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  1. Although advising relationships are key for doctoral student success, little research has addressed how they form. Understanding the formation of advising relationships can help contextualize their later devel...

    Authors: Mayra S. Artiles, David B. Knight and Holly M. Matusovich
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2023 10:6
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  2. 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
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  3. Increasing diversity in STEM disciplines has been a goal at scientific institutions for many decades. Black representation in STEM, however, has remained critically low at all levels (high school, undergraduat...

    Authors: Jarrad Hampton-Marcell, Tasia Bryson, Jeffrey Larson, Taylor Childers, Spencer Pasero, Cortez Watkins, Thomas Reed, Dorletta Flucas-Payton and Michael E. Papka
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2023 10:4
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  4. There has been substantial research undertaken on the integration of computational thinking (CT) in K-12 mathematics education in recent years, particularly since 2018 when relevant systematic reviews were con...

    Authors: Huiyan Ye, Biyao Liang, Oi-Lam Ng and Ching Sing Chai
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2023 10:3
    Content type: Review Published on:

  5. Colleges across the United States have shown a commitment to advancing diversity in the STEM fields by creating programs aimed at improving outcomes of women and/or racially and ethnically minoritized students...

    Authors: Olivia Palid, Sarah Cashdollar, Sarah Deangelo, Chu Chu and Meg Bates
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2023 10:2
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  6. 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:

  7. 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:

  8. The formation of an academic field is evidenced by many factors, including the growth of relevant research articles and the increasing impact of highly cited publications. Building upon recent scoping reviews ...

    Authors: Yeping Li, Yu Xiao, Ke Wang, Nan Zhang, Yali Pang, Ruilin Wang, Chunxia Qi, Zhiqiang Yuan, Jianxing Xu, Sandra B. Nite and Jon R. Star
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:72
    Content type: Editorial Published on:

  9. Authors: Yeping Li, Jorja L. Kimball, Ronald Ulseth, Rebecca A. Bates, Maura Borrego, Sandra B. Nite, Julie P. Martin, Charles R. Henderson, Renée S. Cole, Suzanne M. Ruder, Juliette Lantz, Rachel L. Kajfez, Emily Dringenberg, David A. Delaine and Cara Froyd
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:71
    Content type: Editorial Published on:

  10. Students from historically excluded groups face many pedagogical, societal, and institutional barriers that lead to disproportionately lower levels of entering and higher levels of attrition from Science, Tech...

    Authors: Christine M. Ambrosino and Malia Ana J. Rivera
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:70
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  12. Numerous efforts worldwide have been made to increase diversity in engineering and computer science (ECS), fields that pay well and promote upward mobility. However, in the United States (U.S.), females and st...

    Authors: Lin Tan, Isabel S. Bradburn, David B. Knight, Timothy Kinoshita and Jacob Grohs
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:68
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  13. Promoting and improving STEM education is being driven by economic concerns as modern economies have a rising demand for qualified researchers, technicians, and other STEM professionals. In addition, women rem...

    Authors: Seppe Hermans, Marijn Gijsen, Tine Mombaers and Peter van Petegem
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:67
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  14. Here, we systematically review research on teaching knowledge in the context of undergraduate STEM education, with particular attention to what this research reveals about knowledge that is important for evide...

    Authors: Tessa C. Andrews, Natasha M. Speer and Ginger V. Shultz
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:66
    Content type: Review Published on:

  15. 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
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  16. The Noyce Scholarship Program was created to attract and retain science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teachers in high-need schools. Teacher support networks, and specifically mentorship sup...

    Authors: Meltem Alemdar, Christopher J. Cappelli, Jessica Gale and Katherine L. Boice
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:64
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  18. In this study, we reviewed publications in the International Journal of STEM Education from 2014 to 2021 to gain a glimpse of STEM education research trends in terms of authorship and topics. We analyzed publicat...

    Authors: Yeping Li and Yu Xiao
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:62
    Content type: Editorial Published on:

  19. There is a critical need for evidence-based metacognition instruction models with an ease of implementation. Three issues involved in advancing the implementation and assessment of metacognitive interventions ...

    Authors: Sonja Gamby and Christopher F. Bauer
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:61
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  20. 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
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  22. 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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  23. 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
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  24. Faculty Learning Communities (FLCs) and Faculty Online Learning Communities (FOLCs) are ways to support STEM faculty implementing research-based curricula. In these communities, faculty facilitators take on th...

    Authors: Makenna M. Martin, Fred Goldberg, Michael McKean, Edward Price and Chandra Turpen
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:56
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  25. Supplemental instruction (SI) is a well-established mode of direct academic support, used in a wide variety of courses. Some reports have indicated that SI and similar peer-led academic support models particul...

    Authors: Chantelle Anfuso, Judy Awong-Taylor, Jamye Curry Savage, Cynthia Johnson, Tirza Leader, Katherine Pinzon, Benjamin Shepler and Cindy Achat-Mendes
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:55
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  26. Teaching-focused faculty positions have grown in popularity in higher education and provide novel opportunities to transform undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. Th...

    Authors: Ashley N. Harlow, Natascha T. Buswell, Stanley M. Lo and Brian K. Sato
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:54
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  27. Change strategies may leverage interpersonal relationships and conversations to spread teaching innovations among science faculty. Knowledge sharing refers to the process by which individuals transfer informat...

