Mengxi Zhou
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Mengxi Zhou
@zhoum56.bsky.social
Learning Sciences PhD Candidate (ABD) at Indiana University Bloomington
Interested in embodied learning, data literacy, and network visualization
This paper started from my AERA 2022 paper (my first research idea since I joined IU). It accompanied me through coursework, qualify exam, dissertation proposal defense, and data collection. Thank you so much to @morganavickery.bsky.social @jdanish.bsky.social. The entire STEP team is amazing!
May 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Reposted by Mengxi Zhou
Excited to share this new article co-authored with @zhoum56.bsky.social and @morganavickery.bsky.social: “Goals in Motion: How Emergent Embodied Goals Support Elementary Students’ Mechanistic Reasoning in Collaborative Modeling Activities" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Goals in Motion: How Emergent Embodied Goals Support Elementary Students’ Mechanistic Reasoning in Collaborative Modeling Activities
This paper explores how students navigate individual and collective goals in collective embodied modeling activities as part of an elementary science curriculum on states of matter. We propose the ...
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May 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The paper that I co-authored with I co-authored with
@nmathayas.bsky.social @jdanish.bsky.social @ Morgan Vickery @ Selena Steinberg won the runner-up award for the best student paper in SIG learning Sciences and Advanced Technologies for Learning.
April 16, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Bye AERA2024. I met good people and saw interesting research!
April 13, 2024 at 8:01 PM
#AERA24 Sat, April 13, 1:15 pm, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Floor: Level 200, Exhibit Hall A "Exploring Students' Divergent Interpretations While Studying Ecosystems in an Embodied Mixed-Reality Environment (Poster 36)
April 13, 2024 at 2:56 AM
#AERA24 #AERASIGIT Sat, April 13, 9:35 to 11:05am, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Floor: Level 200, Exhibit Hall B "Elementary Students’ Reflection on Embodied and Digital Data Representations"
April 13, 2024 at 2:53 AM
Reposted by Mengxi Zhou
Blog post about some of our recent collaborations to use network visualization / data literacy with a history teacher and their students!

digitalpromise.org/2024/04/03/u...
April 3, 2024 at 5:24 PM
Reposted by Mengxi Zhou
Super excited to share our new article, “Using network visualizations to engage elementary students in locally relevant data literacy” which can be found at www.emerald.com/insight/cont.... Huge congrats to @zhoum56.bsky.social on this incredibly 1st authored piece!
Using network visualizations to engage elementary students in locally relevant data literacy |...
Using network visualizations to engage elementary students in locally relevant data literacy - Author: Mengxi Zhou, Selena Steinberg, Christina Stiso, Joshua A. Danish, Kalani Craig
www.emerald.com
December 6, 2023 at 12:51 AM