OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Science Education and Technology 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Examining Science Education in ChatGPT: An Exploratory Study of Generative Artificial Intelligence	134
TechCheck: Development and Validation of an Unplugged Assessment of Computational Thinking in Early Childhood Education	71
Understanding K-12 STEM Education: a Framework for Developing STEM Literacy	57
Virtual Laboratories in Undergraduate Science and Engineering Courses: a Systematic Review, 2009–2019	49
The Effects of Scientific Self-efficacy and Cognitive Anxiety on Science Engagement with the “Question-Observation-Doing-Explanation” Model during School Disruption in COVID-19 Pandemic	42
Student Perceptions Using Augmented Reality and 3D Visualization Technologies in Chemistry Education	42
Transitioning to Online Teaching During the COVID-19 Pandemic: an Exploration of STEM Teachers’ Views, Successes, and Challenges	38
Investigating Engagement and Flow with a Placed-Based Immersive Virtual Reality Game	37
Comparison of Machine Learning Performance Using Analytic and Holistic Coding Approaches Across Constructed Response Assessments Aligned to a Science Learning Progression	34
Children’s Emotions in Design-Based Learning: a Systematic Review	32
A Meta-Analysis of Machine Learning-Based Science Assessments: Factors Impacting Machine-Human Score Agreements	31
Exploring Differences in Student Learning and Behavior Between Real-life and Virtual Reality Chemistry Laboratories	31
The Impact of STEM Attitude and Thinking Style on Computational Thinking Determined via Structural Equation Modeling	29
Practices and Theories: How Can Machine Learning Assist in Innovative Assessment Practices in Science Education	29
Pop-up Questions Within Educational Videos: Effects on Students’ Learning	28
Using Machine Learning to Score Multi-Dimensional Assessments of Chemistry and Physics	26
Machine Learning-Enabled Automated Feedback: Supporting Students’ Revision of Scientific Arguments Based on Data Drawn from Simulation	24
Virtual Reality: a Tool for Preservice Science Teachers to Put Theory into Practice	23
The Effect of a Pedagogical STEAM Model on Students’ Project Competence and Learning Motivation	23
Using Augmented Reality and the Structure–Behavior–Function Model to Teach Lower Secondary School Students about the Human Circulatory System	23
A Combined Strategy of Additive Manufacturing to Support Multidisciplinary Education in Arts, Biology, and Engineering	23
Understanding How the Perceived Usefulness of Mobile Technology Impacts Physics Learning Achievement: a Pedagogical Perspective	23
Students’ Context-Specific Epistemic Justifications, Prior Knowledge, Engagement, and Socioscientific Reasoning in a Mobile Augmented Reality Learning Environment	23
Using the Social Cognitive Theory Framework to Chart Gender Differences in the Developmental Trajectory of STEM Self-Efficacy in Science and Engineering Students	22
Self-directed Science Learning During COVID-19 and Beyond	21

On the Validity of Machine Learning-based Next Generation Science Assessments: A Validity Inferential Network	20
How Does Augmented Observation Facilitate Multimodal Representational Thinking? Applying Deep Learning to Decode Complex Student Construct	19
Embracing Digital Technology in Science Classrooms—Secondary School Teachers’ Enacted Teaching and Reflections on Practice	18
Student-Generated Stop-Motion Animation in Science Classes: a Systematic Literature Review	17
Bridging the Gap Between Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment in Science Education Research with Machine Learning — A Case for Pretrained Language Models-Based Clustering	17
Investigation of the Relationship Between Middle School Students’ Computational Thinking Skills and their STEM Career Interest and Attitudes Toward Inquiry	17
Testing the Impact of Novel Assessment Sources and Machine Learning Methods on Predictive Outcome Modeling in Undergraduate Biology	16
Combining Machine Learning and Qualitative Methods to Elaborate Students’ Ideas About the Generality of their Model-Based Explanations	16
A Learning Experience in Inquiry-Based Physics with Immersive Virtual Reality: Student Perceptions and an Interaction Effect Between Conceptual Gains and Attitudinal Profiles	16
Motivating Students to Learn STEM via Engaging Flight Simulation Activities	16
Characterizing Students’ 4C Skills Development During Problem-based Digital Making	15
