OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Biological Education is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 500 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2019-12-01 to 2023-12-01.)

Article	Citations
iNaturalist as an engaging tool for identifying organisms in outdoor activities	60
An escape-room inspired game for genetics review	23
Branches of plant blindness and their relationship with biodiversity conceptualisation among secondary students	14
Chlorophyll does not reflect green light – how to correct a misconception	11
An analysis of plant awareness disparity within introductory biology textbook images	11
Jigsaw method improves learning and retention for observation-based undergraduate biology laboratory activities	9
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	8
Overseas Conservation Education and research: the new colonialism?	8
What can be done to increase future teachers’ plant knowledge?	7
Context-Based Learning Supported by Environmental Measurement Devices in Science Teacher Education: A Mixed Method Research	7
Students’ conceptions of plant reproduction processes This paper was presented at the ERIDOB conference 2020	7
Interpreting students’ ideas on the availability of energy and matter in food webs	7
Studying natural history far from the museum: the impact of 3D models on teaching, learning, and motivation	6
The centrality of evolution in biology teaching: towards a pluralistic perspective	6
Towards teaching for an integrated understanding of trait formation: an analysis of genetics tasks in high school biology textbooks This paper was presented at the ERIDOB conference 2020	6
Pre-service teachers’ reflections when drama was integrated in a science teacher education program	6
Traditional vs. virtual laboratories in health sciences education	5
Doing coursework without doing biology: undergraduate students’ non-conceptual strategies to problem solving	5
Interactive socio-scientific inquiry for promoting scientific literacy, enhancing biological knowledge, and developing critical thinking	5
Fearless and positive children after hands-on educational experience with spiders in South America	5
Secondary school students’ misconceptions in genetics: origins and solutions	5
How students engage in biomimicry	5
Making a fictitious animal: 6-7 year-old Swedish children’s meaning making about evolution during a modelling task	5
Environmental literacy of lower secondary school pupils in the Czech Republic	5

Make biology relevant again! Pre-service teachers’ views on the relevance of biology education This paper was presented at the ERIDOB conference 2020	4
From concept to reality: the use and impact of 3D prints as academic tools for high school biology education	4
A hybrid strategy to develop real-life competences combining flipped classroom, jigsaw method and project-based learning	4
The UnEssay project as an enriching alternative to practical exams in pre-professional and graduate education	4
Bioscience laboratory practicals, projects and placements in a Covid-19 world	4
Feedback loop reasoning in physiological contexts	4
Human evolution in your hands. Inclusive education with 3D-printed TYPHLOLOGICAL replicas	4
Understanding barriers to participation within undergraduate STEM laboratories: towards development of an inclusive curriculum	4
The effect of CKCM-oriented instruction on Grade 8 students’ conceptual understanding of sustainable development	4
Sex and fertility education in England: an analysis of biology curricula and students’ experiences	4
Using ethological techniques and place-based pedagogy to develop science literacy in Hawaiʻi’s high school students	4
The problem-based learning (PBL) of biology for promoting health literacy in secondary school students	4
Preschool children’s attitude toward some unpopular animals and formation of a positive attitude toward them through hands-on activities	4
The need for learning bioethics and law for biology students	4
Using light stable isotopes to assess stream food web ecology in a general ecology laboratory course	3
Crash: Find the Exit- A neuroscience board game as a tool to discuss mechanisms of drug abuse and addiction issues in the classroom	3
Designing a curriculum for the networked knowledge facet of systems thinking in secondary biology courses: a pragmatic framework	3
A protein purification card game develops subject knowledge and transferable skills	3
Using lessons from a comparative study of chemistry & bioscience pre-lab activities to design effective pre-lab interventions : a case study	3
Revisiting the landscape roaming metaphor to understand students’ ideas on mammals’ and birds’ thermal regulation	3
Middle school students’ alternative conceptions about the human blood circulatory system using four-tier multiple-choice tests	3
Developing assessments to elicit and characterize undergraduate mechanistic explanations about information flow in biology	3
Microorganism education: misconceptions and obstacles	3
Flowers with powers – conception and evaluation of an ‘educational seed mix’	3
Cooperation as a causal factor in human evolution: a scientific clarification and analysis of German high school biology textbooks	3
Measuring Students’ Plant Awareness: A Prerequisite for Effective Botany Education	3
The notion of ‘information’ in genetics: a pragmatic model	3
Design, delivery and evaluation of a bioinformatics education workshop for 13-16-year-olds	3
Teaching ecosystem services: a pathway to improve students’ argumentation in favour of nature conservation and sustainable development?	3
Use of technology in biology education – case of infrared thermal imaging	3
Teaching native biodiversity: an exploratory study with Brazilian teachers	3
Integration of ‘design thinking’ in a reflection model to enhance the teaching of biology	3
Using multiple strategies in deepening the understanding of the digestive system	3
Difficult topics in the revised biology curriculum for advanced level secondary schools in Rwanda: teachers’ perceptions of causes and remedies	3
Learning the electron transport chain process in photosynthesis using video and serious game	3
Biology education – progress or retreat?	3
The role of reflective journals for biology education students in genetics course	2
Conflict of allegiance: professional development challenges in transforming science teachers’ identities and practices	2
Teaching vegetable nutrition: from the problem to the proposal	2
Approaching the risk perception gap: effects of a subject matter knowledge-based intervention in a health context	2
Exploring the impacts of contextualised outdoor science education on learning: the case of primary school students learning about ecosystem relationships	2
Are early-years-children able to use magnifying glasses and dichotomous keys to observe, compare, classify and identify small animals?	2
Novel, simple and inexpensive programmed lab experiments to evaluate the biocontrol activity of rhizobacteria on fungal phytopathogens	2
Could maggot therapy be taught in primary schools?	2
The ‘Tea Test’ - a mobile phone based spectrophotometer protocol to introduce biochemical methods independent of the laboratory	2
Biology teachers’ views towards using living organisms in biology education	2
Using a social media project as a way to get students to communicate conservation messages to the general public	2
Solving a problem about cancer treatment: how does the use of the mitotic spindle model evolve during small group discussions?	2
Course-based undergraduate research experiences are a viable approach to increase access to research experiences in biology	2
Climate change, sustainability and the environment: the continued importance of biological education	2

