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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Exploring Pre-service Elementary Teachers’ Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Developing and Using Virtual Reality Materials Reflecting Spatial Thinking in Astronomy Class	597
Correction to: Supporting Student System Modelling Practice Through Curriculum and Technology Design	82
Effect of STSE Approach on High School Students' Understanding of Nature of Science	54
The Effects of Engineering Design-Based Instruction On 7th Grade Students’ Nature of Engineering Views	41
Feedback Through Digital Application Affordances and Teacher Practice	37
Digital Tools in Informal Science Education Sites: A Systematic Literature Review	36
Online Search Strategies: Undergraduate Biology Students Take Non-Linear Paths to Find Information Related to Disciplinary Biology Questions	36
Assessing Teachers’ Knowledge of How to Use Computer Programming in Science and Technology Education	36
The Perceived Complexity of Learning Tasks Influences Students’ Collaborative Interactions in Immersive Virtual Reality	35
An Integrative Review with Word Cloud Analysis of STEM Education	32
Pre-Service Science Teachers’ Intention to use Generative Artificial Intelligence in Inquiry-Based Teaching	29
A Multi-Method Approach for Exploring Programming Trajectories Through Log Data: Insights from Data Visualization Tasks	25
Effects of a BCI-Based AR Inquiring Tool on Primary Students’ Science Learning: A Quasi-Experimental Field Study	25
Effects of an Augmented Reality-Based Chemistry Experiential Application on Student Knowledge Gains, Learning Motivation, and Technology Perception	24
Transforming Issues-Based Science Education with Innovative Technologies	24
e-Homework and Motivation for Students’ Success in First-Semester General Chemistry	23
Augmenting Microscopes with Smartphones: Relationships Among Academic Emotions and Learning Outcomes in 7th Grade Cell Observation Classes	23
A Study of Students Engaged in Electronic Circuit Wiring in an Undergraduate Course	23
Asynchronous Online Instruction Leads to Learning Gaps When Compared to a Flipped Classroom	23
Computational Thinking to Learn Environmental Sustainability: A Learning Progression	22
Anatomy and Physiology Beyond “This Is Interesting:” Assessing Transformative Experiences Through Epistemic Network Analysis	21
Makerspaces Fostering Creativity: A Systematic Literature Review	19
Correction: Technology Acceptance When Teaching Climate Change	19
The Conceptualization of Critical Thinking: Toward a Culturally Inclusive Framework for Technology-Enhanced Instruction in Higher Education	19
Applying Generative Artificial Intelligence to Critiquing Science Assessments	19

A Call for Clarity: Biology Students Advocate for Guidelines for the Use of Generative AI in Higher Education	18
Epidemiology in Middle School Science Curricula: a COVID-19 Pre–post Intervention	16
Examining Preservice Elementary Teachers’ Answer Changing Behavior on a Content Knowledge for Teaching Science Assessment	16
A Closer Examination of Earth and Life Science Teachers’ Science and Engineering Integration	14
Collections of Practice as High-Level Activity in a Digital Interest-Based Science Community	14
The STEM Aspirations of China’s Future Workforce	14
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	13
The Challenge and Opportunities of STEM Learning Efficacy for Living Technology Through a Transdisciplinary Problem-Based Learning Activity	13
Problem-Solving Strategies in Stoichiometry Across Two Intelligent Tutoring Systems: A Cross-National Study	12
Identifying Key Components and Objectives of Mobile Learning in Chemistry Education	12
All Students Can Benefit from a Personal Response System Pedagogy that Encourages Active Engagement Yet Lowers Barriers to Implementation	11
Employing a Groundwater Contamination Learning Experience to Build Proficiency in Computational Modeling for Socioscientific Literacy	11
Pixels in a Larger Picture: A Scoping Review of the Uses of Technology for Climate Change Education	11
Leveraging Epistemic Network Analysis to Understand Peer Feedback in Online Courses	11
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	11
