OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Research in Science & Technological 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Effects of the use of ICT in schools on students’ science higher-order thinking skills: comparative study of China and Finland	38
The impact of AR tools on collaborative inquiry in secondary biology education: an embodied cognition perspective	36
The internationalization of scientist stereotypes through new media: Thai students’ perceptions of scientists from graphic interchange formats (GIFs)	31
Tangible versus graphical user interfaces in teaching microcontrollers’ circuits to engineering students	28
Enhancing students’ achievement and scientific literacy through technology-enhanced learning in science education: a meta-analysis	24
VR helmets in primary education and its impact on students critical thinking	22
Enhancing middle school students’ understanding of pure substances and mixtures through cooperative inquiry	21
Developing STEM activities integrated POED model to improve students’ learning by doing	19
Empirical investigation of critical factors influencing ChatGPT integration in contemporary technology education	16
Converging objects-to-think-with : exploring microwave ovens through inquiry-based learning with ChatGPT	15
Enhancing elementary students’ question-asking skills with the KWLQ strategy in blended synchronous classrooms	15
Students’ perceptions of authenticity in an upper secondary technology education innovation project	15
Factors affecting the formation of views of nature of science: A mixed-methods study	15
Development and validation of the Data Science Education Attitude Scale (DSEAS)	13
Pre service teachers’ engagement with stem-based hands-on activities in online chemistry laboratory courses	13
The relationship between teachers’ enacted pedagogical content knowledge and student learning in fundamental concepts of electrostatics	13
STEM for sustainability: a multi-faceted evaluation on pre-service preschool teachers’ sustainable designs	12
The effects of interactivity and game elements in science assessment	12
Technology-enhanced “GipSci” approach in developing contexts performs well at interest and curiosity , yet	12
Integrating socio-scientific issues in STEM education: science teachers’ decision-making processes and perspectives	12
Development and use of an instrument to measure pseudoscientific beliefs in quantum mechanics: the PSEUDO-QM scale	12
Elementary science teachers’ engineering integration after long-term in-service training program with and without curriculum material support	12
The development of an analytical model for science classroom creativity in China	12
Interdisciplinary strategies in STE(A)M education: a critical analysis of curriculum and pedagogy	12
A gamified science classroom model: learning process analysis of a scaffolding-based gamified teaching model using card games, slides and learning sheets	12

From experiment to model design: teaching scientific and engineering practices in laboratory applications course	11
A TPACK-based intervention to improve pre-service STEM teacher’s pedagogical and disciplinary knowledge: a pre-experimental field study	10
Fostering student climate agency and future literacy: a case study of scenario-based teaching	10
An analysis of changes in the representation of the Nature of Science in Japanese grade10–grade12 science textbooks	10
Virtual experiments in physics education: a systematic literature review	10
Using facial emotion recognition to research emotional phases in an inquiry-based science activity	10
Conceptual understanding of gravity: comparison of effects of active learning and traditional learning	9
Drawing together international perspectives on material and embodied aspects of science education: Introduction to the special issue	9
The implementation of engineering design-based STEM learning and its impact on primary students’ scientific creativity	8
Exploring high school students’ inquiry skills level and regional differences in STEM learning	8
The effect of interactive videos enhanced with pop-up questions on teacher candidates’ learning performance in science	8
The impact of STEAM project design on higher-order thinking: a meta-analysis	8
Science Identity of Turkish Students: Adaptation of the Science Identity Questionnaire and Analysis in Terms of Demographic Variables	8
Validating an assessment of scientific modeling competence and mapping junior high school students’ development status	8
Developing an instrument for metavisualization and investigating relationships among dimensions of metavisualization	8
Teachers’ interventions in science education at primary school. The role of semiotic resources during argumentative interactions in classroom	8
Affordances and obstacles when integrating digital tools into science teaching in preschools	7
Supporting student teachers to integrate theory, research, and practice: developing the Adaptive Subject Pedagogy Model	7
Exploring the relationship between mental representations and conceptual understanding of Special Relativity by high school students	7
Investigating students’ perceptions of STEM education in private elementary schools in Abu Dhabi	7
Enhancing self-directed learning in science education: the Impact of puzzle-solving games and video-based materials on understanding the origin of electricity	7
The impact of multimedia-based instruction on critical thinking development in chemistry education: a study on water industrial production and purification	7
Development and preliminary validation of the middle school students’ attitudes toward STEM learning scale	6
The effect of science activities utilizing Web 2.0 applications on primary school students׳ achievement and attitude: an experimental study	6
The relationships among teacher support, peer support, students’ resilience and attainment value in a STEAM competition	6
Does the mode of an investigative tool matter?: preservice teachers’ perceptions of the credibility of cell images using actual vs. virtual light microscopes	6
An application of propensity score analysis with structural equation modeling: effects of post-secondary students’ expectations about STEM careers on college success	6
From inquiry to insight: analysing lower and upper secondary students’ questioning in geoscience education	6
Arguments of Turkish undergraduate preservice elementary teachers when testing hypotheses in science	6
Green chemistry in secondary education: a systematic review of global trends, pedagogical approaches, and implementation challenges	6
Examining the mediating effect of nature of science perceptions on the relationship between metacognition and science self-efficacy	6
Examining the relationship between pre-service teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge and STEM literacy: an additive multiple moderation model	6
Values of mathematics as a pivot of the perceptions of secondary mathematics teachers in iSTEM education	6
FACE-TO-FACE VS. ONLINE LEARNING in SCIENCE and ENGINEERING COURSES DURING COVID-19 EPOCH	6
Technology-supported specialist co-teaching in primary STEM education: effects on Chinese students’ attitudes, learning engagement, and career aspirations	6
Refining virtual laboratory on liquid–liquid extraction and thin-layer chromatography for building students’ laboratory skills	6
Reflexive, relevant and interactive: a STEM student-centred pedagogical approach for responsible research and innovation (RRI) training in higher education	6
Stakeholder perceptions of primary school education about food sustainability and farm animal welfare in England	5
A conceptual framework for assessing transdisciplinary STEM practices	5
The natural development of students’ understanding of the nature of science without purposeful intervention in everyday science teaching	5
Transdisciplinary STEAM learning in improving students’ conceptual understanding of heat and temperature	5
Examining the diversity of scientific methods in the South African National Senior Certificate chemistry papers	5
Effectiveness of Humanities and Social Science courses on science and engineering undergraduates: shaping educational dynamics through creative pedagogy	5
Empowering STEM teaching through community of practice: impacts on teacher self-efficacy and student outcomes in place-based education	5
Exploring stereotypical perceptions of scientists among Greek primary school students: insights from the Draw-A-Science-comic Test	5
Navigating the AI-Enhanced STEM education landscape: a decade of insights, trends, and opportunities	5
Embodiment and asynchronous storytelling in science classrooms	5
Transforming STEM education: insights from Web 2.0 integration in pre-service preschool teacher training	5
What emerges from pupils’ descriptions of technological systems	5
A PBL strategy for incorporating 3D cell culture into the classrooms of undergraduate biotechnology engineering students	5

Effectiveness of treatments teaching the topic ‘cell division’ in improving students’ academic performance: a meta-analysis study