Alejandra J. Magana

Publication Activity (10 Years)

Years Active: 2011-2024
Publications (10 Years): 72

Top Topics

Graduate Students

Computational Thinking

Conceptual Understanding

Top Venues

Comput. Appl. Eng. Educ.

IEEE Trans. Educ.

J. Comput. Assist. Learn.

Publications

Jorge Askur Vazquez Fernandez, Jae Joong Lee, Santiago Andrés Serrano Vacca, Alejandra J. Magana, Bedrich Benes, Voicu Popescu
Hands-Free VR. CoRR (2024)
Sakhi Aggrawal, Alejandra J. Magana
Teamwork Conflict Management Training and Conflict Resolution Practice via Large Language Models. Future Internet 16 (5) (2024)
Alejandra J. Magana, Aparajita Jaiswal, Theodora Loyce Amuah, Mariana Zamora Bula, Mohammad Shams Ud Duha, Jennifer C. Richardson
Characterizing Team Cognition Within Software Engineering Teams in an Undergraduate Course. IEEE Trans. Educ. 67 (1) (2024)
Lucas Wiese, Hector Will Pinto, Alejandra J. Magana
Undergraduate and graduate students' conceptual understanding of model classification outcomes under the lens of scientific argumentation. Comput. Appl. Eng. Educ. 32 (4) (2024)
Yiyin Gu, Miguel Garcia, Yiqun Zhang, Alejandra J. Magana, Bedrich Benes, Voicu Popescu
An XR Environment for AI Education: Design and First Implementation. VR Workshops (2024)
Pedro Acevedo, Alejandra J. Magana, Yoselyn Walsh, Hector Will, Bedrich Benes, Christos Mousas
Embodied immersive virtual reality to enhance the conceptual understanding of charged particles: A qualitative study. Comput. Educ. X Real. 5 (2024)
Syeda Fizza Ali, Daniel Bang, Alejandra J. Magana, Saira Anwar
Impact of Instructional Activities on Students' Positivity, Participation, and Perceived Value in a Systems Analysis and Design Course. FIE (2023)
Patricia Caratozzolo, Jose Daniel Azofeifa, Luis Alberto Mejía Manzano, Valentina Rueda-Castro, Julieta Noguez, Alejandra J. Magana, Bedrich Benes
A Matrix Taxonomy of Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSA) Shaping 2030 Labor Market. FIE (2023)
Irene Hensista, Shreya Guddeti, Devang A. Patel, Sakhi Aggrawal, Gaurav Nanda, Alejandra J. Magana
Transformative Pedagogy as a Reflective Approach for Promoting Intercultural Self-Awareness in the Context of Teamwork. FIE (2023)
Matilde Sánchez-Peña, Camilo Vieira, Alejandra J. Magana
Data science knowledge integration: Affordances of a computational cognitive apprenticeship on student conceptual understanding. Comput. Appl. Eng. Educ. 31 (2) (2023)
Joreen Arigye, Abasiafak Ndifreke Udosen, Parth Pravin Joshi, Alejandra J. Magana
The Evolution of Team Coordination Commitments in the Context of Computational Projects. FIE (2023)
Sebastian Garces, Camilo Vieira, Guity Ravai, Alejandra J. Magana
Engaging students in active exploration of programming worked examples. Educ. Inf. Technol. 28 (3) (2023)
Gaurav Nanda, Aparajita Jaiswal, Hugo Castellanos, Yuzhe Zhou, Alex Choi, Alejandra J. Magana
Evaluating the Coverage and Depth of Latent Dirichlet Allocation Topic Model in Comparison with Human Coding of Qualitative Data: The Case of Education Research. Mach. Learn. Knowl. Extr. 5 (1) (2023)
Hugo Castellanos, Camilo Vieira, Alejandra J. Magana
A Topic Modeling Approach to Characterizing Colombian Teachers' Conceptions of Computational Thinking. FIE (2023)
Xiaojin Liu, Hugo Castellanos, Lucas Wiese, Alejandra J. Magana
Exploring Machine Learning Methods to Identify Patterns in Students' Solutions to Programming Assignments. FIE (2023)
