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Refereed Conference Proceedings & Presentations

Refereed Conference Proceedings

  1. Cvencek, D., Sanders, E., Del Rio, M. F., Brečić, R., Tomasetto, C., Kapur, M. & Meltzoff, A. (2023). Young Girls’ Implicit “Math = Male” Stereotypes Reflect Societal Disparities Favoring Males. Paper Symposium at the 2023 SRCD Biennial Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, March 23-25, 2023.
  2. Shridhar, K., Macina, J., El-Assady, M., Sinha, T., Kapur, M. & Sachan, M. (2022). Automatic Generation of Socratic Subquestions for Teaching Math Word Problems. Paper presented at the 2022 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing, Abu Dhabi, UAE, December 7-11, 2022.
  3. Müller, Ch. H., Kapur, M. & Reiher, M. (2022). Bachelor Students’ Understanding of Basic Quantum Chemical Concepts. Paper presented at the SCS Fall Meeting 2022, September 8, 2022, Zurich, Switzerland.
  4. Beeler, N., Ziegler, E., Navarini, A. A. & Kapur, M. (2022). Combining active and passive tasks to improve visual learning in skin lesion classification. Paper presented at the Conference of the EARLI SIG 18 Educational Effectiveness and Improvement, Freiburg, September 5-7, 2022.
  5. Müller, Ch. H., Kapur, M. & Reiher, M. (2022). SCINE Interactive: A quantum-based virtual learning environment for chemistry with haptic feedback. EARLI SIG 6/7 Conference 2022: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Instructional Design and Technology, August 22-24, 2022, Zollikofen, Switzerland.
  6. Von Bergen, A., Cvencek, D., Ziegler, E., Gashaj, V., Meltzoff, A. & Kapur, M. (2022). Paper presented at the 44th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Torronto, Canada, July 27–30, 2022.
  7. Tobler, S., Sinha, T., Köhler, K., Hafen, E. & Kapur, M. (2022). The Impact of Prior Knowledge in Narrative-Based Learning on Understanding Biological Concepts in Higher Education. Paper presented at the 44th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Torronto, Canada, July 27–30, 2022.
  8. Chatain, J., Ramp, V., Gashaj, V., Fayolle, V., Kapur, M., Sumner, B. & Magnenat, S. (2022). Grasping Derivatives: Teaching Mathematics through Embodied Interactions using Tablets and Virtual Reality. Paper presented at the 21st edition of the ACM Interaction Design and Children (IDC) Conference, Braga, Portugal, June 27-30, 2022.
  9. Poikonen, H., Tobler, S., Trninic, D., Formaz, C., Gashaj, V. & Kapur, M. (2022). Math on cortex – Underlying delta synchrony during naturalistic math demonstrations in math experts and novices. Paper presented at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the International Society of the Learning Sciences Annual Meeting (ISLS 2022), June 6 –10, 2022, Hiroshima, Japan.
  10. Formaz, C., Gashaj, V., Trninic, D., Hoffmann, S. & Kapur, M. (2022). The Physiological and Neural Mechanisms of Learning through PS-I. Paper presented at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the International Society of the Learning Sciences Annual Meeting (ISLS 2022), June 6 –10, 2022, Hiroshima, Japan.
  11. Tobler, S., Sinha, T., Köhler, K., Hafen, E., & Kapur, M. (2022). Effects of narratives on undergraduate student understanding of fundamental concepts in biology. Paper presented at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the International Society of the Learning Sciences Annual Meeting (ISLS 2022), June 6 –10, 2022, Hiroshima, Japan.
  12. Chatain, J., Ramp, V., Gashaj, V., Fayolle, V., Kapur, M., Sumner, R. W. & Magnenat, S. (2022). Grasping Derivatives with Embodied Interactions. Paper presented at Welcome Orientation Event of the ETHZ-EPFL Joint Doctoral Program in the Learning Sciences (JDPLS), Ecublens, May 5-6, 2022.
  13. Tobler, S., Sinha, T., Köhler, K., Hafen, E. & Kapur, M. (2022). Narratives and their effects on students' understanding of biology. Paper presented at Welcome Orientation Event of the ETHZ-EPFL Joint Doctoral Program in the Learning Sciences (JDPLS), Ecublens, May 5-6, 2022.
  14. Beeler, N., Ziegler, E., Volz, A., Caldeira, P. M., Navarini, A. A. & Kapur, M. (2022). Developing Visual Expertise for Skin Lesion Classification. Paper presented at Welcome Orientation Event of the ETHZ-EPFL Joint Doctoral Program in the Learning Sciences (JDPLS), Ecublens, May 5-6, 2022.
  15. Tobler, S., Köhler, K., Sinha, T., Hafen, E. & Kapur, M. (2022). Teaching Biology with Narratives: Insights in Students’ Understanding of Molecular Interactions. Book of Abstracts.
