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  1. The global urgency to improve STEM education may be driven by environmental and social impacts of the twenty-first century which in turn jeopardizes global security and economic stability. The complexity of th...

    Authors: Todd R. Kelley and J. Geoff Knowles
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2016 3:11
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  2. The goal of this research was to determine students’ perceived self-efficacy in science classes through involving students in expanding disciplinary core idea (DCI) and interdisciplinary core idea (ICI) maps, ...

    Authors: Helen Semilarski, Regina Soobard, Jack Holbrook and Miia Rannikmäe
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:57
    Content type: Research Published on:

  3. Combining effect estimates from five separate datasets of students from inclusive STEM high schools and matched ... from administrative records and survey data for 9719 students in 94 high schools to obtain estim...

    Authors: Barbara Means, Haiwen Wang, Xin Wei, Viki Young and Emi Iwatani
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2021 8:4
    Content type: Research Published on:

  4. This study examined how developing an engineering identity through the interplay between interest, recognition, and performance/competence beliefs and establishing a sense of belonging supported women’s persis...

    Authors: Dina Verdín
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2021 8:33
    Content type: Research Published on:

  7. 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 Published on:

  8. Engagement with particle-level simulations can help students visualize the motion and interactions of gas particles, thus helping them develop a more scientifically accurate mental model. Such engagement outsi...

    Authors: Brianna L. Martinez, Ryan D. Sweeder, Jessica R. VandenPlas and Deborah G. Herrington
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2021 8:5
    Content type: Research Published on:

  9. While many research-based instructional strategies in STEM have been developed, faculty need support in implementing and sustaining use of these strategies. A number of STEM faculty professional development pr...

    Authors: Alexandra C. Lau, Makenna Martin, Adriana Corrales, Chandra Turpen, Fred Goldberg and Edward Price
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2021 8:45
    Content type: Research Published on:

  10. The Moodle Learning Management System (LMS) is widely used in online teaching and learning, especially in STEM education. However, educational research on using Moodle is scattered throughout the literature. T...

    Authors: Sithara H. P. W. Gamage, Jennifer R. Ayres and Monica B. Behrend
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:9
    Content type: Review Published on:

  11. Studies comparing the effect of dynamic and static visualization suggest a predominantly positive effect of dynamic visualization. However, the results of individual comparisons are highly heterogeneous. In th...

    Authors: Milada Teplá, Pavel Teplý and Petr Šmejkal
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:65
    Content type: Research Published on:

  12. The purpose of this study was to conduct a content analysis of research on technology use for teaching mathematics to students with disabilities. We applied word networks and structural topic modeling of 488 s...

    Authors: Mikyung Shin, Min Wook Ok, Sam Choo, Gahangir Hossain, Diane P. Bryant and Eunyoung Kang
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2023 10:23
    Content type: Review Published on:

  14. In this cross-national study, Spanish, Finnish, and Swedish middle and high school students’ procedural flexibility was examined, with the specific intent of determining whether and how students’ equation-solv...

    Authors: Jon R. Star, Dimitri Tuomela, Nuria Joglar-Prieto, Peter Hästö, Riikka Palkki, Miguel Á. Abánades, Johanna Pejlare, R. H. Jiang, Lijia Li and Ru-De Liu
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:4
    Content type: Research Published on:

  15. Professional schools, such as schools of pharmacy, are rarely involved with promoting STEM interests among secondary school students. To address this shortcoming, the Young Innovators Program (YIP) was create...

    Authors: Adam D. Friedman, Carlos R. Melendez, Antonio A. Bush, Samuel K. Lai and Jacqueline E. McLaughlin
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2017 4:17
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  16. Professional development offerings assist K–12 educators in addressing new and evolving classroom dynamics, circumstances, and situations. With the emerging demands of an increasingly science, technology, engi...

    Authors: S. Li, J. V. Ernst and T. O. Williams
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2015 2:20
    Content type: Research Published on:

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  17. Abundant research conducted in many countries has underlined the critical role of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) in developing human capital in fields important to a nation’s global c...

