OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of International Journal of Stem Education is 7. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
A systematic review on trends in using Moodle for teaching and learning	107
STEAM in education: a bibliometric analysis of performance and co-words in Web of Science	83
Effects of digital game-based STEM education on students’ learning achievement: a meta-analysis	83
AI literacy in K-12: a systematic literature review	79
The application of AI technologies in STEM education: a systematic review from 2011 to 2021	77
Which role models are effective for which students? A systematic review and four recommendations for maximizing the effectiveness of role models in STEM	76
Effects of infusing the engineering design process into STEM project-based learning to develop preservice technology teachers’ engineering design thinking	71
Understanding coherence and integration in integrated STEM curriculum	69
A systematic review of STEM education research in the GCC countries: trends, gaps and barriers	60
STEM stereotypes predict students’ STEM career interest via self-efficacy and outcome expectations	58
How to foster the formation of STEM identity: studying diversity in an authentic learning environment	55
Instructor strategies to aid implementation of active learning: a systematic literature review	52
Active learning through flipped classroom in mechanical engineering: improving students’ perception of learning and performance	51
Equity-Oriented Conceptual Framework for K-12 STEM literacy	50
Using design thinking to cultivate the next generation of female STEAM thinkers	46
A scoping review of literature assessing the impact of the learning assistant model	45
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	43
Comparing success of female students to their male counterparts in the STEM fields: an empirical analysis from enrollment until graduation using longitudinal register data	38
Trends and research foci of robotics-based STEM education: a systematic review from diverse angles based on the technology-based learning model	32
The exploration of continuous learning intention in STEAM education through attitude, motivation, and cognitive load	32
NGSS-based teacher professional development to implement engineering practices in STEM instruction	32
Self-efficacy and belonging: the impact of a university makerspace	32
Exploring the factors that influence the career decision of STEM students at a university in South Africa	31
The influence of expressive and instrumental social capital from parents on women and underrepresented minority students’ declaration and persistence in engineering majors	30
Change theory in STEM higher education: a systematic review	30

The power of interest: minoritized women’s interest in engineering fosters persistence beliefs beyond belongingness and engineering identity	29
Comparing learners’ knowledge, behaviors, and attitudes between two instructional modes of computer programming in secondary education	29
Evaluating the impact of malleable factors on percent time lecturing in gateway chemistry, mathematics, and physics courses	29
Understanding a STEM teacher’s emotions and professional identities: a three-year longitudinal case study	27
Integration of computational thinking in K-12 mathematics education: a systematic review on CT-based mathematics instruction and student learning	26
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	25
Engineering practices as a framework for STEM education: a proposal based on epistemic nuances	25
Who is a scientist? The relationship between counter-stereotypical beliefs about scientists and the STEM major intentions of Black and Latinx male and female students	23
Undergraduate student perceptions of stress and mental health in engineering culture	22
Authentic STEM research, practices of science, and interest development in an informal science education program	21
Examining engineering students’ participation in entrepreneurship education programs: implications for practice	21
Inclusion in practice: a systematic review of diversity-focused STEM programming in the United States	20
Investigation of STEM fields motivation among female students in science education colleges	20
Beyond content and curriculum in elementary classrooms: conceptualizing the cultivation of integrated STEM teacher identity	20
Quantifying fear of failure in STEM: modifying and evaluating the Performance Failure Appraisal Inventory (PFAI) for use with STEM undergraduates	19
Exploring sources of engineering teaching self-efficacy for pre-service elementary teachers	18
Science and mathematics teacher communities of practice: social influences on discipline-based identity and self-efficacy beliefs	17
Analyzing a faculty online learning community as a mechanism for supporting faculty implementation of a guided-inquiry curriculum	17
Racism, sexism and disconnection: contrasting experiences of Black women in STEM before and after transfer from community college	17
The computational thinking for science (CT-S) framework: operationalizing CT-S for K–12 science education researchers and educators	17
The cognitive principles of learning underlying the 5E Model of Instruction	17
Relations between perceived teacher’s autonomy support, cognitive appraisals and boredom in physics learning among lower secondary school students	17
Motivation, pedagogy, and gender: examining the multifaceted and dynamic situational responses of women and men in college STEM courses	17
Fostering computational thinking through unplugged activities: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis	16
End of the road? The career intentions of under-represented STEM students in higher education	16
Applying multimodal learning analytics to examine the immediate and delayed effects of instructor scaffoldings on small groups’ collaborative programming	16
A systematic review of high impact empirical studies in STEM education	15
Women’s career confidence in a fixed, sexist STEM environment	15
Establishing a baseline of science communication skills in an undergraduate environmental science course	15
The role of structured inquiry, open inquiry, and epistemological beliefs in developing secondary students’ scientific and mathematical literacies	15
Cultural capital in undergraduate research: an exploration of how biology students operationalize knowledge to access research experiences at a large, public research-intensive institution	15
Teamwork dynamics in the context of large-size software development courses	14
Enhanced student perceptions of learning and performance using concept-point-recovery teaching sessions: a mixed-method approach	14
The effect of professional development on in-service STEM teachers’ self-efficacy: a meta-analysis of experimental studies	14
Integrating artificial intelligence into science lessons: teachers’ experiences and views	14
Conceptual connections between science and engineering in elementary teachers’ unit plans	13
Competence and autonomous motivation as motivational predictors of college students’ mathematics achievement: from the perspective of self-determination theory	13
What do integrated STEM projects look like in middle school and high school classrooms? A systematic literature review of empirical studies of iSTEM projects	13
Engineering pedagogical content knowledge: examining correlations with formal and informal preparation experiences	13