The Affordances of Minecraft Education as a Game-Based Learning Tool for Atomic Structure in Junior High School Science Education	11
Designing Computer Vision Support for Science Practical Work: A Qualitative Investigation into the Noticing Practices and Support Preferences of Science Teachers	11
The Impact of AI Chatbot-Supported Guided Discovery Learning on Pre-service Teachers’ Learning Performance and Motivation	10
Enhancing Achievements in Biology Education in Ghana Using Culturo-Techno-Contextual Approach Plus	10
A Double-Edged Sword: Physics Educators’ Perspectives on Utilizing ChatGPT and Its Future in Classrooms	10
Meta-Analysis of STEM Learning Using Virtual Reality: Benefits Across the Board	10
Socio-Scientific Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Comparing In-person and Virtual Science Learning Using Model-Evidence Link Diagrams	10
The Impacts of Online Skeuomorphic Physics Inquiry–Based Learning With and Without Simulation on 8th Graders’ Scientific Inquiry Performance	10
How Behavioral and Psychological Factors Influence STEM Performance in K-12 Schools: A Mediation Model	9
Enhancing Students’ Understanding of Nerve Cells’ Structures and Their Symbiotic Functioning by Using Technology-Enhanced Instruction Incorporating Virtual Labs and Animations	9
Multimedia-Aided Technologies for Effective Learning of Quantum Physics at the University Level	9
The Relationships Between Peer-to-Peer Interactions, Group Formation, Choice of Research, and Course Performance in an Online Environment	9
Elementary Students’ Use of Mechanistic Reasoning to Explain Community-Connected Engineering Design Solutions	9
The Relationship Between a Student’s Success in First-Semester General Chemistry and Their Mathematics Fluency, Profile, and Performance on Common Questions	8
Characterizing Students’ 4C Skills Development During Problem-based Digital Making	8
Examining How Students Code with Socioscientific Data to Tell Stories About Climate Change	8
How Do Teachers Collaborate in Informal Professional Learning Activities? An Epistemic Network Analysis	8
Student Self-perception on Digital Literacy in STEM Blended Learning Environments	8
Integrating Science Concepts Through Poetry: A Study Comparing Online and Face-to-Face Teaching Methods Courses for Pre-Service Elementary Educators	8
Enhancing the Performance of Automated Scoring Model for Kinematic Graph Answers Using Synthetic Graph Images	8
Augmented Reality Technology Used for Developing Topographic Map-Reading Skills in an Earth Science Course and its Potential Implications in Broader Learning Venues	8
Students’ Hands-On Self-Efficacy Predicts Pragmatistic STEAM Value, Transformativistic Value, and Continuance Intention: A Powertech Contest Perspective	7
Computational Concepts and their Assessment in Preschool Students: An Empirical Study	7
The Effect of Smart Classrooms on Project-Based Learning: A Study Based on Video Interaction Analysis	7
Digital Game-Based Inquiry Learning to Improve Eighth Graders’ Inquiry Skills in Biology	7
The Go-Lab Platform, an Inquiry-learning Space: Investigation into Students’ Technology Acceptance, Knowledge Integration, and Learning Outcomes	7
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	7
Combining Natural Language Processing with Epistemic Network Analysis to Investigate Student Knowledge Integration within an AI Dialog	7
Scaffolding Collaborative Drawing-to-Learn to Support Metacognitive Regulation and Model Construction	7
Analyzing Children’s Viewing Behaviors in Science Demonstrations with and Without Interactive E-Book Support	7
Does Learning from Giving Feedback Depend on the Product Being Reviewed: Concept Maps or Answers to Test Questions?	7
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	7
“It’s Like I’m Really There”: Using VR Experiences for STEM Career Development	7
Examining the Influence That Professional Development Has on Educators’ Perceptions of Integrated STEM Safety in Makerspaces	7
Examining Science and Technology/Engineering Educators’ Views of Teaching Biomedical Concepts Through Physical Computing	7

Identifying Sources of Anxiety in an Introductory Online Undergraduate Chemistry Course	7
Beyond “Having Fun” As Evidence of Learning: A Longitudinal Case Study of a Teacher’s Evolving Conception of Hands-On Science Activities	6
