Publications

2026

NLP4Science: A Tool for Middle School Learners to Explore Fundamentals of Natural Language Processing. 

Authors: Obajemu, O., Dirgo, R., Terracina, J., Boyer, K.E., Glazewski, K. & Hmelo-Silver, C. 

Type: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference of the Learning Sciences - ICLS 2026 International Society of the Learning Sciences.

Designing a teacher learning trajectory to support AI and NLP integration in middle school science.  

Authors: Smyslova, D., Chakraburty, S., Glazewski, K., Hmelo-Silver, C. E., & Boyer, K. 

Type: Journal of Research on Technology in Education - 2026.

2025

Engaging with Natural Language Processing: An Exploratory Study across Multiple Middle School Grades

Authors: Chakraburty, S., Smyslova, D., Hmelo-Silver, C. E., Glazewski, K., Obajemu, O., Fry Wise, C., Earle-Randell, T., McKlin, T. & Boyer, K. E.

Type: Proceedings of the 19th International Conference of the Learning Sciences - ICLS 2025 (pp. 1369-1373). International Society of the Learning Sciences.

2024

Learning about NLP in Middle School Science

Authors: Chakraburty, S., Hmelo-Silver, C. E., Glazewski, K., Katuka, G., Celepkolu, M., & Boyer, K. E.

Type: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference of the Learning Sciences - ICLS 2024 (pp. 2153-2154). International Society of the Learning Sciences.

Integrating Natural Language Processing in Middle School Science Classrooms: An Experience Report

Authors: Gloria Ashiya Katuka, Srijita Chakraburty, Hyejeong Lee, Sunny Dhama, Toni Earle-Randell, Mehmet Celepkolu, Kristy Elizabeth Boyer, Krista G. Glazewski, Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver, Tom McKlin.

Type: Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE), Portland, Oregon, 2024, pp. Pages 639 - 645.

2023

NLP4Science: Designing a Platform for Integrating Natural Language Processing in Middle School Science Classrooms

Authors: Sunny Dhama, Gloria Ashiya Katuka, Mehmet Celepkolu, Kristy Elizabeth Boyer, Krista Glazewski, Cindy Hmelo-Silver.

Type: IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC), 2023.