Journal Publications (Peer-Reviewed)

1. Zhang, N., Biswas, G., & Hutchins, N.M. (in review). The Role of Strategies in Student Learning: Measuring and Analyzing Strategic Learning Behaviors. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education
2. Emara, M., Hutchins, N.M., Grover, S., Snyder, C., & Biswas, G. (2021). Examining Students' Regulation of Collaborative, Computational, Problem-Solving Processes in Open-Ended Learning Environments. Journal of Learning Analytics.
3. Hutchins, N.M., Biswas, G., Zhang, N., Snyder, C., Ledeczi, A., & Maroti, M. (2020). Domain-Specific Modeling Languages in Computer-Based Learning Environments: A Systematic Approach to Support Science Learning through Computational Modeling. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 30(1), 537–580.
4. Hutchins, N.M., Biswas, G., Maroti, M., Ledeczi, A., Grover, S., Wolf, R., Blair, K.P., Chin, D., Conlin, L., Basu, S., and McElhaney, K. (2019). C2STEM: A System for Synergistic Learning of Physics and Computational Thinking. Journal of Science Education and Technology.
5. Vadaparampil S.T., Hutchins N.M., Quinn G.P. (2013). Reproductive health in the adolescent and young adult cancer patient: an innovative training program for oncology nurses. J Cancer Ed, 28(1), 197–208

Conference Publications (Peer-Reviewed)

