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Carlos Nakamura, PhD

Education

• PhD, Educational Psychology, McGill University
  Major: Applied Cognitive Science
  Concentration: Diagnostic Reasoning
  Dissertation: The effects of specific support to hypothesis generation on the diagnostic performance of medical students
  
• MA, Liberal Studies, Dartmouth College
  Concentration: Educational Technology
  Thesis: Multimedia bilingual dictionaries
• BA, Architecture, Sao Paulo University

Research Interests

• Diagnostic Reasoning, Decision Support Systems, Medical Education, Research Methods

Current Projects

• Evidence-Based Consumer Health Information

Publications

• Lajoie, S. P., Gauthier, G., & Nakamura, C. (2007). Cognitive models and cognitive tools in educational applications. Technology, Instruction, Cognition and Learning, 5(4), 339-352.
  
• Lajoie, S. P., Garcia, B. G., Berdugo, G. C., Marquez, L., Espindola, S., & Nakamura, C. (2007). The creation of virtual and face-to-face learning communities: An international collaboration experience. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 35(2), 163-180.
  
• Nakamura, C. & Lajoie, S. P. (2006). Can clinical reference tools support medical students during hypothesis generation? In T. C. Reeves & S. F. Yamashita (Eds.), Proceedings of E-Learn 2006: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, & Higher Education (pp. 2240-2244). Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
  
• Lajoie, S. P., & Nakamura, C. (2005). Multimedia learning of cognitive skills. In R. Mayer (Ed.), Cambridge Handbook of Multimedia Learning (pp. 489-504). Cambridge University Press.
  
• Nakamura, C., Lajoie, S. P., & Berdugo, G. (2005). Do information systems actually improve problem-solving and decision-making performance? An analysis of 3 different approaches to the design of information systems. In G. Richards (Ed.), Proceedings of E-Learn 2005: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, & Higher Education (pp. 2251-2257). Norfolk, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education.
  
• Nakamura, C., Lajoie, S. P., & Franconi, R. A. (2005). The multimedia effect in electronic bilingual dictionaries: The effects of graphic representations on vocabulary acquisition of a foreign language. In P. Kommers & G. Richards (Eds.), Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2003: World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (pp.4319-4322). Norfolk, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education.
  
• Nakamura, C., & Lajoie, S. P (2004). The overlaying roles of cognitive and information theories in the design of information access systems. In J. C. Lester, R. M. Vicari, & F. Paraguacu (Eds.), Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems, ITS 2004 (pp. 839-841). New York: Springer-Verlag.
  
• Nakamura, C., & Lajoie, S. P. (2003). Using information architecture to support problem-based learning environments. In D. Lassner & C. McNaught (Eds.), Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2003: World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (pp. 3001-3004). Norfolk, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education.
  

Contact Information

900 Commonwealth Ave East, 3rd Fl., Boston, MA 02215-1204
Phone: (617) 732-8544
Email: cnakamura@dsg.harvard.edu