OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of International Journal of Stem Education is 6. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Exploring instructional design in K-12 STEM education: a systematic literature review	122
Mathematics and science across the transition from primary to secondary school: a systematic literature review	98
Science teacher identity research: a scoping literature review	97
Enhancing programming learning performance through a Jigsaw collaborative learning method in a metaverse virtual space	93
Engineering pedagogical content knowledge: examining correlations with formal and informal preparation experiences	85
Leveraging national laboratories to increase Black representation in STEM: recommendations within the Department of Energy	84
In memory of Jeffrey E. Froyd: a collection of tributes	66
Understanding science data literacy: a conceptual framework and assessment tool for college students majoring in STEM	65
Enhancing mathematical problem posing competence: a meta-analysis of intervention studies	56
Unlocking STEM pathways: A person-centred approach exploring a teacher recruitment intervention	56
Characteristics of interactive classrooms that first year students find helpful	54
“That’s just the way it is”: bullying and harassment in STEM academia	50
Development of the Sci-math Sensemaking Framework: categorizing sensemaking of mathematical equations in science	49
Teamwork dynamics in the context of large-size software development courses	45
Development of the Cooperative Adoption Factors Instrument to measure factors associated with instructional practice in the context of institutional change	40
A scoping review of literature assessing the impact of the learning assistant model	37
Measuring supports from learning assistants that promote engagement in active learning: evaluating a novel social support instrument	36
Beyond “study skills”: a curriculum-embedded framework for metacognitive development in a college chemistry course	32
Shifts in learning assistants’ self-determination due to COVID-19 disruptions in Calculus II course delivery	32
Motivation, pedagogy, and gender: examining the multifaceted and dynamic situational responses of women and men in college STEM courses	30
Documenting professional learning focused on implementing high-quality instructional materials in mathematics: the AIM–TRU learning cycle	30
The influences of social agents in completing a STEM degree: an examination of female graduates of selective science high schools	30
Integration of computational thinking in K-12 mathematics education: a systematic review on CT-based mathematics instruction and student learning	29
Teachers’ race and gender biases and the moderating effects of their beliefs and dispositions	29
Examining engineering students’ participation in entrepreneurship education programs: implications for practice	27

Blended and more: instructors organize sensemaking opportunities for mathematical equations in different ways when teaching the same scientific phenomenon	27
Which evidence-based teaching practices change over time? Results from a university-wide STEM faculty development program	26
Characterizing facilitation practices of learning assistants: an authoritative-to-dialogic spectrum	25
Engineering practices as a framework for STEM education: a proposal based on epistemic nuances	25
Predicting implementation of active learning by tenure-track teaching faculty using robust cluster analysis	25
Self-efficacy and belonging: the impact of a university makerspace	22
The effect of professional development on in-service STEM teachers’ self-efficacy: a meta-analysis of experimental studies	22
An alternative to STEBI-A: validation of the T-STEM science scale	22
Precision education via timely intervention in K-12 computer programming course to enhance programming skill and affective-domain learning objectives	21
The implementation of peer assessment as a scaffold during computer-supported collaborative inquiry learning in secondary STEM education	21
Effects of digital game-based STEM education on students’ learning achievement: a meta-analysis	21
The influences of student- and school-level factors on engineering undergraduate student success outcomes: A multi-level multi-school study	20
Establishing a baseline of science communication skills in an undergraduate environmental science course	20
Changing between representations of elementary functions: students’ competencies and differences with a specific perspective on school track and gender	20
A systematic review of high impact empirical studies in STEM education	19
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	18
The relationship between epistemological beliefs, reflective thinking, and science identity: a structural equation modeling analysis	18
How are primary school computer science curricular reforms contributing to equity? Impact on student learning, perception of the discipline, and gender gaps	17
Authentic STEM research, practices of science, and interest development in an informal science education program	17
A decade of advancing development, diversity, engagement, and excellence in STEM education	17
Expanding disciplinary and interdisciplinary core idea maps by students to promote perceived self-efficacy in learning science	17
One size doesn’t fit all: how different types of learning motivations influence engineering undergraduate students’ success outcomes	17