Sakhi Aggrawal, Jorge A. Cristancho, Devang A. Patel, Alejandra J. Magana
Cooperative Learning and Co-Regulation: Exploring Students' Teamwork Strategies in Higher Education. FIE (2023)
Pedro Acevedo, Alejandra J. Magana, Christos Mousas, Yoselyn Walsh, Hector Will Pinto, Bedrich Benes
Effects of Tactile Feedback on Conceptual Understanding of Electromagnetism in a Virtual Reality Experience. ISMAR Adjunct (2022)
Aparajita Jaiswal, Tugba Karabiyik, Paul Thomas, Alejandra J. Magana
Operationalizing team commitment in a project-based learning environment. FIE (2022)
Jose Daniel Azofeifa, Julieta Noguez, Sergio Ruiz, José Martín Molina Espinosa, Alejandra J. Magana, Bedrich Benes
Systematic Review of Multimodal Human-Computer Interaction. Informatics 9 (1) (2022)
Dominic Kao, Alejandra J. Magana, Olaoluwa Oyedokun, Akash Ravi
Towards an Educational Computing Career Exploration Game. CHI PLAY (2022)
Lisa Bosman, Alejandra J. Magana, Bhavana Kotla
Promoting Evidence-Based Decision Making Practices to Develop the Entrepreneurial Mindset Enabled by Microsoft Power BI Desktop. FIE (2022)
Jasmine Singh, Viranga Perera, Alejandra J. Magana, Brittany Newell, Jin Wei-Kocsis, Ying Ying Seah, Greg J. Strimel, Charles Xie
Using machine learning to predict engineering technology students' success with computer-aided design. Comput. Appl. Eng. Educ. 30 (3) (2022)
Alejandra J. Magana, Jisoo Hwang, Shi Feng, N. Sanjay Rebello, Tianlong Zu, Dominic Kao
Emotional and cognitive effects of learning with computer simulations and computer videogames. J. Comput. Assist. Learn. 38 (3) (2022)
Ronald R. Gutierrez, Frank Escusa, Joseph A. Lyon, Alejandra J. Magana, Jose H. Cabrera, Richard Pehovaz, Oscar Link, German Rivillas-Ospina, Guillermo J. Acuña, Julio M. Kuroiwa, Monica X. Guzman, Francisco G. Latosinski
Combining hands-on and virtual experiments for enhancing fluid mechanics teaching: A design-based research study. Comput. Appl. Eng. Educ. 30 (6) (2022)
Dominic Kao, Alejandra J. Magana, Christos Mousas
Evaluating Tutorial-Based Instructions for Controllers in Virtual Reality Games. Proc. ACM Hum. Comput. Interact. 5 (ISS) (2021)
Chandan Dasgupta, Alejandra J. Magana, Lisa Kirkham
Investigating teachers' enactment of engineering design practices in a CAD simulation-enhanced learning environment. Comput. Appl. Eng. Educ. 29 (6) (2021)
Yoselyn Walsh, Alejandra J. Magana, Hector Will, Tugba Yuksel, Lynn Bryan, Edward J. Berger, Bedrich Benes
A learner-centered approach for designing visuohaptic simulations for conceptual understanding of truss structures. Comput. Appl. Eng. Educ. 29 (6) (2021)
Dominic Kao, Rabindra A. Ratan, Christos Mousas, Alejandra J. Magana
The Effects of a Self-Similar Avatar Voice in Educational Games. Proc. ACM Hum. Comput. Interact. 5 (CHI) (2021)
Shi Feng, Alejandra J. Magana
The Effect of ElectronixTutor on Undergraduate Students' Acquisition of Conceptual Learning, Problem Solving, and Model Building of Electronic Circuits. FIE (2021)
Alejandro Espinal, Camilo Vieira, Alejandra J. Magana
Professional Development in Computational Thinking for teachers in Colombia. FIE (2021)
Joseph A. Lyon, Aparajita Jaiswal, Alejandra J. Magana, Ellen Gundlach, Mark Daniel Ward
Student challenges, strategies, and learning within the Data Mine Learning Community. FIE (2021)
Shi Feng, Alejandra J. Magana, Dominic Kao
