Category Archives: Past Research Grants

The purpose of this project is to model how affect, engagement, and conscientiousness interact and how they influence learning among students using an educational game for physics called Physics Playground (PP). We aim to deploy PP in three schools: one … Continue reading →

Surveys have shown that a wide segment of the population know how to send text messages, and although SMS is not media-rich, the technology offers the potential to reach participants in remote places. The project capitalizes on the wide availability of … Continue reading →

In order to address the general lack of digital learning materials to teach Philippine Social Studies, this project aims to build an augmented reality game that is engaging, educational, and contributes to the preservation of Philippine history. The game will … Continue reading →

The EDM Workbench was conceptualized by Ryan Baker of Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Bruce McLaren of the Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center. The workbench will allow learning scientists to 1) define and modify behavior categories of interest (e.g., gaming, unresponsiveness, off-task conversation, help … Continue reading →