Short-term effects of a classroom-based STEAM program using robotic kits on children in South Korea	17
Validity, acceptability, and procedural issues of selection methods for graduate study admissions in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics: a mapping review	16
The power of interest: minoritized women’s interest in engineering fosters persistence beliefs beyond belongingness and engineering identity	16
Authentic STEM education through modelling: an international Delphi study	16
Subtopic-specific heterogeneity in computer-based learning behaviors	15
Quantifying fear of failure in STEM: modifying and evaluating the Performance Failure Appraisal Inventory (PFAI) for use with STEM undergraduates	15
Math anxiety affects career choices during development	14
Exploring students’ procedural flexibility in three countries	14
The computational thinking for science (CT-S) framework: operationalizing CT-S for K–12 science education researchers and educators	14
The role of structured inquiry, open inquiry, and epistemological beliefs in developing secondary students’ scientific and mathematical literacies	13
The application of AI technologies in STEM education: a systematic review from 2011 to 2021	13
Mental simulations to facilitate teacher learning of ambitious mathematics instruction in coaching interactions	13
When perceived similarity overrides demographic similarity: examining influences on STEM students’ developmental mentor networks	13
Which role models are effective for which students? A systematic review and four recommendations for maximizing the effectiveness of role models in STEM	13
Perceived network bridging influences the career commitment decisions of early career teachers	13
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	13
A scoping review on U.S. undergraduate students with disabilities in STEM courses and STEM majors	13
Undergraduates’ reactions to errors mediates the association between growth mindset and study strategies	13
STEM doctoral students’ skill development: does funding mechanism matter?	13
The Taxonomy of Opportunities to Learn (TxOTL): a tool for understanding the learning potential and substance of interactions in faculty (online) learning community meetings	13
Responding to incorrect ideas: science graduate teaching assistants’ operationalization of error framing and undergraduate students’ perception	13
The development of mathematics expectancy-value profiles during the secondary–tertiary transition into STEM fields	12
A longitudinal analysis of developing marine science identity in a place-based, undergraduate research experience	12
Understanding STEM academics’ responses and resilience to educational reform of academic roles in higher education	12
Building science through questions in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) classrooms	12
An exploratory study of STEM teachers’ mentorship networks	12
Engineering student experience and self-direction in implementations of blended learning: a cross-institutional analysis	11
Accelerating STEM education reform: linked communities of practice promote creation of open educational resources and sustainable professional development	11

Investigation of STEM fields motivation among female students in science education colleges	11
Gender patterns in engineering PhD teaching assistant evaluations corroborate role congruity theory	11
Influence of 3D models and animations on students in natural subjects	11
Engineering design learning for high school and college first-year students in a STEM battlebot design project	11
Adapting the CACAO model to support higher education STEM teaching reform	11
Prospective K-8 teachers’ noticing of student justifications and generalizations in the context of analyzing written artifacts and video-records	11
What shapes implementation of a school-based makerspace? Teachers as multilevel actors in STEM reforms	11
A social cognitive perspective on gender disparities in self-efficacy, interest, and aspirations in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM): the influence of cultural and gender norms	11
Examining how social networks influence women and under-represented minority students’ pursuit of engineering in university: when, who, and how?	10
Game-based learning in computer science education: a scoping literature review	10
Whose ability and growth matter? Gender, mindset and performance in physics	10
Effects of a first-year undergraduate engineering design course: survey study of implications for student self-efficacy and professional skills, with focus on gender/sex and race/ethnicity	10
STEM courses are harder: evaluating inter-course grading disparities with a calibrated GPA model	10
Building capacity for inclusive informal STEM learning opportunities for autistic learners	10
Leveraging professional learning communities in linking digital professional development and instructional integration: evidence from 16,072 STEM teachers	10
A content analysis of research on technology use for teaching mathematics to students with disabilities: word networks and topic modeling	10
Scaffolded team-based computational modeling and simulation projects for promoting representational competence and regulatory skills	9
Equity-Oriented Conceptual Framework for K-12 STEM literacy	9