Integrating arts with STEM and leading with STEAM to increase science learning with equity for emerging bilingual learners in the United States	13
Effectiveness of digital educational game and game design in STEM learning: a meta-analytic review	13
Engineering students’ attitudinal beliefs by gender and student division: a methodological comparison of changes over time	13
How are undergraduate STEM instructors leveraging student thinking?	13
Intercultural competence outcomes of a STEM living–learning community	13
An alternative to STEBI-A: validation of the T-STEM science scale	13
The (STEM)2 Network: a multi-institution, multidisciplinary approach to transforming undergraduate STEM education	12
ChatGPT and its ethical implications for STEM research and higher education: a media discourse analysis	12
Building bridges: a review and synthesis of research on teaching knowledge for undergraduate instruction in science, engineering, and mathematics	12
Validation of the Mathematics Motivation Questionnaire (MMQ) for secondary school students	12
Authorship and topic trends in STEM education research	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	11
A model of peer effects on instructor innovation adoption	11
The influences of social agents in completing a STEM degree: an examination of female graduates of selective science high schools	11
Gendered patterns in students’ motivation profiles regarding iSTEM and STEM test scores: a cluster analysis	11
STEM courses are harder: evaluating inter-course grading disparities with a calibrated GPA model	11
Accelerating STEM education reform: linked communities of practice promote creation of open educational resources and sustainable professional development	11
Development of the Sci-math Sensemaking Framework: categorizing sensemaking of mathematical equations in science	11
Co-curricular engagement among engineering undergrads: do they have the time and motivation?	11
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	11
Whose ability and growth matter? Gender, mindset and performance in physics	11
The relationship between epistemological beliefs, reflective thinking, and science identity: a structural equation modeling analysis	11
Six years of development in promoting identity formation of STEM education as a distinct field	11
How well-intentioned white male physicists maintain ignorance of inequity and justify inaction	11
Institutionalizing evidence-based STEM reform through faculty professional development and support structures	10
An important component to investigating STEM persistence: the development and validation of the science identity (SciID) scale	10
Influence of 3D models and animations on students in natural subjects	10
The role of epistemological beliefs in STEM faculty’s decisions to use culturally relevant pedagogy at Hispanic-Serving Institutions	10
Internet use at and outside of school in relation to low- and high-stakes mathematics test scores across 3 years	10
Engineering student experience and self-direction in implementations of blended learning: a cross-institutional analysis	10
“Dear future woman of STEM”: letters of advice from women in STEM	10
Improving conceptual understanding of gas behavior through the use of screencasts and simulations	10
Short-term effects of a classroom-based STEAM program using robotic kits on children in South Korea	10
Precision education via timely intervention in K-12 computer programming course to enhance programming skill and affective-domain learning objectives	9
Cognitive framework for blended mathematical sensemaking in science	9
Measuring supports from learning assistants that promote engagement in active learning: evaluating a novel social support instrument	9
Stakeholder perspectives on hiring teaching-focused faculty at research-intensive universities	9
Promoting engineering students’ social responsibility and willingness to act on socioscientific issues	9
Predicting implementation of active learning by tenure-track teaching faculty using robust cluster analysis	9
The role of media in influencing students’ STEM career interest	9
Perceived abilities or academic interests? Longitudinal high school science and mathematics effects on postsecondary STEM outcomes by gender and race	9
Revisiting critical STEM interventions: a literature review of STEM organizational learning	8
Web-based authentic inquiry experiences in large introductory classes consistently associated with significant learning gains for all students	8
Mentoring in STEM higher education: a synthesis of the literature to (re)present the excluded women of color	8
Adapting the CACAO model to support higher education STEM teaching reform	8
Changing between representations of elementary functions: students’ competencies and differences with a specific perspective on school track and gender	8
Students’ perspectives on the ‘STEM belonging’ concept at A-level, undergraduate, and postgraduate levels: an examination of gender and ethnicity in student descriptions	8
A model for examining middle school students’ STEM integration behavior in a national technology competition	8
Designing and implementing a STEM career maturity program for prospective counselors	8
STEM doctoral students’ skill development: does funding mechanism matter?	8
Gender differences in high school students’ interest in STEM careers: a multi-group comparison based on structural equation model	8
Team-based instructional change in undergraduate STEM: characterizing effective faculty collaboration	8
Which STEM careers are most appealing? Examining high school students’ preferences and motivational beliefs for different STEM career choices	8
Exploring students’ procedural flexibility in three countries	8
Investigating the impact of peer supplemental instruction on underprepared and historically underserved students in introductory STEM courses	7
Doctoral advisor selection processes in science, math, and engineering programs in the United States	7
Game-based learning in computer science education: a scoping literature review	7
Teachers’ race and gender biases and the moderating effects of their beliefs and dispositions	7
Measurement in STEM education research: a systematic literature review of trends in the psychometric evidence of scales	7
Interdisciplinary conversations in STEM education: can faculty understand each other better than their students do?	7
Students’ implicit epistemologies when working at the intersection of engineering and the arts	7
A longitudinal analysis of developing marine science identity in a place-based, undergraduate research experience	7
Variation in which key motivational and academic resources relate to academic performance disparities across introductory college courses	7
The relation of representational competence and conceptual knowledge in female and male undergraduates	7
Modeling students’ behavioral engagement through different in-class behavior styles	7
Pathways of opportunity in STEM: comparative investigation of degree attainment across different demographic groups at a large research institution	7
Scaling standards-aligned instruction through teacher leadership: methods, supports, and challenges	7
Mathematics and science across the transition from primary to secondary school: a systematic literature review	7
Blended and more: instructors organize sensemaking opportunities for mathematical equations in different ways when teaching the same scientific phenomenon	7
Am I getting through? Surveying students on what messages they recall from the first day of STEM classes	7