Katerine Bielaczyc
 
 
 
Position
Deputy Head, Learning Sciences Laboratory
   
Associate Professor
 
Telephone
(65) 9 664 5214
 
Fax
(65) 6 896 8038
 
Email address
 
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Biographical Sketch
 

 
 
Dr. Kate is currently an Associate Professor in the Learning Sciences Lab at the National Institute of Education in Singapore.  Kate was formerly an Assistant Professor at Harvard University in Technology in Education and Teacher Education; a Senior Scientist at Bolt, Beranek, and Newman; and Director of the Learning Communities Research Group at Boston College.  Kate has worked as a cognitive researcher and systems designer at the Learning Research and Development Center in Pittsburgh and at universities in France and Italy.  She has been a visiting scholar at the Open University, UK, and at the Ecole Normale Superior in Lyon, France.  Kate was the Director of Research on a large-scale school reform effort through the NSF Vanguard for Learning project, and also worked with colleagues at the Harvard Institute for International Development and the Secretary of Education in Bogota, Colombia, on the evaluation of an ICT project in the Bogota School District. Kate’s research centers on individual and collective metacognition, teacher and student learning and epistemic change within contexts of classroom innovation, and exploring new methodologies for classroom assessment
 
 
Education
 
 
Ph.D., Education in Math, Science and Technology Program (U.C. Berkeley)
 
 
Masters in Education, Education in Math, Science and Technology Program  (U.C. Berkeley)
 
 

B.Sc., First Class Honours Degree, Computer Science/Artificial Intelligence (University of Edinburgh, UK)
 
 
Selected Publications
 
 
 
 
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Bielaczyc, K. & Collins, A. (in press). Design research: Foundational perspectives, critical tensions, and arenas for action.  To appear in J. Campione, K. Metz, & A.M. Palincsar  (Eds.) Children’s learning in and out of school: Essays in honor of Ann Brown.
 
 
 
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Bielaczyc, K. (2006). Designing social infrastructure: Critical issues in creating learning environments with technology. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 15, 301-329.
 
 
 
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Bielaczyc, K. & Collins, A. (2006). Implementation paths: Supporting the trajectory teachers traverse in implementing technology-based learning environments in classroom practice. Journal of Educational Technology, 46 (2), 8-14.
 
 
  
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Bielaczyc, K. & Blake, P. (2006). Shifting epistemologies: Examining student understanding of new models of knowledge and learning. In Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences.
 
 
 
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Huang, J., Bielaczyc, K. & Meagher, M. (2006). Liquid Ontologies, Metaperspectives, and Dynamic Viewing of Shared Knowledge. In the Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Knowledge Management.
 
 
 
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Meagher, M., Bielaczyc, K. & Huang, J. (2005). OpenD: Supporting parallel development of digital designs. In the Proceedings of DUX 2005.
 
 
 
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 Bielaczyc, K. & Collins, A. (2005). Technology as a catalyst for fostering knowledge-creating communities. A. M. O'Donnell, C. E. Hmelo-Silver, & J. van der Linden (Eds.), Collaborative learning, reasoning, and technology.  Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
 
 
 
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Bielaczyc, K. (2004). Learning Communities. In The Encyclopedia of Education, Second Edition.  New York: Macmillan Reference.
 
 
 
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Collins, A. Joseph, D. & Bielaczyc, K. (2004). Design research: Theoretical and methodological issues. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 13, 15-42.
 
 
 
 
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Bielaczyc, K. & Collins, A. (2002) Critical issues in the creation of knowledge. In Proceedings of International Conference on Computers in Education. Auckland, New Zealand: Massey University.
 
 
 
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Caswell, B. & Bielaczyc, K. (2002) Knowledge Forum: Altering the relationship between students and scientific knowledge. Education, Communication and Information, 3, 281-305.
 
 
 
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Bielaczyc, K. (2001) Designing social infrastructure: The challenge of building computer-supported learning communities, in the Proceedings of the EURO-CSCL 2001 Conference.
 
 
 
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Bielaczyc, K. and Collins, A. (1999a) Learning communities in classrooms: A reconceptualization of educational practice, in C.M. Reigeluth (Ed.), Instructional Design Theories and Models, Vol. II.  Mahwah NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
 
 
 
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Bielaczyc, K. and Collins, A. (1999b) Learning communities in classrooms: Advancing knowledge for a lifetime, in the National Association of Secondary School Principals Bulletin
 
 
 
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Baker, M. and Bielaczyc, K. (1995) Missed opportunities for learning in collaborative problem-solving interactions, in the Proceedings of the Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Education.
 
 
 
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Bielaczyc, K., Pirolli, P., and Brown, A.L., (1995) Training in self-explanation and self-regulation strategies: Investigating the effects of knowledge acquisition activities on problem solving, in Cognition and Instruction.
 
 
 
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Bielaczyc, K., Pirolli, P., and Brown, A.L., (1994) Collaborative explanations and metacognition: Identifying successful learning activities in the acquisition of cognitive skills, in the Proceedings of the Conference of the Cognitive Science Society.
 
 
 
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Bielaczyc, K., and Recker, M., (1991) Learning to learn: The implications of strategy instruction in computer programming, in the Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences.
 
 
  
 
  
 
Research Interest
 
 
Individual and collective metacognition
 
 
Teacher and student learning and epistemological change within contexts of classroom innovation,
 
 
Design Research
 
 
New methodologies for classroom assessment
 
 
Projects
 
Principal investigator (with Dr. Tan Seng Chee) of Project LSL 6/06 TSC: Ideas First: Developing a Model for Creating Knowledge Building Classrooms in Primary School
 
 
Awards
 
 
National Academy of Education / Spencer Post-Doctoral Fellowship 2001 - 2003
 
  McDonnell Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship, 1996-98
 
  Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, 1993-94
 
 
Weinman Scholarship Trust Award for Technology in Education, 1992-93, 1993-94
 
  Wilson Memorial Scholarship for Graduate Studies at U.C. Berkeley, 1992-93
 
  University of California Regents Fellowship, 1991-92
 
 
American Educational Research Association Outstanding Student Research Award, 1991
 
  U.C. Berkeley, Education in Math, Science, and Technology Program, Exemplary Student Project, 1990
 
  General Electric Scholarship for Engineering and Computer Science, 1986-87
 
 
Eastman-Kodak Scholars Program, National Scholarship in Engineering, 1983-85
 
  Michigan State University Scholarship for Teacher Education, 1984-85
 
  Mortar Board National Honor Society Academic Excellence Award, 1985
 
 
Michigan State University School of Engineering Award: Top Ten Engineer, 1984, 1985
 
  Society of Women Engineers Award: Top Ten Engineer, 1983, 1984, 1985
 
  Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society Academic Excellence Award, 1984
 
 
Pi Mu Epsilon National Mathematics Honor Society Award, 1984
 
  Congressman's Medal of Merit for Outstanding Youth in Michigan, 1984
 
  H.T. Ewald Scholarship, 1982-83