Wilensky U. (2000). Survival of the groupiest: Facilitating students' understanding of multi-level evolution through multi-agent modeling - The EACH Project. In Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Complex Systems. Nashua, NH: New England Complex Systems Institute, and InterJournal Complex Systems, 377
Centola D., Wilensky U., & McKenzie E. (2000). A hands-on modeling approach to evolution: Learning about the evolution of cooperation and altruism through multi-agent modeling - The EACH Project. Proceedings of the Fourth Annual International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Ann Arbor, MI, June 14-17.

Wilensky, U., Stroup, W. (2000) Networked gridlock: Students enacting complex dynamic phenomena with the HubNet architecture. Proceedings of the Fourth Annual International Conference of the LearningSciences, Ann Arbor, MI, June 14 - 17.

Wilensky, U. (2000) Modeling Emergent Phenomena with StarLogoT. @CONCORD.org, Winter 2000.

1999

Wilensky, U., & Stroup, W. (1999). Participatory Simulations: Networked-based Design for Systems Learning in Classrooms. Presented at the PI meeting of the National Science Foundation, EHR division, June 3 - 4.

Wilensky, U., & Stroup, W. (1999). Learning through participatory simulations: Network-based design for systems learning in classrooms. Proceedings of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL'99). Stanford, CA, December 12 - 15.

Wilensky, U., Hazzard, E & Froemke, R. (1999). GasLab: An Extensible Modeling Toolkit for Exploring Statistical Mechanics. Paper presented at the Seventh European Logo Conference - EUROLOGO '99, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Wilensky, U., & Resnick, M. (1999). Thinking in Levels: A Dynamic Systems Perspective to Making Sense of the World (html) (pdf). Journal of Science Education and Technology, 8(1).

Two versions of the original "GasLab" paper:
- Book version - Wilensky, U. (1999).GasLab: An extensible modeling toolkit for exploring micro- and macro- views of gases (HTML). In N. Roberts, W. Feurzeig, & B. Hunter (Eds.), Computer modeling and simulation in science education (pp. 151-178). Berlin: Springer Verlag.
- Journal version - Wilensky, U. (2003). Statistical mechanics for secondary school: The GasLab Modeling Toolkit. International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning, 8(1), 1-41. (special Issue on agent-based modeling).
Stroup, W., & Wilensky, U. (1999). Assessing learning as emergent phenomena: Moving constructivist statistics before the individual and beyond the Bell-curve. In A.E. Kelly & R. Lesh (Eds.), Research in Mathematics and Science Education. Englewood, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

1998

Two versions of "Learning Biology" paper:
- Long version - Wilensky, U., & Reisman, K. (2006). Thinking like a wolf, a sheep or a firefly: Learning biology through constructing and testing computational theories - An embodied modeling approach. Cognition & Instruction, 24(2), 171-209.
- Short version - Wilensky, U., & Reisman, K.(1998)Learning biology through constructing and testing computational theories - An embodied modeling approach. In Y. Bar-Yam (Ed.), Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Complex Systems. Nashua, NH: New England Complex Systems Institute.
Jacobson, M.J., Brecher, K., Clemens, M., Farrell, W., Kaput, J., Reisman, K., & Wilensky, U. (1998). Education in complex systems. In Y. Bar-Yam (Ed.), Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Complex Systems. Nashua, NH: New England Complex Systems Institute.

Wilensky, U., & Reisman, K. (1998). ConnectedScience: Learning Biology through Constructing and Testing Computational Theories -- an Embodied Modeling Approach. In Y. Bar-Yam (Ed.), Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Complex Systems. Nashua, NH: New England Complex Systems Institute. Also reprinted in: InterJournal of Complex Systems, 234, pp. 1 - 12.

Resnick, M., & Wilensky, U.(1998).Diving into complexity: Developing probabilistic decentralized thinking through role-playing activities. Journal of Learning Sciences, 7(2), 153-171.

Westbury, C., & Wilensky, U. (1998). Knowledge representation in cognitive science: Implications for education (HTML). Paper presented at the First International conference on the Learning sciences and the challenges of the information era. Lima, Peru.

1997 and earlier

Wilensky, U. (1997). What is normal anyway? Therapy for epistemological anxiety. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 33(2), 171-202. (Special Issue on Computational Environments in Mathematics Education)

Wilensky, U. (1996). Modeling rugby: Kick first, generalize later?. International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning, 1(1).

Two versions of "random chords" paper:
- Wilensky, U. (1995).Paradox, programming and learning probability. Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 14(2).
- Wilensky, U. (1996). Making sense of probability through paradox and programming. In Y. Kafai & M. Resnick (Eds.), Constructionism in practice: Designing, thinking, and learning in a digital world.. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Wilensky, U. (1995). Learning probability through building computational models (HTML). Paper presented at the Nineteenth International Conference on the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Recife, Brazil.

Wilensky, U. (1995). Making sense of place value: A case of capital numbers. Unpublished manuscript.

Wilensky, U., & Resnick, M. (1995). New thinking for new sciences: Constructionist approaches for exploring complexity. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Resnick, M., & Wilensky, U. (1993). Beyond the deterministic, centralized mindsets: A new thinking for new science. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research association, Atlanta, GA.

Masand, B., Wilensky, U., Massar, J.P., & Redner, S. (1992). An extension of the two-dimensional self-avoiding walk series on the square lattice. Journal of Physics, A(Gen25).

Earlier work described in my thesis (and several previous papers) forms the theoretical backdrop for this project:

Wilensky, Uri. (1993). Thesis - Connected Mathematics: Building Concrete Relationships with Mathematical Knowledge (Printable PDF)

Wilensky, Uri. (1991). Abstract meditations on the concrete and concrete implications for mathematics education. In I. Harel & S. Papert (Eds.), Constructionism. Norwood, MA. : Ablex Publishing.

Brandes, A., & Wilensky, U. (1991). Treasureworld: An Environment for the Study and Exploration of Feedback. In I. Harel & S. Papert (Eds.), Constructionism. Norwood, MA. : Ablex Publishing.