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  1. This study presents the findings from a systematic review of literature (1990–2020) of mathematics and science transition from primary to secondary education. The purpose of this review was to explore factors ...

    Authors: Tandeep Kaur, Eilish McLoughlin and Paul Grimes
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:13
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  2. Capturing measures of students’ attitudes toward science has long been a focus within the field of science education. The resulting interest has led to the development of many instruments over the years. There...

    Authors: Robert H. Tai, Ji Hoon Ryoo, Angela Skeeles-Worley, Katherine P. Dabney, John T. Almarode and Adam V. Maltese
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:12
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  3. Across the globe, there have been significant reforms to improve STEM education at all levels. A significant part of this has been teacher reform. While the responses and resilience of STEM teachers to educati...

    Authors: Pauline Mary Ross, E. Scanes, P. Poronnik, H. Coates and W. Locke
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:11
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  4. Designed in 2012 with a first implementation in 2013, NE STEM 4U is a professional development program for post-secondary students/undergraduates, and serves as a source of outreach, content knowledge generati...

    Authors: Nikolaus Stevenson, Amie S. Sommers, Neal Grandgenett, William Tapprich, Julia McQuillan, Michelle Phillips, Rachael Jensen and Christine Cutucache
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:10
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  5. 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
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  6. The expectancy-value theory that constitutes the theoretical background of this study on motivation provides a strong framework for cognitive development, as it includes most of the beliefs, values, and goal v...

    Authors: İlbilge Dökme, Arif Açıksöz and Zeynep Koyunlu Ünlü
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:8
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  7. Women are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professions. Even the most promising female students’ interest in STEM subjects often decreases during secondary school. U...

    Authors: Linlin Luo, Heidrun Stoeger and Rena F. Subotnik
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:7
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  10. 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
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  11. 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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  12. 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:

  13. In this paper, we investigate the predictors for enrollment and success in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) programs in higher education. We develop a sequential logit model in which st...

    Authors: Melvin Vooren, Carla Haelermans, Wim Groot and Henriette Maassen van den Brink
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:1
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  14. Is exposing students to role models an effective tool for diversifying science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)? So far, the evidence for this claim is mixed. Here, we set out to identify syste...

    Authors: Jessica R. Gladstone and Andrei Cimpian
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2021 8:59
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  15. The International Journal of STEM Education went through seven publication cycle years from August 2014 to July 2021. The journal’s performance has consistently reflected the rapid development in STEM education r...

    Authors: Yeping Li
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2021 8:58
    Content type: Editorial Published on:

  16. 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
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    The Publisher Correction to this article has been published in International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:5

  17. Innovation in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields in the U.S. is threatened by a lack of diversity. Social identity threat research finds messages in the academic environment devalue women...

    Authors: Sheri L. Clark, Christina Dyar, Elizabeth M. Inman, Nina Maung and Bonita London
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2021 8:56
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  18. The Learning Assistant (LA) model with its subsequent support and training has evidenced significant gains for undergraduate STEM learning and persistence, especially in high-stakes courses like Calculus. Yet,...

    Authors: R. L. Hite, G. Childers, J. Gottlieb, R. Velasco, L. Johnson, G. B. Williams, K. Griffith and J. Dwyer
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2021 8:55
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  19. Unplugged programming is proved to be an effective means to foster the learner-centered programming learning. In addition to the final tests, learners’ programming knowledge, skills, and capacities are primari...

    Authors: Dan Sun, Fan Ouyang, Yan Li and Caifeng Zhu
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2021 8:54
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  21. Motivation is critical for supporting persistence and achievement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. In this study, we focus on the assessment of mathematics motivation am...

    Authors: Logan Fiorella, So Yoon Yoon, Kinnari Atit, Jason R. Power, Grace Panther, Sheryl Sorby, David H. Uttal and Norma Veurink
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2021 8:52
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  22. Teacher emotions are sometimes underplayed in the research field of teaching and teacher education. Also, teachers often undergo transformations in their professional identities during education reforms. Howev...

    Authors: Haozhe Jiang, Ke Wang, Xiaoqin Wang, Xiaohui Lei and Ziyi Huang
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2021 8:51
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  23. A substantial monetary investment supports STEM doctoral students in the United States (U.S.) through a variety of funding mechanisms (e.g., fellowships, research, and teaching assistantships). However, we hav...

    Authors: Dustin Grote, Anita Patrick, Chelsea Lyles, David Knight, Maura Borrego and Abdulrahman Alsharif
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2021 8:50
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  24. The first day of class helps students learn about what to expect from their instructors and courses. Messaging used by instructors, which varies in content and approach on the first day, shapes classroom socia...

    Authors: Clara L. Meaders, Lillian G. Senn, Brian A. Couch, A. Kelly Lane, Marilyne Stains, MacKenzie R. Stetzer, Erin Vinson and Michelle K. Smith
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2021 8:49
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  25. Teaching engineering at a high school level has been a subject of substantial concern during recent curriculum reforms. Many countries are increasingly including engineering-focused subjects in their technolog...

