Research
Creativity Assessments in Game-Based Learning Environments
2023
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Completed comprehensive literature review of psychological assessments for creativity in game-based learning (GBL) environments.
Audited standardized assessments, including TCTT, and self-developed inventories
Presented at AERA 2024 and APA 2024
Implications: Video games provide a unique opportunity for stealth assessment of creativity
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Meihua Qian, PhD
Qianyi Gao
Shuyu Huang
Xianyong Wang
Engineering Habits of Mind at Home
2023
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Analyzed engineering behavior from large video databases in an NSF engineering program.
Compared scores from NLP text analysis (LIWC) and human observations
Received funding and sponsorship to present at ASEE 2023
Implications: Habits of Mind (HoM) should be targeted in early childhood programs to strengthen engineering aptitudes
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Amber Simpson, PhD
Peter Knox, PhD
Sawsan Werfelli, EdD
Adam Maltese, PhD
Empathy in Failure Moments for Museum Education
2024
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Partnered with 19 science and technology museums across the United States to investigate epistemic empathy in educators during learning failure moments.
Analyzed large video databases of each program across 3 years
NSF-funded “Failure in Making” project available online
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Amber Simpson, PhD
Lauren Penney
Creative Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic
2022
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Conducted a mixed-methods study to examine the state of creative learning environments during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Received IRB approval
Presented at Binghamton Research Days 2021, NCUR 2022, and NeMLA 2022
Implications: On average, online and hybrid learning environments do not negatively impact creative learning
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Jada McCann
Jack Melillo
8
Years of expertise
Raised in research funding
$3K
Citations and downloads
500+
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Undergraduate Research Forum Award Winner, Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA), March 2022.
Undergraduate Research Award, Binghamton University, Feb 2022.
Trinity Memorial Research Grant, Center for Technology and Innovation, Feb 2022.
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“The Trap of Expertise.” Chit Chat Club at The Bakery Atlanta, Mar 2025.
“Creativity Assessment in the Game-Based Learning Environment: A Review of Recent Research.” American Psychological Association (APA), Aug 2023; American Educational Research Association (AERA), Apr 2024.
“Developing Habits of Mind through Family Engineering at Home.” 30th Annual Edgar W. Couper Lecture at College for Community & Public Affairs (CCPA), May 2022; American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Jun 2023.
“Creative Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Research Days at Binghamton University, May 2021; Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) at Johns Hopkins University, Mar 2022; National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Apr 2022.
“Medical Innovations that Combat COVID-19 in the Southern Tier.” Center for Technology and Innovation at TechWorks!, Feb 2022.
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Simpson, A., Tan, J., Penney, L., Anderson, A., & Maltese, A. Feeling through failure: The role of epistemic empathy in the professional growth of museum educators. Manuscript in review.
Tan, J., Simpson, A., Knox, P., Werfelli, S., & Maltese, A. (2023). Developing habits of mind through family engineering at home. American Society for Engineering Education. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--43081
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Binghamton University
Indiana University Bloomington
Clemson University
Georgia Institute for Technology