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
EAGER: MAKER: A Cultural Framework for Equity in Maker Practices
Hooper, P. K., Vossoughi, S., Vossoughi, S. & Wilensky, U.
8/1/17 → 7/31/20
Project: Research project
Research Output
Constructivist dialogue mapping analysis of ant adaptation
Martin, K., Horn, M. & Wilensky, U., Jan 1 2020, In : Informatics in Education. 19, 1, p. 77-112 36 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Levelspace: A netlogo extension for multi-level agent-based modeling
Hjorth, A., Head, B., Head, B. & Wilensky, U., Jan 2020, In : JASSS. 23, 1, 4.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Modeling and Measuring High School Students’ Computational Thinking Practices in Science
Arastoopour Irgens, G., Dabholkar, S., Bain, C., Woods, P., Hall, K., Swanson, H., Horn, M. & Wilensky, U., Feb 1 2020, In : Journal of Science Education and Technology. 29, 1, p. 137-161 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
1
Scopus
citations
Vectors of ct-ification: Integrating computational activities in stem classrooms
Bain, C. & Wilensky, U., Feb 26 2020, SIGCSE 2020 - Proceedings of the 51st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education. Association for Computing Machinery, 1 p. (Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Open Access
Designing Educational Video Games to Be Objects-to-Think-With
Holbert, N. & Wilensky, U., Jan 1 2019, In : Journal of the Learning Sciences. 28, 1, p. 32-72 41 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
11
Scopus
citations