2008

• Goldstone, R. & Wilensky, U. (2008). Promoting transfer through complex systems principles. Journal of the Learning Sciences (Manuscript in press).


• Wang, J. Dam, G., Yildirin, S., Rand, W., Wilensky, U. & Houk, J. (2008) Reciprocity Between the Cerebellum and the Cerebral Cortex: Nonlinear Dynamics in Microscopic Modules. Complexity (Manuscript in press).


• 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.

• 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? To appear in Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of PME 32 and PME-NA XXX, July 17-21.


• 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."   In G. Kanselaar, J. van Merri‘nboer, P. Kirschner, & T. de Jong, Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS). Utrecht, The Netherlands: ICLS. (Manuscript in Press).

• 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".   In G. Kanselaar, J. van Merri‘nboer, P. Kirschner, & T. de Jong, Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS). Utrecht, The Netherlands: ICLS. (Manuscript in Press).

• 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."   In G. Kanselaar, J. van Merri‘nboer, P. Kirschner, & T. de Jong, Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS). Utrecht, The Netherlands: ICLS. (Manuscript in Press). 

• Sengupta, P., & Wilensky, U. (2008). On Learning Electricity with Multi-agent Based Computational Models (NIELS).  In G. Kanselaar, J. van Merri‘nboer, P. Kirschner, & T. de Jong, Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS). Utrecht, The Netherlands: ICLS. (Manuscript in Press).  

• Wilkerson, M., Sengupta, P., Wilensky, U. (2008). Perceptual Supports for Sensemaking: A Case Study Using Multi Agent Based Computational Learning Environments. Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS). Utrecht, The Netherlands: ICLS. (Manuscript in Press).  

• 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 Merri‘nboer, P. Kirschner, & T. de Jong, Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS). Utrecht, The Netherlands: ICLS. (Manuscript in Press).


• 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.


• 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.


• Stonedahl, F., Rand, W., & Wilensky, U. (2008). CrossNet: A Framework for Crossover with Network-based Chromosomal Representations. Paper to be presented at GECCO 2008, Atlanta, Georgia.


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


• 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.


• Blikstein, P. & Wilensky, U. (2008). Implementing agent-based modeling in the classroom - lessons from empirical studies in undergraduate engineering education. In G. Kanselaar, J. van Merinboer, P. Kirschner, & T. de Jong, Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS). Utrecht, The Netherlands: ICLS (June 2008). (Manuscript in press)

2007

• Wilensky, U., & Rand, W. (2007). Making models match: Replicating agent-based models. JASSS, 10, 42.


• 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.


• Bakshy, E., & Wilensky, U. (2007). Turtle Histories and Alternative Universes: Exploratory Modeling with NetLogo and Mathematica. Paper presented at Agent2007, Chicago, November 15-17.


• Blikstein, P., Rand, W., & Wilensky, U. (2007). Examining Group Behavior and Collaboration using ABM and Robots. Paper presented at Agent2007, Chicago, November 15-17.


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


• Rand, W., & Stonedahl, F. (2007). The El Farol Bar Problem and Computational Effort: Why People Fail to Use Bars Efficiently. Paper presented at Agent2007, Chicago, November 15-17.


• 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.


• 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.


• 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., & 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.


• 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.


• 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.


• 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., & 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.


• 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.


• 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.


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


• 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.

2006

• Wilensky, U., & Papert, S. (2006). Restructurations: Reformulations of Knowledge Disciplines through new representational forms. (Manuscript in preparation)


• 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.


• 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.


• 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.


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


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

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


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


• 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.


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


• 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.


• 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.


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


• 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.


• 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.


• 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.


• 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). 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). 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.


• 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). 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.


• 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.


• 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. & 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.


• 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.


• 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).

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., Griesdorn, J. & Gomez, L. (2005). Does "connectedness" matter? A social network analysis of small schools reform. 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. Paper presented at 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. Paper presented at 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. Paper presented at 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).
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• 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).

• 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.