OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Biological Education is 3. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Branches of plant blindness and their relationship with biodiversity conceptualisation among secondary students	15
Chlorophyll does not reflect green light – how to correct a misconception	13
Jigsaw method improves learning and retention for observation-based undergraduate biology laboratory activities	12
An analysis of plant awareness disparity within introductory biology textbook images	10
Primary pre-service teachers’ emotions and interest towards insects: an explorative case study	9
Designer considerations and processes in developing school-based citizen-science curricula for environmental education	9
Context-Based Learning Supported by Environmental Measurement Devices in Science Teacher Education: A Mixed Method Research	8
Measuring Students’ Plant Awareness: A Prerequisite for Effective Botany Education	8
What can be done to increase future teachers’ plant knowledge?	8
The problem-based learning (PBL) of biology for promoting health literacy in secondary school students	8
Interpreting students’ ideas on the availability of energy and matter in food webs	8
Secondary school students’ misconceptions in genetics: origins and solutions	7
Pre-service teachers’ reflections when drama was integrated in a science teacher education program	7
The centrality of evolution in biology teaching: towards a pluralistic perspective	6
Studying natural history far from the museum: the impact of 3D models on teaching, learning, and motivation	6
Contribution of 3D modelling and printing to learning in primary schools: a case study with visually impaired students from an inclusive Biology classroom	6
How students engage in biomimicry	6
Traditional vs. virtual laboratories in health sciences education	6
Sex and fertility education in England: an analysis of biology curricula and students’ experiences	6
The UnEssay project as an enriching alternative to practical exams in pre-professional and graduate education	6
Doing coursework without doing biology: undergraduate students’ non-conceptual strategies to problem solving	6
Feedback loop reasoning in physiological contexts	5
Understanding barriers to participation within undergraduate STEM laboratories: towards development of an inclusive curriculum	5
The effect of CKCM-oriented instruction on Grade 8 students’ conceptual understanding of sustainable development	5
Difficult topics in the revised biology curriculum for advanced level secondary schools in Rwanda: teachers’ perceptions of causes and remedies	5

A hybrid strategy to develop real-life competences combining flipped classroom, jigsaw method and project-based learning	5
Interactive socio-scientific inquiry for promoting scientific literacy, enhancing biological knowledge, and developing critical thinking	5
The need for learning bioethics and law for biology students	5
Environmental literacy of lower secondary school pupils in the Czech Republic	5
Using multiple strategies in deepening the understanding of the digestive system	5
Making a fictitious animal: 6-7 year-old Swedish children’s meaning making about evolution during a modelling task	5
Integration of ‘design thinking’ in a reflection model to enhance the teaching of biology	4
Bioscience laboratory practicals, projects and placements in a Covid-19 world	4
Design, delivery and evaluation of a bioinformatics education workshop for 13-16-year-olds	4
Teaching ecosystem services: a pathway to improve students’ argumentation in favour of nature conservation and sustainable development?	4
Teaching native biodiversity: an exploratory study with Brazilian teachers	4
Preschool children’s attitude toward some unpopular animals and formation of a positive attitude toward them through hands-on activities	4
Using lessons from a comparative study of chemistry & bioscience pre-lab activities to design effective pre-lab interventions : a case study	4
From concept to reality: the use and impact of 3D prints as academic tools for high school biology education	4
Human evolution in your hands. Inclusive education with 3D-printed TYPHLOLOGICAL replicas	4
Microorganism education: misconceptions and obstacles	4
A protein purification card game develops subject knowledge and transferable skills	4
The notion of ‘information’ in genetics: a pragmatic model	4
Exploring the impacts of contextualised outdoor science education on learning: the case of primary school students learning about ecosystem relationships	4
Crash: Find the Exit- A neuroscience board game as a tool to discuss mechanisms of drug abuse and addiction issues in the classroom	4
Revisiting the landscape roaming metaphor to understand students’ ideas on mammals’ and birds’ thermal regulation	3
Use of design thinking as a strategy to identify and clear students’ misconceptions in photosynthesis: a case study	3
Climate change, sustainability and the environment: the continued importance of biological education	3
Use of technology in biology education – case of infrared thermal imaging	3
Flowers with powers – conception and evaluation of an ‘educational seed mix’	3
Designing a curriculum for the networked knowledge facet of systems thinking in secondary biology courses: a pragmatic framework	3
The role of reflective journals for biology education students in genetics course	3
Middle school students’ alternative conceptions about the human blood circulatory system using four-tier multiple-choice tests	3
Same, same but different! Exploring children’s understandings of within-species variation	3
Developing assessments to elicit and characterize undergraduate mechanistic explanations about information flow in biology	3
Undergraduate biochemistry student difficulties with topics requiring mathematical skills: use of an online maths skills support site	3
The ‘Tea Test’ - a mobile phone based spectrophotometer protocol to introduce biochemical methods independent of the laboratory	3
Inquiry-based learning in immunology: analysis of scientific argument construction by undergraduate students in biological science and health care classes	3
Learning the electron transport chain process in photosynthesis using video and serious game	3
Primary children’s views about appreciating, supporting, and learning about nature	3
Integration of biomimicry into science education: biomimicry teaching approach	3
Biology education – progress or retreat?	3
‘Let’s play?’ A systematic review of board games in biology	3
Cooperation as a causal factor in human evolution: a scientific clarification and analysis of German high school biology textbooks	3
Drawing our garden’s insects: a didactic sequence to improve pre-service teachers’ knowledge and appreciation of insect diversity	3