The Pedagogical Impact of Board Games in Public Health Biology Education: The Bioracer Board Game	2
Mapping the ‘becoming-integrated-academic’: an autoethnographic case study of professional becoming in the biosciences	2
A journey through the digestive system: analysis of a practical activity's use as a didactic resource for undergraduate students	2
Describing changes in student thinking about evolution in response to instruction: the case of a group of Chilean ninth-grade students	2
Same, same but different! Exploring children’s understandings of within-species variation	2
Unravelling the Central Dogma of Biology in an active way: a case study	2
Validation of Climate and Motivational Measures for Use in the Biology Laboratory Setting	2
Inquiry-based learning in immunology: analysis of scientific argument construction by undergraduate students in biological science and health care classes	2
Drawing our garden’s insects: a didactic sequence to improve pre-service teachers’ knowledge and appreciation of insect diversity	2
Study of the impact of objective structured laboratory examination to evaluate students’ practical competencies	2
Cockroaches: an alternative model to teach enzymatic inhibition to undergraduate students	2
Contribution of 3D modelling and printing to learning in primary schools: a case study with visually impaired students from an inclusive Biology classroom	2
A guided interactive simulation as a tool to teach the classical approach of monoclonal antibody (MAb) production to undergraduate immunology students	2
Integration of biomimicry into science education: biomimicry teaching approach	2
Application and exploration of blended learning with BOPPPS teaching model in a veterinary infectious diseases course	2
Assessment of a flipped classroom model based on microlectures in a medical molecular biology course	2
Pokémon as a playful and didactic tool for teaching about ecological interactions	2
Algae photosynthesis and respiration experimentation with physical and augmented reality modes	2
Reclimating: 0°C as a target for global warming	2
Undergraduate biochemistry student difficulties with topics requiring mathematical skills: use of an online maths skills support site	2
‘I already know about it, I’ve been watching the Daily News and updates’: Teenagers’ questions about the scientific and social aspects of COVID-19	2
Place-based education through immersive virtual experiences — preparing biology students for the field	2
Not all Bloom and gloom: assessing constructive alignment, higher order cognitive skills, and their influence on students’ perceived learning within the practical components of an undergraduate biolog	2
Critical thinking activities in Florida undergraduate biology classes improves comprehension of climate change	2
A study of the interactions and conversations of families visiting the museum of microbiology of the Butantan institute, São Paulo, Brazil	2
Excitation spectrum, nanoparticles, and their applications in cellular optical imaging	2
The use of a three-tier diagnostic test to investigate conceptions related to cell biology concepts among pre-service teachers of life and earth sciences	2