Publications

2013
Grotzer, T. A., Tutwiler, M. S., Metcalf, S. J., Kamarainen, A. M., & Dede, C. J. (2013). Using a virtual world to reveal students’ intuitive causal assumptions about ecosystems. National Association of Research in Science Teaching (NARST).
Grotzer, T. A., Tutwiler, M. S., Metcalf, S. J., Kamarainen, A. M., & Dede, C. J. (2013). Exploring virtual worlds: Causal understanding and data-collection behaviors in an ecosystems-based multi-user virtual environment. National Association of Research in Science Teaching (NARST).
Metcalf, S. J., Chen, J. A., Kamarainen, A. M., Frumin, K. M., Vickrey, T. L., Grotzer, T. A., & Dede, C. J. (2013). Shifts in Student Motivation During Usage of a Multi-User Virtual Environment for Ecosystem Science. National Association of Research in Science Teaching (NARST) Conference.
Metcalf, S. J., Kamarainen, A. M., Grotzer, T. A., & Dede, C. J. (2013). The Design of Blended Real and Virtual Immersive Experiences to Support Student Learning About Ecosystems. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference.
Kamarainen, A. M., Dede, C. J., Metcalf, S. J., & Grotzer, T. A. (2013). Affordances of Augmented Reality for Implementing Design-based Education Research. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference.
Kamarainen, A. M., Metcalf, S. J., Grotzer, T. A., Tutwiler, M. S., & Dede, C. J. (2013). EcoMOBILE: Integrating augmented reality and probe-ware with environmental education field trips. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference. Publication
Metcalf, S. J., Tutwiler, M. S., Kamarainen, A. M., Grotzer, T. A., & Dede, C. J. (2013). Multi-User Virtual Environments to Promote Middle School Ecosystem Science Learning and Attitudes About Science. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference.
Kamarainen, A. M., Metcalf, S. J., Grotzer, T. A., & Dede, C. J. (2013). Learning about ecosystems through collaborative augmented reality experiences. Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL).
Metcalf, S. J., Kamarainen, A. M., Grotzer, T. A., & Dede, C. J. (2013). Collaborative learning in virtual environments: Role-based exploration of causality in ecosystems over time and scale. Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL).
Grotzer, T. A., & Blodgett, S. (2013). Digital Tools for Teaching Complex Causality and Ecosystems Dynamics. Project Zero Summer Institute.
Grotzer, T. A. (2013). Interactions between human cognitive architecture, the challenges of complex causal induction in science learning, and the affordances of the digital world. Science Education in the Digital Era, Eighth Course of the International School on Mind, Brain and Education, Ettore Majorana Centre for Scientific Culture.
Chen, J. A., & Metcalf, S. J. (2013). Motivation and Beliefs About the Nature of Scientific Knowledge Within an Immersive Virtual Ecosystems Environment. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference.
Tutwiler, M. S., & Grotzer, T. A. (2013). Why immersive, interactive simulation belongs in the pedagogical toolkit of "Next Generation" science: Facilitating student understanding of complex casual dynamics. In I. Saleh (Ed.). Approaches and Strategies in Next Generation Science Learning . Publication
Grotzer, T. A., Kamarainen, A. M., Tutwiler, M. S., Metcalf, S. J., & Dede, C. J. (2013). Learning to reason about ecosystems dynamics over time: The challenges of an event-based casual focus. BioScience , 63 (4), 288-296. Publication
Metcalf, S. J., Kamarainen, A. M., Tutwiler, M. S., Grotzer, T. A., & Dede, C. J. (2013). Teacher perceptions of the practicality and effectiveness of immersive ecological simulations as classroom curricula. International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments , 4 (3), 66-77.
Kamarainen, A. M., Metcalf, S. J., Grotzer, T. A., Tutwiler, M. S., & Dede, C. J. (2013). EcoMOBILE: Integrating augmented reality and probe-ware with environmental education field trips. American Educational Research Association. Publication
2012
Grotzer, T. A., & Tutwiler, M. S. (2012). Causal tensions in reasoning about ecosystem dynamics: A theoretical analysis of supportive instructional contexts. National Association of Research in Science Teaching Annual Conference (NARST).
Grotzer, T. A., Kamarainen, A. M., Tutwiler, M. S., Metcalf, S. J., & Dede, C. J. (2012). Learning to Focus on Processes and Steady States in Ecosystems Dynamics Using a Virtual Environment. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference. Paper Link
Kamarainen, A. M., Metcalf, S. J., Grotzer, T. A., & Dede, C. J. (2012). EcoMUVE: Shifts in Affective Beliefs and Values About Science Through Learning Experiences in Immersive Virtual Environments. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference.
Metcalf, S. J., Kamarainen, A. M., Grotzer, T. A., & Dede, C. J. (2012). Teacher Perceptions of the Practicality and Effectiveness of Immersive Ecological Simulations and Classroom Curricula. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference.

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