Physics Students’ Conceptual Understanding of Geometric Optics: Revisited Analysis	14
Development and Validation of the ICT-TPACK-Science Scale	14
Examining the Influence That Professional Development Has on Educators’ Perceptions of Integrated STEM Safety in Makerspaces	14
Computer-Based Classification of Preservice Physics Teachers’ Written Reflections	14
Teaching Chemistry with Arduino Experiments in a Mixed Virtual-Physical Learning Environment	14
An Investigation of University Students and Professionals’ Professional STEM Identity Status	13
Automated Scoring of Chinese Grades 7–9 Students’ Competence in Interpreting and Arguing from Evidence	13
Computational Modeling of the Effects of the Science Writing Heuristic on Student Critical Thinking in Science Using Machine Learning	13
Choosing Chemistry at Different Education and Career Stages: Chemists, Chemical Engineers, and Teachers	13
STEAM Designed and Enacted: Understanding the Process of Design and Implementation of STEAM Curriculum in an Elementary School	13
Web-Based Virtual Lab for Learning Design, Operation, Control, and Optimization of an Anaerobic Digestion Process	12
Relationships between Facial Expressions, Prior Knowledge, and Multiple Representations: a Case of Conceptual Change for Kinematics Instruction	12
Algorithmic Explanations: an Unplugged Instructional Approach to Integrate Science and Computational Thinking	12
The Influence of Online STEM Education Camps on Students’ Self-Efficacy, Computational Thinking, and Task Value	12
Science Motivation and Achievement Among Minority Urban High School Students: an Examination of the Flipped Classroom Model	12
Student Self-perception on Digital Literacy in STEM Blended Learning Environments	12
Mining Effective Learning Behaviors in a Web-Based Inquiry Science Environment	12
Exploring the Effectiveness and Moderators of Augmented Reality on Science Learning: a Meta-analysis	12
Modeling Secondary Students’ Genetics Learning in a Game-Based Environment: Integrating the Expectancy-Value Theory of Achievement Motivation and Flow Theory	10
Research Trends in Technology-Enhanced Chemistry Learning: A Review of Comparative Research from 2010 to 2019	10
Science Teachers’ Attitudes towards Computational Modeling in the Context of an Inquiry-Based Learning Module	10
Comparative Learning Performance and Mental Involvement in Collaborative Inquiry Learning: Three Modalities of Using Virtual Lever Manipulative	10
Pedagogy, Partnership, and Collaboration: A Longitudinal, Empirical Study of Serious Educational Gameplay in Secondary Biology Classrooms	10
IoT in Project-Based Biology Learning: Students’ Experiences and Skill Development	10
How Much Cueing Is Needed in Instructional Animations? The Role of Prior Knowledge	10
Examining the Effectiveness of a Professional Development Program: Integration of Educational Robotics into Science and Mathematics Curricula	10
Commentary—Applying Machine Learning in Science Assessment: Opportunity and Challenges	9
Supporting Student System Modelling Practice Through Curriculum and Technology Design	9
Professional Growth of Novice and Experienced STEM Teachers	9
“It’s Like I’m Really There”: Using VR Experiences for STEM Career Development	9
Determining the Views of the Secondary School Science Teachers about the Use of Social Media in Education	9
Affordances of Computational Models for English Learners in Science Instruction: Conceptual Foundation and Initial Inquiry	9
Exploring How Role and Background Influence Through Analysis of Spatial Dialogue in Collaborative Problem-Solving Games	9
Infusing Humanities in STEM Education: Student Opinions of Disciplinary Connections in an Introductory Chemistry Course	9
The Development and Validation of a Survey for Evaluating Primary Students’ Self-efficacy in STEM Activities	9
Increasing Student Use of a Learner Dashboard	9
Rising to the Challenge: The Effect of Individual and Social Metacognitive Scaffolds on Students’ Expressions of Autonomy and Competence Throughout an Inquiry Process	8
Biology Undergraduate Students’ Graphing Practice in Digital Versus Pen and Paper Graphing Environments	8
Exploring the Effect of Augmented Reality on Cognitive Load, Attitude, Spatial Ability, and Stereochemical Perception	8

Investigating Students’ Learning Through Co-designing with Technology	8
Designing for Relationality in Virtual Reality: Context-Specific Learning as a Primer for Content Relevancy	8
