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Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver

Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
56
Citations
26281
World Ranking
1835
National Ranking
877

Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 280 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association

Overview

Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver is affiliated with Indiana University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on social sciences, psychology, and computer science. Within these broad areas, they have made contributions to developmental and educational psychology, education, computer science applications, artificial intelligence, and sociology and political science.

Their work covers an array of topics related to education and technology integration, including innovative teaching and learning methods, science education and pedagogy, educational games and gamification, online learning and analytics, education and critical thinking development, educational strategies and epistemologies, and teaching and learning programming.

Frequent coauthors in their publications include Krista Glazewski, James C. Lester, Joshua Danish, Bradford Mott, and Clark A. Chinn.

Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver has published extensively in several venues. Key publication venues with notable counts of their work include:

  • Proceedings. (17 publications)
  • Computer-supported collaborative learning/"The Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference" (14 publications)
  • International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (4 publications)
  • Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning (4 publications)
  • ICLS (4 publications)

Among recent papers are:

  • "Let's talk evidence - The case for combining inquiry-based and direct instruction," 2023, Educational Research Review
  • "Lessons Learned for AI Education with Elementary Students and Teachers," 2022, International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education
  • "Self-regulation and emotion matter: A case study of instructor interactions with a learning analytics dashboard," 2020, Computers & Education
  • "AI-Infused Collaborative Inquiry in Upper Elementary School: A Game-Based Learning Approach," 2021, Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
  • "Coordinating scaffolds for collaborative inquiry in a game-based learning environment," 2020, Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver was recognized as a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association in 2016.

Best Publications

  • Problem-Based Learning: What and How Do Students Learn?.

    Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver

  • Scaffolding and Achievement in Problem-Based and Inquiry Learning: A Response to Kirschner, Sweller, and Clark (2006)

    Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver;Ravit Golan Duncan;Clark A. Chinn

  • Goals and Strategies of a Problem-based Learning Facilitator

    Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver;Howard S. Barrows

  • Problem-Based Learning

    Woei Hung;David H. Jonassen;Rude Liu

  • Comparing expert and novice understanding of a complex system from the perspective of structures, behaviors, and functions

    Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver;Merav Green Pfeffer

  • Facilitating Collaborative Knowledge Building

    Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver;Howard S. Barrows

  • Fish Swim, Rocks Sit, and Lungs Breathe: Expert-Novice Understanding of Complex Systems

    Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver;Surabhi Marathe;Lei Liu

  • Problem-based Learning: A Research Perspective on Learning Interactions

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  • Seven Affordances of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning: How to Support Collaborative Learning? How Can Technologies Help?

    Heisawn Jeong;Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver

  • Understanding Complex Systems: Some Core Challenges

    Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver;Roger Azevedo

  • The international handbook of collaborative learning

    Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver;Clark A. Chinn;Carol K.K. Chan;Angela M. O’Donnell

  • Learning progressions: Aligning curriculum, instruction, and assessment

    Ravit Golan Duncan;Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver

  • Analyzing collaborative knowledge construction: multiple methods for integrated understanding

    Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver

  • Teaching and learning as multimedia authoring: the classroom 2000 project

    Gregory D. Abowd;Christopher G. Atkeson;Ami Feinstein;Cindy Hmelo

  • Design and Reflection Help Students Develop Scientific Abilities: Learning in Introductory Physics Laboratories

    Eugenia Etkina;Anna Karelina;Maria Ruibal-Villasenor;David Rosengrant

  • Ten years of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning: A meta-analysis of CSCL in STEM education during 2005–2014

    Heisawn Jeong;Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver;Kihyun Jo

  • Inquiry Learning and Opportunities for Technology

    Marcia C. Linn;Kevin W. McElhaney;Libby Gerard;Camillia Matuk

  • Collaborative group engagement in a computer-supported inquiry learning environment

    Suparna Sinha;Toni Kempler Rogat;Karlyn R. Adams-Wiggins;Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver

  • Promoting complex systems learning through the use of conceptual representations in hypermedia

    Lei Liu;Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver

  • Understanding Complex Natural Systems by Articulating Structure-Behavior- Function Models

    Swaroop S. Vattam;Ashok K. Goel;Spencer Rugaber;Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver

  • Collaborative Learning, Reasoning, and Technology

    Angela M. O'Donnell;Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver;Gijsbert Erkens

  • Learning Theories and Problem-Based Learning

    Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver;Catherine Eberbach

Frequent Co-Authors

Rebecca Jordan
Rebecca Jordan Michigan State University
Susanne P. Lajoie
Susanne P. Lajoie McGill University
Clark A. Chinn
Clark A. Chinn Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Ashok K. Goel
Ashok K. Goel Georgia Institute of Technology
Angela M. O'Donnell
Angela M. O'Donnell Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
James C. Lester
James C. Lester North Carolina State University
Frank Fischer
Frank Fischer Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Susan R. Goldman
Susan R. Goldman University of Illinois at Chicago
Carolyn Penstein Rosé
Carolyn Penstein Rosé Carnegie Mellon University
Judith L. Green
Judith L. Green University of California, Santa Barbara

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