2026 Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	56	1835	1653	877	778	280	26281

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

7410
Citations
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

3665
Citations
Goals and Strategies of a Problem-based Learning Facilitator

Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver;Howard S. Barrows

1370
Citations
Problem-Based Learning

Woei Hung;David H. Jonassen;Rude Liu

815
Citations
Comparing expert and novice understanding of a complex system from the perspective of structures, behaviors, and functions

Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver;Merav Green Pfeffer

679
Citations
Facilitating Collaborative Knowledge Building

Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver;Howard S. Barrows

668
Citations
Fish Swim, Rocks Sit, and Lungs Breathe: Expert-Novice Understanding of Complex Systems

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

577
Citations
Problem-based Learning: A Research Perspective on Learning Interactions

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529
Citations
Seven Affordances of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning: How to Support Collaborative Learning? How Can Technologies Help?

Heisawn Jeong;Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver

518
Citations
Understanding Complex Systems: Some Core Challenges

Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver;Roger Azevedo

464
Citations
The international handbook of collaborative learning

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

442
Citations
Learning progressions: Aligning curriculum, instruction, and assessment

Ravit Golan Duncan;Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver

422
Citations
Analyzing collaborative knowledge construction: multiple methods for integrated understanding

Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver

415
Citations
Teaching and learning as multimedia authoring: the classroom 2000 project

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

353
Citations
Design and Reflection Help Students Develop Scientific Abilities: Learning in Introductory Physics Laboratories

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

328
Citations
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

306
Citations
Inquiry Learning and Opportunities for Technology

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

239
Citations
Collaborative group engagement in a computer-supported inquiry learning environment

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

233
Citations
Promoting complex systems learning through the use of conceptual representations in hypermedia

Lei Liu;Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver

216
Citations
Understanding Complex Natural Systems by Articulating Structure-Behavior- Function Models

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

185
Citations
Collaborative Learning, Reasoning, and Technology

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

159
Citations
Learning Theories and Problem-Based Learning

Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver;Catherine Eberbach

151
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Rebecca Jordan Michigan State University

Clark A. Chinn Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Frank Fischer Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Susan R. Goldman University of Illinois at Chicago

Judith L. Green University of California, Santa Barbara

Paul A. Kirschner Open University in the Netherlands

Roger Azevedo University of Central Florida

Yasmin B. Kafai University of Pennsylvania

Robert L. Goldstone Indiana University

Rainer Bromme University of Münster

External Links

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