    Authors: Fatma Kayan-Fadlelmula, Abdellatif Sellami, Nada Abdelkader and Salman Umer
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:2
    Content type: Review Published on:

  18. Students’ attitudinal beliefs related to how they see themselves in STEM have been a focal point of recent research, given their well-documented links to retention and persistence. These beliefs are most often...

    Authors: Madison E. Andrews, Anita D. Patrick and Maura Borrego
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2021 8:13
    Content type: Research Published on:

  19. Successful outcomes of the Learning Assistant (LA) model include increased learning outcomes in STEM gateway courses and increased persistence to graduation among LAs and the students they serve. While there a...

    Authors: Laken M. Top, Sarah A. Schoonraad and Valerie K. Otero
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2018 5:1
    Content type: Research Published on:

  20. Research illustrates that student motivations influence learning engagement, persistence, and achievement in powerful ways and that positive motivations are linked to deeper learning, critical thinking, pro-so...

    Authors: Jonathan D. Stolk, Michael D. Gross and Yevgeniya V. Zastavker
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2021 8:35
    Content type: Research Published on:

  21. Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) jobs are expected to make up a significant portion of the U.S. workforce. Unfortunately, the trend in retaining students in STEM majors has been going down. If...

    Authors: Joseph Appianing and Richard N. Van Eck
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2018 5:24
    Content type: Research Published on:

  22. Numerous studies show that active and engaging classrooms help students learn and persist in college, but adoption of new teaching practices has been slow. Professional development programs encourage instructo...

    Authors: Timothy J. Weston, Sandra L. Laursen and Charles N. Hayward
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2023 10:24
    Content type: Research Published on:

  23. This research differentiates six models of specialization, characterized as within-grade team teaching, across-grade team teaching, and science as a special. Comparisons of data from math and science teachers engaged

    Authors: Kimberly A. Markworth, Joseph Brobst, Chris Ohana and Ruth Parker
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2016 3:16
    Content type: Research Published on:

  24. Due to the rising demands for a Canadian workforce with science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)-related education, there is a need to increase youth engagement in STEM education and programming. Rese...

    Authors: Eugenia Duodu, Jessica Noble, Yusuf Yusuf, Camilo Garay and Corliss Bean
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2017 4:20
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  25. Even though student-centered instruction leads to positive student outcomes, direct instruction methods are still prevalent. Multiple barriers prevent faculty from further adopting evidence-based student-cente...

    Authors: Sreyasi Biswas, Rocio Benabentos, Eric Brewe, Geoff Potvin, Julian Edward, Marcy Kravec and Laird Kramer
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:36
    Content type: Research Published on:

  26. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) influence almost every aspect of our daily lives. However, despite the high demand for STEM occupational talent, the STEM pipeline continues leaking, wi...

    Authors: Mary Elizabeth Lockhart, Oi-Man Kwok, Myeongsun Yoon and Raymond Wong
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:34
    Content type: Research Published on:

  27. Calculus is a foundational course for STEM-intending students yet has been shown to dissuade students from pursuing STEM degrees. In this report, we examine factors related to students and instructors reportin...

    Authors: Jessica Ellis Hagman, Estrella Johnson and Bailey K. Fosdick
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2017 4:12
    Content type: Research Published on:

  28. Digital educational games exhibit substantial promise in advancing STEM education. Nevertheless, the empirical evidence on both the efficacy of digital game-based learning and its designs in STEM education is ...

    Authors: Yang Gui, Zhihui Cai, Yajiao Yang, Lingyuan Kong, Xitao Fan and Robert H. Tai
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2023 10:36
    Content type: Research Published on:

  29. Fostering students’ competence in applying interdisciplinary knowledge to solve problems has been recognized as an important and challenging issue globally. This is why STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, ...

    Authors: Darmawansah Darmawansah, Gwo-Jen Hwang, Mei-Rong Alice Chen and Jia-Cing Liang
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2023 10:12
    Content type: Review Published on:

  30. Science teacher identity significantly influences teacher professional development, practices, and attitudes, which in turn impacts student learning outcomes. With an increased number of studies on science tea...

    Authors: Yanfang Zhai, Jennifer Tripp and Xiufeng Liu
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2024 11:20
    Content type: Review Published on:

  31. This paper compares the effects of two classroom-based technology-enhanced teaching interventions, conducted in two schools in sixth (age 11–12) grade. In one school, the intervention involves the use of a cla...

