Title(s): Associate Professor

Education: Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

Affiliations:

American Educational Research Association
American Psychological Association
Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education
Cognitive Science Society
European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction
International Society for the Learning Sciences

Research interests:

I am interested in how people construct knowledge and develop reasoning strategies through problem-solving situations as well as the early acquisition of expertise, and the role of technology in the construction of knowledge and reasoning strategies. I study the role of technology to support knowledge construction and collaborative learning and problem-solving. My research  investigates scaffolded support for problem-based learning and complex systems understanding.

Recent publications:

Hmelo-Silver, C. E. & Barrows, H. S. (in press). Facilitating collaborative knowledge building. Cognition and Instruction.

Hmelo-Silver, C.E., Katic, E., Nagarajan, A., & Chernobilsky, E. (2007). Soft leaders, hard artifacts, and the groups we rarely see: Using video to understand peer learning processes. In R. Goldman, R. Pea, B. Barron, & S. Derry (Eds.), Video research in the learning sciences (pp. 255-270). Mahwah NJ: Erlbaum.

Hmelo-Silver, C. E., Marathe, S., & Liu, L. (2007). Fish swim, rocks sit, and lungs breathe: Expert-novice understanding of complex systems. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 16, 307-331.

Hmelo-Silver, C. E., Duncan, R. G., Chinn, C. A. (2007). Scaffolding and achievement in problem-based and inquiry learning: A response to Kirschner, Sweller, and Clark (2006). Educational Psychologist, 42, 99-107.

Derry, S. J., Hmelo-Silver, C. E.,   Nagarajan, A., Chernobilsky, E., & Beitzel, B. (2006). Cognitive Transfer Revisited: Can We Exploit New Media to Solve Old Problems on a Large Scale?  Journal of Educational Computing Research, 35, 145-162.

Hmelo-Silver, C. E. (2006). Design principles for scaffolding technology-based inquiry. In A. M. O’Donnell,  C. E. Hmelo-Silver, &  G. Erkens (Eds.). Collaborative learning, reasoning, and technology (pp. 147-170). Mahwah, NJ. Erlbaum.

Hmelo-Silver, C. E. & Barrows, H. S. (2006). Goals and strategies of a problem-based learning facilitator. Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 1. 21-39.

Hmelo-Silver, C. E., Derry, S. J.   Woods, D., DelMarcelle, M., & Chernobilsky, E. (2005). From parallel play to meshed interaction: The evolution of the eSTEP system. In T. Koschmann, D.  D. Suthers,  & T-W. Chan (Eds.), Proceedings of CSCL 2005 (pp. 195-204). Mahwah NJ: Erlbaum.

Hmelo-Silver, C. E. & Pfeffer, M. G. (2004). Comparing expert and novice understanding of a complex system from the perspective of structures, behaviors, and functions. Cognitive Science, 28, 127-138.

Hmelo-Silver, C. E. (2003). Analyzing collaborative knowledge construction: Multiple methods for integrated understanding. Computers and Education, 41, 397-420.

Hmelo, C. E., Nagarajan, A., & Day, R. S. (2002). It’s harder than we thought it would be: A comparative case study of expert-novice experimentation. Science Education, 86, 219-243.

last updated 10/11/07