PUBLICATIONS


Journal Articles

Chinn, C. A., Duncan, R. G., & Av-Shalom, N. Y. (2021). Applying the Grasp-of-Evidence framework to design and evaluate epistemically complex learning environments. Information and Technology in Education and Learning1(1).

Av-Shalom, N. Y., Zimmerman, R. M., Chinn, C. A., & Duncan, R. G. (2019). Analysis of Different Categories of Epistemic and Metacognitive Discourse in Argumentation. Studia Paedagogica. 24(4), 101-118.


Book Chapters

El-Moslimany, H., Zimmerman, R. M., Av-Shalom, N. Y., Chinn, C. A., & Duncan, R. G. (2022). Learning Sciences. In D. Fisher (Ed.) Routledge Encyclopedia of Education.

Duncan, R. G., Av-Shalom, N. Y., & Chinn, C. A. (2021). Inquiry and Learning in Science. In C. Chinn & R. G. Duncan (Ed.), International Handbook of Inquiry and Learning (pp. 325-344).New York, NY: Routledge.


Conference Proceedings

Duncan, R., Hassan, D., Krishnamoorthy, R., Av-Shalom, N. Y., Hassan, M. (2025). Fostering Sociopolitical Awareness in Genetic Education: Investigating Racial Health Disparities in Diabetes. Proceedings of the 19th International Conference of the Learning Sciences – ICLS 2025. Helsinki, Finland.

Av-Shalom, N. Y. (2024). Epistemic trajectories: Classroom communities’ development of socio-epistemic disciplinary norms. In Lindgren, R., Asino, T. I., Kyza, E. A., Looi, C. K., Keifert, D. T., & Suárez, E. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 18th International Conference of the Learning Sciences – ICLS 2024 (pp. 921-928). Buffalo, USA: International Society of the Learning Sciences.

Av-Shalom, N. Y. (2024). Classroom communities’ understanding of canonical scientific norms. In C. C. Chinn & S. Barzilai [Co-organizers]. “Understanding and Promoting Epistemic Growth: Applying the AIR and Apt-AIR Frameworks.” In Lindgren, R., Asino, T. I., Kyza, E. A., Looi, C. K., Keifert, D. T., & Suárez, E. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 18th International Conference of the Learning Sciences – ICLS 2024 (pp. 1886-1893). Buffalo, USA: International Society of the Learning Sciences.

Av-Shalom, N. Y. (2023). Strategies for Supporting Epistemic Discourse about Ideals. The 3rd Annual Meeting of the International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS) 2023. Montreal, Canada.

Av-Shalom, N. Y. (2022). Supporting Epistemic Reasoning in Classroom Discourse. In J. Oshima, T. Mochizuki, & Y. Hayashi (Eds.), International Collaboration toward Educational Innovation or All: Overarching Research, Development, and Practices: The 2nd Annual Meeting of the International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS) 2022. Volume 1. (pp. 176-177). Hiroshima, Japan: International Society of the Learning Sciences.

Av-Shalom, N. Y., Duncan, R. G., Chinn, C., Danish, J., Hmelo-Silver, C., Murphy, D., Stiso, C., Ryan, Z., Zhou, J. (2022). Supporting Students to Develop a “Grasp of Modeling”. In S. Yoon, C. Chinn, & N. F. Noushad [Co-organizers]. “Frameworks and Methodologies for Epistemic Growth in K-12 Science Classrooms to Address Post-Truth Discourse.” [Symposium]. In C. Chinn, E. Tan, C. Chan & Y. Kali (Eds.), International Collaboration toward Educational Innovation or All: Overarching Research, Development, and Practices: The 16th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2022. Volume 1.  (pp. 1683-1690). Hiroshima, Japan: International Society of the Learning Sciences.

Av-Shalom, N. Y., Duncan, R., Chinn, C. (2021). Students’ Conceptualizations of the Role of Evidence in Modeling. In E. de Vries, Y. Hod & J. Ahn (Eds.), Reflecting the Past and Embracing the Future: The International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2021. Volume 3 (pp. 291-298). Bochum, Germany: International Society of the Learning Sciences.

Moreland, M., Vickery, M., Ryan, Z., Murphy, D., Av-Shalom, N. Y., Hmelo-Silver, C., Danish, J., Duncan, R., Chinn, C. (2020). Representing Modeling Relationships in Systems: Student Use of Arrows. In M. Gresalfi & I. S. Horn (Eds.), The Interdisciplinarity of the Learning Sciences: The International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2020. Volume 3 (pp. 1773-1774). Nashville, TN: International Society of the Learning Sciences.

Av-Shalom, N. Y., El-Moslimany, H., Duncan, R. G., & Chinn, C. A. (2018). Changes in Students’ Use of Epistemic Criteria in Model Evaluation. In J. Kay & R. Luckin (Eds.), Rethinking Learning in the Digital Age: Making the Learning Sciences Count: The International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) 2018. Volume 2 (pp. 768-775). London, UK: International Society of the Learning Sciences.