Online Professional Development to Prepare Afterschool Educators to Teach an Elementary STEM Curriculum: Results of a Design and Evaluation Study	6
The Impact of Physics Education Technology (PhET) Interactive Simulation-Based Learning on Motivation and Academic Achievement Among Malawian Physics Students	6
An Online CURE Taught at a Community College During the Pandemic Shows Mixed Results for Development of Research Self-Efficacy and In-class Relationships	6
Beak Simulations and Car Investigations: Investigating Pinterest as a Resource for Two Science Topics	5
Exploring Differences in Student Learning and Behavior Between Real-life and Virtual Reality Chemistry Laboratories	5
Teaching and Assessing Thinking Skills and Applying Educational Technologies in Higher Education	5
What Distinguishes Students’ Engineering Design Performance: Design Behaviors, Design Iterations, and Application of Science Concepts	5
Beliefs, Self-reported or Performance-Assessed TPACK: What Can Predict the Quality of Technology-Enhanced Biology Lesson Plans?	5
An Integrative Review with Word Cloud Analysis of Digital Escape Rooms in Nursing Education	5
The Construction and Validation of the Visuospatial Self-Efficacy (VSSE) Scale	5
Knowledge and Skills of University Students in Chemistry-Related Departments as Expressed in a Specially Designed Escape-Room	5
Examining Science Education in ChatGPT: An Exploratory Study of Generative Artificial Intelligence	5
Combining Inquiry, Universal Design for Learning, Alternate Reality Games and Augmented Reality Technologies in Science Education: The IB-ARGI Approach and the Case of Magnetman	5
“Because Subjects Don’t Exist in a Bubble”: Middle School Teachers Enacting an Interdisciplinary Curriculum	5
Supporting Teachers to Customize Curriculum for Self-Directed Learning	4
The Mechanism of Influence Between ICT and Students’ Science Literacy: a Hierarchical and Structural Equation Modelling Study	4
Beyond Language Barriers: Allowing Multiple Languages in Postsecondary Chemistry Classes Through Multilingual Machine Learning	4
The Effect of Web-Based Biology Learning Environment on Academic Performance: A Meta-analysis Study	4
Youths’ Investigations of Critical Urban Forestry Through Multimodal Sensemaking	4
How Do Students Respond to the Intended Affordance of Augmented Reality Dinosaur Exhibits in a Science Museum?	4
Subgroups of Assessor and Assessee: the Relationship Between Students’ Peer Assessment Roles and Perceptions of MSCL in Science Education	4
When Tutors Simultaneously Instruct Students from the Primary, Middle, and High School Levels in Online One-on-One Tutoring: Investigating the Interaction Dynamics Using AI, ENA, and LSA Methods	4
Paper Circuits vs. Breadboards: Materializing Learners’ Powerful Ideas Around Circuitry and Layout Design	4
Knowledge Building Through Making in a Physics Class	4
Spatial Navigation Test with Virtual Starmaze: the Role of Spatial Strategy in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education	4
Which Way Does Time Go? Differences in Expert and Novice Representations of Temporal Information at Extreme Scales Interferes with Novice Understanding of Graphs	4
Effects of Robotics Education on Young Children’s Cognitive Development: a Pilot Study with Eye-Tracking	4
Algorithmic Explanations: an Unplugged Instructional Approach to Integrate Science and Computational Thinking	4
Using Extended Reality Technology in Traditional and Place-Based Environments to Study Climate Change	4
Mobile Technology-Enhanced 5E Learning Model in Physics Labs: An Analysis of Graph Drawing and Interpretation Skills	4
Correction to: Thinking in Terms of Change over Time: Opportunities and Challenges of Using System Dynamics Models	3
Improving 6th Grade Students’ Creative Problem Solving Skills Through Plugged and Unplugged Computational Thinking Approaches	3
Exploration of Students’ Social Presence in Web-Based Discussion for Conceptual Learning of Organic Chemistry	3
What Knowledge Resources Do General Chemistry Students Use to Agree or Disagree with Atomic Level Acid–Base Animations?	3
IoT in Project-Based Biology Learning: Students’ Experiences and Skill Development	3
In Search of Assessment Shifts in Embodied Learning Science Research: a Review	3
