OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of CBE-Life Sciences Education is 11. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Using a STEM Course on Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility to Explore Student Reflections on their Socialization into STEM and their Observations of the Figured World of Higher Education S	104
Could Instructor Talk Drive CURE Effectiveness? A Comparative Study of Instructor Talk in Introductory Lab Courses	94
Developmental Trajectories of Student Self-Perception over a Yearlong Introductory Biology Sequence	66
A Study Planning Exercise Associated with Decreased Distraction Levels among Introductory Biology Students	60
Students with Disabilities in Life Science Undergraduate Research Experiences: Challenges and Opportunities	53
Characterizing the Content and Mechanisms of Instructor Messages that Communicate Instructor Beliefs About Ability to Undergraduates	52
Using Systems and Systems Thinking to Unify Biology Education	46
Which Group Dynamics Matter: Social Predictors of Student Achievement in Team-Based Undergraduate Science Classrooms	43
Reflective Practices in Education: A Primer for Practitioners	43
Factors Influencing Student Motivations and Experiences in STEM Course Office Hours	42
The Influence of Instructor Behaviors and the Perceived Motivational Climate on Undergraduate Students’ Experiences in College STEM Laboratories	36
“No matter what your story is, there is a place for you in science”: Students’ Ability to Relate to Scientists Positively Shifts after Scientist Spotlight Assignments, Especially for First-Generation	35
A Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience Improves Outcomes in Mentored Research	31
Elevating Marginalized Student Experiences of Belonging in the Life Sciences: A Qualitative Case Study Approach	31
The Role of Faculty in Cultivating Thriving Campus STEM Ecosystems	28
A Longitudinal Study Identifying the Characteristics and Content Knowledge of Those Seeking Certification to Teach Secondary Biology in the United States	28
Cultivating PhD Aspirations during College	27
Factors Predicting the Extent to which STEM Students Value Cross-Disciplinary Skills: A Study across Four Institutions	27
Undergraduate STEM Students’ Perceptions of Grading Practices Reveal that Quiz Retakes Positively Impact Drivers of Self-determination	27
Opening the Pathway: An Example of Universal Design for Learning as a Guide to Inclusive Teaching Practices	27
What I Wish My Instructor Knew: How Active Learning Influences the Classroom Experiences and Self-Advocacy of STEM Majors with ADHD and Specific Learning Disabilities	26
Designing Activities to Teach Higher-Order Skills: How Feedback and Constraint Affect Learning of Experimental Design	25
What a Difference in Pressure Makes! A Framework Describing Undergraduate Students’ Reasoning about Bulk Flow Down Pressure Gradients	25
Development of the Mentoring in Undergraduate Research Survey	24
Undergraduate Biology Students’ Climate Change Communication Experiences Indicate a Need for Discipline-Based Education Research on Science Communication Education about Culturally Controversial Scien	24

Engaging with CC Bio INSITES: Experiences of Barriers, Supports, and Belonging in Community College Faculty Participating in Biology Education Research	23
Supervised Study: Required Independent Research at a Community College Supports Persistence in Science	23
Cisnormative Language and Erasure of Trans* and Genderqueer Student Representation in Biology Education Research	23
Low-stakes Scientist Spotlight Assignment Demonstrates High Value and Multiple Effects for Introductory Biology Students	22
Empowering Disabled Voices: A Practical Guide for Methodological Shifts in Biology Education Research	21
Co-teaching in Undergraduate STEM Education: A Lever for Pedagogical Change toward Evidence-Based Teaching?	21
The Impact of Postgraduate Mentors on Undergraduate Researcher Gains	21
Access to Online Formative Assessments in Lower-Division Undergraduate Biology Courses: Investigating Barriers to Student Engagement	21
Overcoming the Barriers to Teaching Teamwork to Undergraduates in STEM	20
Emotion, Fact, and Anthropogenic Disturbances: Undergraduate Attitudes Toward Wildfire and Urbanization after a Brief Intervention	20
Replication of an Intervention to Mitigate Gender Bias in Student Evaluations of Teaching Yields Variable Results Across a Biology Department	20
Student Motivations and Barriers toward Online and In-Person Office Hours in STEM Courses	20
