OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Research in Science Education is 6. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
An Investigation into Saudi Teachers’ Views of Argumentation in Science and Religious Education	211
Raising Awareness on the Complexity of Decision-making through Climate Change Education	37
Conceptualizing Phases of Sensemaking as a Trajectory for Grasping Better Understanding: Coordinating Student Scientific Uncertainty as a Pedagogical Resource	30
Exploring Correlations Between Pre-service Biology Teachers’ Systems Thinking Skills and Environmental Awareness	30
Elementary Teacher Candidates’ Experiences with and Ideas About Digital Science Notebooks	25
A Comparative Case Study Investigating Indigenous and Rural Elementary Students’ Conceptions of Community Engineering	24
Modelling Competence in Teacher Education: Comparing Meta-modelling Knowledge, Modelling Practices and Modelling Products Between Pre-service and In-service Teachers	22
A Co-design Based Research Study: Developing Formative Assessment Practices with Preservice Science Teachers in a Chemistry Laboratory Setting	19
Science-related professional aspirations and students’ social background: Developing and validating the Taste for Science Test (TaSTe)	19
Science Education: Fit for the Future - Editorial	18
Developing a Conceptual Framework: Women STEM Faculty's Participation in Entrepreneurship Education Programs	18
Pre-service Teachers’ Conceptual Understandings of Models and Modelling in a STEM Methods Course	18
The Effects of Inquiry-based Learning on Stem-related Career Aspirations of Grade 9 Natural Sciences Students	17
Exploring Science Concepts in Everyday Interactions with Infant-toddlers at Home: Caregivers’ Raised Science Consciousness Through Fleer’s Conceptual PlayWorld	16
Plant Knowledge in an Era of Limited Plant Awareness: A Consideration for Meaningful Change	15
Adolescents’ Intentions to Study Science: the Role of Classroom-based Social Support, Task Values, and Self-efficacy	15
The Contributions of Peter Fensham to ASERA, Research in Science Education, and the Advancement of Science Education and Research	15
Science Education in a Risk Society: Addressing Challenges and Opportunities in an Uncertain Future	14
Considering Multiple Sources of Validity Evidence Can Help to Address Challenges in the Development of Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) Multiple-Choice Items	14
A Structural Model of Future-Oriented Climate Change Optimism in Science Education: PISA Evidence from Countries with Top Environmental Protection Index	13
Future-Oriented Science Learning and its Effects on Students’ Emotions, Futures Literacy and Agency in the Anthropocene	13
Teaching Experiences Connected To The Implementation Of Inquiry-Based Practical Work In Primary Science Classrooms	13
Fostering Secondary School Science Students’ Intrinsic Motivation by Inquiry-based Learning	13
Informal Reasoning and Nature of Science in Proximal and Distal Socio-scientific Issues	12
An Elementary School Science Teacher’s Two Contrasting Epistemological Messages for Scientific Explanations That Are Influenced by the Achievement Emotion of “Joy” and “Irritation”	12

Correction: Developing an Evaluation Rubric for Planning and Assessing SSI-Based STEAM Programs in Science Classrooms	12
Re-envisioning Biology Curricula to Include Ideological Awareness	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	12
Introduction to This Special Issue: Tribute to the Memory of the Late Professor Peter Fensham	11
Understanding STEM Outcomes for Autistic Middle Schoolers in an Interest-Based, Afterschool Program: A Qualitative Study	11
Transactivity Despite Complexity: Promoting Group Discussions in the Context of Socioscientific Issues	11
Exploring the Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy of STEM Students within the Context of an Informal STEM Education Programme	10
Differentiating Elementary Science Education: Dutch Teachers’ Perceived Practices	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
Self-Rated Content Knowledge for Interdisciplinary Science Teaching: An Instrument and Perceptions of Disciplinarily Educated Pre-Service Science Teachers	10
Exploring Features That Play a Role in Adolescents’ Science Identity Development	9
Epistemic Design Features of Virtual Reality-Based Scientific Inquiry Across Different Types of Reasoning: A Multimodal Perspective	9
The Future Curriculum for School Science: What Can Be Learnt from the Past?	9
How much do Different Factors of Elementarization Matter? Comparing Two Dynamical Approaches to Newton’s Second Law	9
Peter Fensham: a Man of Humility	9
Formation and Influence of Epistemic Norms in Integrated STEM Problem- Solving: a Study of Singapore Secondary Students’ STEM Inquiry	9
Correction: The Solar System Traveler: A Model-Based Board Game To Advance Primary Student Interest, Knowledge and Learning in Astronomy	9
Tracing Pedagogical Shifts: A Physics Professor’s Development Through Faculty Partnership	9
Validation of the Measure of Peer Argumentive Discourse Style (PADS) in a Science Context: Evidence for the Construct Validity and Reliability	8
In Search of a More Inclusive and Relevant School Science Curriculum	8
Reimagining Scientific Literacy: A Textbook Framework for Future-Focused Science Education	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
Facilitating Conditions and Perceived Usefulness Drive Bhutanese Teachers` Intention to Use PhET Simulations	8
How Scientists’ Narratives on AI Signal a New Era for Science Education	8
Looking Beyond Disciplinary Silos: Revealing Students’ Interdisciplinary Understanding by Applying the Topic Modeling Technique	7
The Development and Validation of a Teaching Self-Efficacy Assessment for Informal Science Educators	7
Quantitative Measurement of Pre-Service Teachers’ Competency of Questioning in Scaffolding Students’ Science Learning	7
Students’ Drawings, Conceptual Models, and Chemistry Understanding in the Air-Quality Learning Unit	7
Exploring the Impact of STEM Experiences, Parental Education, Family Support, and Stereotypes on Students’ STEM Identity: A Comparative Study by Gender and EAL Status	7
Innovations, Challenges and Future Directions in Nature of Science Research: Reflections from Early Career Academics	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
Health Science Students’ Conceptual Understanding of Electricity: Misconception or Lack of Knowledge?	7
College Students' Plausibility Perceptions about Global Climate Change: Implementation of Model Evidence Link Diagram	7
Science Teachers’ Approaches to Artificial Intelligence Integrated Science Teaching	7
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
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
A Personal Reflection from a Former QUT Academic who knew Peter when she was a Doctoral Student at QUT	6
Tracing Preservice Teachers’ Understanding of Nature of Science Through Their Drawings and Writing	6
Epistemic Goals and Practices in Biology Curriculum—the Philippines and Japan	6
Peter Fensham: a Personal Memorial	6
Using the History of Research on DNA to Teach NOS	6
Suggestions for the Analysis of Science Teachers’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge Components and Their Interactions	6
Makerspaces: Building Confidence in STEM for Primary Preservice Teachers	6