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Nitasha Mathayas

Social Sciences · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Science Education and PedagogyInnovative Teaching and Learning MethodsEducational Strategies and EpistemologiesOnline Learning and AnalyticsAction Observation and Synchronization

Publications

29

Citations

121

Est. group size

~4

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

11

Publishing since 2016

Research summary
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Nitasha Mathayas studies how students learn science, with a focus on how physical gestures and body-based (embodied) computer simulations help learners build explanations of scientific ideas such as thermal conduction, air pressure, and ecosystems. The work also examines how teachers support students' ability to reason and make sense of science on their own (called epistemic agency), and how future teachers develop computational thinking skills.

Gesture and embodied learning in scienceStudent sensemaking and mechanistic reasoningTeacher support for student epistemic agencyComputer simulations for science educationComputational thinking and teacher preparation

Publication activity has been growing over the last decade, rising from roughly one paper per year in 2018-2019 to four to six per year in recent years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.8/year recently
172018: 1 publication182019: 1 publication192020: 4 publications202021: 1 publication212022: 3 publications222023: 4 publications232024: 6 publications6242025: 5 publications252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Proceedings.×6
  • International Conference of Learning Sciences×5
  • Journal of Research in Science Teaching×2
  • Proceedings of the 2020 AERA Annual Meeting×2
  • Science Education×1

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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