OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Research in Science & Technological Education is 4. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
The use of intercoder reliability in qualitative interview data analysis in science education	29
Investigating the effectiveness of STEAM education on students’ conceptual understanding of force and energy topics	27
Pre-service early childhood teachers’ views on STEM education and their STEM teaching practices	24
Enhancing student communication competencies in STEM using virtual global collaboration project based learning	24
Augmented reality technology in science education for students with specific learning difficulties: its effect on students’ learning and views	22
Examining Taiwanese students’ views on climate change and the teaching of climate change in the context of higher education	19
Effectiveness of flipped classroom practices in teaching of science: a mixed research synthesis	15
The challenge and opportunities of quantum literacy for future education and transdisciplinary problem-solving	14
Video-worked examples to support the development of elementary students’ science process skills: a case study in an inquiry activity on electrical circuits	13
Designing teaching and reflection experiences to develop candidates’ science teaching self-efficacy	13
Achieving educational goals in microscopy education by adopting virtual reality labs on top of face-to-face tutorials	12
Relevant or interesting according to upper secondary students? Affective aspects of context-based chemistry problems	11
Investigating teachers’ and students’ experiences of quantum physics lessons: opportunities and challenges	11
Designing practical science assessments in England: students’ engagement and perceptions	10
Can the culturo-techno-contextual approach (CTCA) promote students’ meaningful learning of concepts in variation and evolution?	10
Are preservice science teachers (PSTs) prepared for teaching argumentation? Evidence from a university teacher preparation program in China	10
Gender difference in students’ performance in chemistry – can computer simulation bridge the gap?	9
Gender differences in classroom emotional climate and attitudes among students undertaking integrated STEM projects: a Rasch analysis	9
Students’ integration of textbook representations into their understanding of photomicrographs: epistemic network analysis	9
Draw-A-Science-Comic: exploring children’s conceptions by drawing a comic about science	8
Authentic science experiences with STEM datasets: post-secondary results and potential gender influences	8
Science teachers’ continuing professional development: online vs face-to-face	8
Nanoscale science and technology education: primary school students’ preconceptions of the lotus effect and the concept of size	8
Mobile and printed dichotomous keys in constructivist learning of biology in primary school	8
Meaning making in collaborative practical work: a case study of multimodal challenges in a Year 10 chemistry classroom	8

Improving early childhood pre-service teachers’ computational thinking teaching self-efficacy beliefs in a STEM course	8
Analysing teacher behaviour in synthesizing hands-on and minds-on during practical work	7
Responsible research and innovation in science education: insights from evaluating the impact of using digital media and arts-based methods on RRI values	7
Scientist of the week: evaluating effects of a teacher-led STEM intervention to reduce stereotypical views of scientists in young children	7
The innovative use of smartphone for sound STEM practical kit: a pilot implementation for secondary classroom	7
How do science camps affect middle grade students’ image of scientists?	7
Effect of environmental factors on students’ interest in STEM careers: The mediating role of self-efficacy	7
Supporting informal science learning with metacognitive scaffolding and augmented reality: effects on science knowledge, intrinsic motivation, and cognitive load	7
Typology of teachers’ stages of concern for STEM education	7
Enhancing preservice science teachers’ perceptions of engineer and engineering through STEM education: a focus on drawings as evidence	6
A material for education process and the Teacher: the use of digital storytelling in preschool science education	6
School administrators’ awareness of parental STEM knowledge, strategies to promote STEM knowledge, and student STEM preparation	6
Implementers, designers, and disseminators of integrated STEM activities: self-efficacy and commitment	6
Action research on pre-service elementary teachers’ understandings of the scientific method and the use of evidence in a science and technology teaching course	6
iSTEAM contest on enhancing self-confidence in making miniature models: correlate to mastery orientation, engagement and interest	6
Testing a methodology for the development of socioscientific issues to enhance middle school students’ argumentation and reasoning	6
Relationship between students’ hands-on making self-efficacy, perceived value, cooperative attitude and competition preparedness in joining an iSTEAM contest	6
The effects of enhanced hands-on experimentation on correcting student misconceptions about work and energy in engineering mechanics	5
Exploring core ideas of procedural understanding in scientific inquiry using educational data mining	5
Middle grades teachers’ content knowledge for renewable energy instruction design	5
Science teachers’ views of creating and teaching Big Ideas of science education: experiences from Chile	5
From ICT availability to student science achievement: mediation effects of ICT psychological need satisfactions and interest across genders	5
Exploring achievement motivation, student engagement, and learning outcomes for STEM college students in Taiwan through the lenses of gender differences and multiple pathways	5
Using classroom video-based instruments to characterise pre-service science teachers’ incoming usable knowledge for teaching science	5
The scientific thinking and reasoning framework and its applicability to manufacturing and services firms in natural sciences	5
Perspectives of teaching during the COVID-19 lockdown: a comparison of teaching in university bioscience programmes from around the world	4
The representation of laboratory activities in Indonesian physics textbooks: a content analysis	4
A method and framework for video-based pedagogy analysis	4
Students’ argumentation in the contexts of science, religious education, and interdisciplinary science-religious education scenarios	4
Children’s practices with electronic sensors to understand and mitigate sound pollution in primary school	4
Teachers’ self-efficacy and role when teaching STEM in high-tech informal learning environments	4
Nature of science in science textbooks for vocational training in Norway	4
Integrated STEM in high school science courses: an analysis of 23 science textbooks in China	4
Affordances and obstacles when integrating digital tools into science teaching in preschools	4
Understanding linkage between teacher talk moves, discourse contexts and students’ talk productivity	4
Does computation technology matter in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) projects?	4
Are attitudes towards science and technology related to critical areas in science education?	4
Development of self-regulated learning: a longitudinal study on academic performance in undergraduate science	4