Selected Papers and Conference Proceedings
Silla, E. M. (accepted). How do multi-digit multiplication problems promote procedural flexibility? An analysis of two fourth grade textbooks. Accepted for publication in Proceedings of the forty-fourth annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Nashville, TN. [download]
Vest, N. A., Silla, E. M., Bartel, A. N., Nagashima, T., Aleven, V., & Alibali, M. W. (2022). Self-explanation of worked examples integrated in an Intelligent Tutoring System enhances problem solving and efficiency in algebra. In J. Culbertson, A. Perfors, H. Rabagliati, & V. Ramenzoni (Eds.), Proceedings of the 44th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Toronto, Canada: Cognitive Science Society. [download]
Nagashima, T., Ling, E., Zheng, B., Bartel, A., Silla, E. M., Vest, N., Anthony, L., Alibali, M. W., & Aleven, V. (2022). How does sustaining and interleaving visual scaffolding help learners? A classroom study with an Intelligent Tutoring System. In J. Culbertson, A. Perfors, H. Rabagliati, & V. Ramenzoni (Eds.), Proceedings of the 44th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Toronto, Canada: Cognitive Science Society. [download]
Bartel, A. N., Silla, E. M., Vest, N. A., Nagashima, T., Aleven, V., & Alibali, M. W. (2021). Reasoning about equations with tape diagrams: Insights from students and math teachers. In E. de Vries, J. Ahn, & Y. Hod (Eds.), 15th International Conference of the Learning Sciences–ICLS 2021 (pp. 685-688). International Society of the Learning Sciences, 2021 [virtual due to COVID-19]. [download]
Nagashima, T., Bartel, A. N., Yadav, G., Tseng, S., Vest, N. A., Silla, E. M., Alibali, M. W., & Aleven, V. (2021). Using anticipatory diagrammatic self-explanation to support learning and performance in early algebra. In E. de Vries, J. Ahn, & Y. Hod (Eds.), 15th International Conference of the Learning Sciences–ICLS 2021 (pp. 474-481). International Society of the Learning Sciences, 2021 [virtual due to COVID-19]. [download]
Nagashima, T., Bartel, A. N., Tseng, S., Vest, N. A., Silla, E. M., Alibali, M. W., & Aleven, V. (2021) Scaffolded self-explanation with visual representations promotes efficient learning in early algebra. In T. Fitch, C. Lamm, H. Leder, & K. Teßmar-Raible (Eds.), 43rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 1858-1864). Cognitive Science Society [virtual due to COVID-19]. [download]
Silla, E. M., Hornburg, C. B., & McNeil, N. M. (2020). Research-based teaching practices for improving students’ understanding of mathematical equivalence have not made it into elementary classrooms. In S. Denison, M. Mack, Y. Xu, & B. C. Armstrong (Eds.), Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 2937-2943). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society [virtual due to COVID-19]. [download]
Selected Conference Posters and Presentations
Silla, E. M., Barbieri, C. A., & Newton, K. (2022, June 1-3). Arithmetic and word problem-based procedural flexibility measures as predictors of middle-schoolers’ differential algebra skills [Poster]. Accepted for presentation at the 4th Annual Mathematics Cognition and Learning Society (MCLS) Conference, Antwerp, Belgium. [download]
Silla, E. M., Vest, N. A., Bartel, A. N., Nagashima, T., Aleven, M., & Alibali, M. W. (2022, June 1-3). Middle-school students’ preferences for visual features of tape diagrams and their relation to symbolizing equations [Poster]. Accepted for presentation at the 4th Annual Mathematics Cognition and Learning Society (MCLS) Conference, Antwerp, Belgium. [download]
Bartel, A. N., Silla, E. M., Vest, N. A., Nagashima, T., Aleven, V., & Alibali, M. W. (2022, June 1-3). Do tape diagrams in explanations of worked examples foster conceptual understanding? Evidence from early algebra [Poster]. The 4th Annual Mathematics Cognition and Learning Society (MCLS) Conference, Antwerp, Belgium. [download]
Silla, E. M., & Barbieri, C. A. (2022, April 21-23). Underlying mechanisms of benefits of varying worked example types on algebra learning [Poster]. The 2022 Cognitive Development Society (CDS) Biennial Meeting, Madison, WI, USA. [download]
Silla, E. M., Vest, N. A., Nagashima, T., Bartel, A. N., Anthony, L. E., Aleven, V., & Alibali, M. W. (2022, February 25). Efficacy of tape diagrams: Evidence from an Intelligent Tutoring System [Presentation]. The 3th Annual Mathematics Cognition and Learning Society (MCLS) Conference [virtual due to COVID-19].
A video recording of Elena’s presentation at the Cognitive Science Soceity (2020).