A Systematic Review of Literature on the Effectiveness of Intelligent Tutoring Systems in STEM. FIE (2021)
Laura M. Cruz Castro, Alejandra J. Magana, Kerrie A. Douglas, Mireille Boutin
Analyzing Students' Computational Thinking Practices in a First-Year Engineering Course. IEEE Access 9 (2021)
Camilo Vieira, Alejandra J. Magana, Anindya Roy, Michael L. Falk
Providing students with agency to self-scaffold in a computational science and engineering course. J. Comput. High. Educ. 33 (2) (2021)
Jasmine Singh, Viranga Perera, Alejandra J. Magana, Brittany Newell, Jin Wei-Kocsis, Ying Ying Seah, Greg J. Strimel, Charles Xie
Using Machine Learning to Predict Engineering Technology Students' Success with Computer Aided Design. CoRR (2021)
Joseph A. Lyon, Hayden W. Fennell, Alejandra J. Magana
Characterizing students' arguments and explanations of a discipline-based computational modeling activity. Comput. Appl. Eng. Educ. 28 (4) (2020)
Joseph A. Lyon, Alejandra J. Magana
Computational thinking in higher education: A review of the literature. Comput. Appl. Eng. Educ. 28 (5) (2020)
Yoselyn Walsh, Alejandra J. Magana
Learning Statics Through Physical Manipulative Tools and Visuohaptic Simulations: The Effect of Visual and Haptic Feedback. ICLS (2020)
Ying Ying Seah, Tugba Karabiyik, Alejandra J. Magana
The Interplay Between Design Strategies Use and Design Performance. ICLS (2020)
Dominic Kao, Christos Mousas, Alejandra J. Magana, D. Fox Harrell, Rabindra A. Ratan, Edward F. Melcer, Brett Sherrick, Paul Parsons, Dmitri A. Gusev
Hack.VR: A Programming Game in Virtual Reality. CoRR (2020)
Tugba Yuksel, Yoselyn Walsh, Alejandra J. Magana, Nestor Nova, Vojtech Krs, Ida Ngambeki, Edward J. Berger, Bedrich Benes
Visuohaptic experiments: Exploring the effects of visual and haptic feedback on students' learning of friction concepts. Comput. Appl. Eng. Educ. 27 (6) (2019)
Alejandra J. Magana, Mayari I. Serrano, N. Sanjay Rebello
A sequenced multimodal learning approach to support students' development of conceptual learning. J. Comput. Assist. Learn. 35 (4) (2019)
Aasakiran Madamanchi, David R. Ely, Ida Ngambeki, Alejandra J. Magana
A Qualitative Study of Integrated Computing Experiences and Career Development in Community College Engineering Students. FIE (2019)
Chandan Dasgupta, Alejandra J. Magana, Camilo Vieira
Investigating the affordances of a CAD enabled learning environment for promoting integrated STEM learning. Comput. Educ. 129 (2019)
Camilo Vieira, Alejandra J. Magana, Mireille Boutin
Using Computational Methods to Analyze Educational Data. FIE (2019)
Tarun Yellamraju, Alejandra J. Magana, Mireille Boutin
Investigating Students' Habits of Mind in a Course on Digital Signal Processing. IEEE Trans. Educ. 62 (4) (2019)
Sebastian Garces, Guity Ravai, Camilo Vieira, Alejandra J. Magana
Effects of Self-explanations as Scaffolding Tool for Learning Computer Programming. FIE (2019)
Aasakiran Madamanchi, Randy W. Heiland, Paul Macklin, Alejandra J. Magana
Students' Use of Metacognitive Skills in Undergraduate Research Experiences in Computational Modeling. FIE (2019)
Hayden W. Fennell, Joseph A. Lyon, Alejandra J. Magana, N. Sanjay Rebello, Carina M. Rebello, Yuri B. Peidrahita
Designing hybrid physics labs: combining simulation and experiment for teaching computational thinking in first-year engineering. FIE (2019)
Camilo Vieira, Alejandra J. Magana, Mireille Boutin
