"RABBIT: Cognitive Science in Interface Design."

M. D. Williams, F. N. Tou, R. E. Fikes, D. A. Henderson and Thomas W. Malone. In Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Austin, TX: August 1982.

"Toward a Theory of Intrinsically Motivating Instruction."

Malone, Thomas W. Cognitive Science Vol. 5, No. 4 (1981): 333-370.

"What Makes Computer Games Fun?"

Malone, Thomas W. Byte, December 1981.

"What Makes Things Fun to Learn? Heuristics for Designing Instructional Computer Games."

Thomas W. Malone. In SIGSMALL '80 Proceedings of the 3rd ACM SIGSMALL symposium and the first SIGPC symposium on Small systems, edited by G. W. Gorsline and Philippe Lehot. New York, NY: December 1980.

"On the Dynamics of Two-Person Interactions."

Thomas, E.A.C. and Malone, Thomas W. Psychological Review Vol. 86, No. 4 (1979): 331-360.

"Toward Optimal Allocation of Instructional Resources: Dividing Computer-Assisted Instruction Time Among Students."

Malone, Thomas W., E. Macken and P. Suppes. Instructional Science Vol. 8, No. 2 (1979): 107-120.