OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Research in Science & Technological Education 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
The use of intercoder reliability in qualitative interview data analysis in science education	45
Augmented reality technology in science education for students with specific learning difficulties: its effect on students’ learning and views	32
Effectiveness of flipped classroom practices in teaching of science: a mixed research synthesis	22
Examining Taiwanese students’ views on climate change and the teaching of climate change in the context of higher education	21
The challenge and opportunities of quantum literacy for future education and transdisciplinary problem-solving	19
Designing teaching and reflection experiences to develop candidates’ science teaching self-efficacy	17
Gender difference in students’ performance in chemistry – can computer simulation bridge the gap?	16
Investigating teachers’ and students’ experiences of quantum physics lessons: opportunities and challenges	15
Are preservice science teachers (PSTs) prepared for teaching argumentation? Evidence from a university teacher preparation program in China	15
Can the culturo-techno-contextual approach (CTCA) promote students’ meaningful learning of concepts in variation and evolution?	14
Supporting informal science learning with metacognitive scaffolding and augmented reality: effects on science knowledge, intrinsic motivation, and cognitive load	12
Gender differences in classroom emotional climate and attitudes among students undertaking integrated STEM projects: a Rasch analysis	12
Effect of environmental factors on students’ interest in STEM careers: The mediating role of self-efficacy	12
Implementers, designers, and disseminators of integrated STEM activities: self-efficacy and commitment	11
Improving early childhood pre-service teachers’ computational thinking teaching self-efficacy beliefs in a STEM course	11
The innovative use of smartphone for sound STEM practical kit: a pilot implementation for secondary classroom	10
A material for education process and the Teacher: the use of digital storytelling in preschool science education	10
Analysing teacher behaviour in synthesizing hands-on and minds-on during practical work	10
Nanoscale science and technology education: primary school students’ preconceptions of the lotus effect and the concept of size	10
Designing practical science assessments in England: students’ engagement and perceptions	10
Meaning making in collaborative practical work: a case study of multimodal challenges in a Year 10 chemistry classroom	10
Development of self-regulated learning: a longitudinal study on academic performance in undergraduate science	10
Exploring achievement motivation, student engagement, and learning outcomes for STEM college students in Taiwan through the lenses of gender differences and multiple pathways	9
Students’ integration of textbook representations into their understanding of photomicrographs: epistemic network analysis	9
Typology of teachers’ stages of concern for STEM education	9

Scientist of the week: evaluating effects of a teacher-led STEM intervention to reduce stereotypical views of scientists in young children	9
Relationship between students’ hands-on making self-efficacy, perceived value, cooperative attitude and competition preparedness in joining an iSTEAM contest	8
Enhancing preservice science teachers’ perceptions of engineer and engineering through STEM education: a focus on drawings as evidence	8
Students’ argumentation in the contexts of science, religious education, and interdisciplinary science-religious education scenarios	8
STEM in Early Childhood Education: A Bibliometric Analysis	7
Are attitudes towards science and technology related to critical areas in science education?	7
Science teachers’ views of creating and teaching Big Ideas of science education: experiences from Chile	7
Action research on pre-service elementary teachers’ understandings of the scientific method and the use of evidence in a science and technology teaching course	7
iSTEAM contest on enhancing self-confidence in making miniature models: correlate to mastery orientation, engagement and interest	6
Does computation technology matter in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) projects?	6
Recognizing aesthetics in nature with STEM and STEAM education	6
Affordances and obstacles when integrating digital tools into science teaching in preschools	6
Understanding linkage between teacher talk moves, discourse contexts and students’ talk productivity	6
From PCK to TPACK - Supporting student teachers’ reflections and use of digital technologies in science teaching	6
Exploring multidisciplinary teamwork of applied physics and engineering students in a challenge-based learning course	6
The effects of enhanced hands-on experimentation on correcting student misconceptions about work and energy in engineering mechanics	6
Exploring STEM integration: assessing the effectiveness of an interdisciplinary informal program in fostering students’ performance and inspiration	6
Teachers’ self-efficacy and role when teaching STEM in high-tech informal learning environments	6
A scoping review of the effects of a technology-integrated, inquiry-based approach on primary pupils’ learning in science	5
The scientific thinking and reasoning framework and its applicability to manufacturing and services firms in natural sciences	5
Research on performance assessment of students’ inquiry skills in China’s elementary schools: a video analysis of Beijing discovering science around us	5
Using classroom video-based instruments to characterise pre-service science teachers’ incoming usable knowledge for teaching science	5
Nature of science in science textbooks for vocational training in Norway	5
Insects GO: a gaming activity for entomology teaching in middle school	5
The challenge of supporting creativity in problem-solving projects in science: a study of teachers’ conversational practices with students	4
Saudi Arabian secondary school students’ views of the nature of science and epistemological beliefs: gendered differences	4
Students’ perceptions of authenticity in an upper secondary technology education innovation project	4
Integrated STEM in high school science courses: an analysis of 23 science textbooks in China	4
Socio-(im)material-making activities in Minecraft: retracing digital literacy applied to ESD	4
Perspectives of teaching during the COVID-19 lockdown: a comparison of teaching in university bioscience programmes from around the world	4
The representation of laboratory activities in Indonesian physics textbooks: a content analysis	4