Measuring science self-efficacy with a focus on the perceived competence dimension: using mixed methods to develop an instrument and explore changes through cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses i	9
Pre-service elementary teachers’ science and engineering teaching self-efficacy and outcome expectancy: exploring the impacts of efficacy source experiences through varying course modalities	9
Enhanced student perceptions of learning and performance using concept-point-recovery teaching sessions: a mixed-method approach	9
Undergraduate student perceptions of stress and mental health in engineering culture	9
Correction: How are primary school computer science curricular reforms contributing to equity? Impact on student learning, perception of the discipline, and gender gaps	9
Scaling standards-aligned instruction through teacher leadership: methods, supports, and challenges	9
Bridging borders: assessing the impact of semester-long study abroad programs on intercultural competence development in undergraduate engineering students	8
Eight years of development in welcoming and engaging diverse scholars to share and promote STEM education research worldwide	8
Trends and research foci of robotics-based STEM education: a systematic review from diverse angles based on the technology-based learning model	8
Persisting in tough times across Hong Kong, mainland China, and the Philippines: grit, achievement goal orientation, and science engagement	8
Can training and apprentice programs in STEM increase worker life satisfaction and optimism?	8
Mixed methods study of student participation and self-efficacy in remote asynchronous undergraduate physics laboratories: contributors, lurkers, and outsiders	8
Internet use at and outside of school in relation to low- and high-stakes mathematics test scores across 3 years	8
Validation of the Mathematics Motivation Questionnaire (MMQ) for secondary school students	8
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”	8
The exploration of continuous learning intention in STEAM education through attitude, motivation, and cognitive load	8
Evaluating the impact of malleable factors on percent time lecturing in gateway chemistry, mathematics, and physics courses	8
Active learning through flipped classroom in mechanical engineering: improving students’ perception of learning and performance	8
Development of the Departmental Climate around Teaching (DCaT) survey: neither psychological collective climate nor departmental collective climate predicts STEM faculty’s instructional practices	7
“Weebles wobble but they also commit to lifelong relationships”: teachers’ transdisciplinary learning in computational play	7
Helping mentors address scientific communication in STEM research training helps their mentees stay the course	7
Analyzing a faculty online learning community as a mechanism for supporting faculty implementation of a guided-inquiry curriculum	7
What do integrated STEM projects look like in middle school and high school classrooms? A systematic literature review of empirical studies of iSTEM projects	7
Students’ implicit epistemologies when working at the intersection of engineering and the arts	7
Engineering students’ attitudinal beliefs by gender and student division: a methodological comparison of changes over time	7
STEM learning opportunities and career aspirations: the interactive effect of students’ self-concept and perceptions of STEM professionals	7
The influence of expressive and instrumental social capital from parents on women and underrepresented minority students’ declaration and persistence in engineering majors	7
The effect of embedded structures on cognitive load for novice learners during block-based code comprehension	7
Attending to STEM education in servingness at Hispanic-serving institutions: a systematic review of more than a decade of scholarship	7
Gendered patterns in students’ motivation profiles regarding iSTEM and STEM test scores: a cluster analysis	7
Limited or complete? Teaching and learning conceptions and instructional environments fostered by STEM teaching versus research faculty	7
Embracing a culture of talk: STEM teachers’ engagement in small-group discussions about photovoltaics	7
Change theory in STEM higher education: a systematic review	7
An important component to investigating STEM persistence: the development and validation of the science identity (SciID) scale	6
“Not a cookie cutter situation”: how neurodivergent students experience group work in their STEM courses	6
Exploring the multifaceted roles of mathematics learning in predicting students' computational thinking competency	6
Pathways of opportunity in STEM: comparative investigation of degree attainment across different demographic groups at a large research institution	6
AI literacy in K-12: a systematic literature review	6
Publisher Correction to: Authentic STEM research, practices of science, and interest development in an informal science education program	6
Doctoral advisor selection processes in science, math, and engineering programs in the United States	6
How well-intentioned white male physicists maintain ignorance of inequity and justify inaction	6
STEM education institutional change projects: examining enacted approaches through the lens of the Four Categories of Change Strategies Model	6
Which STEM careers are most appealing? Examining high school students’ preferences and motivational beliefs for different STEM career choices	6