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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. Early exposure to Computer Science (CS) and Computational Thinking (CT) for all is critical to broaden participation and promote equity in the field. But how does the introduction of CS and CT into primary sch...

    Authors: Laila El-Hamamsy, Barbara Bruno, Catherine Audrin, Morgane Chevalier, Sunny Avry, Jessica Dehler Zufferey and Francesco Mondada
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2023 10:60
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    The Correction to this article has been published in International Journal of STEM Education 2023 10:63

  4. STEM identity has been shown to have a powerful role in an individual’s success in educational environments, as well as on their career goals and trajectories. Historically, however, STEM identity formation fo...

    Authors: Alison Singer, Georgina Montgomery and Shannon Schmoll
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:57
    Content type: Short report Published on:

  5. 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
    Content type: Review Published on:

  6. In the rapidly changing industrial environment and job market, engineering profession requires a vast body of skills, one of them being decision making under uncertainty. Knowing that misunderstanding of proba...

    Authors: Marija Kaplar, Zorana Lužanin and Srđan Verbić
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2021 8:18
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  7. 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:

  9. 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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  10. 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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  11. 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. However, there remains strong tensions in the identity wor...

    Authors: Allison J. Gonsalves, Eva Silfver, Anna Danielsson and Maria Berge
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2019 6:13
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  12. 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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  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. A streamlined version of the modified Attitudes Towards Science Inventory (mATSI), a widely used science measurement instrument, was validated for a more ... to the original study (Weinburgh and Steele in Journal...

    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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  15. 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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  16. Large introductory lecture courses are frequently post-secondary students’ first formal interaction with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. Grade outcomes in these courses ar...

    Authors: Sarah D. Castle, W. Carson Byrd, Benjamin P. Koester, Meaghan I. Pearson, Emily Bonem, Natalia Caporale, Sonja Cwik, Kameryn Denaro, Stefano Fiorini, Yangqiuting Li, Chris Mead, Heather Rypkema, Ryan D. Sweeder, Montserrat B. Valdivia Medinaceli, Kyle M. Whitcomb, Sara E. Brownell…
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2024 11:14
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  17. Students’ academic self-efficacy maximizes likelihood for success and retention, yet prior research suggests that historically underrepresented (minoritized) undergraduate students in higher education and in c...

    Authors: Jessica Sperling, Menna Mburi, Megan Gray, Lorrie Schmid and Ann Saterbak
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2024 11:8
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  18. Race and gender disparities remain a challenge in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. We introduce campus racial climate as a framework for conceptualizing the role of racial mi...

    Authors: Meggan J. Lee, Jasmine D. Collins, Stacy Anne Harwood, Ruby Mendenhall and Margaret Browne Huntt
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:48
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  19. Much of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medical (STEMM) education policy and research centers around developing the upper levels of the STEMM workforce sector. However, there are many positi...

    Authors: Matthew A. Cannady, Debra Moore, Elizabeth Votruba-Drzal, Eric Greenwald, Regie Stites and Christian D. Schunn
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2017 4:22
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  20. 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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  22. Identity provides a useful conceptual lens for understanding educational inequalities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). In this paper, we examine how paying attention to physical and ...

    Authors: Spela Godec, Uma Patel, Louise Archer and Emily Dawson
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:51
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  23. 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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  24. 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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  25. 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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  26. Mentored research apprenticeships are a common feature of academic outreach programs that aim to promote diversity in science fields. The current study tests for links ... the degree to which undergraduates psych...

    Authors: Rachael D Robnett, Paul A Nelson, Eileen L Zurbriggen, Faye J Crosby and Martin M Chemers
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2018 5:41
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  27. 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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  28. 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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  29. 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
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  30. 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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  31. During the middle school years, students frequently show significant declines in motivation toward school in general and mathematics in particular. One way in which researchers have sought to spark students’ i...

    Authors: Jon R Star, Jason A Chen, Megan W Taylor, Kelley Durkin, Chris Dede and Theodore Chao
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2014 1:7
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  32. 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:

  33. 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:

  35. 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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  36. Science teacher identity significantly influences teacher professional development, practices, and attitudes, which in turn impacts student learning outcomes. With an increased number of studies on science tea...

    Authors: Yanfang Zhai, Jennifer Tripp and Xiufeng Liu
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2024 11:20
    Content type: Review Published on:

  37. 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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  38. 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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  39. 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...

    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:

  40. Situational engagement in science is often described as context-sensitive and varying over time due to the impact of situational factors. But this type of engagement is often studied using data that are collec...

    Authors: Joshua M. Rosenberg, Patrick N. Beymer, Vicky Phun and Jennifer A. Schmidt
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2023 10:68
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  41. 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:

  42. 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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  43. Despite the significant relationship between life satisfaction and education, less is known about the connection between life satisfaction and informal learning in the context of training and apprenticeship pr...

    Authors: Yung Chun, Jason Jabbari, Wenrui Huang and Carol Graham
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2024 11:6
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  44. 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
    Content type: Review Published on:

    The Commentary to this article has been published in International Journal of STEM Education 2023 10:53

  45. 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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  46. This systematic review identifies factors that prior studies have identified as supporting the academic success of Latinx transfer students, who matriculate at 2-year institutions with respect to earning a 4-y...

    Authors: Erica R. Winterer, Jeffrey E. Froyd, Maura Borrego, Julie P. Martin and Margaret Foster
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2020 7:34
    Content type: Review Published on:

  48. Research suggests that the South African school curriculum, including subjects such as Life Sciences, may be failing to address students’ socio-scientific challenges such as HIV/AIDS. This could be due to the ...

    Authors: Lindelani Mnguni
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2019 6:25
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  50. Previous research has indicated that placing emphasis on communal goals within the field of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education can yield beneficial learning outcomes. However, t...

    Authors: Ma. Jenina N. Nalipay, Biyun Huang, Morris S. Y. Jong, Ching Sing Chai and Ronnel B. King
    Citation: International Journal of STEM Education 2024 11:17
    Content type: Research Published on:
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