OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of International Journal of Stem Education is 8. 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
The implementation of peer assessment as a scaffold during computer-supported collaborative inquiry learning in secondary STEM education	296
Beyond “study skills”: a curriculum-embedded framework for metacognitive development in a college chemistry course	240
Which evidence-based teaching practices change over time? Results from a university-wide STEM faculty development program	186
A decade of advancing development, diversity, engagement, and excellence in STEM education	171
Predicting implementation of active learning by tenure-track teaching faculty using robust cluster analysis	145
Characteristics of interactive classrooms that first year students find helpful	116
Enhancing programming learning performance through a Jigsaw collaborative learning method in a metaverse virtual space	101
“That’s just the way it is”: bullying and harassment in STEM academia	84
How are primary school computer science curricular reforms contributing to equity? Impact on student learning, perception of the discipline, and gender gaps	78
The impact of AI-assisted pair programming on student motivation, programming anxiety, collaborative learning, and programming performance: a comparative study with traditional pair programming and in	69
Exploring instructional design in K-12 STEM education: a systematic literature review	64
Teamwork dynamics in the context of large-size software development courses	64
Utilizing an NLP-supported mobile reflection application to explore academic engagement, application engagement, and performance in engineering and physics courses	61
Validity, acceptability, and procedural issues of selection methods for graduate study admissions in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics: a mapping review	59
Perceived network bridging influences the career commitment decisions of early career teachers	55
Investigation of STEM fields motivation among female students in science education colleges	52
LUPDA: a comprehensive rubrics-based assessment model for STEAM education	52
A systematic review of STEM teacher recruitment and retention interventions	50
Whose ability and growth matter? Gender, mindset and performance in physics	50
The computational thinking for science (CT-S) framework: operationalizing CT-S for K–12 science education researchers and educators	49
Enhancing STEM outcomes through mentorship (Mis)matching: an identity grafting approach	43
Modality matters: how combining oral and written instructional explanations improves STEM learning from video lectures	38
STEM education institutional change projects: examining enacted approaches through the lens of the Four Categories of Change Strategies Model	38
“Weebles wobble but they also commit to lifelong relationships”: teachers’ transdisciplinary learning in computational play	37
How do formal and informal science learning experiences during high school shape students’ career interest and STEM identity?	37

What do integrated STEM projects look like in middle school and high school classrooms? A systematic literature review of empirical studies of iSTEM projects	36
Quantifying ento-literacy: development and validation of an international insect-focused attitude and knowledge survey instrument	36
Characteristics of departments with high-use of active learning in introductory STEM courses: implications for departmental transformation	34
Secondary school mathematics and entrance into the STEM professions: a longitudinal study	34
Internal and external influences on role stereotype adherence and gender dynamics on engineering design teams	34
Seven years of development as building a foundation for the journal’s leadership in promoting STEM education internationally	34
Applicant qualifications and characteristics in STEM faculty hiring: an analysis of faculty and administrator perspectives	32
Filling the gap between career choice and academic variables: gender comparisons in STEM and social sciences	32
A systematic review of STEM education research in the GCC countries: trends, gaps and barriers	31
A microgenetic analysis of teachers’ learning through teaching	31
Comparing success of female students to their male counterparts in the STEM fields: an empirical analysis from enrollment until graduation using longitudinal register data	31
Investigating the impact of peer supplemental instruction on underprepared and historically underserved students in introductory STEM courses	31
Learning from the past; thinking for the future: reflections on STEM and its integration in formal and informal settings	30
Learning from watching dialog and monolog videos in online STEM courses	30
A more positive mindset context is associated with better student outcomes in STEM, particularly for traditional-age students	29
The role of media in influencing students’ STEM career interest	29
Synergistic effects of students’ mathematics and science motivational beliefs on achievement, and their determinants	29
Gender gaps in grades versus grade penalties: why grade anomalies may be more detrimental for women aspiring for careers in biological sciences	29
Fostering computational thinking through unplugged activities: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis	26
Replicating or franchising a STEM afterschool program model: core elements of programmatic integrity	25
