Table 2 Frequencies of research topic distribution over the 8-year period
From: Authorship and topic trends in STEM education research
Research Topic | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017 | 2018* | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(1)Â K-12 teacher and teaching | 23 | 43 | 42 | 3 | 4 | 82 | 3 | 93 | 373 |
(2)Â Post-sec teacher and teaching | 1 | 1 | 2 | 62 | 3 | 73 | 4 | 5 | 29 |
(3)Â K-12 learner and learning | 41 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 63 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 28 |
(4)Â Post-sec learner and learning | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 82 | 73 | 122 | 122 | 442 |
(5)Â Policy, curri., and assessment | 41 | 91 | 101 | 161 | 251 | 131 | 161 | 181 | 1111 |
(6)Â Culture, social, and gender | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 63 | 6 | 122 | 8 | 36 |
(7)Â History, perspectives of STEM | 1 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 19 |
Total | 13 | 20 | 20 | 34 | 55 | 44 | 59 | 59 | 304 |