| 2017 | CogSci | ¿From Abstract to Concrete? Evidence for designing learning platforms that adapt to user's proficiencies. | Michael I. Swart, Sorachai Kornkasem, Nirmaliz Colon-Acosta, Amy Hachigian, Jonathan M. Vitale, John B. Black |
| 2015 | CogSci | The Role of Embodiment on Children's Understanding and Motivation in Science Learning. | Carol M. Lu, John B. Black |
| 2015 | CogSci | M3 - Situating Embodied Learning: Embedding Gestures in Narratives to Learn Mathematical FrActions in a digital tablet environment. | Michael I. Swart, Benjamin Friedman, Sorachai Kornkasem, John B. Black, Jonathan M. Vitale |
| 2013 | CogSci | Proper Sequencing and Level-Bridging Scaffolding in Learning a Chemical System with Graphical Simulations. | Na Li, John B. Black |
| 2013 | CogSci | Using LEGO Robotics to Engage Minority Students in Science and Technology. | Carol M. Lu, John B. Black, Sorachai Kornkasem, Laura M. Lu |
| 2012 | CogSci | The Role of Imagination in Augmenting Perceptual Representation. | Seokmin Kang, Gregory Hallman Jr., John B. Black |
| 2012 | CogSci | From Hands to Minds: Gestures Promote Action Understanding. | Seokmin Kang, Barbara Tversky, John B. Black |
| 2012 | CogSci | Designing Better Scaffolding in Simulation-Based Learning Environments Teaching Science Systems: A Pilot Study Report. | Na Li, John B. Black, Mengzi Gao |
| 2012 | CogSci | The Role of Embodiment on Children's Memory Recall through LEGO Robotics Activities. | Carol M. Lu, John B. Black, Seokmin Kang |
| 2011 | CHI | The role of modality in virtual manipulative design. | Seungoh Paek, Dan Hoffman, Antonios Saravanos, John B. Black, Charles K. Kinzer |
| 2011 | CogSci | Moving Toward the Right Statement: Effects of Grounded Embodied Cognition on Computational Thinking. | Cameron L. Fadjo, John B. Black |
| 2011 | CogSci | Introducing Chinese Characters to Beginners Through the Use of Embodied Animations. | MingTsan Lu, John B. Black |
| 2011 | CogSci | The Effects of LEGO Robotics and Embodiment in Elementary Science Learning. | Carol M. Lu, John B. Black, Seokmin Kang, Shih-Chieh Huang |
| 2011 | CogSci | Complete versus Partial Visuo-Spatial External Representations of Abstract Physics Concepts. | Satyugjit Virk, John B. Black |
| 2011 | CogSci | Promoting Development of Geometry Concepts: Interfacing Multiple Embodied Representations with a Computer Game. | Jonathan M. Vitale, John B. Black, Michael I. Swart |
| 1989 | CHI | On-line tutorials: What kind of inference leads to the most effective learning? | John B. Black, J. Scott Bechtold, Marco Mitrani, John M. Carroll |
| 1987 | CHI | What kind of minimal instruction manual is the most effective. | John B. Black, John M. Carroll, Stuart M. McGuigan |
| 1986 | CHI | Does programming language affect the type of conceptual bugs in beginners' programs? A comparison of FPL and Pascal. | Nancy Cunniff, Robert P. Taylor, John B. Black |
| 1983 | CHI | How you tell your computer what you mean: Ostension in interactive systems. | James A. Galambos, Eloise S. Wikler, John B. Black, Marc M. Sebrechts |
| 1983 | CHI | Planning units in text editing behavior. | Scott P. Robertson, John B. Black |
| 1983 | CHI | Beyond numbers: Don't ask "how many" ... ask "why". | Elliot Soloway, Kate Ehrlich, John B. Black |
| 1982 | CHI | Learning and remembering command names. | John B. Black, Thomas P. Moran |
| 1981 | IJCAI | Summarizing Narratives. | Wendy G. Lehnert, John B. Black, Brian J. Reiser |