  16. Tobler, S., Hafen, E., Köhler, K., Sinha, T. & Kapur. M. (2021). Educational storytelling in university biology classrooms. Poster presented at the 6th Annual Learning Sciences Graduate Student Conference (LSGSC 2021), online, November 13–14, 2021
  17. Müller, Ch. H., Kapur, M. & Reiher, Markus. (2021). Real-Time Haptic Chemistry: Dive Hands-First into the Molecular World. Swiss Chemical Society Fall Meeting (SCS 2021), online, September 10, 2021
  18. Sansonetti, L., Chatain, J., Caldeira, P., Fayolle, V., Kapur, M. & Sumner, R. W. (2021). Mathematics Input for Educational Applications in Virtual Reality. Paper presented at the 31th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence and the 26th Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments (ICAT-EGVE 2021), Sankt Augustin, Germany, September 8–10, 2021
  19. Formaz, C., Hoffmann, S., Gashaj, V., Trninic, D. & Kapur, M. (2021). The Neural and Physiological Mechanisms of Learning through Productive Failure. 19th Biennial EARLI Conference: Education and Citizenship: Learning and Instruction and the Shaping of Futures (EARLI 2021), online, August 23–27, 2021
  20. Müller, Ch. H., Kapur, M. & Reiher, M. (2021). Access the Molecular World through Haptic Quantum Chemistry. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Junior Researchers of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (JURE 2021), online, August 18 –20, 2021
  21. Chatain, J., Sisserman, D. M., Reichardt, L., Fayolle, V., Kapur, M., Sumner, R. W., Zünd, F. & Bermano, A. H. (2020). DigiGlo: Exploring the Palm as an Input and Display Mechanism through Digital Gloves. Paper presented at the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play (CHI PLAY 2020) (virtual), Ottawa, Canada, November 2–5, 2020
  22. Halbherr, T. & Kapur, M. (2020). The Informational versus Dynamical Role of Feedback in Tool-Mediated Learning and Assessment. Joint Conference of the EARLI Special Interest Groups 1 and 4 (EARLI SIG1 & SIG4 2020) (cancelled), Cadiz, Spain, June 22-25, 2020
  23. Jacobson, M. J., Levin, J. A. & Kapur, M. (2020) Education as a Complex System: Conceptual and Methodological Implications [Symposium]. AERA Annual Meeting San Francisco, CA [conference cancelled due to Covid-19]
  24. Trninic, D. & Kapur, M. (2020). Exploring the efficacy of practice before instruction. Proceedings of the 5th International Meeting of the Association for the Philosophy of Mathematical Practice, pp. 44-45, Zurich, Switzerland: Association for the Philosophy of Mathematical Practice, January 18-21, 2020
  25. Trninic, D., Kapur, M. & Sinha, T. (2019). The Disappearing “Advantage of Abstract Examples in Learning Math.” Proceedings of the 41st Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 2019), Montreal, Canada, July 24-27, 2019
  26. Halbherr, T., Lehner, H., & Kapur, M. (2019). Resource-Rich versus Resource-Poor Assessment in Introductory Computer Science and its Implications on Models of Cognition: An in-Class Experimental Study. Proceedings of the 41st Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 2019), Montreal, Canada, July 24-27, 2019
  27. Sinha, T., Kapur, M., West, R., Catasta, M., Hauswirth, M., & Trninic, D. (2019). Impact of explicit failure and success driven preparatory activities on learning. Proceedings of the 41st Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci 2019), Montreal, Canada, July 24-27, 2019
  28. Sinha, T. & Kapur, M. (2019). When Productive Failure Fails. Proceedings of the 41st Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 2811-2817), Montreal, Canada, July 24-27, 2019, 
  29. Kapur, M. (2017). Preparatory effects of problem posing on learning from instruction. Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 649). London, UK: Cognitive Science Society.
  30. Bodekaer, M., Kapur, M., Garlick S. & O'Donnell C. (2017). How Education can prepare you for the future of work.: Forum Zurich: ETH Zurich.
  31. Huang, J. S., Lam, R. J., & Kapur, M. (2017). Investigating task difficulty and generativity on the learning effect of delayed instruction. Paper presented at the 17th Biennial EARLI Conference, Tampere, Finland.
  32. Huang, J. S., & Kapur, M. (2016). Investigating the learning and transfer effects of students-generated analogies. Paper presented at the International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Singapore
  33. Huang, J. S., Lam, R. J., & Kapur, M. (2016). Investigating analogical reasoning as the generative task In the Productive Failure design. Paper presented at the International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Singapore
  34. Kapur, M. (2015). Examining the ICAP hypothesis through evidence from studies on productive failure. Paper presented at the annual conference of European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction (EARLI) 2015.
  35. Kapur, M. (2015). Learning from productive failure. Paper presented at the annual conference of European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction (EARLI) 2015.
