Research
Selected Publication
Kim, K. & Clariana, R. (2022). The influence of resource interdependence during collaborative problem solving: Tracking changes in knowledge structure. Educational Technology Research and Development [SSCI-indexed; 5 year impact factor: 5.613; Acceptance rate: 10%]
Kim, K., & Tawfik, A. (2021). Different approaches to collaborative problem solving between successful versus less successful problem solvers: Tracking changes of knowledge structure. Journal of Research on Technology in Education. Online First. [SSCI-indexed; 5 year impact factor: 3.505; Acceptance rate: 13%]
Tawfik, A., Kim, K, & Kim, D. (2020). Effects of case library recommendation system on problem solving and knowledge structure development. Educational Technology Research and Development. [SSCI-indexed; 5 year impact factor: 4.500; Acceptance rate: 10%]
Kim, K., Clariana, R., & Kim Y. (2019). Automatic representation of knowledge structure: Enhancing science learning through knowledge structure reflection in an online course. Educational Technology Research and Development. [SSCI-indexed; 5 year impact factor: 4.500; Acceptance rate: 10%]
Kim, K., & Clariana, R. (2019). Applications of Pathfinder Network scaling for identifying an optimal use of first language for second language science reading comprehension. Educational Technology Research and Development. [SSCI-indexed; 5 year impact factor: 4.500; Acceptance rate: 10%]
Kim, K. (2019). Graphical Interface of Knowledge Structure: A web-based research tool for representing knowledge structure in text. Technology, Knowledge and Learning. [Scopus-indexed; Acceptance rate: 22%]
Tawfik, A., Kim, K., Hogan, M., & Msilu, F. (2018). How success vs. failure cases support knowledge construction in collaborative problem solving. Journal of Educational Computing Research (SSCI-indexed; 5 year impact factor: 1.542; Acceptance rate: 17%)
Zimmerman, W.A., Kang, H.B., Kim, K., Johnson, G., Clariana, R., & Zhang, F. (2018). Computer-based approach for measuring changes in introductory statistics students' knowledge structure. Journal of Statistics Education [Scopus-indexed; Acceptance rate: 25%]
Tawfik, A., Ge, X., Law, V., Wanli, X., & Kim, K. (2018). The effect of sustained vs. faded scaffolding on students’ argumentation in ill-structured problem solving. Computers in Human Behavior. [SSCI-indexed; 5 year impact factor: 5.003; Acceptance rate: 30%]
Smithwick, E., Baxter, E, Kim, K., Edel-Malizia, S., Rocco, S., & Blackstock, D. (2018). Interactive videos enhance learning about socio-ecological systems. Journal of Geography [SSCI-indexed; 5 year impact factor: 5.035; Acceptance rate: 15%]
Kim, K. (2018). An automatic measure of cross-language text structures. Technology, Knowledge and Learning. [Scopus-indexed; Acceptance rate: 22%]
Kim, K. (2017). Visualizing first and second language interactions in science reading: A knowledge structure network approach. Language Assessment Quarterly. [SSCI-indexed; 5 year impact factor: 1.468; Acceptance rate: 20%]
Kim, K., & Clariana, R. (2017). Text signals influence science text comprehension: Knowledge structure analysis. Educational Technology Research and Development. 65 (4), 909-930. [SSCI-indexed; 5 year impact factor: 4.500; Acceptance rate: 10%]
Kim, K., & Clariana, R. (2015). Knowledge structure measures of reader’s situation models across languages: Translation engenders richer structure. Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 20 (2), 249-268. [Scopus-indexed; Acceptance rate: 22%]
Clariana, R., Wolfe, M., & Kim, K. (2014). The influence of narrative and expository lesson text structures on knowledge structure: Alternate measure of knowledge structure. Educational Technology Research and Development, 62 (5), 601-616 [SSCI-indexed; 5 year impact factor: 2.752; Acceptance rate: 10%]
Software Development
GIKS-Text Visual analytic system that can capture and visually represent knowledge structures as network graphs reflected in text (e.g., lesson texts, students’ essays).
GIKS-Voice Visual analytic system that can capture and visually represent knowledge structures as network graphs reflected in people speaking or dialogue in real time
GIKS-Eye Visual analytic system that can capture and visually represent knowledge structures as network graphs reflected in learners’ eye-movements (e.g., during reading).
GIKS-Map Visual analytic system that can capture and visually represent knowledge structures as network graphs reflected in concept maps or sorting maps
GIKS-Blind Visual assistive technology that can enable visually impaired learners to touch-navigate their knowledge structure graphical feedback and/or any types of 2-dimensional graphical data on swell touch paper
Projects
Ongoing Research Projects
PI: Network Augmented Collaboration for Team (N-Team) to Enhance Collaborative Problem Solving
PI: Network Augmented Intelligent Tutor (N-Tutor) to Enhance Students Self-Regulated Learning in Science
PI: Network Augmented Tactile Vision (N-Vision) to Support STEM learning for Visually Impaired Learners
PI: Network Augmented Reading Assessment (N-Reading) for Early Detection of Struggling Science Readers
PI: Developing Multi-modal Learning Analytics System for Active Learning Engineering Classroom (MLA-Class)
Awards
2022 AERA Outstanding Early Career Researcher Award,
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
2021 AECT Outstanding Development Award,
Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT)
2019 AECT Young Researcher Award,
Design and Development Division, AECT
2019 Outstanding Empirical Journal Article Award,
Research and Theory Division, AECT
2019 Distance Education Best Practice Award,
Division of Distance Learning, AECT
2019 Timothy & Cynthia Shanahan Outstanding Dissertation Award, International Literacy Association (ILA)
2019 Journal of Geography Award,
National Council for Geographic Education
2018 Outstanding Practice Award,
Design and Development Division, AECT
2018 Outstanding Journal Article Award,
Division of Distance Learning, AECT
2018 Outstanding Journal Article Award,
Culture, Learning and Technology Division, AECT
2018 IBM Watson RIG Award
2017 Distance Education Best Practice Award,
Division of Distance Learning, AECT
2017 McJulien Scholar Best Paper Award,
Division of Culture, Learning, and Technology, AECT
2017 Ralph T. Heimer Award,
Awarded to the most outstanding doctoral candidate in the Learning, Design, and Technology program, Penn State University
2016 NSF/AECT Early Career Award
2016 Dean and Sybil McClusky Research Award, Research and Theory Division, AECT
2016 Featured Research Paper Award, Research and Theory Division, AECT
2016 Miriam E. Gray Scholarship,
Awarded to the most outstanding doctoral student in the College of Education, Penn State University
2016 Doctoral Dissertation RIG Award, Penn State University
2015 Instructional Design & Learning Scholarship, The Society for Technical Communications
2015 Outstanding International Graduate Student Research Award, Graduate School, Penn State University
2012 Distinguished Graduate School Fellowship, Awarded to the University’s top ranked incoming doctoral student across colleges, Penn State University
2012 Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award, Awarded for outstanding graduate student’s research achievement, Northwestern State University