OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Research in Science Education is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Raising Awareness on the Complexity of Decision-making through Climate Change Education	130
An Investigation into Saudi Teachers’ Views of Argumentation in Science and Religious Education	91
Conceptualizing Phases of Sensemaking as a Trajectory for Grasping Better Understanding: Coordinating Student Scientific Uncertainty as a Pedagogical Resource	30
Elementary Teacher Candidates’ Experiences with and Ideas About Digital Science Notebooks	23
A Comparative Case Study Investigating Indigenous and Rural Elementary Students’ Conceptions of Community Engineering	22
Science-related professional aspirations and students’ social background: Developing and validating the Taste for Science Test (TaSTe)	20
Science Education: Fit for the Future - Editorial	19
Modelling Competence in Teacher Education: Comparing Meta-modelling Knowledge, Modelling Practices and Modelling Products Between Pre-service and In-service Teachers	19
The Effects of Inquiry-based Learning on Stem-related Career Aspirations of Grade 9 Natural Sciences Students	19
Plant Knowledge in an Era of Limited Plant Awareness: A Consideration for Meaningful Change	16
Pre-service Teachers’ Conceptual Understandings of Models and Modelling in a STEM Methods Course	16
How Do Direct and Indirect Hands-on Instructions Strengthened by the Self-Explanation Effect Promote Learning? Evidence from Motion Content	15
A Co-design Based Research Study: Developing Formative Assessment Practices with Preservice Science Teachers in a Chemistry Laboratory Setting	15
Developing a Conceptual Framework: Women STEM Faculty's Participation in Entrepreneurship Education Programs	15
The Contributions of Peter Fensham to ASERA, Research in Science Education, and the Advancement of Science Education and Research	14
Teaching Experiences Connected To The Implementation Of Inquiry-Based Practical Work In Primary Science Classrooms	14
Fostering Secondary School Science Students’ Intrinsic Motivation by Inquiry-based Learning	13
A Structural Model of Future-Oriented Climate Change Optimism in Science Education: PISA Evidence from Countries with Top Environmental Protection Index	13
Adolescents’ Intentions to Study Science: the Role of Classroom-based Social Support, Task Values, and Self-efficacy	13
Pre-setting Stances for Students During Collaborative Argumentation: Parallel Thinking Versus Adversarial Thinking	12
Science Education in a Risk Society: Addressing Challenges and Opportunities in an Uncertain Future	12
Considering Multiple Sources of Validity Evidence Can Help to Address Challenges in the Development of Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) Multiple-Choice Items	12
Using Science Communication Strategies to Close the Resource Gap in Under-Resourced Schools: a Design-Based Study Focusing on Rural Schools in South Africa	11
Correction: Developing an Evaluation Rubric for Planning and Assessing SSI-Based STEAM Programs in Science Classrooms	11
Introduction to This Special Issue: Tribute to the Memory of the Late Professor Peter Fensham	11

Future-Oriented Science Learning and its Effects on Students’ Emotions, Futures Literacy and Agency in the Anthropocene	11
Exploring the Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy of STEM Students within the Context of an Informal STEM Education Programme	11
Re-envisioning Biology Curricula to Include Ideological Awareness	11
An Elementary School Science Teacher’s Two Contrasting Epistemological Messages for Scientific Explanations That Are Influenced by the Achievement Emotion of “Joy” and “Irritation”	11
Understanding STEM Outcomes for Autistic Middle Schoolers in an Interest-Based, Afterschool Program: A Qualitative Study	11
Exploring Features That Play a Role in Adolescents’ Science Identity Development	10
Peter Fensham: a Man of Humility	10
Facilitating Conditions and Perceived Usefulness Drive Bhutanese Teachers` Intention to Use PhET Simulations	10
Development and Application of a Five-Tier Diagnostic Test to Assess Misconceptions on Respiration and Photosynthesis among Senior High School Students in Mainland China	10
Translanguaging as Inclusive Pedagogical Practices in English-Medium Instruction Science and Mathematics Classrooms for Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students	9