  36. Jacobson, M. J., Kapur, M., & Reimann, P. (2014). Towards a complex systems meta-theory of learning as an emergent phenomenon: Beyond the cognitive versus situative debate. In J. L. Polman, E. A. Kyza, D. K. O’Neill, I. Tabak, W. R. Penuel, A. S. Jurow, K. O’Connor, T. Lee & L. D’Amico (Eds.), Learning and becoming in practice: The International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2014, Volume 1 (pp. 362-369). Boulder, CO, USA: International Society of the Learning Sciences.
  37. Kom, M.S., & Kapur, M. (2014). Exploring student problem finding to promote science learning in the classroom. Proceedings of the International Science Education Conference, 25-27 November 2014 (pp. 923-959). National Institute of Education, Singapore.
  38. Kapur, M., Cvencek, D., & Meltzoff, A. N. (2013). Singaporean children’s math–gender stereotypes and math self-concepts: Relation to math achievement. Paper presented at the 2013 SRCD Biennial Meeting, Seattle, WA.
  39. Toh, P. L. L., & Kapur, M. (2012). Examining the adequacy of students’ priors and teacher’s role in attention to critical features in designing for productive failure.  In J. van Aalst, B.J. Reiser, C. Hmelo-Silver, & K. Thompson (Eds.), Proceedings of the 10th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (pp. 467-474). Sydney: International Society of the Learning Sciences.
  40. Huang, J. S., & Kapur, M. (2012). Learning Innovation Diffusion as Complex Adaptive Systems through Model Building, Simulation, Game Play and Reflections. In J. van Aalst, B.J. Reiser, C. Hmelo-Silver, & K. Thompson (Eds.), Proceedings of the 10th International Conference of the Learning Sciences 2012 (pp. 259-266). Sydney: International Society of the Learning Sciences.
  41. Kapur, M., & Bielaczyc, K. (2011). Classroom-based experiments in productive failure. In L. Carlson, C. Hölscher, & T. Shipley (Eds.), Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 2812-2817). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
  42. Kapur, M. (2010). Productive failure in learning the concept of variance. In S. Ohlsson & R. Catrambone (Eds.), Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 2727-2732). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
  43. Kapur, M., & Jacobson, M. J. (2010). Learning as an emergent phenomenon: Methodological implications. In K. Gomez, L. Lyons, & J. Radinsky, (Eds.). Proceedings of the 9th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Volume 2 (pp. 192-193). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
  44. Kapur, M., & Lee, J. (2009). Designing for productive failure in mathematical problem solving. In N. Taatgen & V. R. Hedderick (Eds.), Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 2632-2637). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
  45. Kapur, M., & Rummel, N. (2009). The assistance dilemma in CSCL. In A. Dimitracopoulou, C. O’Malley, D. Suthers, & P. Reimann (Eds.), Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Practices – CSCL2009 Community Events Proceedings, Vol 2 (pp. 37-42). International Society of the Learning Sciences.
  46. Bielaczyc, K., & Kapur, M. (2009). Playing epistemic games: Examining core issues in knowledge building communities and productive failure. Proceedings of the Redesigning Pedagogies Conference, Singapore.
  47. Huang, J. S., & Kapur, M. (2009). Learn diffusion of innovation as complex phenomena – A report from pilot study. Paper presented at the 31st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1996-1997), Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  48. Huang, J. S., & Kapur, M. (2009). Learning innovation diffusion as a complex phenomenon: A pilot study using agent-based modeling coupled with learners’ embodied experience. Proceedings of the Redesigning Pedagogies Conference, Singapore.
  49. Ng, S. H., & Kapur, M. (2009). Instructional design for learning of Chinese characters from a cognitive load theory perspective. Proceedings of the Redesigning Pedagogies Conference, Singapore.
  50. Kapur, M., Dickson, L., & Toh, P. Y. (2008). Productive failure in mathematical problem solving. In B. C. Love, K. McRae, & V. M. Sloutsky (Eds.), Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1717-1722). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
  51. Kapur, M. (2008). A complexity-grounded model for convergence in group discussions. Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Utrecht, Netherlands.
  52. Huang, J. S., & Kapur, M. (2007). Diffusion of Pedagogical Innovations as a Complex Adaptive Process – Agent -Based Modeling as Research Method. In Hirashima, T., Hoppe, U., & Young, S. S. C. (Eds.), Supporting Learning Flow through Interactive Technologies – Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications (pp. 67-74). IOS Press Ebooks.