Add-on Preferential Groups (APG): Analyzing student preferences of teaching methods. Comput. Appl. Eng. Educ. 26 (4) (2018)
Juan D. Ortega Alvarez, William Sanchez, Alejandra J. Magana
Exploring Undergraduate Students' Computational Modeling Abilities and Conceptual Understanding of Electric Circuits. IEEE Trans. Educ. 61 (3) (2018)
James P. Bywater, Mark Floryan, Jennifer L. Chiu, Jie Chao, Corey Schimpf, Charles Xie, Camilo Vieira, Alejandra J. Magana, Chandan Dasgupta
Using Machine Learning Techniques to Capture Engineering Design Behaviors. ICLS (2018)
Alejandra J. Magana, Mireille Boutin
A Principled Approach to Using Machine Learning in Qualitative Education Research. FIE (2018)
Petr Felkel, Alejandra J. Magana, Michal Folta, Alexa Gabrielle Sears, Bedrich Benes
I3T: Using Interactive Computer Graphics to Teach Geometric Transformations. Eurographics (Education Papers) (2018)
Luis Neri, Alejandra J. Magana, Julieta Noguez, Yoselyn Walsh, Andres Gonzalez-Nucamendi, Víctor Robledo-Rella, Bedrich Benes
Visuo-haptic Simulations to Improve Students' Understanding of Friction Concepts. FIE (2018)
Yoselyn Walsh, Alejandra J. Magana, Jenny Quintana, Vojtech Krs, Genisson Silva Coutinho, Edward J. Berger, Ida B. Ngambeki, Eddy Efendy, Bedrich Benes
Designing a Visuohaptic Simulation to Promote Graphical Representations and Conceptual Understanding of Structural Analysis. FIE (2018)
Alejandra J. Magana, Ton de Jong
Modeling and simulation practices in engineering education. Comput. Appl. Eng. Educ. 26 (4) (2018)
Alejandra J. Magana, Camilo Vieira, Mireille Boutin
Characterizing Engineering Learners' Preferences for Active and Passive Learning Methods. IEEE Trans. Educ. 61 (1) (2018)
Camilo Vieira, Ying Ying Seah, Alejandra J. Magana
Students' experimentation strategies in design: Is process data enough? Comput. Appl. Eng. Educ. 26 (5) (2018)
Alejandra J. Magana
Fostering Cooperative Learning with Scrum in a Semi-Capstone Systems Analysis and Design Course. J. Inf. Syst. Educ. 29 (2) (2018)
Camilo Vieira, Alejandra J. Magana, Mireille Boutin
Using pattern recognition techniques to analyze educational data. FIE (2017)
Alejandra J. Magana, Genisson Silva Coutinho
Modeling and simulation practices for a computational thinking-enabled engineering workforce. Comput. Appl. Eng. Educ. 25 (1) (2017)
Alejandra J. Magana, Michael L. Falk, Camilo Vieira, Michael J. Reese Jr., Oluwatosin O. Alabi, Sylvain Patinet
Affordances and challenges of computational tools for supporting modeling and simulation practices. Comput. Appl. Eng. Educ. 25 (3) (2017)
Camilo Vieira, Alejandra J. Magana, Michael L. Falk, Edwin R. García
Writing In-Code Comments to Self-Explain in Computational Science and Engineering Education. ACM Trans. Comput. Educ. 17 (4) (2017)
Genisson Silva Coutinho, Nick A. Stites, Alejandra J. Magana
Understanding faculty decisions about the integration of laboratories into engineering education. FIE (2017)
Alejandra J. Magana, S. Balachandran
Unpacking students' conceptualizations through haptic feedback. J. Comput. Assist. Learn. 33 (5) (2017)
Tugba Yuksel, Yoselyn Walsh, Vojtech Krs, Bedrich Benes, Ida B. Ngambeki, Edward J. Berger, Alejandra J. Magana
Exploration of affordances of visuo-haptic simulations to learn the concept of friction. FIE (2017)
Ying Ying Seah, Camilo Vieira, Chandan Dasgupta, Alejandra J. Magana
Exploring students' experimentation strategies in engineering design using an educational CAD tool. FIE (2016)
