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Table 2 Top 10 full-text article accesses in 2022(2021)*

From: Nine years of development in establishing the journal as a learning and research hub in STEM education

Title (publication date)

Author (country/region**)

# of full-text accesses

Multiple-true–false questions reveal more thoroughly the complexity of student thinking than multiple-choice questions: a Bayesian item response model comparison (2019–05-10)

C. E. Brassil et al. (USA)

54,626 (67,178)

Exploring the factors that influence the career decision of STEM students at a university in South Africa (2020–12-01)

E. N. Abe et al. (South Africa)

51,292 (25,410)

Research and trends in STEM education: a systematic review of journal publications (2020–03-10)

Y. Li et al. (USA)

48,666 (39,225)

Students’ reasons for STEM choices and the relationship of mathematics choice to university admission (2019–12-13)

Satu Kaleva et al. (Finland)

42,926 (35,080)

Teachers’ roles and identities in student-centered classrooms (2018–09-14)

L. S. Keiler (USA)

42,105 (45,478)

Developing student 21st Century skills in selected exemplary inclusive STEM high schools (2019–11-25)

S. M. Stehle et al. (USA)

36,910 (32,411)

Mathematics anxiety among STEM and social sciences students: the roles of mathematics self-efficacy, and deep and surface approach to learning (2020–09-07)

D. Rozgonjuk et al. (Germany, Estonia)

31,508

Change theory and theory of change: what’s the difference anyway? (2020–01-17)

D. L. Reinholz et al. (USA)

31,498 (25,089)

Problematizing teaching and learning mathematics as “given” in STEM education (2019–12-19)

Y. Li & A. H. Schoenfeld (USA)

30,984 (31,498)

Growing a growth mindset: characterizing how and why undergraduate students' mindsets change (2020–07-08)

L. B. Limeri et al. (USA)

30,615

  1. * Number of accesses in 2022 used to identify the top 10 most-accessed articles, and its number of accesses in 2021 is provided in parentheses if it was also included in the 2021 list of top 10 most-accessed articles. (Source: Springer)
  2. ** Country/region refers to where the leading author’s research organization or institution was located at the time of publication