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  1. We report the results of an undergraduate course in astrophotography designed to engage non-STEM majors in the natural sciences to train future amateur astronomers and citizen scientists. Over 200,000 students en...

    Authors: Mario A. De Leo–Winkler, Gabriela Canalizo and Gillian Wilson
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2016 3:20
    Content type: SHORT REPORT Published on:

  2. 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 Published on:

  3. Many university students are becoming involved in mentoring programs, yet few studies describe the impact of mentoring on the mentor. Additionally, many studies report that students graduating from college are...

    Authors: Kari Nelson, Jaime Sabel, Cory Forbes, Neal Grandgenett, William Tapprich and Christine Cutucache
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2017 4:3
    Content type: Research Published on:

  5. Prior research reported that motivational beliefs that individuals attach to specific tasks predict continuing interest and persistence in the task. A motivational approach may be particularly useful for under...

    Authors: Gaye D. Ceyhan and John W. Tillotson
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:54
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  7. While laboratory practices have traditionally been conducted in-person, online asynchronous laboratory learning has been growing in popularity due to increased enrollments and the recent pandemic, creating opp...

    Authors: Drew Rosen and Angela M. Kelly
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2023 10:34
    Content type: Research Published on:

  9. Two critical challenges in science education are how to engage students in the practices of science and how to develop and sustain interest. The goal of this study was to examine the extent to which high schoo...

    Authors: Bobby Habig and Preeti Gupta
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2021 8:57
    Content type: Research Published on:

    The Publisher Correction to this article has been published in International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:5

  10. Continuous calls for reform in science education emphasize the need to provide science experiences in lower-division courses to improve the retention of STEM majors and to develop science literacy and STEM ski...

    Authors: X. Ben Wu, Carolyn Sandoval, Stephanie Knight, Xavier Jaime, Maria Macik and Jane F. Schielack
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2021 8:31
    Content type: Research Published on:

  11. Our study shows that engineering practices can serve as a contextual integrator within a STEM unit. The utilization of an EDC also provides the potential for conceptual integration because engineering is grounded...

    Authors: Gillian H. Roehrig, Emily A. Dare, Elizabeth Ring-Whalen and Jeanna R. Wieselmann
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2021 8:2
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  12. As technology moves rapidly forward and our world becomes more interconnected, we are seeing increases in the complexity and challenge associated with scientific problems. More than ever before, scientists wil...

    Authors: Meredith A. Henry, Shayla Shorter, Louise K. Charkoudian, Jennifer M. Heemstra, Benjamin Le and Lisa A. Corwin
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:17
    Content type: Research Published on:

  13. As concern for social justice is growing based on the underachievement of students from minority groups, resurgence of the school ... provides an opportunity to tip the scales by engaging students in authentic, r...

    Authors: Dilafruz R. Williams, Heather Brule, Sybil S. Kelley and Ellen A. Skinner
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2018 5:8
    Content type: Research Published on:

  14. Informal learning environments increase students’ interest in STEM (e.g., Mohr‐Schroeder et al. School Sci Math 114: 291–301, 2014) and increase the chances a student will pursue a STEM career (Kitchen et al. ...

    Authors: Thomas Roberts, Christa Jackson, Margaret J. Mohr-Schroeder, Sarah B. Bush, Cathrine Maiorca, Maureen Cavalcanti, D. Craig Schroeder, Ashley Delaney, Lydia Putnam and Chaise Cremeans
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2018 5:35
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  15. Using games in education has the potential to increase students’ motivation and engagement in the learning process, gathering long-lasting practical knowledge. Expanding interest in implementing a game-based a...

    Authors: Maja Videnovik, Tone Vold, Linda Kiønig, Ana Madevska Bogdanova and Vladimir Trajkovik
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2023 10:54
    Content type: Review Published on:

  17. Contemporary science is a field that is becoming increasingly computational. Today’s scientists not only leverage computational tools to conduct their investigations, they often must contribute to the design o...

    Authors: Timothy Hurt, Eric Greenwald, Sara Allan, Matthew A. Cannady, Ari Krakowski, Lauren Brodsky, Melissa A. Collins, Ryan Montgomery and Rena Dorph
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2023 10:1
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  18. Undergraduate research experiences are becoming essential for pursuing future opportunities in science, but little has been done to identify what factors predict which students get to participate in research a...

