Welcome to the McLearn Lab

We are a research group at Carnegie Mellon University, led by Professor Bruce M. McLaren, that studies learning sciences, educational technology, digital learning games, intelligent tutoring systems, collaborative learning, and e-learning principles.

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News:

April 2025
Professor McLaren will give keynote talks at two upcoming events.
1. The EATEL summer school - May 13, 2025 [ Announcement ]
2. The Learning Ideas Conference - June 2025 [ Announcement ]

February 2025
Published: Zhang, J., Baker, R.S., Srivastava, N., Ocumpaugh, J.L., Mills, C., & McLaren, B.M. (2025). Carelessness detection using performance factor analysis: A new operationalization with unexpectedly different relationship to learning.
[ pdf ] [ Online Citation ]

February 2025
The McLearn Lab completed our first full-length study with our Angle Jungle game!

December 2024
Published: Prof. Bruce M. McLaren, B.M. (2024). Decimal Point: A decade of learning science findings with a digital learning game. In: Ilic, P., Casebourne, I., Wegerif, R. (eds) Artificial Intelligence in Education: The Intersection of Technology and Pedagogy. Intelligent Systems Reference Library, vol 261. Springer, Cham.
[ pdf ] [ Online Citation ]

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