Correction: The Solar System Traveler: A Model-Based Board Game To Advance Primary Student Interest, Knowledge and Learning in Astronomy	9
How much do Different Factors of Elementarization Matter? Comparing Two Dynamical Approaches to Newton’s Second Law	9
Quantitative Measurement of Pre-Service Teachers’ Competency of Questioning in Scaffolding Students’ Science Learning	8
The Future Curriculum for School Science: What Can Be Learnt from the Past?	8
Reimagining Scientific Literacy: A Textbook Framework for Future-Focused Science Education	8
Looking Beyond Disciplinary Silos: Revealing Students’ Interdisciplinary Understanding by Applying the Topic Modeling Technique	8
Science Teachers’ Approaches to Artificial Intelligence Integrated Science Teaching	8
Entrepreneurial STEM Education: Enhancing students’ Resourcefulness and Problem-solving Skills	8
Preferences and Reasoning of 14-15 year-old Students in Relation to Natural or Synthetic Products in Different Contexts: Influence of an Instructional Module	8
Health Science Students’ Conceptual Understanding of Electricity: Misconception or Lack of Knowledge?	8
Formation and Influence of Epistemic Norms in Integrated STEM Problem- Solving: a Study of Singapore Secondary Students’ STEM Inquiry	8
In Search of a More Inclusive and Relevant School Science Curriculum	8
College Students' Plausibility Perceptions about Global Climate Change: Implementation of Model Evidence Link Diagram	8
Epistemic Goals and Practices in Biology Curriculum—the Philippines and Japan	7
Development of Systems and Futures Thinking Skills by Primary Pre-service Teachers for Addressing Epidemics	7
Interplay among Language and Home Variables in Lebanese Students’ Science TIMSS Performance: A Linguistic and Economic Capital Perspective	7
Innovations, Challenges and Future Directions in Nature of Science Research: Reflections from Early Career Academics	7
Students’ Drawings, Conceptual Models, and Chemistry Understanding in the Air-Quality Learning Unit	7
Suggestions for the Analysis of Science Teachers’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge Components and Their Interactions	7
Makerspaces: Building Confidence in STEM for Primary Preservice Teachers	6
Peter Fensham: a Personal Memorial	6
A Personal Reflection from a Former QUT Academic who knew Peter when she was a Doctoral Student at QUT	6
Explicit Versus Implicit Instruction: Effects of Epistemological Enhancement on Ninth Graders’ Physics-Related Personal Epistemology and Physics Achievement	6
Memorial Tribute for Professor Peter Fensham	6
When Is an Interview an Inter View? The Historical and Recent Development of Methodologies Used to Investigate Children’s Astronomy Knowledge	6
Using the History of Research on DNA to Teach NOS	6
Tracing Preservice Teachers’ Understanding of Nature of Science Through Their Drawings and Writing	6
Disciplinary Learning Motivation and Its External Influencing Factors: Taking Physics in a “Selection Crisis” as an example	6
The Impact of Digital and Analog Approaches on a Multidimensional Preschool Science Education	6
Exploring the Effect of Mathematics Skills on Student Performance in Physics Problem-Solving: A Structural Equation Modeling Analysis	5
Analysing the Quality of Risk-Focused Socio-Scientific Arguments on Nuclear Power Using a Risk-Benefit Oriented Model	5
Science Concept Formation During Infancy, Toddlerhood, and Early Childhood: Developing a Scientific Motive Over Time	5
Phases of Progression: Students’ meaning-making of Epigenetic Visual Representations within and between Levels of Organization	5
Digital Research Skills: Application in Secondary Science Reports	5
“Black Boxes, full of them”: Biology Teachers’ Perception of the Role of Explanatory Black Boxes in Their Classroom	5
Gender-Specific Cognitive Skills and Moderating Role of Reading Comprehension in Shaping Science Literacy	5
Designing an Analytical Framework to Investigate Students’ Multimodal Representations of Scientific Practices and Methods	5
Preschool Teachers’ Experiences of Teaching Nature of Science through Book Talks in Early Childhood Education	5
Implementing Grand Challenges: A Case Study of Implementing Innovative Curricula	5
Whose recognition is meaningful in developing a STEM identity? A preliminary exploration with Thai secondary school students	5

The Thinking Frames Approach: Improving High School Students’ Written Explanations of Phenomena in Science