    Authors: Katelyn M. Cooper, Jacqueline M. Cala and Sara E. Brownell
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2021 8:6
    Content type: Research Published on:

  19. The shift from science inquiry to science practices as recommended in the US reports A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas and the Next Generation Science Standa...

    Authors: Richard A Duschl and Rodger W Bybee
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2014 1:12
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  20. Depression is one of the top mental health concerns among biology graduate students and has contributed to the “graduate student mental health crisis” declared in 2018. Several prominent science outlets have c...

    Authors: Nicholas J. Wiesenthal, Logan E. Gin and Katelyn M. Cooper
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2023 10:35
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  21. Women and ethnic minorities have historically been underrepresented in some STEM fields. It is therefore important to understand the factors influencing students’ persistence in STEM fields, and what STEM belo...

    Authors: Gulsah Dost
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2024 11:12
    Content type: Research Published on:

  22. Though active-learning instruction has the potential to positively impact the preparation and diversity of STEM graduates, not all instructors are able to achieve this potential. One important factor is the te...

    Authors: Anna Jo J. Auerbach and Tessa C. Andrews
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2018 5:19
    Content type: Research Published on:

  23. In this paper, we investigate the relationship between theory and design in the context of creating digital games to support children's development of scientific expertise.

    Authors: Douglas B Clark, Pratim Sengupta, Corey E Brady, Mario M Martinez-Garza and Stephen S Killingsworth
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2015 2:2
    Content type: Research Published on:

  24. Current reforms in K-12 STEM education call for integration between science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) ... STEM disciplines at the K-12 level offers students an opportunity to experience lea...

    Authors: Emily A. Dare, Joshua A. Ellis and Gillian H. Roehrig
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2018 5:4
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  25. 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 Published on:

  26. Research and policy often focus on reducing attrition from educational trajectories leading to careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), but many students change career plans within STE...

    Authors: Emily Q. Rosenzweig, Xiao-Yin Chen, Yuchen Song, Amy Baldwin, Michael M. Barger, Michael E. Cotterell, Jonathan Dees, Allison S. Injaian, Nandana Weliweriya, Jennifer R. Walker, Craig C. Wiegert and Paula P. Lemons
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2024 11:15
    Content type: Research Published on:

  27. Quectures are flipped lectures with embedded ‘quecture questions’, which employ metacognitive reflection as an active learning intervention. Quecture questions are students’ own questions, identified and const...

    Authors: Heather A. McQueen and Nick Colegrave
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:44
    Content type: Research Published on:

  28. In college science laboratory and discussion sections, student-centered active learning strategies have been implemented to improve student learning outcomes and experiences. Research has shown that active lea...

    Authors: Tong Wan, Constance M. Doty, Ashley A. Geraets, Erin K. H. Saitta and Jacquelyn J. Chini
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2023 10:5
    Content type: Research Published on:

  29. The recommendation from national documents and reports to promote inquiry-related science activities has not been supported by recent studies, which have found the overall frequency of inquiry activities to be...

    Authors: Hsin-Hui Wang, Zuway-R Hong, Hsiao-Ching She, Thomas J. Smith, Jill Fielding and Huann-shyang Lin
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:14
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  30. To inform STEM education for benefiting emerging bilingual (EB) and English fluent (EF) students, the present study evaluated the order effects of integrating science and arts within a large-scale, ongoing eff...

    Authors: Bradley S. Hughes, Michael W. Corrigan, Douglas Grove, Sage B. Andersen and Joseph T. Wong
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:58
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  32. Integrated science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education initiatives are becoming an increasingly popular approach to narrow the opportunity gap among underrepresented minority (i.e., Blac...

    Authors: Danielle R. Thomas and Karen H. Larwin
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2023 10:43
    Content type: Review Published on:

  33. We introduce a conceptual framework of K-12 STEM literacy that rightfully and intentionally positions each and every student, particularly minoritized groups, as belonging in STEM. In order to conceptualize th...

