OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Science Education and Technology is 2. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Effects of a BCI-Based AR Inquiring Tool on Primary Students’ Science Learning: A Quasi-Experimental Field Study	535
An Integrative Review with Word Cloud Analysis of STEM Education	74
Fine-Tuning ChatGPT for Automatic Scoring of Written Scientific Explanations in Chinese	52
A Study of Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) in the Blended Synchronous Science Classroom	35
Involuntary Online Learners: Engaging Online Students Who Preferred F2F Science Classes During the COVID-19 Pandemic	35
Youths’ Investigations of Critical Urban Forestry Through Multimodal Sensemaking	34
The Seeing Science Project: Using Design-Based Research to Develop a Transformative Experience Intervention	33
Feedback Through Digital Application Affordances and Teacher Practice	31
Computational Concepts and their Assessment in Preschool Students: An Empirical Study	29
Understanding Intersections Between GenAI and Pre-Service Teacher Education: What Do We Need to Understand About the Changing Face of Truth in Science Education?	26
Enhancing the Performance of Automated Scoring Model for Kinematic Graph Answers Using Synthetic Graph Images	24
Psychometric Validation of the Robotics Interest Questionnaire (RIQ) Scale with Italian Teachers	23
Using Extended Reality Technology in Traditional and Place-Based Environments to Study Climate Change	23
Integrating Science Concepts Through Poetry: A Study Comparing Online and Face-to-Face Teaching Methods Courses for Pre-Service Elementary Educators	22
The Perceived Complexity of Learning Tasks Influences Students’ Collaborative Interactions in Immersive Virtual Reality	21
Assessing Teachers’ Knowledge of How to Use Computer Programming in Science and Technology Education	21
Modeling Group Discourse with Epistemic Network Analysis: Unpacking Connections, Perspectives, and Individual Contributions	21
The Effects of Engineering Design-Based Instruction On 7th Grade Students’ Nature of Engineering Views	20
Exploring Pre-service Elementary Teachers’ Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Developing and Using Virtual Reality Materials Reflecting Spatial Thinking in Astronomy Class	20
The Relationship Between a Student’s Success in First-Semester General Chemistry and Their Mathematics Fluency, Profile, and Performance on Common Questions	19
Online, Interactive Modules Improve Quantitative Skills in Community College Biology Students	19
Student Primary Teachers’ Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Biotechnology—Are They Prepared to Teach Biotechnological Literacy?	18
Effects of Wearable Hybrid AR/VR Learning Material on High School Students’ Situational Interest, Engagement, and Learning Performance: the Case of a Physics Laboratory Learning Environment	17
The Impact of Team Synchrony on Argument Construction and Science Knowledge Acquisition: Insights from a Science Learning Game	16
How Do Teachers Collaborate in Informal Professional Learning Activities? An Epistemic Network Analysis	15

Navigating Failure in a Museum-Based Videogame: Convergent and Divergent Mechanisms of Collaboration as Potential Levers for Informal Learning About Climate Change	15
Evaluating Digital Literacy of Pre-service Chemistry Teachers: Multidimensional Rasch Analysis	13
Scaffolding Pre-service Science Teachers’ Problem-Solving Strategies in a Methane Gas Detector Task Within an Earthquake-Robotics PD Course	13
Effect of STSE Approach on High School Students' Understanding of Nature of Science	12
A Study on the Effects of Using the 6E Model and a Robot Teaching Assistant on Junior High School Students’ STEM Knowledge, Learning Motivation, and Hands-on Performance	12
A Mixed Reality-Based Chemistry Experiment Learning System to Facilitate Chemical Laboratory Safety Education	11
Perspectives of the Eye-Tracking Application to Understand Access to Representational Levels in Chemistry	11
Using Reverse Engineering to Enhance Ninth-Grade Students’ Understanding of Thermal Expansion	11
