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  1. This systematic review identifies factors that prior studies have identified as supporting the academic success of Latinx transfer students, who matriculate at 2-year institutions with respect to earning a 4-y...

    Authors: Erica R. Winterer, Jeffrey E. Froyd, Maura Borrego, Julie P. Martin and Margaret Foster

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:34

    Content type: Review

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  2. Students with disabilities are underrepresented in undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses. Students with disabilities who engage in self-advocacy earn higher GPAs and ar...

    Authors: Mariel A. Pfeifer, Eve Melanie Reiter, McKenna Hendrickson and Julie Dangremond Stanton

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:33

    Content type: Research

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  3. A growing part of the efforts to promote student engagement and success in undergraduate STEM are the family of Student Support and Outreach Programs (SSOPs), which task undergraduate students with providing s...

    Authors: Hannah Huvard, Robert M. Talbot, Hillary Mason, Amreen Nasim Thompson, Michael Ferrara and Bryan Wee

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:31

    Content type: Research

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  4. As higher education institutions strive to effectively support an increasingly diverse student body, they will be called upon to provide their faculty with tools to teach more inclusively, especially in scienc...

    Authors: Erin Sanders O’Leary, Casey Shapiro, Shannon Toma, Hannah Whang Sayson, Marc Levis-Fitzgerald, Tracy Johnson and Victoria L. Sork

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:32

    Content type: Research

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  5. Graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) often lead laboratory and tutorial sections in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), especially at large, research-intensive universities. GTAs’ performa...

    Authors: Tong Wan, Ashley A. Geraets, Constance M. Doty, Erin K. H. Saitta and Jacquelyn J. Chini

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:30

    Content type: Research

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  6. Being a successful peer-led team learning (PLTL) workshop leader involves developing content knowledge and workshop facilitation skills. These skills connected to being a peer leader, however, do not terminate...

    Authors: Anthony Chase, Anusha S. Rao, Prathima Lakmala and Pratibha Varma-Nelson

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:29

    Content type: Research

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  7. Expanding opportunities to experience engaging STEM educational programs is an important pathway to increasing students’ interest and competencies in STEM and, ultimately, motivation to pursue STEM careers. Af...

    Authors: Lindley McDavid, Loran Carleton Parker, Weiling Li, Ann Bessenbacher, Anthony Randolph, Alka Harriger and Brad Harriger

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:28

    Content type: Research

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  8. Recent policies have given momentum to the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education in the USA and throughout the world. This has resulted in rapid growth in engineering and STEM curr...

    Authors: Khomson Keratithamkul, Justine N. Kim and Gillian H. Roehrig

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:26

    Content type: Research

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  9. This study presents the development of three research tools of scientific creativity. Our aim is to evaluate the development of student creativity while students write digital stories. Three models are linked ...

    Authors: Zacharoula Smyrnaiou, Eleni Georgakopoulou and Sofoklis Sotiriou

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:25

    Content type: Research

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  11. Concealable stigmatized identities (CSIs) are identities that can be kept hidden or invisible and that carry negative stereotypes. Depression is one of the most common CSIs among undergraduates. However, to ou...

    Authors: Katelyn M. Cooper, Logan E. Gin and Sara E. Brownell

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:27

    Content type: Research

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  12. Boosting students’ disciplinary interest has long been considered an important mechanism to increase student success and retention in STEM education. Yet, interest is a complex construct and can mean different...

    Authors: Eva Knekta, Ashley A. Rowland, Lisa A. Corwin and Sarah Eddy

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:23

    Content type: Research

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  13. Evidence shows that students who are actively engaged with learning materials demonstrate greater learning gains than those who are passively engaged. Indeed, cognitive engagement is often cited as a critical ...

    Authors: Allyson Barlow, Shane Brown, Benjamin Lutz, Nicole Pitterson, Nathaniel Hunsu and Olusola Adesope

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:22

    Content type: Research

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  14. Incorporating research-based instructional strategies (RBISs) into college classrooms is essential for improving learning outcomes. However, the rate of implementation of new strategies is quite low. The devel...

    Authors: Adriana Corrales, Fred Goldberg, Edward Price and Chandra Turpen

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:21

    Content type: Research

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  15. As the number of computer science (CS) jobs become increasingly available in this country and computing skills become essential tools for managing all aspects of our personal lives, CS is quickly becoming an e...

    Authors: Jeanne Century, Kaitlyn A. Ferris and Huifang Zuo

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:20

    Content type: Research

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  16. Programming a computer is an increasingly valuable skill, but dropout and failure rates in introductory programming courses are regularly as high as 50%. Like many fields, programming requires students to lear...