    Authors: A. Kelly Lane, Brittnee Earl, Stephanie Feola, Jennifer E. Lewis, Jacob D. McAlpin, Karl Mertens, Susan E. Shadle, John Skvoretz, John P. Ziker, Marilyne Stains, Brian A. Couch and Luanna B. Prevost
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:53
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  28. Although pollinators play an integral role in human well-being, their continued global decline reflects the need to provide and evaluate general pollinator knowledge to promote their conservation. Enhancing le...

    Authors: P. Citlally Jimenez, Doug Golick, Brian A. Couch and Jenny M. Dauer
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:52
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  29. The analogy of the leaky pipeline has been used to describe STEM education, with lower student diversity from compulsory to post-compulsory education and beyond. Although extensive research has explored the vi...

    Authors: Billy Wong, Yuan-Li Tiffany Chiu, Órla Meadhbh Murray and Jo Horsburgh
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:51
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  31. The University of California system has a novel tenure-track education-focused faculty position called Lecturer with Security of Employment (working titles: Teaching Professor or Professor of Teaching). We foc...

    Authors: Kameryn Denaro, Petra Kranzfelder, Melinda T. Owens, Brian Sato, Austin L. Zuckerman, Rebecca A. Hardesty, Adriana Signorini, Andrea Aebersold, Mayank Verma and Stanley M. Lo
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:49
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  32. Many institutional and departmentally focused change efforts have sought to improve teaching in STEM through the promotion of evidence-based instructional practices (EBIPs). Even with these efforts, EBIPs have...

    Authors: Jacob D. McAlpin, John P. Ziker, John Skvoretz, Brian A. Couch, Brittnee Earl, Stephanie Feola, A. Kelly Lane, Karl Mertens, Luanna B. Prevost, Susan E. Shadle, Marilyne Stains and Jennifer E. Lewis
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:48
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  33. In many countries and regions, such as the United States, Europe and China, a trend has emerged in which students’ enthusiasm for STEM is declining. This decline may be related to students’ lack of science sel...

    Authors: Xinyang Hu, Yanxia Jiang and Hualin Bi
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:47
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  34. 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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  35. Instructor scaffolding is proved to be an effective means to improve collaborative learning quality, but empirical research indicates discrepancies about the effect of instructor scaffoldings on collaborative ...

    Authors: Fan Ouyang, Xinyu Dai and Si Chen
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:45
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  36. 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
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  37. As K-12 STEM education moves toward the integrated application of mathematics and science concepts in collaborative and complex real-world problem solving, there is a commensurate need to redefine what it mean...

    Authors: Terrie M. Galanti and Nancy Holincheck
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:43
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  38. Previous literature has examined the relationship between high school students’ postsecondary STEM major choices and their prior interest and perceived ability in mathematics. Yet, we have limited understandin...

    Authors: Teng Zhao and Lara Perez-Felkner
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:42
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  39. Applied Calculus courses serve hundreds of thousands of undergraduates as quantitative preparation and gatekeepers across diverse fields of study. The current study investigated how motivational factors are as...

    Authors: Cong Wang, Hyun Jin Cho, Benjamin Wiles, Jennifer D. Moss, Emily M. Bonem, Qian Li, Yaheng Lu and Chantal Levesque-Bristol
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:41
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  40. Science identity is widely regarded as a key predictor of students’ persistence in STEM fields, while the brain drain in STEM fields is an urgent issue for countries to address. Based on previous studies, it i...

    Authors: Xipei Guo, Xuemin Hao, Wenbo Deng, Xin Ji, Shuoqi Xiang and Weiping Hu
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:40
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  41. There is inconclusive evidence on the ability of scientific research in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education to scale-up from one context to another and ultimately become institut...

    Authors: Norma López, Demetri L. Morgan, Quortne R. Hutchings and Kendrick Davis
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:39
    Content type: Review Published on:

  42. Implementing research-based teaching practices has been repeatedly cited as an important factor for student success in university mathematics courses. Many research-based practices increase the amount of stu...

    Authors: Kristen Vroom, Jessica Gehrtz, Naneh Apkarian, Tenchita Alzaga Elizondo, Brittney Ellis and Jessica Hagman
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:38
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  43. The underrepresentation of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields is well documented in developed countries, and yet public discussion of gender disparities in STEM in China i...

    Authors: Randolph C. H. Chan
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:37
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  44. 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
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  45. This study proposes a learning cycle and a comprehensive research framework that integrates Bloom’s taxonomy: the cognitive domain (cognitive load), affective domain (attitude and motivation) and psychomotor d...

    Authors: Chih-Hung Wu, Chih-Hsing Liu and Yueh-Min Huang
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:35
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  46. 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
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  47. Functional thinking is characterized as a specific way of thinking in relationships, dependencies, and changes. Hence, beyond mathematics, it is also crucial for other (STEM) disciplines as well as for everyda...

    Authors: Ute Sproesser, Markus Vogel, Tobias Dörfler and Andreas Eichler
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:33
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  48. The growing understanding of the oppressive inequities that exist in postsecondary education has led to an increasing need for culturally relevant pedagogy. Researchers have found evidence that beliefs about t...

    Authors: Mollee Shultz, Jayson Nissen, Eleanor Close and Ben Van Dusen
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:32
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  50. Billions of dollars are spent annually on grant-funded STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education programs. These programs help students stay on track toward STEM careers when standard ...

    Authors: Robert J. Ruhf, Cody T. Williams, Megan Zelinsky and Lyssa Wilson Becho
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:30
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