Item Analysis of Math-Up Skills Test (MUST) Questions After an Early Math Intervention: Student Performance in General Chemistry as a Function of Various Arithmetic Categories	11
Exploring Personality and Learning Motivation Influences on Students’ Computational Thinking Skills in Introductory Programming Courses	10
“It’s Like I’m Really There”: Using VR Experiences for STEM Career Development	10
Bridging the Gap Between Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment in Science Education Research with Machine Learning — A Case for Pretrained Language Models-Based Clustering	10
Digital Tools in Informal Science Education Sites: A Systematic Literature Review	10
Analyzing the Effective Use of Augmented Reality Glasses in University Physics Laboratory Courses for the Example Topic of Optical Polarization	10
Correction to: Supporting Student System Modelling Practice Through Curriculum and Technology Design	10
Competent but Anxious Smart Greenhouse Makers: Findings from a Physical Computing Project	9
Using the WorldWide Telescope to Develop Science Data Literacy in STEM Undergraduates: A Conceptual Framework and Course Design	9
Pre-Service Science Teachers’ Intention to use Generative Artificial Intelligence in Inquiry-Based Teaching	9
Supporting Three-dimensional Learning on Ecosystems Using an Agent-Based Computer Model	9
The Effect of Smart Classrooms on Project-Based Learning: A Study Based on Video Interaction Analysis	9
Design-Based STEM Activities in Teacher Education and Its Effect on Pre-service Science Teachers’ Design Thinking Skills	9
Effects of an Augmented Reality-Based Chemistry Experiential Application on Student Knowledge Gains, Learning Motivation, and Technology Perception	9
What Knowledge Resources Do General Chemistry Students Use to Agree or Disagree with Atomic Level Acid–Base Animations?	8
AI in the Genetics Classroom: A Useful Tool but not a Replacement for Creative Writing	8
A Study of Students Engaged in Electronic Circuit Wiring in an Undergraduate Course	8
Supporting Elementary Teachers’ Technological, Pedagogical, and Content Knowledge in Computational Thinking Integration	8
Applying Generative Artificial Intelligence to Critiquing Science Assessments	8
A Proposed Case-Based Learning Framework for Fostering Undergraduate Engineering Students’ Creative and Critical Thinking	8
Promoting Self-Efficacy, Mentoring Competencies, and Persistence in STEM: A Case Study Evaluating Racial and Ethnic Minority Women's Learning Experiences in a Virtual STEM Peer Mentor Training	8
Computational Thinking Integration into Science Classrooms: Example of Digestive System	8
The Backyard Weather Science Curriculum: Using a Weather-Observing Network to Support Data-Intensive Issue-Based Atmospheric Inquiry in Middle and High School	8
How Tablet-Student Ratio and External Scripts Affect Knowledge Acquisition and Cognitive Load in Scientific Collaborative Inquiry Learning? A Three-Round Quasi-Experiment	8
Combining Natural Language Processing with Epistemic Network Analysis to Investigate Student Knowledge Integration within an AI Dialog	7
Investigating Students’ Engagement in Mobile Technology-Supported Science Learning Through Video-Based Classroom Observation	7
Students’ Conceptions of Science Learning Before and After the Pandemic Outbreak: A Drawing Analysis	7
Exploring the Effects and Inquiry Process Behaviors of Fifth-Grade Students Using Predict-Observe-Explain Strategy in Virtual Inquiry Learning	7
Gender Perspectives on Role Models: Insights from STEM Students and Professionals	7
Exploring the Effectiveness and Moderators of Augmented Reality on Science Learning: a Meta-analysis	7
In Search of Assessment Shifts in Embodied Learning Science Research: a Review	7
Exploring the Effect of Augmented Reality on Cognitive Load, Attitude, Spatial Ability, and Stereochemical Perception	7
Asian Students’ Cultural Orientation and Computer Self-Efficacy Significantly Related to Online Inquiry-Based Learning Outcomes on the Go-Lab Platform	7
Pre-service Elementary Teachers’ Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge in Lesson Planning and Post-lesson Reflection Discourses on Science Classes Using Virtual and Augmented Reality Content	7