Students creating videos for learning by teaching from their scientific curiosity	4
Exploring core ideas of procedural understanding in scientific inquiry using educational data mining	4
Exploring the materiality of science learning: analytical frameworks for examining interactions with material objects in science meaning-making	4
Effects of withholding answers coupled with physical manipulation on students’ learning of magnetism-related science content	4
Using facial emotion recognition to research emotional phases in an inquiry-based science activity	4
Assessment of the ability of game-based science learning to enhance genetic understanding	4
Using inquiry-based learning to develop Earth science pedagogical content knowledge: impact of a long-term professional development program	4
An exploration of the determinants of middle school students’ argument quality by classroom discourse analysis	4
Towards competencies and methods to support Responsible Research and Innovation within STEAM secondary education – the case of Spain	3
Attitudes of secondary school students towards geology in Spain	3
The effect of 3D modeling performed using Tinkercad or concrete materials in the context of the flipped classroom on pre-service teachers’ spatial abilities	3
Argumentation and intellectual humility: a theoretical synthesis and an empirical study about students’ warrants	3
Use of data obtained in the field and its contribution to the process of construction of the geological change model by preservice elementary teachers	3
Preparation of preschool teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic: an online professional development program in STEM education	3
Teacher and student engagement when using learning materials based on the context of cutting-edge chemistry research	3
Toward a holistic vision on the nature of science in science curricula: an investigation of primary and middle school curricula in Turkey	3
Influence and behavioral pattern of university students’ participation in decision-making on socio-scientific issues	3
Pedagogy Analysis Framework: a video-based tool for combining teacher, pupil & researcher perspectives	3
Drawing a scientist: using the Emo-DAST to explore emotional aspects of children’s images of scientists	3

Identifying the roles of technology: a systematic review of STEM education in primary and secondary schools from 2015 to 2023	3
Nurturing middle school students’ creative confidence through design-based learning	3
A conceptual framework for assessing transdisciplinary STEM practices	3
An effective intervention using STEM instruction for improving preservice science teachers’ self-efficacy	3
Teaching and environmentalism: a deduction from values, beliefs and norms in teaching disaster risk reduction in science	3
Examination of prospective teachers’ knowledge about capacitors and electric field lines	3
Exploring the structural relationships between high school students’ perceptions of science learning environment, their motivation and self-regulation: evidence from Iran	3
Understanding and explaining pedagogical problem solving: a video-based grounded theory study of classroom pedagogy	3
Making open educational resource videos on sustainable development: students’ attitudes, rationales, and approaches	3
Investigating in-service teachers’ STEM literacy: the role of subject background and gender	3
Teaching aspects of the interrelationship between science and technology: explicit or implicit approach?	3
Development and preliminary validation of the middle school students’ attitudes toward STEM learning scale	3
Students’ and teachers’ critical thinking in science education: are they related to each other and with physics achievement?	3
Supporting pre-service teachers’ integration of engineering into STEM lessons throughout engineering-infused training	2
Students’ science achievement in cognitive domains: effects of practical work and clarity of instruction	2
Tell me a story, professor! The effect of historical science stories on academic achievement and motivation in a physics class	2
Embodied, dramatizing performances in science class: multimodal spaces and places of knowledge and identity construction	2
Individual and contextual effects on science identity among American ninth-grade students (HSLS:09): hierarchical linear modeling	2
Factors affecting the application of scientific knowledge in a STEAM contest: the correlates between collective efficacy, cohesiveness, and prosociality	2
“The strawberry in the pot that became something” – entanglements of bodies, materials, and affect in science activities supported by a community organization	2
Studying the affordances of a technology-based nanoscience module to promote student engagement in learning novel nanoscience and nanotechnology concepts at the middle school level	2
Effectiveness of simulation, hands-on and a combined strategy in enhancing conceptual understanding on electric circuit: a comparative study	2
Drawing together international perspectives on material and embodied aspects of science education: Introduction to the special issue	2
The effect of interactive videos enhanced with pop-up questions on teacher candidates’ learning performance in science	2
Preservice elementary teachers’ explanations of properties of sound using a Web-based Inquiry Science Environment (WISE)	2
Technology teachers’ talk about knowledge: from uncertainty to technology education competence	2
Development of a university-industry collaboration model towards work-ready engineering graduates	2
Elaboration of science teachers’ technology-based lesson practices in terms of contextual factors influencing TPACK	2
Engaging with materials and the body: young plurilingual children’s resource-rich interactions in science investigations	2
Recurrent gestures in organic chemistry in tertiary education: creating emblems through material and embodied actions	2
A closer examination of the STEM characteristics of the STEM activities published in NSTA journals	2
Teachers’ interventions in science education at primary school. The role of semiotic resources during argumentative interactions in classroom	2
Virtual experiments in physics education: a systematic literature review	2
Public opinions and knowledge about microorganisms	2
Pre service teachers’ engagement with stem-based hands-on activities in online chemistry laboratory courses	2
The nature of technology and engineering (NOTE) as perceived by science and technology teachers in Korea	2
Chemistry education board game based on cognitive mechanism: multi-dimensional evaluation of learners’ knowledge acquisition, flow and playing experience of board game materials	2