    Authors: Christa Jackson, Margaret J. Mohr-Schroeder, Sarah B. Bush, Cathrine Maiorca, Thomas Roberts, Caitlyn Yost and Abigail Fowler
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2021 8:38
    Content type: Review Published on:

  34. Research in engineering education has pointed to the need for new engineers to develop a broader skill-set with an emphasis on “softer” social skills. ... tensions in the identity work that engineers must engage ...

    Authors: Allison J. Gonsalves, Eva Silfver, Anna Danielsson and Maria Berge
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2019 6:13
    Content type: Research Published on:

  35. Studying science identity has been useful for understanding students’ continuation in science-related education and career paths. Yet knowledge and theory related to science identity among students on the path...

    Authors: Mariel A. Pfeifer, C. J. Zajic, Jared M. Isaacs, Olivia A. Erickson and Erin L. Dolan
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2024 11:19
    Content type: Research Published on:

  36. The past 20 years has seen a growing focus on the integration of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (iSTEM) disciplines in schools to provide students with authentic experiences in solving real-w...

    Authors: Felicity I. McLure, Kok-Sing Tang and P. John Williams
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:73
    Content type: Review Published on:

  37. Much of researchers’ efforts to foster wider implementation of educational innovations in STEM has focused on understanding and facilitating the implementation efforts of faculty. However, student engagement i...

    Authors: David Evenhouse, Yonghee Lee, Edward Berger, Jeffrey F. Rhoads and Jennifer DeBoer
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2023 10:19
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  38. Given the disparities in gender representation, efforts are needed to make engineering education more inclusive and attractive to young people. It is important that those entering engineering education are mak...

    Authors: Jeffrey Buckley, Lena Gumaelius, Mercy Nyangweso, Tomás Hyland, Niall Seery and Arnold Pears
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2023 10:28
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  39. We investigate the factors that shape teachers’ implementation of a school STEM reform—the creation of a high-school makerspace. Educational reformers have increasing interest in making and makerspaces in scho...

    Authors: Brian E. Gravel and Cassidy Puckett
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2023 10:7
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  40. Despite increasing awareness of the importance of promoting the social responsibility of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professionals, few intervention programs have been developed to...

    Authors: Yohan Hwang, Yeonjoo Ko, Sungok Serena Shim, Seung-Yong Ok and Hyunju Lee
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2023 10:11
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  41. Small-group discussions are well established as an effective pedagogical tool to promote student learning in STEM classrooms. However, there are a variety of factors that influence how and to what extent K-12 ...

    Authors: Carla M. Firetto, Emily Starrett and Michelle E. Jordan
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2023 10:50
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  43. Around the world, efforts are underway to include engineering design as part of elementary science instruction. A common rationale for those efforts is that Engineering Design-based Science Teaching (EDST) is ...

    Authors: Jacob Pleasants, Kristina M. Tank and Joanne K. Olson
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2021 8:16
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  45. To increase teachers’ capacity to implement high-quality instructional materials with fidelity in their classrooms through a video-based professional learning cycle, the Analyzing Instruction in Mathematics Us...

    Authors: John Lawson Russell, Joseph DiNapoli and Eileen Murray
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:46
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  46. Seminal reports, based on recommendations by educators, scientists, and in collaboration with students, have called for undergraduate curricula to engage students in some of the same practices as scientists—one o...

    Authors: Rashmi Shivni, Christina Cline, Morgan Newport, Shupei Yuan and Heather E. Bergan-Roller
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2021 8:47
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  47. 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
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  48. Recent research has demonstrated the importance of entrepreneurship education programs (EEPs) in the professional development of engineering students. Numerous universities have adopted various forms of EEPs w...

    Authors: Prateek Shekhar and Aileen Huang-Saad
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2021 8:40
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  49. 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
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  50. Computational approaches in STEM foster creative extrapolations of ideas that extend the bounds of human perception, processing, and sense-making. Inviting teachers to explore computational approaches in STEM ...

    Authors: Brian E. Gravel, Amon Millner, Eli Tucker-Raymond, Maria C. Olivares and Aditi Wagh
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:60
    Content type: Research Published on:
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