Lexie Zhao

PhD student, Learning Sciences, Northwestern University

Joined

July 2025

Names

Lexie Zhao (Preferred)

Emails

****@u.northwestern.edu (Confirmed)

Personal Links

Semantic Scholar

Career & Education History

PhD student

Learning Sciences, Northwestern University (northwestern.edu)

2022 – Present

Advisors, Relations & Conflicts

PhD Advisor

2021 – Present

Expertise

Learning Sciences

2021 – Present

Informal Learning

2021 – Present

Human-Computer Interaction

2021 – Present

Publications

Processes Matter: How ML/GAI Approaches Could Support Open Qualitative Coding of Online Discourse Datasets
John Chen, Alexandros Lotsos, Grace Wang, Lexie Zhao, Bruce Sherin, Uri Wilensky, Michael S. Horn
- CoRR 2025
- Readers: Everyone
Engaging Millions of Worldwide Youth in Informal STEM Learning: Uncovering Open-Ended Design Principles that Drive Physics Lab's Success
John Chen, Lexie Zhao, Mike S. Horn, Uri Wilensky
- IDC 2025
- Readers: Everyone
A Computational Method for Measuring "Open Codes" in Qualitative Analysis
John Chen, Alexandros Lotsos, Lexie Zhao, Caiyi Wang, Jessica Hullman, Bruce Sherin, Uri Wilensky, Michael S. Horn
- CoRR 2024
- Readers: Everyone
Prompts Matter: Comparing ML/GAI Approaches for Generating Inductive Qualitative Coding Results
John Chen, Alexandros Lotsos, Lexie Zhao, Grace Wang, Uri Wilensky, Bruce Sherin, Michael S. Horn
- CoRR 2024
- Readers: Everyone
"Oh My God! It's Recreating Our Room!" Understanding Children's Experiences with A Room-Scale Augmented Reality Authoring Toolkit
John Chen, Lexie Zhao, Yinmiao Li, Zhennian Xie, Uri Wilensky, Mike S. Horn
- CHI 2024
- Readers: Everyone
Foregrounding Agency in Participatory Design with Children
Lexie Zhao
- IDC 2024
- Readers: Everyone
The Pocketworld Playground: Engaging Online, Out-of-School Learners with Agent-based Programming
John Chen, Lexie Zhao, Mike S. Horn, Uri Wilensky
- IDC 2023
- Readers: Everyone

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