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  1. 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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  2. The body of work regarding gender bias in academia shows that female instructors are often rated lower by students than their male counterparts. Mechanisms are complex and intersectional and often associated w...

    Authors: C. A. Evans, K. Adler, D. Yucalan and L. M. Schneider-Bentley
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2024 11:5
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  3. Many undergraduate students majoring in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields lack experience in collaborative thinking, limiting their effectiveness as they enter careers in academic...

    Authors: Kendra H. Oliver, Jonathan D. Ehrman and Christina C. Marasco
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2019 6:36
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  4. Makers are a growing community of STEM-minded people who bridge technical and non-technical backgrounds to imagine, build and fabricate engineering systems. Some have engineering training, some do not. This pa...

    Authors: Christina Foster, Aubrey Wigner, Micah Lande and Shawn S. Jordan
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2018 5:6
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  5. Retaining highly qualified science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teachers is imperative for meeting demands of the twenty-first century STEM workforce. While multiple studies have revealed s...

    Authors: Joshua W. Reid, Samuel J. Polizzi, Yicong Zhu, Siying Jiang, Brandon Ofem, Sara Salisbury, Michael Beeth, Margaret Mohr-Schroeder, Keith Sheppard, Gillian Roehrig and Gregory T. Rushton
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2023 10:17
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  6. 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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  7. The primary objective of this paper is to provide a review of research on argumentation in science education based on publications from 1998 to 2014 in three science education journals. In recent years, the te...

    Authors: Sibel Erduran, Yasemin Ozdem and Jee-Young Park
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2015 2:5
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  9. 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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  10. 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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  11. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many universities moved to emergency remote teaching (ERT). This allowed institutions to continue their instruction despite not being in person. However, ERT is not without conseq...

    Authors: Cristine Donham, Hillary A. Barron, Jourjina Subih Alkhouri, Maya Changaran Kumarath, Wesley Alejandro, Erik Menke and Petra Kranzfelder
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2022 9:19
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  13. This paper reports on the use of classroom assessment techniques (CATs) by primary school mathematics teachers in China. CATs are short, focused assessment activities that can reveal students’ understanding of...

    Authors: Xiaoyan Zhao, Marja Van den Heuvel-Panhuizen and Michiel Veldhuis
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2016 3:19
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  14. 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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  15. As the number of computer science (CS) jobs become increasingly available in this country and computing skills become essential tools for managing all aspects of our personal lives, CS is quickly becoming an e...

    Authors: Jeanne Century, Kaitlyn A. Ferris and Huifang Zuo
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:20
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  17. Undergraduate research experiences (UREs) have been proposed as means to increase the retention and engagement of minority—and more specifically Hispanic—college students in science, technology, engineering, a...

    Authors: Laura Rodríguez Amaya, Tania Betancourt, Kristina Henry Collins, Orlando Hinojosa and Carlos Corona
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2018 5:9
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  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
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  19. Many studies have shown that ambitious, “student centered” approaches to STEM instruction benefit K-12 student learning. However, relatively little research has systematically investigated the learning process...

    Authors: Marguerite E. Walsh, Eben B. Witherspoon, Christian D. Schunn and Lindsay Clare Matsumura
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2023 10:9
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  21. In recent years, makerspaces have become increasingly common venues of STEM education and are rapidly being incorporated into undergraduate programs. These spaces give students and instructors access to advanc...

    Authors: Madison E. Andrews, Maura Borrego and Audrey Boklage
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2021 8:24
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  22. In contrast to the extensive research on socioeconomic gaps in reading and math achievement, little attention has been given to socioeconomic disparities in science skills, particularly during the early years ...

    Authors: Laura Betancur, Elizabeth Votruba-Drzal and Christian Schunn
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2018 5:38
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  23. 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
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  24. 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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  25. 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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  26. The necessity of a science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) literate population continues to be a high priority worldwide. One approach to build and bolster a STEM-literate workforce is to explore app...

    Authors: Teresa L. Tinnell, Patricia A. S. Ralston, Thomas R. Tretter and Mary E. Mills
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2019 6:26
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  27. 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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  29. Graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) often lead laboratory and tutorial sections in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), especially at large, research-intensive universities. GTAs’ performa...

    Authors: Tong Wan, Ashley A. Geraets, Constance M. Doty, Erin K. H. Saitta and Jacquelyn J. Chini
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:30
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  30. Evidence shows that students who are actively engaged with learning materials demonstrate greater learning gains than those who are passively engaged. Indeed, cognitive engagement is often cited as a critical ...

    Authors: Allyson Barlow, Shane Brown, Benjamin Lutz, Nicole Pitterson, Nathaniel Hunsu and Olusola Adesope
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:22
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  31. 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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  32. Design-based learning and makerspace programs have been shown to be effective in increasing student motivation for STEM learning. Since these programs have largely been implemented for middle school and older ...

    Authors: Vanessa W. Vongkulluksn, Ananya M. Matewos, Gale M. Sinatra and Julie A. Marsh
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2018 5:43
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  33. The successful irruption of AI-based technology in our daily lives has led to a growing educational, social, and political interest in training citizens in AI. Education systems now need to train students at t...

    Authors: Lorena Casal-Otero, Alejandro Catala, Carmen Fernández-Morante, Maria Taboada, Beatriz Cebreiro and Senén Barro
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2023 10:29
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  34. Active learning supports student performance, but can be challenging to implement in large courses. The Learning Assistant (LA) Program is a growing intervention to support students in large active learning cl...

    Authors: Dania Hernandez, Gema Jacomino, Uma Swamy, Krista Donis and Sarah L. Eddy
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2021 8:22
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  36. Mental health for engineering undergraduates is an urgent topic for engineering educators. Narratives of engineering education requiring suffering may create or exacerbate problematic perceptions around stress...

    Authors: Karin J. Jensen, Joseph F. Mirabelli, Andrea J. Kunze, Thomas E. Romanchek and Kelly J. Cross
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2023 10:30
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  37. The shortage of skilled workers choosing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) careers in the USA and worldwide has fueled a movement towards STEAM, in which the “A” addresses the arts and humaniti...

    Authors: Danielle Herro, Cassie Quigley, Jessica Andrews and Girlie Delacruz
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2017 4:26
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  38. Preparing today’s undergraduate students from science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and related health professions to solve wide-sweeping healthcare challenges is critical. Moreover, it is imperati...

    Authors: Patrice M. Ludwig, Jacquelyn K. Nagel and Erica J. Lewis
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2017 4:33
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  40. 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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  41. 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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  42. Calls for science education reform have been made for decades in the USA. The recent call to produce one million new science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) graduates over 10 years highlights the nee...

    Authors: A. K. Lane, J. Skvoretz, J. P. Ziker, B. A. Couch, B. Earl, J. E. Lewis, J. D. McAlpin, L. B. Prevost, S. E. Shadle and M. Stains
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2019 6:28
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  43. 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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  45. 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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  46. There exist shared competencies between computational thinking (CT) and mathematics, and these two domains also mutually benefit from various teaching approaches. However, the linkages between mathematics and ...

    Authors: Silvia Wen-Yu Lee, Hsing-Ying Tu, Guang-Lin Chen and Hung-Ming Lin
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2023 10:64
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  47. 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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  48. 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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  49. Typical approaches to assessing students’ understanding of the engineering design process (EDP) include performance assessments that are time-consuming to score. It is also possible to use multiple-choice (MC)...

    Authors: Stefanie A. Wind, Meltem Alemdar, Jeremy A. Lingle, Roxanne Moore and Abdullah Asilkalkan
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2019 6:4
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  50. 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
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