OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Stem Education is 20. 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
Characteristics of interactive classrooms that first year students find helpful	473
Empirical insights into the influence of ChatGPT-facilitated programming on primary learners’ performances: a mixed methods approach	337
How are primary school computer science curricular reforms contributing to equity? Impact on student learning, perception of the discipline, and gender gaps	127
Enhancing programming learning performance through a Jigsaw collaborative learning method in a metaverse virtual space	113
A better fit: using data roles to appeal to more learners and promote critical data literacy	106
“That’s just the way it is”: bullying and harassment in STEM academia	103
Beyond “study skills”: a curriculum-embedded framework for metacognitive development in a college chemistry course	102
The capital of cooperation: a resource-based study of school–out-of-school STEM cooperations across phases and professional roles	90
Teamwork dynamics in the context of large-size software development courses	87
Predicting implementation of active learning by tenure-track teaching faculty using robust cluster analysis	83
The impact of AI-assisted pair programming on student motivation, programming anxiety, collaborative learning, and programming performance: a comparative study with traditional pair programming and in	82
Exploring instructional design in K-12 STEM education: a systematic literature review	81
The implementation of peer assessment as a scaffold during computer-supported collaborative inquiry learning in secondary STEM education	79
A decade of advancing development, diversity, engagement, and excellence in STEM education	72
LUPDA: a comprehensive rubrics-based assessment model for STEAM education	70
Perceived network bridging influences the career commitment decisions of early career teachers	63
Utilizing an NLP-supported mobile reflection application to explore academic engagement, application engagement, and performance in engineering and physics courses	55
Validity, acceptability, and procedural issues of selection methods for graduate study admissions in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics: a mapping review	53
The computational thinking for science (CT-S) framework: operationalizing CT-S for K–12 science education researchers and educators	51
A systematic review of STEM teacher recruitment and retention interventions	50
Enhancing STEM outcomes through mentorship (Mis)matching: an identity grafting approach	49
“Weebles wobble but they also commit to lifelong relationships”: teachers’ transdisciplinary learning in computational play	48
Modality matters: how combining oral and written instructional explanations improves STEM learning from video lectures	47
STEM education institutional change projects: examining enacted approaches through the lens of the Four Categories of Change Strategies Model	47
What do integrated STEM projects look like in middle school and high school classrooms? A systematic literature review of empirical studies of iSTEM projects	46

Filling the gap between career choice and academic variables: gender comparisons in STEM and social sciences	45
How do formal and informal science learning experiences during high school shape students’ career interest and STEM identity?	45
Applicant qualifications and characteristics in STEM faculty hiring: an analysis of faculty and administrator perspectives	45
Secondary school mathematics and entrance into the STEM professions: a longitudinal study	44
Investigating the impact of peer supplemental instruction on underprepared and historically underserved students in introductory STEM courses	39
Internal and external influences on role stereotype adherence and gender dynamics on engineering design teams	38
Characteristics of departments with high-use of active learning in introductory STEM courses: implications for departmental transformation	37
Learning from the past; thinking for the future: reflections on STEM and its integration in formal and informal settings	37
Quantifying ento-literacy: development and validation of an international insect-focused attitude and knowledge survey instrument	37
Authorship and topic trends in STEM education research	36
A more positive mindset context is associated with better student outcomes in STEM, particularly for traditional-age students	36
Gender gaps in grades versus grade penalties: why grade anomalies may be more detrimental for women aspiring for careers in biological sciences	35
Synergistic effects of students’ mathematics and science motivational beliefs on achievement, and their determinants	34
Learning from watching dialog and monolog videos in online STEM courses	34
The role of media in influencing students’ STEM career interest	33
A microgenetic analysis of teachers’ learning through teaching	33
Development and validation of an instrument for assessing secondary students’ transdisciplinary STEM practices	32
Fostering computational thinking through unplugged activities: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis	31
Tracing distinct learning trajectories in introductory programming course: a sequence analysis of score, engagement, and code metrics for novice computer science vs. math cohorts	31
Context and content of teaching conversations: exploring how to promote sharing of innovative teaching knowledge between science faculty	30
AI literacy and gender equity in elementary education: A quasi-experimental study of a STEAM–PBL–AIoT course with questionnaire validation	29
The power of connections: a mixed methods approach to understanding social capital’s influence on engineering students’ professional skills	29
Addressing inequities in STEM through culturally responsive practices in an after-school math enrichment activity	28
Learning against the machine: the double edged sword of (Gen)AI in STEM education	28
Analysis of two pedagogical approaches to foster discipline integrations in an educational data mining class using communities of practice	27
Development of the Cooperative Adoption Factors Instrument to measure factors associated with instructional practice in the context of institutional change	27
Unequal access, equal outcomes? Gender differences in the relationship between university-led STEM program factors and undergraduates' career commitment in STEM	27
STEM identity status: associations with STEM motivation beliefs, STEM activity experiences, social support from parents and peers among Chinese STEM undergraduates	27
Epistemic agency in introductory biology: a blind-selection study reveals curricular influences on science integration processes	27
Enhancing mathematical problem posing competence: a meta-analysis of intervention studies	26
The effect of professional development on in-service STEM teachers’ self-efficacy: a meta-analysis of experimental studies	25
Effectiveness of in-service computer science teachers’ professional development in K-12 education: a systematic review and meta-analysis	25
Mental simulations to facilitate teacher learning of ambitious mathematics instruction in coaching interactions	24
Undergraduates’ reactions to errors mediates the association between growth mindset and study strategies	23
Responding to incorrect ideas: science graduate teaching assistants’ operationalization of error framing and undergraduate students’ perception	23
Engineering design learning for high school and college first-year students in a STEM battlebot design project	23
Digital competence development in schools: a study on the association of problem-solving with autonomy and digital attitudes	23
Influence of 3D models and animations on students in natural subjects	23
Undergraduate student perceptions of stress and mental health in engineering culture	22
Analyzing the associations between motivation and academic performance via the mediator variables of specific mathematic cognitive learning strategies in different subject domains of higher education	22
Accelerating STEM education reform: linked communities of practice promote creation of open educational resources and sustainable professional development	21
Helping mentors address scientific communication in STEM research training helps their mentees stay the course	21
Eight years of development in welcoming and engaging diverse scholars to share and promote STEM education research worldwide	20