OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Research in Science & Technological Education is 5. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Using inquiry-based learning to develop Earth science pedagogical content knowledge: impact of a long-term professional development program	106
The internationalization of scientist stereotypes through new media: Thai students’ perceptions of scientists from graphic interchange formats (GIFs)	27
Exploring achievement motivation, student engagement, and learning outcomes for STEM college students in Taiwan through the lenses of gender differences and multiple pathways	24
Enhancing students’ achievement and scientific literacy through technology-enhanced learning in science education: a meta-analysis	23
Effects of the use of ICT in schools on students’ science higher-order thinking skills: comparative study of China and Finland	23
Tangible versus graphical user interfaces in teaching microcontrollers’ circuits to engineering students	21
Development of self-regulated learning: a longitudinal study on academic performance in undergraduate science	20
Converging objects-to-think-with : exploring microwave ovens through inquiry-based learning with ChatGPT	19
Empirical investigation of critical factors influencing ChatGPT integration in contemporary technology education	18
Factors affecting the formation of views of nature of science: A mixed-methods study	16
Pre service teachers’ engagement with stem-based hands-on activities in online chemistry laboratory courses	15
Development and use of an instrument to measure pseudoscientific beliefs in quantum mechanics: the PSEUDO-QM scale	14
Students’ perceptions of authenticity in an upper secondary technology education innovation project	14
Teacher and student engagement when using learning materials based on the context of cutting-edge chemistry research	14
The relationship between teachers’ enacted pedagogical content knowledge and student learning in fundamental concepts of electrostatics	13
Virtual experiments in physics education: a systematic literature review	13
From experiment to model design: teaching scientific and engineering practices in laboratory applications course	13
Fostering student climate agency and future literacy: a case study of scenario-based teaching	12
Elementary science teachers’ engineering integration after long-term in-service training program with and without curriculum material support	12
The development of an analytical model for science classroom creativity in China	11
Implementers, designers, and disseminators of integrated STEM activities: self-efficacy and commitment	10
Teachers’ interventions in science education at primary school. The role of semiotic resources during argumentative interactions in classroom	9
Drawing together international perspectives on material and embodied aspects of science education: Introduction to the special issue	9
The impact of STEAM project design on higher-order thinking: a meta-analysis	9
Using facial emotion recognition to research emotional phases in an inquiry-based science activity	9

The implementation of engineering design-based STEM learning and its impact on primary students’ scientific creativity	8
Developing an instrument for metavisualization and investigating relationships among dimensions of metavisualization	8
Science Identity of Turkish Students: Adaptation of the Science Identity Questionnaire and Analysis in Terms of Demographic Variables	8
Argumentation and intellectual humility: a theoretical synthesis and an empirical study about students’ warrants	8
The effect of interactive videos enhanced with pop-up questions on teacher candidates’ learning performance in science	8
Conceptual understanding of gravity: comparison of effects of active learning and traditional learning	8
Validating an assessment of scientific modeling competence and mapping junior high school students’ development status	8
Affordances and obstacles when integrating digital tools into science teaching in preschools	8
Investigating students’ perceptions of STEM education in private elementary schools in Abu Dhabi	7
Supporting student teachers to integrate theory, research, and practice: developing the Adaptive Subject Pedagogy Model	7
Arguments of Turkish undergraduate preservice elementary teachers when testing hypotheses in science	7
Values of mathematics as a pivot of the perceptions of secondary mathematics teachers in iSTEM education	7
Exploring the relationship between mental representations and conceptual understanding of Special Relativity by high school students	7
Typology of teachers’ stages of concern for STEM education	7
Upper secondary school students’ gendered interests in electronics and electrical engineering	7
Enhancing self-directed learning in science education: the Impact of puzzle-solving games and video-based materials on understanding the origin of electricity	7
Development and preliminary validation of the middle school students’ attitudes toward STEM learning scale	6
FACE-TO-FACE VS. ONLINE LEARNING in SCIENCE and ENGINEERING COURSES DURING COVID-19 EPOCH	6
Reflexive, relevant and interactive: a STEM student-centred pedagogical approach for responsible research and innovation (RRI) training in higher education	6
Technology-supported specialist co-teaching in primary STEM education: effects on Chinese students’ attitudes, learning engagement, and career aspirations	6
Examining the mediating effect of nature of science perceptions on the relationship between metacognition and science self-efficacy	6
Improving early childhood pre-service teachers’ computational thinking teaching self-efficacy beliefs in a STEM course	6
An application of propensity score analysis with structural equation modeling: effects of post-secondary students’ expectations about STEM careers on college success	6
Navigating the AI-Enhanced STEM education landscape: a decade of insights, trends, and opportunities	5
Examining the diversity of scientific methods in the South African National Senior Certificate chemistry papers	5
The effect of guided inquiry-based virtual and physical laboratories on science learning outcomes	5
A conceptual framework for assessing transdisciplinary STEM practices	5
Transdisciplinary STEAM learning in improving students’ conceptual understanding of heat and temperature	5
The relationships among teacher support, peer support, students’ resilience and attainment value in a STEAM competition	5
Understanding linkage between teacher talk moves, discourse contexts and students’ talk productivity	5
Drawing a scientist: using the Emo-DAST to explore emotional aspects of children’s images of scientists	5
What emerges from pupils’ descriptions of technological systems	5
Stakeholder perceptions of primary school education about food sustainability and farm animal welfare in England	5
A PBL strategy for incorporating 3D cell culture into the classrooms of undergraduate biotechnology engineering students	5
Recurrent gestures in organic chemistry in tertiary education: creating emblems through material and embodied actions	5
Embodiment and asynchronous storytelling in science classrooms	5
Exploring stereotypical perceptions of scientists among Greek primary school students: insights from the Draw-A-Science-comic Test	5
Effectiveness of treatments teaching the topic ‘cell division’ in improving students’ academic performance: a meta-analysis study	5