    Authors: Lauren E. Margulieux, Briana B. Morrison and Adrienne Decker

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:19

    Content type: Research

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  17. Within STEM education, research on instructional practices has focused on ways to increase student engagement and thereby reap the associated benefits of increased learning, persistence, and academic success. ...

    Authors: Allyson Barlow and Shane Brown

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:18

    Content type: Research

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  18. Taking publicly funded projects in STEM education as a special lens, we aimed to learn about research and trends in STEM education. We identified a total of 127 projects funded by the Institute of Education Sc...

    Authors: Yeping Li, Ke Wang, Yu Xiao, Jeffrey E. Froyd and Sandra B. Nite

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:17

    Content type: Editorial

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  19. Women and ethnic minorities remain underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields. The goal of this pilot study is to better understand the beliefs and experiences of underreprese...

    Authors: Katherine Kricorian, Michelle Seu, Daniel Lopez, Elsie Ureta and Ozlem Equils

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:16

    Content type: Short report

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  20. This commentary aims to discuss an overarching boundary crossing framework under which integrated STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) pedagogy can be conceptualized. Four potential learning di...

    Authors: Allen Leung

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:15

    Content type: Commentary

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  21. Teachers can have a significant impact on student interest and learning in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) subjects and careers. Teacher self-efficacy can also significantly affect student le...

    Authors: Todd R. Kelley, J. Geoffery Knowles, Jeffrey D. Holland and Jung Han

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:14

    Content type: Research

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  24. Identification and retention of effective teachers in STEM education play cardinal roles in teacher recruitment exercises worldwide. Studies on factors that characterize effective teachers have therefore gaine...

    Authors: Yusuf F. Zakariya

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:10

    Content type: Research

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  25. Process skills such as critical thinking and information processing are commonly stated outcomes for STEM undergraduate degree programs, but instructors often do not explicitly assess these skills in their cou...

    Authors: Gil Reynders, Juliette Lantz, Suzanne M. Ruder, Courtney L. Stanford and Renée S. Cole

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:9

    Content type: Research

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  26. School education should improve science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) ability not only in science and mathematics but also in technology and engineering. However, practice and research are b...

    Authors: Chikahiko Yata, Tadashi Ohtani and Masataka Isobe

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:12

    Content type: Commentary

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  27. Local and national initiatives to improve the learning experiences of students enrolled in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) courses have been on-going for a couple of decades with a hei...

    Authors: Robert Erdmann, Kathryn Miller and Marilyne Stains

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:7

    Content type: Research

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  28. There is anecdotal evidence that many elementary teachers integrate mathematics lessons and art activities by having students first make colorful, rich material that is subsequently used in an instructional ac...

    Authors: Jennifer A. Kaminski and Vladimir M. Sloutsky

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:6

    Content type: Research

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  29. Increased emphasis on accountability in education reform and evidence-based practices underscores the need for research on the implementation of K-12 curricular innovations. However, detailed accounts of resea...

    Authors: Jessica Gale, Meltem Alemdar, Jeremy Lingle and Sunni Newton

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:5

    Content type: Research

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  30. A faculty development program was implemented over four years at a 4-year regional comprehensive university and two partnering community colleges. This project was focused on improving student learning in intr...

    Authors: Emily Borda, Emily Schumacher, Daniel Hanley, Edward Geary, Shannon Warren, Cassidy Ipsen and Lauren Stredicke

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:4

    Content type: Research

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  31. Teachers’ beliefs play an important role in how teachers think about how students learn, and how content should be organized and taught. Integrated STEM is pushing the boundaries of some of the traditional ass...

    Authors: Hui-Hui Wang, Mingla Charoenmuang, Neil A. Knobloch and Roger L. Tormoehlen

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:3

    Content type: Research

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  32. This commentary focuses on the difference between a theory of change and change theory, as it relates to systemic change projects in STEM higher education. A theory of change is project-specific and related to...

    Authors: Daniel L. Reinholz and Tessa C. Andrews

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:2

    Content type: Commentary

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  33. The success of the learning assistant (LA) model has largely been attributed to LA facilitation of active learning tasks. A deeper understanding of how LAs facilitate these tasks would inform LA training and s...

    Authors: Amreen Nasim Thompson, Robert M. Talbot, Leanne Doughty, Hannah Huvard, Paul Le, Laurel Hartley and Jeffrey Boyer

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:1

    Content type: Research

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  35. Despite the increasing need for STEM skills, to date, the connection between STEM subject choices and their impact on students’ educational pathways has not been widely studied. Focusing on the mathematics cho...