Characterizing Natural Selection Contextual Transfer with Epistemic Network Analysis: A Case for Unplugged Computational Thinking	6
Transforming Issues-Based Science Education with Innovative Technologies	6
Conceptual Understanding of the DNA Molecule Through Model Building at the Initial Learning Stage	6
Correction: Technology Acceptance When Teaching Climate Change	6
Augmenting Microscopes with Smartphones: Relationships Among Academic Emotions and Learning Outcomes in 7th Grade Cell Observation Classes	6
Comparing Optimization Practices Across Engineering Learning Contexts Using Process Data	6
An Integrative Review with Word Cloud Analysis of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning	5
Modeling with Real-Time Informative Feedback: Implementing and Evaluating a New Massive Open Online Course Component	5

Examining the Influence That Professional Development Has on Educators’ Perceptions of Integrated STEM Safety in Makerspaces	5
A Meta-Analysis to Gauge the Effectiveness of STEM Informal Project-Based Learning: Investigating the Potential Moderator Variables	5
Asynchronous Online Instruction Leads to Learning Gaps When Compared to a Flipped Classroom	5
Perspectives of Generative AI in Chemistry Education Within the TPACK Framework	5
IoT in Project-Based Biology Learning: Students’ Experiences and Skill Development	5
HOTS-Link Mobile Learning Application: Enabling Biology Pre-service Teachers to Devise HOTS-Based Lesson Plans	4
Advances in Knowledge and Acceptance of Genetically Modified Organisms Among Some Ghanaian Professionals	4
Applying Argumentation-Driven Inquiry (ADI) to Promote Students’ Argumentation Performance in Blended Synchronous Learning Environment: a Quasi-experimental Study	4
Computational Thinking to Learn Environmental Sustainability: A Learning Progression	4
De-mystifying the Influence of PhET Simulation on Engagement, Satisfaction, and Academic Achievement of Bhutanese Students in the Physics Classroom	4
Epidemiology in Middle School Science Curricula: a COVID-19 Pre–post Intervention	4
The Conceptualization of Critical Thinking: Toward a Culturally Inclusive Framework for Technology-Enhanced Instruction in Higher Education	4
Educational Design Framework for a Web-Based Interface to Visualise Authentic Cosmological “Big Data” in High School	4
Facial Expression Recognition for Probing Students’ Emotional Engagement in Science Learning	4
STEM Teacher Preparation for High-Need Schools: Inventory of Selected NSF Robert Noyce Programs	4
Effect of Interactive Learning Environments on Learning Outcomes in Science Education: A Network Meta-Analysis	4
Understanding Complex Ecosystems Through an Agent-Based Participatory Watershed Simulation	4
Project-Oriented Problem-Based Learning Through SR-STEM to Foster Students’ Critical Thinking Skills in Renewable Energy Material	4
A Closer Examination of Earth and Life Science Teachers’ Science and Engineering Integration	4
e-Homework and Motivation for Students’ Success in First-Semester General Chemistry	4
The Effect of Virtual Reality (VR) Settings on Nature Relatedness and Attitudes Towards Environment in Gifted Students	4
Technology Acceptance When Teaching Climate Change	4
Professional Growth of Novice and Experienced STEM Teachers	3
Biomedical Engineering Students’ Question Posing Skill Based on Reading Scientific Articles	3
Characteristics and Recommendations for the Virtual Role Model Visit — Based on a Literature Review	3
The Impact of a Mobile Phone and Mobile Application-Supported Science Laboratory on the Digital Literacy of Preservice Teachers and Their Disposition Toward Using Technology in Class	3
Tablets and Apps for Promoting Nanoliteracy in Early Childhood Education: Results from an Experimental Study	3
Scaffolding Collaborative Drawing-to-Learn to Support Metacognitive Regulation and Model Construction	3
The Challenge and Opportunities of STEM Learning Efficacy for Living Technology Through a Transdisciplinary Problem-Based Learning Activity	3