1. Hutchins, N.M., Basu, S., McElhaney, K., Chiu, J., Fick, S., Zhang, N., & Biswas, G. (accepted). Coherence across conceptual and computational representations of students’ scientific models. In E. de Vries, J. Ahn, & Y. Hod (Eds.), 15th International Conference of the Learning Sciences – ICLS 2021. International Society of the Learning Sciences.
2. Hutchins, N.M., Snyder, C., Emara, M., Grover, S., & Biswas, G. (accepted). Analyzing debugging processes during collaborative, computational modeling in science. In C. Hmelo-Silver, B. de Wever, & J. Oshima (Eds.), 14th International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning – CSCL 2021. International Society of the Learning Sciences.
3. Hutchins, N., Biswas, G., Wolf, R., Chin, D., Grover, S., & Blair, K. (2020). Computational thinking in support of learning and transfer. In Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS), Nashville, TN, USA.
4. Conlin, L., Hutchins, N., Grover, S., & Biswas, G. (2020). “Doing Physics” And “Doing Code”: Students’ Framing During Computational Modeling in Physics. In Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS), Nashville, TN, USA.
5. Emara, M., Grover, S., Hutchins, N., Biswas, G., & Snyder, C. (2020). Examining Students’ Debugging and Regulation Processes During Collaborative Computational Modeling in Science. In Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS), Nashville, TN, USA.
6. Snyder, C., Hutchins, N., Biswas, G., Emara, M., Yett, B., & Mishra, S. (2020). Understanding Collaborative Question Posing During Computational Modeling in Science. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, Ifrane, Morocco.
7. Snyder, C., Hutchins, N., Biswas, G., Mishra, S., & Emara, M. (2020). Exploring Synergistic Learning Processes through Collaborative Learner-to-Learner Questioning. In Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS), Nashville, TN, USA.
8. Yett, B., Hutchins, N., Snyder, C., Zhang, N., Mishra, S., & Biswas, G. (2020). Evaluating Student Learning in a Synchronous, Collaborative Programming Environment through Log-Based Analysis of Projects. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, Ifrane, Morocco.
9. Yett, B., Hutchins, N., Stein, G., Zare, H., Snyder, C., Biswas, G., Metelko, M., & Ledeczi, A. (2020). A Hands-On Cybersecurity Curriculum Using a Robotics Platform. In Proceedings of the Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) Annual Meeting, Portland, USA.
10. Yett, B., Snyder, C., Hutchins, N.M., & Biswas, G. (2020). Exploring the Relationship Between Collaborative Discourse, Programming Actions, and Cybersecurity and Computational Thinking Knowledge. In Proceedings of IEEE TALE.
11. Yett, B., Snyder, C., Zhang, N., Hutchins, N.M., Mishra, S., & Biswas, G. (2020). Using Log and Discourse Analysis to Improve Understanding of Collaborative Programming. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE). Best Student Paper Award
12. Hutchins, N., Shi, C., & Biswas, G. (2019) A High School Computational Modeling Approach to Studying the Effects of Climate Change on Coral Reefs. In Proceedings of the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada.
13. Hutchins, N., Biswas, G., Grover, S., Basu, S., & Snyder, C. (2019). A systematic approach for analyzing students’ computational modeling processes in C2STEM. In Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2019), pp. 116-121, Chicago, USA.
14. Grover, S., Hutchins, N., & Biswas, G. (2019) Examining Synergistic Learning of Physics and Computational Thinking through Collaborative Problem Solving in Computational Modeling. In Proceedings of the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada.
15. Lédeczi, Á, Maroti, M., Zare, H., Yett, B., Hutchins, N, Volgyesi, P., Broll, B, Darrah, T., Metelko, M., Smith, M., Biswas, G., & Koutsoukos, X. Teaching Cybersecurity with Networked Robots. (2019). In Proceedings of the Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN.
16. Snyder, C., Hutchins, N., Biswas, G., & Grover, S. (2019). Understanding Students’ Model Building Strategies through Discourse Analysis. In Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED 2019), 263-268, Chicago, USA.
17. Snyder, C., Hutchins, N., Biswas, G., Emara, M., Grover, S., Conlin, L. (2019). Analyzing Students’ Synergistic Learning Processes in Physics and CT by Collaborative Discourse Analysis. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning, Lyon, France.
18. Hutchins, N., Biswas, G., Conlin, L., Emara, M., Grover, S., Basu, S., & McElhaney, K. (2018). Studying Synergistic Learning of Physics and Computational Thinking in a Learning by Modeling Environment. In Yang, J. C. et al. (Eds.). In Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE), Manila, Philippines, pp. 153-162. Best Student Paper Award, Nominated Best Paper Award
19. Hutchins, N. (2018). Developing Learning Environments that Support Synergistic Learning of STEM+C. In DSC Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE), Manila, Philippines (pp. 25-28).
20. Hutchins, N., Darrah, T., Zare, H., & Biswas, G. (2018).A DSML for a Robotics Environment to Support Synergistic Learning of CT and Geometry. Kong, S. C., Sheldon, J., & Li, K. Y.. (Eds.). In Proceedings of International Conference on Computational Thinking Education 2018. Hong Kong, 77-82.
21. Hutchins, N., Biswas, G., Maroti, M., Ledeczi, A., & Broll, B. (2018). A design-based approach to a classroom-centered OELE. In Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED), London, 155-159
22. Darrah, T., Hutchins, N., & Biswas, G. (2018). Design and Development of a Low-Cost Open-Source Robotics Education Platform. In Proceedings of the 50th International Symposium on Robotics, Munich, Germany.
23. Hutchins, N., Zhang, N., & Biswas, G. (2017). The Role Gender Differences in Computational Thinking Confidence Levels Plays in STEM Applications. Kong, S. C., Sheldon, J., & Li, K. Y.. (Eds.). In Proceedings of International Conference on Computational Thinking Education 2017. Hong Kong, 33-38.
24. Quinn GP, Hutchins N, Nelson A, & Vadaparampil ST. (2012). Working with expert panels to develop a training program for oncology nursing. In Proceedings of the International Cancer Education Conference, Ann Arbor, MI.

Conference Presentations and Symposia (Peer-Reviewed)

1. Kafai, Y., Biswas, G., Hutchins, N., Snyder, C., Brennan, K., Haduong, P., et al. (2020). Turning Bugs into Learning Opportunities: Understanding Debugging Processes, Perspectives, and Pedagogies. In Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS), Nashville, TN, USA.
2. Dorsey, C., Haavind, S., Hutchins, N., & Levin, M. (2019). Computational Thinking in STEM from Preschool to High School: Research and Practice. In Proceedings of International Society for Technology in Education Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
3. Biswas, G., Hutchins, N., Lédeczi, Á., Grover, S., Basu, S. (2019). Integrating Computational Modeling in K-12 STEM Classrooms. In Proceedings of the Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, USA.
4. Hoppe, U., Looi, C., Biswas, G., Hutchins, N. (2018). Introduction to Computational Thinking. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Computers in Education, Manila, Philippines.