    Authors: Satu Kaleva, Jouni Pursiainen, Mirkka Hakola, Jarmo Rusanen and Hanni Muukkonen

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2019 6:43

    Content type: Research

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  36. With the completion of its first five publication cycle years (August 2014 to July 2019), the International Journal of STEM Education has made great progress with its commitments to pursue excellence in quality a...

    Authors: Yeping Li

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2019 6:42

    Content type: Editorial

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  37. There have been increasing calls for integrating computational thinking and computing into school science, mathematics, and engineering classrooms. The learning goals of the curriculum in this study included l...

    Authors: Eli Tucker-Raymond, Gillian Puttick, Michael Cassidy, Casper Harteveld and Giovanni M. Troiano

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2019 6:41

    Content type: Research

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  38. Informal science activities are critical for supporting long-term learning in STEM fields. However, little is known about the kinds of activities children and their families engage in outside of formal setting...

    Authors: Bradley J. Morris, Whitney Owens, Kirsten Ellenbogen, Sibel Erduran and John Dunlosky

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2019 6:40

    Content type: Research

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  40. Computational modeling is an increasingly common practice for disciplinary experts and therefore necessitates integration into science curricula. Computational models afford an opportunity for students to inve...

    Authors: Joseph T. Dauer, Heather E. Bergan-Roller, Gretchen P. King, McKenzie Kjose, Nicholas J. Galt and Tomáš Helikar

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2019 6:38

    Content type: Research

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  41. State afterschool networks across the US are engaged in system-building efforts to improve the quality of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)-focused afterschool programming. This study examined ...

    Authors: Patricia J. Allen, Rong Chang, Britt K. Gorrall, Luke Waggenspack, Eriko Fukuda, Todd D. Little and Gil G. Noam

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2019 6:37

    Content type: Research

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  42. Many undergraduate students majoring in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields lack experience in collaborative thinking, limiting their effectiveness as they enter careers in academic...

    Authors: Kendra H. Oliver, Jonathan D. Ehrman and Christina C. Marasco

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2019 6:36

    Content type: Research

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  43. As institutions and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) departments emphasize faculty use of evidence-based instructional practices (EBIPs), various barriers and faculty perceptions hinder...

    Authors: Hannah Sturtevant and Lindsay Wheeler

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2019 6:35

    Content type: Research

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  44. Strong consensus exists on the need to expand participation of URM doctoral students in STEM fields, to increase their retention, reduce their average time to degree, and provide these students with the prepar...

    Authors: Rosana G. Moreira, Karen Butler-Purry, Adrienne Carter-Sowell, Shannon Walton, Isah V. Juranek, Linda Challoo, Gloria Regisford, Richard Coffin and Angela Spaulding

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2019 6:34

    Content type: Research

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  45. Increasingly, high dropout rates in science courses at colleges and universities have led to discussions of causes and potential support measures of students. Students’ prior knowledge is repeatedly mentioned ...

    Authors: Torsten Binder, Angela Sandmann, Bernd Sures, Gunnar Friege, Heike Theyssen and Philipp Schmiemann

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2019 6:33

    Content type: Research

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  46. While there has been increasing recognition of the importance of attending to students’ views about what counts as knowing and learning a STEM field, surveys that measure these “epistemological” beliefs are of...

    Authors: Benjamin W. Dreyfus, Jessica R. Hoehn, Andrew Elby, Noah D. Finkelstein and Ayush Gupta

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2019 6:31

    Content type: Research

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  47. Qualitative interviewing is a common tool that has been utilized by science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education researchers to explore and describe the experiences of students, educators...

    Authors: Ashley A. Rowland, Dimitri R. Dounas-Frazer, Laura Ríos, H. J. Lewandowski and Lisa A. Corwin

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2019 6:32

    Content type: Commentary

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  48. This paper reports a systematic literature review of the balance model, an often-used aid to teach linear equations. The purpose of the review was to report why such a model is used, what types of models are used...

    Authors: Mara Otten, Marja Van den Heuvel-Panhuizen and Michiel Veldhuis

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2019 6:30

    Content type: Review

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  49. Nowadays, scientists not only need to be creative, resourceful, and inventive regarding their research questions and need to understand their field and research methods, but also need to know how to teach, how...

    Authors: Tim N. Höffler, Christine Köhler and Ilka Parchmann

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2019 6:29

    Content type: Short report

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  50. Calls for science education reform have been made for decades in the USA. The recent call to produce one million new science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) graduates over 10 years highlights the nee...

    Authors: A. K. Lane, J. Skvoretz, J. P. Ziker, B. A. Couch, B. Earl, J. E. Lewis, J. D. McAlpin, L. B. Prevost, S. E. Shadle and M. Stains

    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2019 6:28

    Content type: Research

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