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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Effects of the use of ICT in schools on students’ science higher-order thinking skills: comparative study of China and Finland	34
The impact of AR tools on collaborative inquiry in secondary biology education: an embodied cognition perspective	33
The internationalization of scientist stereotypes through new media: Thai students’ perceptions of scientists from graphic interchange formats (GIFs)	30
Enhancing students’ achievement and scientific literacy through technology-enhanced learning in science education: a meta-analysis	28
Tangible versus graphical user interfaces in teaching microcontrollers’ circuits to engineering students	22
VR helmets in primary education and its impact on students critical thinking	18
Enhancing middle school students’ understanding of pure substances and mixtures through cooperative inquiry	17
Empirical investigation of critical factors influencing ChatGPT integration in contemporary technology education	17
Developing STEM activities integrated POED model to improve students’ learning by doing	17
Converging objects-to-think-with : exploring microwave ovens through inquiry-based learning with ChatGPT	16
Factors affecting the formation of views of nature of science: A mixed-methods study	15
The relationship between teachers’ enacted pedagogical content knowledge and student learning in fundamental concepts of electrostatics	14
Enhancing elementary students’ question-asking skills with the KWLQ strategy in blended synchronous classrooms	14
Pre service teachers’ engagement with stem-based hands-on activities in online chemistry laboratory courses	13
Students’ perceptions of authenticity in an upper secondary technology education innovation project	12
Development and use of an instrument to measure pseudoscientific beliefs in quantum mechanics: the PSEUDO-QM scale	12
Integrating socio-scientific issues in STEM education: science teachers’ decision-making processes and perspectives	12
Development and validation of the Data Science Education Attitude Scale (DSEAS)	12
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	11
The development of an analytical model for science classroom creativity in China	11
Virtual experiments in physics education: a systematic literature review	11
A gamified science classroom model: learning process analysis of a scaffolding-based gamified teaching model using card games, slides and learning sheets	11
Interdisciplinary strategies in STE(A)M education: a critical analysis of curriculum and pedagogy	11
Elementary science teachers’ engineering integration after long-term in-service training program with and without curriculum material support	10

Technology-enhanced “GipSci” approach in developing contexts performs well at interest and curiosity , yet	10
An analysis of changes in the representation of the Nature of Science in Japanese grade10–grade12 science textbooks	10
From experiment to model design: teaching scientific and engineering practices in laboratory applications course	10
The effect of interactive videos enhanced with pop-up questions on teacher candidates’ learning performance in science	10
Fostering student climate agency and future literacy: a case study of scenario-based teaching	10
Drawing together international perspectives on material and embodied aspects of science education: Introduction to the special issue	9
A TPACK-based intervention to improve pre-service STEM teacher’s pedagogical and disciplinary knowledge: a pre-experimental field study	9
The implementation of engineering design-based STEM learning and its impact on primary students’ scientific creativity	8
Teachers’ interventions in science education at primary school. The role of semiotic resources during argumentative interactions in classroom	8
Conceptual understanding of gravity: comparison of effects of active learning and traditional learning	8
The impact of STEAM project design on higher-order thinking: a meta-analysis	8
Developing an instrument for metavisualization and investigating relationships among dimensions of metavisualization	8
Science Identity of Turkish Students: Adaptation of the Science Identity Questionnaire and Analysis in Terms of Demographic Variables	7
Exploring the relationship between mental representations and conceptual understanding of Special Relativity by high school students	7
Supporting student teachers to integrate theory, research, and practice: developing the Adaptive Subject Pedagogy Model	7
Using facial emotion recognition to research emotional phases in an inquiry-based science activity	7
Exploring high school students’ inquiry skills level and regional differences in STEM learning	7
Affordances and obstacles when integrating digital tools into science teaching in preschools	7
Validating an assessment of scientific modeling competence and mapping junior high school students’ development status	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
Investigating students’ perceptions of STEM education in private elementary schools in Abu Dhabi	6
Values of mathematics as a pivot of the perceptions of secondary mathematics teachers in iSTEM education	6
Development and preliminary validation of the middle school students’ attitudes toward STEM learning scale	6
The relationships among teacher support, peer support, students’ resilience and attainment value in a STEAM competition	6
The impact of multimedia-based instruction on critical thinking development in chemistry education: a study on water industrial production and purification	6
Technology-supported specialist co-teaching in primary STEM education: effects on Chinese students’ attitudes, learning engagement, and career aspirations	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
From inquiry to insight: analysing lower and upper secondary students’ questioning in geoscience education	6
FACE-TO-FACE VS. ONLINE LEARNING in SCIENCE and ENGINEERING COURSES DURING COVID-19 EPOCH	6
An application of propensity score analysis with structural equation modeling: effects of post-secondary students’ expectations about STEM careers on college success	6
Arguments of Turkish undergraduate preservice elementary teachers when testing hypotheses in science	6
Navigating the AI-Enhanced STEM education landscape: a decade of insights, trends, and opportunities	5
A PBL strategy for incorporating 3D cell culture into the classrooms of undergraduate biotechnology engineering students	5
Refining virtual laboratory on liquid–liquid extraction and thin-layer chromatography for building students’ laboratory skills	5
What emerges from pupils’ descriptions of technological systems	5
Transforming STEM education: insights from Web 2.0 integration in pre-service preschool teacher training	5
Transdisciplinary STEAM learning in improving students’ conceptual understanding of heat and temperature	5
Exploring stereotypical perceptions of scientists among Greek primary school students: insights from the Draw-A-Science-comic Test	5
Examining the diversity of scientific methods in the South African National Senior Certificate chemistry papers	5
Does the mode of an investigative tool matter?: preservice teachers’ perceptions of the credibility of cell images using actual vs. virtual light microscopes	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
Effectiveness of Humanities and Social Science courses on science and engineering undergraduates: shaping educational dynamics through creative pedagogy	5
Effectiveness of treatments teaching the topic ‘cell division’ in improving students’ academic performance: a meta-analysis study	5
Stakeholder perceptions of primary school education about food sustainability and farm animal welfare in England	5
Examining the relationship between pre-service teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge and STEM literacy: an additive multiple moderation model	5
Empowering STEM teaching through community of practice: impacts on teacher self-efficacy and student outcomes in place-based education	5
Reflexive, relevant and interactive: a STEM student-centred pedagogical approach for responsible research and innovation (RRI) training in higher education	5