Aditi Wagh

Ph.D., Learning Sciences, Spring 2015 (expected)
Advisor: Dr. Uri Wilensky
School of Education and Social Policy,
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.

M.A., Educational Psychology, 2008
College of Education,
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.

B.A. (Honors), Psychology, 2005
St. Xaviers College, Mumbai, India.

Journals

• Wagh, A., Cook-Whitt, K., & Wilensky, U. (In Preparation). Tinkering with code of computational models as a form of inquiry-based science for K-12 classrooms.
• Wilkerson-Jerde, M., Wagh, A., & Wilensky, U. (Accepted). Balancing curricular and pedagogical needs in computational construction kits: Lessons from the DeltaTick project. Science Education.

Proceedings

• Wagh, A. & Wilensky, U. (2014). Seeing patterns of change: Supporting student noticing in building models of natural selection. Proceedings of Constructionism 2014, Vienna, Aug 19-23.
• Horn, M.S., Brady, C., Hjorth, A., Wagh, A., & Wilensky, U. (2014). Frog Pond: A code first learning environment on natural selection and evolution. Proceedings of the Annual Interaction Design and Children Conference (IDC 2014) (Vol. "Short Papers", pp. 357--360). New York. [Awarded Best Short Paper]
• Brady, C., Horn, M., Wilensky, U., Wagh, A., Hjorth, A., & Bannerjee, A. (2014). Getting your Drift - Activity designs for grappling with evolution. In Penuel, W., Jurow, S., & O’Connor, K. (Eds.), Learning and Becoming in Practice: Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS 2014), Boulder, CO, June 23-27.
• Wagh, A. & Wilensky, U. (2013). Leveling the playing field: Making multi-level evolutionary processes accessible through participatory simulations. Proceedings of Conference on Computer Supported Collaborated Learning, Madison, Wisconsin, June 15-19.
• Wagh, A. & Wilensky, U. (2012). Evolution in blocks: Building models of evolution using blocks. Proceedings of Constructionism 2012, Athens, Aug 21-25.
• Wagh, A. & Wilenky, U. (2012). Breeding birds to learn about artificial selection: Two birds with one stone? Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS 2012), Sydney, July 2-6.
• Wagh, A. & Wilensky, U. (2010). Ideas-to-think-with: Useful pieces of knowledge about natural selection. Proceedings of Constructionism 2010, Paris, Aug 16-21.

Papers Without Proceedings

• Wagh, A., Novak, M., Soylu, F., & Wilensky, U. (Submitted). Learning about Trends and Mechanisms in Population Dynamics using ABMs and a Case Study: A Design Framework. Paper submitted to the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association.
• Wagh, A. & Wilensky, U. (2012). Mechanistic Explanations of evolutionary change facilitated by agent-based models. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association, Vancouver, BC, April 13-17.
• Wagh, A. & Wilensky, U. (2011). Context counts: Role of the context in triggering productive and unproductive pieces of knowledge about natural selection. Paper presented at Jean Piaget Society Conference, Berkeley, CA, June 2-4.
• Wagh, A. & Wilensky, U. (2011). Giraffes don’t stretch their necks anymore. Paper presented at epiSTEME 2011, Mumbai, India, Jan 4-9.

Posters

• Wagh, A. & Wilensky, U. (2014). EvoBuild: Programming models of evolutionary change using blocks. Poster presented at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the AERA, Philadelphia, PA.
• Wagh, A. & Wilensky, U. (2010). Agent-based and aggregate level reasoning elicited by problem scenarios and an agent-based model. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association, Denver, CO, April 30-May 4.

2013-2014, Dissertation Fellowship, School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University.
2011-2012, Advanced Cognitive Science Fellowship, Northwestern University.

Research Assistant, ModelSim, 2010-ongoing

• A four-year project funded by the National Science Foundation designed to scale the use of four agent-based modeling units in high school science classrooms.
  Project PI: Dr. Uri Wilensky
  Co-PIs: Dr. Paulo Blikstein (Stanford University), Dr. Corey Brady (Northwestern University), Dr. David Figlio (Northwestern University), Dr. Pratim Sengupta (Vanderbilt University)

Research Assistant, 2012-ongoing

• A three-year project funded by the National Science Foundation to design computational modeling activities for micro-evolutionary processes for young learners.
  Project PI: Dr. Uri Wilensky
  Co-PIs: Dr. Corey Brady, Dr. Michael Horn (Northwestern University)

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

• Teaching Assistant, Design of Technological Tools for Thinking & Learning, Winter 2012, 2013.
• Teaching Assistant, Contemporary Issues in Education, Winter 2011.
• Teaching Assistant, Methods of Observing Behavior, Fall 2009, 2010, Spring 2011, 2012.
• Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Statistics, Winter 2010.

University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

• Instructor, Educational Psychology and Measurement, Fall 2007 and Spring 2008.
• Instructor, Cognitive Psychology, Summer 2007.
• Teaching Assistant, Understanding Educational Research, Fall 2007.
• Teaching Assistant, Elementary Psychology, Spring 2007.

EvoBuild

• A blocks-based programming kit to enable agent-based model constructions related to micro-evolutionary processes. Designed using DeltaTick, a blocks-based programming interface for NetLogo.

Memberships

• American Educational Research Association
• International Society for the Learning Sciences

Reviewing

• American Educational Research Association Meeting, 2013, 2014
• International Conference for Learning Sciences, 2014

At Northwestern

• Member, Construction for Learning
• President, Indian Graduate Students & Scholars Association, 2012