Effects of Wearable Hybrid AR/VR Learning Material on High School Students’ Situational Interest, Engagement, and Learning Performance: the Case of a Physics Laboratory Learning Environment	8
Cognition, Attitude, and Interest in Cross-Disciplinary i-STEM Robotics Curriculum Developed by Thematic Integration Approaches of Webbed and Threaded Models: a Concurrent Embedded Mixed Methods Study	8
Young Children’s Learning of Bioengineering with CRISPEE: a Developmentally Appropriate Tangible User Interface	8
Comprehensive Exploration of Digital Literacy: Embedded with Self-Regulation and Epistemological Beliefs	8
Comparing Learning Outcomes and Satisfaction of an Online Algebra-Based Physics Course with a Face-to-Face Course	8
Examining Science and Technology/Engineering Educators’ Views of Teaching Biomedical Concepts Through Physical Computing	7
Working Together: Integrating Computational Modeling Approaches to Investigate Complex Phenomena	7
Computational Thinking Integration into Science Classrooms: Example of Digestive System	7
Beliefs, Self-reported or Performance-Assessed TPACK: What Can Predict the Quality of Technology-Enhanced Biology Lesson Plans?	7
In-service Teachers’ Needs and Mentor’s Practices in Applying a Teaching–Learning Sequence on Nanotechnology and Plastics in Primary Education	7
Giving Feedback on Peers’ Concept Maps in an Inquiry Learning Context: The Effect of Providing Assessment Criteria	7
Student Primary Teachers’ Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Biotechnology—Are They Prepared to Teach Biotechnological Literacy?	7
The Affordances of Minecraft Education as a Game-Based Learning Tool for Atomic Structure in Junior High School Science Education	7
Elementary Pre-service Teachers’ Search, Evaluation, and Selection of Online Science Education Resources	7
A Phenomenography Study of STEM Teachers’ Conceptions of Using Three-Dimensional Modeling and Printing (3DMP) in Teaching	7
Middle School Student Knowledge of and Attitudes Toward Synthetic Biology	7
Systematic Review: Flipped Classrooms in the Performance of Undergraduate Science Students	6
The Impacts of Online Skeuomorphic Physics Inquiry–Based Learning With and Without Simulation on 8th Graders’ Scientific Inquiry Performance	6
Educational Design Framework for a Web-Based Interface to Visualise Authentic Cosmological “Big Data” in High School	6
Investigating Students’ Explanations about Friction Concepts after Interacting with a Visuohaptic Simulation with Two Different Sequenced Approaches	6
Development and Initial Validation of the Student Interest and Choice in STEM (SIC-STEM) Survey 2.0 Instrument for Assessment of the Social Cognitive Career Theory Constructs	6
Comparing Middle School Students’ Science Explanations During Physical and Virtual Laboratories	6
Middle School Students’ Mechanistic Explanation About Trait Expression in Rice Plants During a Technology-Enhanced Science Inquiry Investigation	6
Effects of Analogical Learning Approaches and Presentation Modalities on Ninth Graders’ Learning Outcome and Eye Movements: a Preliminary Study	6
Supporting Teachers to Customize Curriculum for Self-Directed Learning	5
Comparing Simulation Sequencing in a Chemistry Online-Supported Project-Based Learning Unit	5
The Effect of REACT and Computer-Assisted Instruction Model in 5E on Student Achievement of the Subject of Acids, Bases and Salts	5
The Impact of Physics Education Technology (PhET) Interactive Simulation-Based Learning on Motivation and Academic Achievement Among Malawian Physics Students	5
Self-evaluative Scientific Modeling in an Outreach Gene Technology Laboratory	5
Identifying the Content, Lesson Structure, and Data Use Within Pre-collegiate Data Science Curricula	5
Narrative-Based Learning Activities for Science Ethics Education: an Affordance Perspective	5
Preparing GTAs for Active Learning in the General Chemistry Lab: Development of an Evidence-Based Rehearsal Module for a Mixed-Reality Teaching Simulator	5
“Feeling like a Scientist”: Factors Affecting Students’ Selections of Technology Tools in the Science Classroom	5
Investigating Students’ Engagement in Mobile Technology-Supported Science Learning Through Video-Based Classroom Observation	5
Operationalizing Optimization in a Middle School Virtual Engineering Internship	5
How Does a Math Review Impact a Student’s Arithmetic Skills and Performance in First-Semester General Chemistry?	5
Disrupted Lessons in Engineering Robotics: Pivoting Knowledge Transfer From Physical to Virtual Learning Environments	5
