Publications

Tu, X., & Danish, J. (2023, accepted) Designing Technology-enhanced Play Environment for Young Children’s Science Modeling Practice In Learning Design, and Technology Syposium (LDT’23). Association for Computing Machinery, Evanston, IL, USA. https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3594781.3594798

Tu, X., Danish, J., Humburg, M., Zhou, M., Mathayas, N., Enyedy, N., & Jen, T.(2023). Understanding young children’s science learning through embodied communication within an MR environment. Invited Special Issue for International Journal of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning.

Tu, X., Georgen, C., Danish, J., & Enyedy, N. (2021). Elementary students learning science in a MR environment by constructing liminal blends through action on props. Information and Learning Sciences.

Davis, B., Tu, X., Georgen, C., Danish, J. A., & Enyedy, N. (2019). The impact of different play activity designs on students’ embodied learning. Information and Learning Sciences.

Lee, L. & Tu, X. (2016). Integrating Digital Media as an Effective Science Learning Tool for Low-Income Preschoolers: iPad Instruction with a Social Development Approach. Journal of Research in Childhood Education.

Lee, L. & Tu, X. (2016). Mathematical learning with digital media for low- income preschool children: A case study of ELL and non-ELL. International Journal of Early Childhood Learning.

Book Chapter

Yang, J., Tu, X., Kim, J., & Maltese, A. (2021). “Making with Children in Three Different Cultures: China, South Korea, and the U.S.A” , a chapter in the book, World of Children: Perspectives and Connections in Sustainability during the Pandemic, edited by Judith Lynne McConnell-Farmer (Mikkelson), Ed.D.

Selected Conference Proceedings – Peer Reviewed

Tu, X., Humburg, M., Mathayas, N., Zhou, M., & Danish, J. (2022). How embodiment helps students explain their ideas within an MR environment and content interviews [paper]. International Conference of the Learning Sciences 2022. Volume ICLS Proceedings, 1225-1228, Hiroshima, Japan (Online): International Society of the Learning Sciences.

Tu, X., Yang, J., Zhong, Q., Wang, C., & Maltese, A. (2022). E-textile Fashion: Designing Maker Activity for Chinese Migrant Girls [poster]. International Conference of the Learning Sciences 2022. Volume ICLS Proceedings, 2130-2031, Hiroshima, Japan (Online): International Society of the Learning Sciences.

Lee, S., Tu, X., Adebola, S., Danish, J., & Enyedy, N. (2022). “We Made Liquid!”: How Children Blend Feedback in a Mixed-Reality Environment for Collective Embodied Learning [paper]. International Conference of the Learning Sciences 2022. Volume CSCL Proceedings, 219-215, Hiroshima, Japan (Online): International Society of the Learning Sciences.

Mathayas, N., Tu, X., Danish, J., Vogelstein, L., & Cosic, L. (2022). Building meaningful participation using embodied Mixed Reality technologies. International Conference of the Learning Sciences 2022.

Tu, X., Georgen, C., Danish, J., & Enyedy, N (2020). Extended Embodiment: Physical and Conceptual Tools in a Mixed-Reality Learning Environment as Supports for Young Learners’ Exploration of Science Concepts. In Gresalfi, M. and Horn, I. S. (Eds.). (2020). The Interdisciplinarity of the Learning Sciences, 14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2020, Volume 3, 1269-1276. Nashville, Tennessee: International Society of the Learning Sciences.

Tu, X., Danish, J., Humburg, M., Enyedy, N., & Keifert, D., (2020). Play and Embodiment: Designing for early elementary students’ strengths. In symposium: Broadening Learning Sciences Theoretical lenses to understand young children’s sensemaking. In Gresalfi, M. and Horn, I. S. (Eds.). (2020). The Interdisciplinarity of the Learning Sciences, 14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2020, Volume 1, 390-397.Nashville, Tennessee: International Society of the Learning Sciences

Tu, X., Danish, J., Georgen, C., Humburg, M., Davis, B., & Enyedy, N (2019). Examining how scientific modeling emerges through collective embodied play. In Lund, K., Niccolai., G., Lavoue, E., Hmelo-Silver, C., Gwen, G., & Baker, M., (Ed.), A Wide Lens: Combing Embodied, Enactive, Extended and Embedded Learning in Collaborative Settings: The 13th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (Vol. 2.). Lyon, France: The International Society of the Learning Sciences.  (Nominee of Best Design Paper Award)