  53. Kapur, M., Hung, D., Jacobson, M., Voiklis, J., & Kinzer, C., & Chen, D.-T. (2007, Jul). Emergence of learning in computer-supported, large-scale collective dynamics: A research agenda. In C. A. Clark, G. Erkens, & S. Puntambekar (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference of Computer-supported Collaborative Learning (pp. 323-332). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
  54. Kapur, M., Voiklis, J., & Kinzer, C. (2007). Sensitivities to initial exchange in synchronous computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) groups. In C. A. Clark, G. Erkens, & S. Puntambekar (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference of Computer-supported Collaborative Learning (pp. 333-343). Mahwah, NJ: Lulu.
  55. Kapur, M. (2006). Productive failure: A hidden efficacy of seemingly unproductive production. In R. Sun (Ed.), Proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1587-1592). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
  56. Voiklis, J., Kapur, M., Kinzer, C., & Black, J. (2006). An emergentist account of collective cognition in collaborative problem solving. In R. Sun (Ed.), Proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 858-863). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
  57. Kinzer, C., Kapur, M., Lohnes, S., Cammack, D. W., Kontovourki, S., Hoffman, D., & Turkay, S. (2006). Assessing pres-service teachers’ conceptual change in an internet-based case instructional environment. In R. Sun (Ed.), Proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1611-1616). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
  58. Petrosino, A., Svihla, V., & Kapur, M. (2006). Calculating expertise in bioengineering education. Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Education (pp. 18-21), San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA.
  59. Voiklis, J., & Kapur, M. (2006). Two walks through problem space. Poster presented at the International Conference on Complex Systems, Boston, MA, USA.
  60. Kapur, M. (2006). Productive failure. In S. Barab, K. Hay, & D. Hickey (Eds.), Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on the Learning Sciences (pp. 307-313). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
  61. Kapur, M., Voiklis, J., Kinzer, C., & Black, J. (2006). Insights into the emergence of convergence in group discussions. In S. Barab, K. Hay, & D. Hickey (Eds.), Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on the Learning Sciences (pp. 300-306). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
  62. Kinzer, C., Kapur, M., Cammack, D. W., & Lohnes, S. (2006). Assessing conceptual change in an anchored, case-based environment. In S. Barab, K. Hay, & D. Hickey (Eds.), Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on the Learning Sciences (pp. 950-951). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
  63. Kapur, M., Voiklis, J., & Kinzer, C. (2005). Problem solving seen through the lens of complex evolutionary activity: A novel theoretical and analytical framework for analyzing problem-solving processes. In B. G. Bara, L. Barsalou, & M. Bucciarelli (Eds.), Proceedings of the Cognitive Science Conference (pp. 1096-1101). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
  64. Kapur, M., Voiklis, J., & Kinzer, C. (2005). Problem solving as a complex, evolutionary activity: A methodological framework for analyzing problem-solving processes in a computer-supported collaborative environment. Proceedings the Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) Conference (pp. 252-261). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Refereed Conference Presentations

  1. Halbherr, T. & Kapur, M. (2020). Validity, Learning, and Resource-Rich Assessment in the Wild: A Quasi-Experimental Replication Study. EARLI SIG1&4 joint Conference 2020, Càdiz, Spain. [conference cancelled due to Covid-19]
  2. Halbherr, T. & Kapur, M. (2020). The Informational versus Dynamical Role of Feedback in Tool-Mediated Learning and Assessment. EARLI SIG 1&4 joint Conference 2020, Càdiz, Spain. [conference cancelled due to Covid-19]
  3. Huang, J. S., Kapur, M., & Lam, R. J. (2017). Investigating learning strategies that promote analogical transfer. Paper presented at the 4th Analogy Conference, Paris.
  4. Kapur, M. (2016). How exploratory problem-solving versus problem-posing help learning from instruction. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, DC, USA.
  5. Jacobson, M. J., Markauskaite, L., Portolese, A., Lai, P., Kapur, M. (2016). Understanding climate change as a complex system with agent-based models: Issues in the sequencing of pedagogical structure. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, DC, USA.
  6. Huang, J. S., Kapur, M., & Chai, C. S. (2013). Learning innovation diffusion as a complex adaptive system – Case studies on school leaders learning through analogies. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.
  7. Kapur, M. (2010). Productive failure in learning the concept of variance. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, Colorado, USA.
  8. Kapur, M. (2010). Epistemic games in productive failure. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, Colorado, USA.
  9. Kapur, M., & Jacobson, M. J. (2009). Learning as an emergent phenomenon: Methodological implications. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.
  10. Jacobson, M. J., & Kapur, M. (2009). Ontological Network Theory: Implications of Scale Free Network Topologies for Learning about Complexity and for Theories of Conceptual Change. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.
  11. Kapur, M., & Kinzer, C. (2007). Sensitivities to early exchange in synchronous computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) groups. Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, USA.
  12. Kapur, M., & Kinzer, C. (2006). Interactional predictors of group performance. Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, USA.
  13. Kapur, M., & Kinzer, C. (2005). The effect of problem type on collaborative problem solving in a synchronous computer-mediated environment. Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada.
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