Be Prepared! How Pre-lab Modules Affect Students’ Understanding of Gene Mapping	5
Using Reverse Engineering to Enhance Ninth-Grade Students’ Understanding of Thermal Expansion	5
How Science Teachers DiALoG Classrooms: Towards a Practical and Responsive Formative Assessment of Oral Argumentation	4
STEM Teachers’ Preparation, Teaching Beliefs, and Perceived Teaching Competence: a Multigroup Structural Equation Approach	4
Computational Thinking to Learn Environmental Sustainability: A Learning Progression	4
Using Criteria-Based Digital Badging in High School Chemistry Unit to Improve Student Learning	4
Identifying Sources of Anxiety in an Introductory Online Undergraduate Chemistry Course	4
Asynchronous Online Instruction Leads to Learning Gaps When Compared to a Flipped Classroom	4
A Comparison of the Effects of Two Different Online Homework Systems on Levels of Knowledge Retention in General Chemistry Students	4
Enhancing Students’ Understanding of Nerve Cells’ Structures and Their Symbiotic Functioning by Using Technology-Enhanced Instruction Incorporating Virtual Labs and Animations	4
Makerspaces Fostering Creativity: A Systematic Literature Review	4
A Study of Students Engaged in Electronic Circuit Wiring in an Undergraduate Course	4
The Effects of Engineering Design-Based Instruction On 7th Grade Students’ Nature of Engineering Views	4
Using Students’ Conceptual Models to Represent Understanding of Crosscutting Concepts in an NGSS-Aligned Curriculum Unit About Urban Water Runoff	4
Digitalization of Multistep Chemistry Exercises with Automated Formative Feedback	3
Multimodal Training Improves Spatial Reasoning Skills in Female College Students	3
“Because Subjects Don’t Exist in a Bubble”: Middle School Teachers Enacting an Interdisciplinary Curriculum	3
Zooming in Time—Exploring Students’ Interpretations of a Dynamic Tree of Life	3
Videos with Hands: an Analysis of Usage and Interactions of Undergraduate Science Students for Acquiring Physics Knowledge	3
Does Learning from Giving Feedback Depend on the Product Being Reviewed: Concept Maps or Answers to Test Questions?	3
An Outdoor Project-Based Learning Program: Strategic Support and the Roles of Students with Visual Impairments Interested in STEM	3
In Search of Assessment Shifts in Embodied Learning Science Research: a Review	3
Supporting Secondary Students’ Understanding of Earth’s Climate System and Global Climate Change Using EzGCM: A Cross-Sectional Study	3
Digital Curation as a Pedagogical Approach to Promote Critical Thinking	3
Comparing Self-Report Assessments and Scenario-Based Assessments of Systems Thinking Competence	3
The Mechanism of Influence Between ICT and Students’ Science Literacy: a Hierarchical and Structural Equation Modelling Study	3
Location-Based Learning and Its Effect on Students’ Understanding of Newton’s Laws of Motion	3
Reciprocal Relations Between Students’ Evaluation, Reformulation Behaviors, and Engineering Design Performance Over Time	3
The Influence of Inquiry-Based Remote Observations via Powerful Optic Robotic Telescopes on High School Students’ Conceptions of Physics and of Learning Physics	3
Modeling with Real-Time Informative Feedback: Implementing and Evaluating a New Massive Open Online Course Component	3
The Relationship Between a Student’s Success in First-Semester General Chemistry and Their Mathematics Fluency, Profile, and Performance on Common Questions	3
The Effect of Web-Based Biology Learning Environment on Academic Performance: A Meta-analysis Study	3
The Effects of Mobile AR-based Biology Learning Experience on Students’ Motivation, Self‐Efficacy, and Attitudes in Online Learning	3
Measuring the Impact of Augmented Reality in Flipped Learning Mode on Critical Thinking, Learning Motivation, and Knowledge of Engineering Students	3
Student Outcomes of Teaching About Socio-scientific Issues in Secondary Science Classrooms: Applications of EzGCM	3
Epistemic Network Analysis of Students’ Drawings to Investigate Their Conceptions of Science Learning with Technology	3
Meta-Analysis of STEM Learning Using Virtual Reality: Benefits Across the Board	3
The Conceptualization of Critical Thinking: Toward a Culturally Inclusive Framework for Technology-Enhanced Instruction in Higher Education	3
Promoting Self-Efficacy, Mentoring Competencies, and Persistence in STEM: A Case Study Evaluating Racial and Ethnic Minority Women's Learning Experiences in a Virtual STEM Peer Mentor Training	3