OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of CBE-Life Sciences Education is 10. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Using Systems and Systems Thinking to Unify Biology Education	65
Developmental Trajectories of Student Self-Perception over a Yearlong Introductory Biology Sequence	62
Teaching the Tough Topics: Fostering Ideological Awareness through the Inclusion of Societally Impactful Topics in Introductory Biology	57
Using a STEM Course on Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility to Explore Student Reflections on their Socialization into STEM and their Observations of the Figured World of Higher Education S	55
Students with Disabilities in Life Science Undergraduate Research Experiences: Challenges and Opportunities	44
A Study Planning Exercise Associated with Decreased Distraction Levels among Introductory Biology Students	42
Reflective Practices in Education: A Primer for Practitioners	39
Which Group Dynamics Matter: Social Predictors of Student Achievement in Team-Based Undergraduate Science Classrooms	38
Development of a Framework for the Culture of Scientific Research	38
A Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience Improves Outcomes in Mentored Research	38
“No matter what your story is, there is a place for you in science”: Students’ Ability to Relate to Scientists Positively Shifts after Scientist Spotlight Assignments, Especially for First-Generation	36
Factors Influencing Student Motivations and Experiences in STEM Course Office Hours	34
Elevating Marginalized Student Experiences of Belonging in the Life Sciences: A Qualitative Case Study Approach	33
The Influence of Instructor Behaviors and the Perceived Motivational Climate on Undergraduate Students’ Experiences in College STEM Laboratories	30
What I Wish My Instructor Knew: How Active Learning Influences the Classroom Experiences and Self-Advocacy of STEM Majors with ADHD and Specific Learning Disabilities	29
A New Measure of Students’ Perceived Conflict between Evolution and Religion (PCoRE) Is a Stronger Predictor of Evolution Acceptance than Understanding or Religiosity	29
What a Difference in Pressure Makes! A Framework Describing Undergraduate Students’ Reasoning about Bulk Flow Down Pressure Gradients	28
Factors Predicting the Extent to which STEM Students Value Cross-Disciplinary Skills: A Study across Four Institutions	28
Designing Activities to Teach Higher-Order Skills: How Feedback and Constraint Affect Learning of Experimental Design	28
Undergraduate STEM Students’ Perceptions of Grading Practices Reveal that Quiz Retakes Positively Impact Drivers of Self-determination	27
The Role of Faculty in Cultivating Thriving Campus STEM Ecosystems	22
Cultivating PhD Aspirations during College	21
A Longitudinal Study Identifying the Characteristics and Content Knowledge of Those Seeking Certification to Teach Secondary Biology in the United States	21
Modeling and Measuring Tree-Reading Skills in Undergraduate and Graduate Students	20
Overcoming the Barriers to Teaching Teamwork to Undergraduates in STEM	20

Opening the Pathway: An Example of Universal Design for Learning as a Guide to Inclusive Teaching Practices	20
A Framework of College Student Buy-in to Evidence-Based Teaching Practices in STEM: The Roles of Trust and Growth Mindset	20
Co-teaching in Undergraduate STEM Education: A Lever for Pedagogical Change toward Evidence-Based Teaching?	19
Supervised Study: Required Independent Research at a Community College Supports Persistence in Science	19
The Impact of Postgraduate Mentors on Undergraduate Researcher Gains	19
Engaging with CC Bio INSITES: Experiences of Barriers, Supports, and Belonging in Community College Faculty Participating in Biology Education Research	19
Development of the Mentoring in Undergraduate Research Survey	18
Cisnormative Language and Erasure of Trans* and Genderqueer Student Representation in Biology Education Research	18
Low-stakes Scientist Spotlight Assignment Demonstrates High Value and Multiple Effects for Introductory Biology Students	18
Empowering Disabled Voices: A Practical Guide for Methodological Shifts in Biology Education Research	17
Mentorship for Transfer Student Success in STEM Research: Mentor Approaches and Reflections	17
Access to Online Formative Assessments in Lower-Division Undergraduate Biology Courses: Investigating Barriers to Student Engagement	17
Student Motivations and Barriers toward Online and In-Person Office Hours in STEM Courses	17
Undergraduate Biology Students’ Climate Change Communication Experiences Indicate a Need for Discipline-Based Education Research on Science Communication Education about Culturally Controversial Scien	17
How Do Instructors Explain The Mechanism by which ATP Drives Unfavorable Processes?	17
Emotion, Fact, and Anthropogenic Disturbances: Undergraduate Attitudes Toward Wildfire and Urbanization after a Brief Intervention	16
PhDepression: Examining How Graduate Research and Teaching Affect Depression in Life Sciences PhD Students	16
“Your Family is Always With You”: Perceptions of Parental Relationships Among Hispanic/Latinx Young Adults Pursuing STEM Careers	16
