publications

2024

  1. From Tiles to Worksheet: Exploring Concreteness Fading in Learning Vector Addition
    Yilang Zhao
    Education Sciences, 2024
  2. Bridging Data and Art: Investigating Data-Art Connections in a Data-Art Inquiry Program
    Y Zhao, J Bertling, L Hodge, and 1 more author
    Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2024
  3. Exploring students’ understanding of vector addition through constructionist storytelling
    Y Zhao, and M Berland
    Instructional Science, 2024
    accepted
  4. Learning Vector Addition Using Concreteness Fading: The Role of Gesture Production. Mind, Culture, and Activity
    Y Zhao, and M Nathan
    Mind, Culture, and Activity, 2024
    under review
  5. Creating Space for Data, Art, and Stories: Student-created Data Visualizations for Community Learning
    L Hodge, and Y Zhao
    In Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME) Annual Conference 47, 2024
  6. Exploring Youth’s Data Reasoning with Data Visualization
    Yilang Zhao, Joy Bertling, and Elizabeth Dyer
    In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference of the Learning Sciences-ICLS 2024, pp. 2323-2324, 2024
  7. Data Visualization Renarrated: Probing the Role of Renarrating in Data Visualization Reimagining
    Yilang Zhao, and Elizabeth B Dyer
    In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference of the Learning Sciences-ICLS 2024, pp. 1390-1393, 2024
  8. How does Gender Influence Math Classes?: A case of a Storytelling Activity about Learning Vector
    Fuyi Feng, and Yilang Zhao
    In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference of the Learning Sciences-ICLS 2024, pp. 1566-1569, 2024
  9. The Role of Entry Points in Defining, Cultivating, and Sustaining Community Learning with Data Artists
    George Schafer, Elizabeth B Dyer, Christopher Wright, and 2 more authors
    In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference of the Learning Sciences-ICLS 2024, pp. 2439-2440, 2024
  10. Data Reasoning With Self-Authored Visualization in the MVP (Mathematizing, Visualizing, and Power) Project
    Y Zhao
    In American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting 2024, 2024

2023

  1. Vector Addition in Stories: Exploring Knowledge Application After a Concreteness Fading Intervention
    Yilang Zhao, and Jamie Gibson
    In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences-ICLS 2023, pp. 298-304, 2023
  2. Probing Mathematical Language in Concreteness Fading Vector Addition Learning
    Yilang Zhao, and Matthew Berland
    In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences-ICLS 2023, pp. 1967-1968, 2023
  3. Probing gesturing in a concreteness fading vector addition learning experience
    Yilang Zhao, and Mitchell J. Nathan
    In Proceedings of the 2023 AERA Annual Meeting, 2023
  4. Exploring math language use in learning vector addition with concreteness fading (poster 40)
    Yilang Zhao, and Matthew Berland
    In Proceedings of the 2023 AERA Annual Meeting, 2023
  5. Exploring structured self-reflection and expertise in a playful learning experience
    Yilang Zhao
    In Proceedings of the 2023 AERA Annual Meeting, 2023

2022

  1. Exploring Redditors’ Topics with Natural Language Processing
    Yilang Zhao
    In 4th International Conference on Advanced Research Methods and Analytics (CARMA 2022), 2022
  2. Exploring Redditors’ Communication Style
    Yilang Zhao
    In 4th International Conference on Advanced Research Methods and Analytics (CARMA 2022), 2022

2021

  1. Exploring self-reflection in a playful learning experience
    Yilang Zhao, and Matthew Berland
    In Proceedings of the 2021 AERA Annual Meeting, 2021

2019

  1. Epistemic networks in playful assessment
    Y Zhao, V Kumar, and A Pellicone
    In International Conference on Quantitative Ethnography, 2019
  2. Proposing a rubric-based in-game self-reflection model
    Y Zhao, and A Pellicone
    In 2019 Inaugural Symposium on Computer Science and Learning Sciences, 2019

2018

  1. Toward a rubric-based assessment of global digital tools and pedagogies: taking a closer look at mandarin tone learning apps
    Y Zhao, and C Ryu
    In Global Digital Humanities Symposium, 2018

2017

  1. Tech Trek: A serious card-game about stem careers
    L Cherchiglia, Y Zhao, R Jorae, and 2 more authors
    In Irish Conference on Game Based Learning, Cork City, 2017