Grants per year
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Research Interests
Professor Wilensky has several distinct research interests. A major interest is in the design of learning technologies. Another major interest is agent-based modeling and the design of ABM languages, the design and history of Modeling and representational infrastructure,; developing tools that enable users to simulate, explore and make sense of conplex systems.
Education/Academic qualification
Media Arts and Sciences, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
… → 1993
Mathematics, MA, Brandeis University
… → 1977
Mathematics and Philosophy, BA, Brandeis University
… → 1977
Research interests
- Agent-based modeling
- Complex systems
- Computer-based modeling
- Connected learning
- Constructionism
- Education
- Mathematics and science education in the context of computation
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Grants
Building theories of scientific phenomena: Comparing and Integrating aggregate pattern-based and agent-based computational approaches
Wilensky, U., Sherin, B. L. & Woods, D.
12/15/18 → 11/30/21
Project: Research project
Participant support costs for "CT-ifying the High-School Science Curriculum to Broaden Participant in Computational Science"
11/15/18 → 10/31/21
Project: Research project
Adding Computational Thinking Components to the High-School Science Curriculum to Broaden Participation in Computational Science
11/15/18 → 10/31/21
Project: Research project
PSC for EAGER: MAKER: A Cultural Framework for Equity in Maker Practices
8/1/17 → 7/31/20
Project: Research project
Research Output
Designing for esm-mediated collaborative science learning
Dabholkar, S. & Wilensky, U., Jan 1 2019, A Wide Lens: Combining Embodied, Enactive, Extended, and Embedded Learning in Collaborative Settings - 13th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning, CSCL 2019 - Conference Proceedings. Lund, K., Niccolai, G. P., Lavoue, E., Hmelo-Silver, C., Gweon, G. & Baker, M. (eds.). International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS), p. 845-846 2 p. (Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL; vol. 2).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Implementation research methodologies for achieving scientific equity and health equity
McNulty, M., Smith, J. D., Villamar, J., Burnett-Zeigler, I. E., Vermeer, W., Benbow, N. D., Gallo, C., Wilensky, U., Hjorth, A., Mustanski, B., Schneider, J. & Brown, C. H., Feb 1 2019, In : Ethnicity and Disease. 29, p. 83-92 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
6
Scopus
citations
Introducing and Assessing Computational Thinking in the Secondary Science Classroom
Swanson, H. L., Anton, G., Bain, C., Horn, M. S. & Wilensky, U., 2019, Computational Thinking Education. Kong, S-C. & Abelson, H. (eds.). SpringerResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
One size fits all: Designing for socialization in physical computing
Anton, G. & Wilensky, U., Feb 22 2019, SIGCSE 2019 - Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, p. 825-831 7 p. (SIGCSE 2019 - Proceedings of the 50th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Prevalence of direct and emergent schema and change after play
Martin, K., Horn, M. & Wilensky, U., Jan 1 2019, In : Informatics in Education. 18, 1, p. 183-212 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
1
Scopus
citations