Mentorship for Transfer Student Success in STEM Research: Mentor Approaches and Reflections	20
Family Helps Transform the STEM Pathways of Community College Women of Color STEM Majors	19
Examining Faculty Dynamics in the Development of New Undergraduate Curricula that Transcend Disciplinary Silos	19
How Do Instructors Explain The Mechanism by which ATP Drives Unfavorable Processes?	19
Exploring Student Perspectives: How Graduate Students in a Life Science Department Define Success	18
“Your Family is Always With You”: Perceptions of Parental Relationships Among Hispanic/Latinx Young Adults Pursuing STEM Careers	18
Putting the Pieces Together: Student Thinking about Transformations of Energy and Matter	17
Moving the Needle: Evidence of an Effective Study Strategy Intervention in a Community College Biology Course	17
The Fourth Credit Hour: How do we Teach in Biology Discussion Sections?	17
Undergraduate Biology Lecture Courses Predominantly Test Facts about Science Rather than Scientific Practices	17
Breaking Stereotypes: How Undergraduates’ Life Experiences of Scientists Shape their Scopes of Possibility	16
Recent Research in Science Teaching and Learning	15
Expanding Research on Responsive Teaching	15
Inclusive Research Environments for Deaf and Hard of Hearing English Speakers	15
Puerto Rican Students Rising in STEM: Findings from a Multicampus Collaborative CURE Program to Promote Student Success	15
An Instructor’s Guide to Including Traditional Ecological Knowledge in the Undergraduate Biology Classroom	15
Broadening Participation in Biology Education Research: A role for affinity groups in promoting social connectivity, self-efficacy, and belonging	15
What Makes a Good Match? Predictors of Quality Mentorship Among Doctoral Students	15
Highlighting Counterstereotypical Scientists in Undergraduate Life Science Courses	14
Demographics Matter: Non-white and White Life Science Graduate Students Perceive and Use Resources Differently	14
Metacognition and Self-Efficacy in Action: How First-Year Students Monitor and Use Self-Coaching to Move Past Metacognitive Discomfort During Problem Solving	14
Sustainability and Justice: Challenges and Opportunities for an Open STEM Education	14
Impacts of Learning Assistants on Student Belonging and Confidence Vary Across Science Disciplines and Course Contexts	14
A Multi-institutional Cluster Analysis to Identify Groups of Courses with Exemplary Opportunity Gaps for Undergraduate Students in the Biological Sciences	13
Insights from What Kids Can Do	13
To Cope or Not to Cope? Characterizing Biology Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) Coping with Teaching and Research Anxieties	13
Learning Introductory Biology: Students’ Concept-Building Approaches Predict Transfer on Biology Exams	13
Investigating Instructor Talk among Graduate Teaching Assistants in Undergraduate Biology Laboratory Classrooms	13
What College Biology Students Know about How Vaccines Work	13
Evaluating a National Biomedical Training Program Using QuantCrit: Revealing Disparities in Research Self-efficacy for Women of Color Undergraduates	12
Broadening Access to STEM through the Community College: Investigating the Role of Course-Based Research Experiences (CREs)	12
Experience with Scientific Teaching in Face-to-Face Settings Promoted Usage of Evidence-Based Practices during Emergency Remote Teaching	12
“Oh, that makes sense”: Social Metacognition in Small-Group Problem Solving	12
Student Perspectives of Success and Failure in Biology Lecture: Multifaceted Definitions and Misalignments	11
Peer-Modeled Mindsets: An Approach to Customizing Life Sciences Studying Interventions	11
Similarity and Contact Frequency Promote Mentorship Quality among Hispanic Undergraduates in STEM	11
Teaching Evaluation Readiness Assessment (TERA): Development of a Tool to Measure Faculty Readiness for Advancing Departmental Teaching Evaluation Practices	11
“Big Ideas” of Introductory Chemistry and Biology Courses and the Connections between Them	11

Self-Efficacy is a Stronger Predictor of Final Grade Than Motivation in an Introductory Biology Course: A Structural Equation Analysis	11
Relationships between Prediction Accuracy, Metacognitive Reflection, and Performance in Introductory Genetics Students	11
Beyond the Traditional Classroom: Increased Course Structure and Cooperative Learning Remove Differences in Achievement between Students in an In-Person versus Hybrid Microbiology Course	11