    Authors: Kuang-Chao Yu, Pai-Hsing Wu, Kuen-Yi Lin, Szu-Chun Fan, Sy-Yi Tzeng and Chih-Jung Ku
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2021 8:48
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  26. 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—on...

    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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  27. To address some challenges that the large lecture-focused courses have faced in higher education, the flipped classroom model was implemented in mechanical engineering. The purpose of the study was to investig...

    Authors: Hyun Jin Cho, Kejie Zhao, Cho Rong Lee, Debra Runshe and Chuck Krousgrill
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2021 8:46
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  28. 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
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  29. Investigations into drivers and barriers to the uptake of learner-centered instructional practices in STEM courses have identified the climate within a department as a potential influential factor. However, fe...

    Authors: Lu Shi and Marilyne Stains
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2021 8:44
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  30. The ability to navigate obstacles and embrace iteration following failure is a hallmark of a scientific disposition and is hypothesized to increase students’ persistence in science, technology, engineering, an...

    Authors: Meredith A. Henry, Shayla Shorter, Louise K. Charkoudian, Jennifer M. Heemstra, Benjamin Le and Lisa A. Corwin
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2021 8:43
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  32. Emerging methodologies that apply and integrate science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) in education have appeared in recent years as a pedagogical alternative providing more holistic and attra...

    Authors: José-Antonio Marín-Marín, Antonio-José Moreno-Guerrero, Pablo Dúo-Terrón and Jesús López-Belmonte
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2021 8:41
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  33. 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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  34. The Common Core Standards for Mathematics and Next Generation Science Standards were adopted by states with the goal of preparing students with knowledge and skills needed for college, careers, and citizenry. ...

    Authors: Amy Cassata and Elaine Allensworth
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2021 8:39
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    The Correction to this article has been published in International Journal of STEM Education 2023 10:14

  35. 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
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  36. This article systematically reviews how change theory has been used in STEM higher educational change between 1995 and 2019. Researchers are increasingly turning to theory to inform the design, implementation,...

    Authors: Daniel L. Reinholz, Isabel White and Tessa Andrews
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2021 8:37
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    The Commentary to this article has been published in International Journal of STEM Education 2023 10:53

  37. Nurturing students’ interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers is a major goal of STEM education. Although the relationship between students’ stereotypical beliefs regarding S...

    Authors: Tian Luo, Winnie Wing Mui So, Zhi Hong Wan and Wai Chin Li
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2021 8:36
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  38. 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
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  40. 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
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  41. Active learning pedagogy has recently received a great deal of attention, and many universities have attempted to create student-centered learning environments to improve students’ academic success. The purpos...

    Authors: Hyun Jin Cho, Michael R. Melloch and Chantal Levesque-Bristol
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2021 8:32
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  42. 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
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  43. Teacher communities of practice, identity, and self-efficacy have been proposed to influence positive teacher outcomes in retention, suggesting all three may be related constructs. Qualitative studies of commu...

    Authors: Samuel J. Polizzi, Yicong Zhu, Joshua W. Reid, Brandon Ofem, Sara Salisbury, Michael Beeth, Gillian Roehrig, Margaret Mohr-Schroeder, Keith Sheppard and Gregory T. Rushton
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2021 8:30
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  44. This paper explores the epistemologies and discourse of undergraduate students at the transdisciplinary intersection of engineering and the arts. Our research questions focus on the kinds of knowledge that stu...

    Authors: Joshua Cruz, Noa Bruhis, Nadia Kellam and Suren Jayasuriya
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2021 8:29
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  45. 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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  46. Despite the diverse student population in the USA, the labor force in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) does not reflect this reality. While restrictive messages about who belongs in STE...

    Authors: Ursula Nguyen and Catherine Riegle-Crumb
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2021 8:28
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  47. The excessive use of Internet-based technologies has received a considerable attention over the past years. Despite this, there is relatively little research on how general Internet usage patterns at and outsi...

    Authors: Dmitri Rozgonjuk, Karin Täht and Kristjan Vassil
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2021 8:27
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  48. Many students solving quantitative problems in science struggle to apply mathematical instruction they have received to novel problems. The few students who succeed often draw on both their mathematical unders...

    Authors: Fang Fang Zhao, Linh Chau and Anita Schuchardt
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2021 8:26
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  49. While there have been numerous calls to increase the participation of people with disabilities in STEM, many postsecondary institutions are not equipped to support students with disabilities. We examined the a...

    Authors: Erin Scanlon, Zachary W. Taylor, John Raible, Jacob Bates and Jacquelyn J. Chini
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2021 8:25
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  50. Team-based instructional change is a promising model for improving undergraduate STEM instruction. Teams are more likely to produce sustainable, innovative, and high-quality outcomes than individuals working a...

    Authors: Diana Sachmpazidi, Alice Olmstead, Amreen Nasim Thompson, Charles Henderson and Andrea Beach
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2021 8:15
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