Family Helps Transform the STEM Pathways of Community College Women of Color STEM Majors	16
Undergraduate Biology Lecture Courses Predominantly Test Facts about Science Rather than Scientific Practices	16
Exploring Student Perspectives: How Graduate Students in a Life Science Department Define Success	16
Recent Research in Science Teaching and Learning	15
Metacognition and Self-Efficacy in Action: How First-Year Students Monitor and Use Self-Coaching to Move Past Metacognitive Discomfort During Problem Solving	15
Expanding Research on Responsive Teaching	15
A Multi-institutional Cluster Analysis to Identify Groups of Courses with Exemplary Opportunity Gaps for Undergraduate Students in the Biological Sciences	15
Highlighting Counterstereotypical Scientists in Undergraduate Life Science Courses	15
Putting the Pieces Together: Student Thinking about Transformations of Energy and Matter	15
Demographics Matter: Non-white and White Life Science Graduate Students Perceive and Use Resources Differently	15
Puerto Rican Students Rising in STEM: Findings from a Multicampus Collaborative CURE Program to Promote Student Success	15
Sustainability and Justice: Challenges and Opportunities for an Open STEM Education	14
Inclusive Research Environments for Deaf and Hard of Hearing English Speakers	14
An Instructor’s Guide to Including Traditional Ecological Knowledge in the Undergraduate Biology Classroom	14
Breaking Stereotypes: How Undergraduates’ Life Experiences of Scientists Shape their Scopes of Possibility	14
What Makes a Good Match? Predictors of Quality Mentorship Among Doctoral Students	14
Factors Influencing Retention of Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Students in Undergraduate STEM Majors	14
Moving the Needle: Evidence of an Effective Study Strategy Intervention in a Community College Biology Course	14
Impacts of Learning Assistants on Student Belonging and Confidence Vary Across Science Disciplines and Course Contexts	14
Broadening Participation in Biology Education Research: A role for affinity groups in promoting social connectivity, self-efficacy, and belonging	14
Punnett Squares or Protein Production? The Expert–Novice Divide for Conceptions of Genes and Gene Expression	14
To Cope or Not to Cope? Characterizing Biology Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) Coping with Teaching and Research Anxieties	13
What College Biology Students Know about How Vaccines Work	13
Supporting Scientific Practice through Model-Based Inquiry: A Students’-Eye View of Grappling with Data, Uncertainty, and Community in a Laboratory Experience	12
Learning Introductory Biology: Students’ Concept-Building Approaches Predict Transfer on Biology Exams	12
“Oh, that makes sense”: Social Metacognition in Small-Group Problem Solving	12
Evaluating a National Biomedical Training Program Using QuantCrit: Revealing Disparities in Research Self-efficacy for Women of Color Undergraduates	12
Broadening Access to STEM through the Community College: Investigating the Role of Course-Based Research Experiences (CREs)	12
Investigating Instructor Talk among Graduate Teaching Assistants in Undergraduate Biology Laboratory Classrooms	12
Beyond the Traditional Classroom: Increased Course Structure and Cooperative Learning Remove Differences in Achievement between Students in an In-Person versus Hybrid Microbiology Course	11
Experience with Scientific Teaching in Face-to-Face Settings Promoted Usage of Evidence-Based Practices during Emergency Remote Teaching	11
Student Perspectives of Success and Failure in Biology Lecture: Multifaceted Definitions and Misalignments	11

Relationships between Prediction Accuracy, Metacognitive Reflection, and Performance in Introductory Genetics Students	11
Similarity and Contact Frequency Promote Mentorship Quality among Hispanic Undergraduates in STEM	11
Reimagining the Introductory Math Curriculum for Life Sciences Students	10
Peer-Modeled Mindsets: An Approach to Customizing Life Sciences Studying Interventions	10
Forming Groups in a Large-Enrollment Biology Class: Group Permanence Matters More than Group Size	10
Research Anxiety Predicts Undergraduates’ Intentions to Pursue Scientific Research Careers	10
“Big Ideas” of Introductory Chemistry and Biology Courses and the Connections between Them	10
Metacognitive Exam Preparation Assignments in an Introductory Biology Course Improve Exam Scores for Lower ACT Students Compared with Assignments that Focus on Terms	10
An Undergraduate Health Care Experience Course Increases Confidence and Improves Student Understanding of Health Care Careers	10
Self-Efficacy is a Stronger Predictor of Final Grade Than Motivation in an Introductory Biology Course: A Structural Equation Analysis	10
Understanding the Benefits of Residential Field Courses: The Importance of Class Learning Goal Orientation and Class Belonging	10
Engaging Students around the Complex Socioscientific Issue of Sustainability: Affordances and Tensions of Faculty Working across Disciplines to Develop Transdisciplinary Curricula	10
Students’ Emotions, Perceived Coping, and Outcomes in Response to Research-Based Challenges and Failures in Two Sequential CUREs	10