Authorship and topic trends in STEM education research	25
Development and validation of an instrument for assessing secondary students’ transdisciplinary STEM practices	25
Tracing distinct learning trajectories in introductory programming course: a sequence analysis of score, engagement, and code metrics for novice computer science vs. math cohorts	24
The impacts of learning analytics and A/B testing research: a case study in differential scientometrics	24
Context and content of teaching conversations: exploring how to promote sharing of innovative teaching knowledge between science faculty	22
Analysis of two pedagogical approaches to foster discipline integrations in an educational data mining class using communities of practice	22
AI literacy and gender equity in elementary education: A quasi-experimental study of a STEAM–PBL–AIoT course with questionnaire validation	22
The effect of professional development on in-service STEM teachers’ self-efficacy: a meta-analysis of experimental studies	21
The influences of student- and school-level factors on engineering undergraduate student success outcomes: A multi-level multi-school study	21
Development of the Cooperative Adoption Factors Instrument to measure factors associated with instructional practice in the context of institutional change	21
Enhancing mathematical problem posing competence: a meta-analysis of intervention studies	21
Unequal access, equal outcomes? Gender differences in the relationship between university-led STEM program factors and undergraduates' career commitment in STEM	21
Analyzing the associations between motivation and academic performance via the mediator variables of specific mathematic cognitive learning strategies in different subject domains of higher education	20
Mathematics and science across the transition from primary to secondary school: a systematic literature review	20
Mental simulations to facilitate teacher learning of ambitious mathematics instruction in coaching interactions	20
Engineering design learning for high school and college first-year students in a STEM battlebot design project	20
Responding to incorrect ideas: science graduate teaching assistants’ operationalization of error framing and undergraduate students’ perception	20
Undergraduate student perceptions of stress and mental health in engineering culture	20
Undergraduates’ reactions to errors mediates the association between growth mindset and study strategies	20
Effectiveness of in-service computer science teachers’ professional development in K-12 education: a systematic review and meta-analysis	19
Digital competence development in schools: a study on the association of problem-solving with autonomy and digital attitudes	19
Influence of 3D models and animations on students in natural subjects	19
Helping mentors address scientific communication in STEM research training helps their mentees stay the course	19
Accelerating STEM education reform: linked communities of practice promote creation of open educational resources and sustainable professional development	19
STEM courses are harder: evaluating inter-course grading disparities with a calibrated GPA model	19
Bridging borders: assessing the impact of semester-long study abroad programs on intercultural competence development in undergraduate engineering students	18
Adopting scientific literacy in early years from empirical studies on formal education: a systematic review of the literature	18
Eight years of development in welcoming and engaging diverse scholars to share and promote STEM education research worldwide	18
Concept mapping in STEM education: a meta-analysis of its impact on students’ achievement (2004–2023)	18
Possibilities and pitfalls of practitioners in trying to apply change theory as viewed through the lens of Reinholz, White, and Andrews “Change theory in STEM higher education: a systematic review”	17

Intercultural competence outcomes of a STEM living–learning community	16
Measures of success: characterizing teaching and teaching change with segmented and holistic observation data	16
Single-paper meta-analyses of the effects of spaced retrieval practice in nine introductory STEM courses: is the glass half full or half empty?	16
AI literacy in K-12: a systematic literature review	16
Raising attainment for low-scoring students through quectures: an analysis of achievement and engagement with personalised learning in lectures	16
Pathways of opportunity in STEM: comparative investigation of degree attainment across different demographic groups at a large research institution	16
Face negotiation in graduate school: the decision to conceal or reveal depression among life sciences Ph.D. students in the United States	15
Coping behavior versus coping style: characterizing a measure of coping in undergraduate STEM contexts	15
What role should higher education institutions play in fostering AI ethics? Insights from science and engineering graduate students	15
Mentoring in STEM higher education: a synthesis of the literature to (re)present the excluded women of color	15
End of the road? The career intentions of under-represented STEM students in higher education	15
ChatGPT and its ethical implications for STEM research and higher education: a media discourse analysis	15
A meta-analytic investigation of the impact of middle school STEM education: where are all the students of color?	14
Correction: Pre-service elementary teachers’ science and engineering teaching self-efficacy and outcome expectancy: exploring the impacts of efficacy source experiences through varying course modaliti	14
