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  1. Students’ positive perceptions of scientists or engineers have been reported to be positively related to their science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) career aspirations. However, other resear...

    Authors: Yu Chen, Winnie Wing Mui So, Jinxin Zhu and Stephen Wing Kai Chiu
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2024 11:1
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  2. 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:

  4. Although mathematics anxiety and self-efficacy are relatively well-researched, there are several uninvestigated terrains. In particular, there is little research on how mathematics anxiety and mathematics self...

    Authors: Dmitri Rozgonjuk, Tiina Kraav, Kristel Mikkor, Kerli Orav-Puurand and Karin Täht
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:46
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  5. Local and national initiatives to improve the learning experiences of students enrolled in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) courses have been on-going for a couple of decades with a hei...

    Authors: Robert Erdmann, Kathryn Miller and Marilyne Stains
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:7
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  6. 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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  7. The Science Teaching Efficacy Belief Instrument A (STEBI-A; Riggs & Enochs, 1990 in Science Education, 74(6), 625-637) has been the dominant measurement tool of in-service science teacher self-efficacy and out...

    Authors: Alana Unfried, Arif Rachmatullah, Alonzo Alexander and Eric Wiebe
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:24
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  8. This special issue presents evaluations of four intelligent tutoring systems. These systems were funded under the Office of Naval Research’s STEM Grand Challenge for intelligent tutoring systems. The systems e...

    Authors: Scotty D. Craig, Arthur C. Graesser and Ray S. Perez
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2018 5:11
    Content type: Guest Editorial Published on:

  9. There is overwhelming evidence that evidence-based teaching improves student performance; however, traditional lecture predominates in STEM courses. To provide support as faculty transform ... practices, Consorti...

    Authors: Mallory A. Jackson, Sungmin Moon, Jennifer H. Doherty and Mary Pat Wenderoth
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:22
    Content type: Research Published on:

  10. STEM education providers increasingly use complex intervention models to redress persistent under-representation in STEM sectors. These intervention models require robust evaluation to determine their effectiv...

    Authors: Annie Padwick, Opeyemi Dele-Ajayi, Carol Davenport and Rebecca Strachan
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2023 10:33
    Content type: Research Published on:

  11. Instructional change efforts involving teams of change agents are becoming increasingly prevalent at higher education institutions across the US. Teams may be able to make more lasting and high-quality changes...

    Authors: Alice Olmstead, Andrea Beach and Charles Henderson
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2019 6:20
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  13. These results not only confirm that timely intervention and feedback improve K-12 learners’ programming skills and affective ... implications as to the feasibility of applying precision education in real-world STEM

    Authors: Hsin-Yu Lee, Chia-Ju Lin, Wei-Sheng Wang, Wei-Cyun Chang and Yueh-Min Huang
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2023 10:52
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  14. 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
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  15. Students with disabilities are underrepresented in undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses. Students with disabilities who engage in self-advocacy earn higher GPAs and ar...

    Authors: Mariel A. Pfeifer, Eve Melanie Reiter, McKenna Hendrickson and Julie Dangremond Stanton
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:33
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  16. 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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  17. 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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  19. Developing pre-service educators’ content and pedagogical knowledge is critical for providing high-quality instruction in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. Specifically, ped...

    Authors: Tyler S. Love and Andrew J. Hughes
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:29
    Content type: Research Published on:

  20. 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
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  21. 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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  23. 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
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  24. 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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  25. STEM minority participation programs have been widely implemented in higher education with the goal of diversifying the global STEM workforce. Informed by research highlighting the potential of targeted explor...

    Authors: Yiyun “Kate” Fan, Amanda Barany and Aroutis Foster
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2023 10:22
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  26. Current reforms in K-12 STEM education call for integration between science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Such integration of STEM disciplines at the K-12 level offers students an opportuni...

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

  27. The University of Maine Stormwater Management and Research Team (SMART) program began in 2014 with the goal of creating a diverse science-technology-engineering-math (STEM) pathway with community water researc...

    Authors: Mohamad Musavi, Wilhelm A. Friess, Cary James and Jennifer C. Isherwood
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2018 5:2
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  28. Here, we systematically review research on teaching knowledge in the context of undergraduate STEM education, with particular attention to what this research ... evidence-based teaching. Evidence-based teaching c...