    Authors: Oi-Lam Ng, Lian Shi and Fridolin Ting
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:50
    Content type: Research Published on:

  32. Enacting STEM education reform is a complex task and there are a variety of approaches that might be selected by change agents. When working on an institutional change project to impact multiple parts of the S...

    Authors: S. Feola, J. E. Lewis, J. D. McAlpin, L. B. Prevost, J. Skvoretz, M. Stains, B. A. Couch, B. Earl, J. P. Ziker, A. K. Lane and S. E. Shadle
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2023 10:67
    Content type: Research Published on:

  33. With the expansion of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) schools all over the United States and the world, new roles for teachers are being created, and with these roles, identities are e...

    Authors: Mohamed El Nagdi, Felicia Leammukda and Gillian Roehrig
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2018 5:36
    Content type: Research Published on:

  36. In this study, the classroom discourse analysis tool (CDAT) was developed to help science teachers and educators identify the patterns of their classroom discourse with the lens of scientific reasoning. The CDAT ...

    Authors: Soon C. Lee and Karen E. Irving
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2018 5:5
    Content type: Research Published on:

  37. 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 Published on:

  38. 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 Published on:

  39. 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 Published on:

  40. The growing necessity of providing better education, notably through the development of Adaptive Learning Systems (ALSs), leveraged the study of several psychological constructs to accurately characterize lear...

    Authors: Samuel Gomes, Luis Costa, Carlos Martinho, João Dias, Geraldo Xexéo and Ana Moura Santos
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2023 10:21
    Content type: Research Published on:

  41. Females are underrepresented in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields all over the world. To encourage more girls to choose STEM majors and careers, it is critical to increase their i...

    Authors: Ning Wang, Aik-Ling Tan, Xiaohong Zhou, Ke Liu, Feng Zeng and Jiong Xiang
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2023 10:59
    Content type: Research Published on:

  42. 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 Published on:

  43. Given the growing interest in, and relevance of, integrated approaches to STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education, there is an urgent desire to understand the challenges and obstacle...

    Authors: David J. Shernoff, Suparna Sinha, Denise M. Bressler and Lynda Ginsburg
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2017 4:13
    Content type: Research Published on:

  44. The process of problem solving is difficult for students; thus, mathematics educators have made multiple attempts to seek ways of making this process more accessible to learners. The purpose of this study was ...

    Authors: Andrzej Sokolowski, Yeping Li and Victor Willson
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2015 2:8
    Content type: Research Published on:

  45. Productive learning processes and good learning outcomes can be attained by applying the basic elements of active learning. The basic elements include fostering discussions and disputations, facing alternative...

    Authors: Pekka Koskinen, Joni Lämsä, Jussi Maunuksela, Raija Hämäläinen and Jouni Viiri
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2018 5:20
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  47. Computer-supported collaborative inquiry learning (CSCiL) has been proposed as a successful learning method to foster scientific literacy. This research aims to bridge the knowledge gap surrounding the role of...

    Authors: Amber Van Hoe, Joel Wiebe, Tijs Rotsaert and Tammy Schellens
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2024 11:3
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  48. Research on teaching and learning for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subjects has increased, and has demonstrated the importance of integrating interdisciplinary knowledge and skills....

    Authors: Chih-Jung Ku, Ying-Shao Hsu, Mei-Chen Chang and Kuen-Yi Lin
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:3
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  49. The Nebraska Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics 4U ( ... in 2013. NE STEM 4U is a student-run, faculty-led program facilitating problem-based learning (PBL) sessions in science, technology, enginee...

    Authors: Christine E. Cutucache, Jamie L. Luhr, Kari L. Nelson, Neal F. Grandgenett and William E. Tapprich
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2016 3:6
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  50. Working effectively in a collaborative team is not only an outcome required by ABET but also one that scholars and practitioners recognize as necessary for being a successful professional engineer. Technology-...

    Authors: Rose M. Marra, Linsey Steege, Chia-Lin Tsai and Nai-En Tang
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2016 3:17
    Content type: Research Published on:
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