Correction: Scaling standards-aligned instruction through teacher leadership: methods, supports, and challenges	14
The impact of learning assistant facilitation practices on student in-the-moment learning	14
The role of epistemological beliefs in STEM faculty’s decisions to use culturally relevant pedagogy at Hispanic-Serving Institutions	14
Expansive learning in the learning assistant model: how instructors’ goals lead to differences in implementation and development of LAs’ practices	14
“Dear future woman of STEM”: letters of advice from women in STEM	13
Exploring senior engineering students’ engineering identity: the impact of practice-oriented learning experiences	13
Creating better internships by understanding mentor challenges: findings from a series of focus groups	13
Racism, sexism and disconnection: contrasting experiences of Black women in STEM before and after transfer from community college	13
Possible future selves in STEM: an epistemic network analysis of identity exploration in minoritized students and alumni	13
Beyond performance, competence, and recognition: forging a science researcher identity in the context of research training	13
Systemic advantage has a meaningful relationship with grade outcomes in students’ early STEM courses at six research universities	13
Inclusion in practice: a systematic review of diversity-focused STEM programming in the United States	13
The cognitive principles of learning underlying the 5E Model of Instruction	13
Correction to: I will teach you here or there, I will try to teach you anywhere: perceived supports and barriers for emergency remote teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic	12
A meta-analysis of AI-enabled personalized STEM education in schools	12
Applying multimodal learning analytics to examine the immediate and delayed effects of instructor scaffoldings on small groups’ collaborative programming	12
The impact of changing engineering perceptions on women’s attitudes and behavioral intentions towards engineering pursuits	12
Authentic STEM research, practices of science, and interest development in an informal science education program	12
The effects of educational robotics in STEM education: a multilevel meta-analysis	12
An alternative to STEBI-A: validation of the T-STEM science scale	11
Gender patterns in engineering PhD teaching assistant evaluations corroborate role congruity theory	11
Effects of digital game-based STEM education on students’ learning achievement: a meta-analysis	11
Unlocking STEM pathways: A person-centred approach exploring a teacher recruitment intervention	11
The development of mathematics expectancy-value profiles during the secondary–tertiary transition into STEM fields	11
Characterizing facilitation practices of learning assistants: an authoritative-to-dialogic spectrum	11
Precision education via timely intervention in K-12 computer programming course to enhance programming skill and affective-domain learning objectives	11
A scoping review on U.S. undergraduate students with disabilities in STEM courses and STEM majors	11
Scaffolded team-based computational modeling and simulation projects for promoting representational competence and regulatory skills	10
Exploring students’ procedural flexibility in three countries	10
Implicit gender stereotypes in STEM: measuring cognitive bias and group differences through reaction times	10
Synthesizing intra-individual and social comparisons: how integrated comparative advantage shapes math attitudes and gender stereotypes	10
Expanding disciplinary and interdisciplinary core idea maps by students to promote perceived self-efficacy in learning science	10
A content analysis of research on technology use for teaching mathematics to students with disabilities: word networks and topic modeling	10
Engineering student experience and self-direction in implementations of blended learning: a cross-institutional analysis	10
Math anxiety affects career choices during development	10
Mixed methods study of student participation and self-efficacy in remote asynchronous undergraduate physics laboratories: contributors, lurkers, and outsiders	10
Prior experiences as students and instructors play a critical role in instructors’ decision to adopt evidence-based instructional practices	9
Can training and apprentice programs in STEM increase worker life satisfaction and optimism?	9
Employing automatic analysis tools aligned to learning progressions to assess knowledge application and support learning in STEM	9
Influences and inhibitors in STEM undergraduate social responsibility development	9
Doctoral advisor selection processes in science, math, and engineering programs in the United States	9
Understanding how facilitators adapt to needs of STEM faculty in online learning communities: a case study	9
Stressors and normalized stress in undergraduate engineering education culture: development of the Engineering Stress Culture Scale and Undergraduate Engineering Stressors Questionnaire	9
I will teach you here or there, I will try to teach you anywhere: perceived supports and barriers for emergency remote teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic	8
(Re-)Designing a measure of student’s attitudes toward science: a longitudinal psychometric approach	8
Facilitation of students’ disembedding in an online visual arts and mathematics education program	8