    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:

  29. As institutions and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) departments emphasize faculty use of evidence-based instructional practices (EBIPs), various barriers and faculty perceptions hinder...

    Authors: Hannah Sturtevant and Lindsay Wheeler
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2019 6:35
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  31. Despite the increasing number of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) jobs available, concern continues to grow over the low number of students who choose to study and enter STEM fields. Re...

    Authors: Kelli M. Paul, Adam V. Maltese and Dubravka Svetina Valdivia
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:45
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  32. Despite the increasing need for STEM skills, to date, the connection between STEM subject choices and their impact on students’ educational pathways has not been widely studied. Focusing on the mathematics cho...

    Authors: Satu Kaleva, Jouni Pursiainen, Mirkka Hakola, Jarmo Rusanen and Hanni Muukkonen
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2019 6:43
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  33. 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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  34. 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
    Content type: Review Published on:

  35. STEM education needs to begin in primary schools and should aim to prepare young people for active participation in their future. To produce a generation interested and skilled in STEM, the key foci within sch...

    Authors: Premnadh M. Kurup, Xia Li, Greg Powell and Michael Brown
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2019 6:10
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  36. 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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  37. Drawing on social identity theory and positive psychology, this study investigated women’s responses to the social environment of physics classrooms. It also investigated STEM identity and gender disparities o...

    Authors: Viviane Seyranian, Alex Madva, Nicole Duong, Nina Abramzon, Yoi Tibbetts and Judith M Harackiewicz
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2018 5:40
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  38. 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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  39. Collecting data on instructional practices is an important step in planning and enacting meaningful initiatives to improve undergraduate science instruction. Self-report survey instruments are one of the most ...

    Authors: Cody T. Williams, Emily M. Walter, Charles Henderson and Andrea L. Beach
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2015 2:18
    Content type: Research Published on:

  40. Undergraduate STEM instructors want to help students learn and retain knowledge for their future courses and careers. One promising evidence-based technique that is thought to increase long-term memory is spac...

    Authors: Campbell R. Bego, Keith B. Lyle, Patricia A. S. Ralston, Jason C. Immekus, Raymond J. Chastain, Lora D. Haynes, Lenore K. Hoyt, Rachel M. Pigg, Shira D. Rabin, Matthew W. Scobee and Thomas L. Starr
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2024 11:9
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  41. Promoting and improving STEM education is being driven by economic concerns as ... demand for qualified researchers, technicians, and other STEM professionals. In addition, women remain under-represented in STEM-...

    Authors: Seppe Hermans, Marijn Gijsen, Tine Mombaers and Peter van Petegem
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:67
    Content type: Research Published on:

  42. 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:

  43. Large achievement and motivation gaps exist in science between students from higher and lower socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds. Middle and high school are an important time to address these disparities, ...

    Authors: Allison S. Liu and Christian D. Schunn
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:49
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  44. The lack of racial diversity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines is perhaps one of the most challenging issues in the United States higher education system. The issue is no...

    Authors: Jue Wu, Torrie Cropps, Canek Moises Luna Phillips, Samara Boyle and Yvette E. Pearson
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2023 10:41
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  46. This paper adapts the four-frame model of organizational change to the context of higher education. We offer the model as a tool for researchers and change agents who wish to study and enact systemic change wi...

    Authors: Daniel L. Reinholz and Naneh Apkarian
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2018 5:3
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  47. This research highlights a school-university collaboration to pilot a professional development framework for integrating STEM in K-6 mathematics classrooms in a mid-Atlantic suburban school division. Because m...

    Authors: Courtney K. Baker and Terrie M. Galanti
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2017 4:10
    Content type: Research Published on:

  48. The undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education community has developed a large number of ... by instructors. To help understand how to improve adoption of evidence-based education

    Authors: Raina Khatri, Charles Henderson, Renee Cole, Jeffrey E. Froyd, Debra Friedrichsen and Courtney Stanford
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2017 4:2
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  49. 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
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  50. Mentorship has been well-established in the literature as fostering scientific identity and career pathways for underrepresented minority students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fi...

    Authors: Kaitlyn Atkins, Bryan M. Dougan, Michelle S. Dromgold-Sermen, Hannah Potter, Viji Sathy and A. T. Panter
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:42
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