Beyond Frequency: Using Epistemic Network Analysis and Multimodal Traces to Understand Temporal Dynamics of Self-Regulated Learning	3
Bridging Data and Art: Investigating Data-Art Connections in a Data-Art Inquiry Program	3
Does Learning from Giving Feedback Depend on the Product Being Reviewed: Concept Maps or Answers to Test Questions?	3
A Phenomenography Study of STEM Teachers’ Conceptions of Using Three-Dimensional Modeling and Printing (3DMP) in Teaching	3
Integrative Analysis Using Big Ideas: Energy Transfer and Cellular Respiration	3
Maker Competency Instrument for Elementary and Secondary School Science	3
Collections of Practice as High-Level Activity in a Digital Interest-Based Science Community	3
The STEM Aspirations of China’s Future Workforce	3
Examining Preservice Elementary Teachers’ Answer Changing Behavior on a Content Knowledge for Teaching Science Assessment	3
Breaking Barriers: Evaluating a Pilot STEM Intervention for Latinx Children of Spanish-Speaking Families	3
Comparing Middle School Students’ Science Explanations During Physical and Virtual Laboratories	3
Correction to: Biology Undergraduate Students’ Graphing Practice in Digital Versus Pen and Paper Graphing Environments	3
A Call for Clarity: Biology Students Advocate for Guidelines for the Use of Generative AI in Higher Education	3
Development and Application of a Domain-Specific TPACK Questionnaire—Findings from a Longitudinal Study on Teaching Human Biology Using Digital Tools	3
Precipitating Change: Integrating Computational Thinking in Middle School Weather Forecasting	3
Configuring Factors Influencing Science Teachers’ Intention to Use Virtual Experiments in China: An fsQCA-Based Study	3
The Impacts of Intelligent Feedback on Learning Achievements and Learning Perceptions in Inquiry-Based Science Learning: A Meta-Analysis of Studies from 2013 to 2023	2
Automated Assessment of Student Hand Drawings in Free-Response Items on the Particulate Nature of Matter	2
Makerspaces Fostering Creativity: A Systematic Literature Review	2
Applying Machine Learning to Intelligent Assessment of Scientific Creativity Based on Scientific Knowledge Structure and Eye-Tracking Data	2
Meta-Analysis of STEM Learning Using Virtual Reality: Benefits Across the Board	2
Transitioning to Online Teaching During the COVID-19 Pandemic: an Exploration of STEM Teachers’ Views, Successes, and Challenges	2
Pre-service Teachers’ TPACK and Its Relationship to Technology Integration in Science Learning Activities	2
Integrating Self-Explanation into Simulation-Based Physics Learning for 7th Graders	2
Intersections of Mind and Machine: Navigating the Nexus of Artificial Intelligence, Science Education, and the Preparation of Pre-service Teachers	2
Transforming Teachers’ Roles and Agencies in the Era of Generative AI: Perceptions, Acceptance, Knowledge, and Practices	2
Are They Ready to Teach? Generative AI as a Means to Uncover Pre-Service Science Teachers’ PCK and Enhance Their Preparation Program	2
Epistemic Network Analysis of Students’ Drawings to Investigate Their Conceptions of Science Learning with Technology	2
Correction to: Thinking in Terms of Change over Time: Opportunities and Challenges of Using System Dynamics Models	2
The Affordances of Minecraft Education as a Game-Based Learning Tool for Atomic Structure in Junior High School Science Education	2
Identifying Key Components and Objectives of Mobile Learning in Chemistry Education	2
Using Epistemic Analysis to Explore Black Girls’ Creativity as They Learn to Code	2
Problem-Solving Strategies in Stoichiometry Across Two Intelligent Tutoring Systems: A Cross-National Study	2
Artificial Intelligence in Science Education (2013–2023): Research Trends in Ten Years	2
Affordances of Computational Models for English Learners in Science Instruction: Conceptual Foundation and Initial Inquiry	2
Videos with Hands: an Analysis of Usage and Interactions of Undergraduate Science Students for Acquiring Physics Knowledge	2
Mixed-Methods Study of First-Year Physics Students: Soft Barriers to Coding	2
Exploring Differences in Student Learning and Behavior Between Real-life and Virtual Reality Chemistry Laboratories	2