Tablets and Apps for Promoting Nanoliteracy in Early Childhood Education: Results from an Experimental Study	3
Mixed-Methods Study of First-Year Physics Students: Soft Barriers to Coding	3
Integrating Making with Authentic Science Classes: An Approach and Evidence	3
Investigating the Effects of E-Textiles on Students’ Performance, Attitudes Toward Electric Circuits, and STEAM Attitudes: A Focus on Underrepresented Minorities	3
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	3
Exploring the Effects and Inquiry Process Behaviors of Fifth-Grade Students Using Predict-Observe-Explain Strategy in Virtual Inquiry Learning	3
AI in the Genetics Classroom: A Useful Tool but not a Replacement for Creative Writing	3
Teachers’ Disciplinary Boundedness in the Implementation of Integrated Computational Modeling in Physics	3
Disrupted Lessons in Engineering Robotics: Pivoting Knowledge Transfer From Physical to Virtual Learning Environments	3
Thinking Thru Making: Mapping Computational Thinking Practices onto Scientific Reasoning	3
Applying Machine Learning to Intelligent Assessment of Scientific Creativity Based on Scientific Knowledge Structure and Eye-Tracking Data	3
Design-Based STEM Activities in Teacher Education and Its Effect on Pre-service Science Teachers’ Design Thinking Skills	3
Exploring the Effectiveness and Moderators of Augmented Reality on Science Learning: a Meta-analysis	3
Scoping Review of Research on Augmented Reality in Environmental Education	3
Unlocking Gameplay Insights with Epistemic (Ordered) Network Analysis: Understanding the Potential of Video Games to Foster Authentic Scientific Practices in STEM Education	2
First Principles of Instruction Approach to Developing a Collaborative Knowledge Organizer-Based Digital Game of Biology Learning	2
The 5I’s of Virtual Technologies in Laboratory Teaching for Faculties of Higher Education in Kerala	2
Analysis of Human Anatomy Education: The Effects of a Gamified Creativity-Based Teaching Method on Students’ from Basic Psychological Needs Frustration	2
The Impact of Team Synchrony on Argument Construction and Science Knowledge Acquisition: Insights from a Science Learning Game	2
Student Primary Teachers’ Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Biotechnology—Are They Prepared to Teach Biotechnological Literacy?	2
Participatory Digital Mapping, Dynamic Data, and Children’s Emergent Science Argumentation About Local Socio-Ecological Systems	2
Self-directed Science Learning During COVID-19 and Beyond	2
Correction to: Computational Thinking Integration into Science Classrooms: Example of Digestive System	2
Electronic Research Notebooks in the Educational Setting: A Scoping Review	2
Comparison of Computer Scoring Model Performance for Short Text Responses Across Undergraduate Institutional Types	2
The Seeing Science Project: Using Design-Based Research to Develop a Transformative Experience Intervention	2
Understanding Intersections Between GenAI and Pre-Service Teacher Education: What Do We Need to Understand About the Changing Face of Truth in Science Education?	2
“Effects of Educational Robotics on Kindergarteners’ Collaboration, Communication, Critical Thinking, and Creativity: A Meta-Analysis”	2
Epistemic Agency in Preservice Teachers’ Science Lessons with Robots	2
Engaged and Being Inspired: How Science Volunteering Project Experience Drives Women’s Intention to Engage in Citizen Science?	2
Remote Blended Game-Based Learning: Integrating Synchronous Game-Based Learning with Asynchronous Inquiry-Based Learning	2
University Students’ Knowledge Creation Practices in Face-to-Face and Hybrid Blended Learning: Development of Epistemic Views and Perceptions of the Community of Inquiry	2
The Influence of Learning with an Online, Personalized Environment on Students’ Attitudes, Beliefs, and Outcomes	2
Digital Curation as a Pedagogical Approach to Promote Critical Thinking	2
Analyzing the Effective Use of Augmented Reality Glasses in University Physics Laboratory Courses for the Example Topic of Optical Polarization	2
Preliminary Evidence of the Reliability and Validity of a Sense of Belonging in STEM Scale for College Students	2
Students’ Perceptions of Online Teaching in Higher Education Amid COVID-19	2
Thinking in Terms of Change over Time: Opportunities and Challenges of Using System Dynamics Models	2