David Escobar-Castillejos, Julieta Noguez, Luis Neri, Alejandra J. Magana, Bedrich Benes
A Review of Simulators with Haptic Devices for Medical Training. J. Medical Syst. 40 (4) (2016)
Alejandra J. Magana, Michael L. Falk, Camilo Vieira, Michael J. Reese Jr.
A case study of undergraduate engineering students' computational literacy and self-beliefs about computing in the context of authentic practices. Comput. Hum. Behav. 61 (2016)
Camilo Vieira, Molly Hathaway Goldstein, Senay Purzer, Alejandra J. Magana
Using Learning Analytics to Characterize Student Experimentation Strategies in the Context of Engineering Design. J. Learn. Anal. 3 (3) (2016)
Maria del Rosario Uribe, Alejandra J. Magana, Je-Hyeong Bahk, Ali Shakouri
Computational simulations as virtual laboratories for online engineering education: A case study in the field of thermoelectricity. Comput. Appl. Eng. Educ. 24 (3) (2016)
Luis Neri, Uzma A. S. Shaikh, David Escobar-Castillejos, Alejandra J. Magana, Julieta Noguez, Bedrich Benes
Improving the learning of physics concepts by using haptic devices. FIE (2015)
Alejandra J. Magana
Learning strategies and multimedia techniques for scaffolding size and scale cognition. Comput. Educ. 72 (2014)
Thomas J. Hacker, Alejandra J. Magana
A Framework for Measuring the Impact and Effectiveness of the NEES Cyberinfrastructure for Earthquake Engineering. CloudCom (2014)
Romina L. Bot, Maria del Rosario Uribe, Alejandra J. Magana, Thomas Mustillo, John A. Springer
A Study of Perceptions, Usability and Future Adoption of a Web-based Learning Tool. Int. J. Technol. Diffusion 5 (3) (2014)
Camilo Vieira, Alejandra J. Magana
Using backwards design process for the design and implementation of computer science (CS) principles: A case study of a colombian elementary and secondary teacher development program. FIE (2013)
Alejandra J. Magana, Camilo Vieira, Francesca G. Polo, Junchao Yan, Xin Sun
An exploratory survey on the use of computation in undergraduate engineering education. FIE (2013)
Alejandra J. Magana, Michael L. Falk, Michael J. Reese Jr.
Introducing Discipline-Based Computing in Undergraduate Engineering Education. ACM Trans. Comput. Educ. 13 (4) (2013)
Oluwatosin O. Alabi, Alejandra J. Magana, Edwin R. García
Exploring student representational approaches in solving rechargable battery design problems. FIE (2013)
Aidsa I. Santiago-Román, Arturo Ponce, Dazhi Yang, Alejandra J. Magana, Ruth A. Streveler, Ronald L. Miller
A cross-cultural comparison study: The effectiveness of schema training modules among Hispanic students. FIE (2012)
Tatiana R. Ringenberg, Alejandra J. Magana
Work in progress: STEM-based computing educational resources on the web. FIE (2012)
Alejandra J. Magana, Jyoti I. Mathur
Motivation, Awareness, and Perceptions of Computational Science. Comput. Sci. Eng. 14 (1) (2012)
Alka Harriger, Alejandra J. Magana, Ryan Lovan
Identifying the impact of the SPIRIT program in student knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions toward computing careers. FIE (2012)
Alejandra J. Magana, Prabhakar Marepalli, Jason V. Clark
Work in progress - Integrating computational and engineering thinking through online design and simulation of multidisciplinary systems. FIE (2011)
Alejandra J. Magana, Dragica Vasileska, Shaikh S. Ahmed
Work in progress - A transparency and scaffolding framework for computational simulation tools. FIE (2011)