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Understanding science data literacy: a conceptual framework and assessment tool for college students majoring in STEM

In the era defined by the fourth paradigm of science research, the burgeoning volume of science data poses a formidable challenge. The established data-related requisites within science literacy now fall short...

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Bridging borders: assessing the impact of semester-long study abroad programs on intercultural competence development in undergraduate engineering students

Working and interacting with people from diverse backgrounds have become common in Engineering. Research has indicated that engineering graduates face challenges while working with a diverse workforce. Therefo...

The impact of changing engineering perceptions on women’s attitudes and behavioral intentions towards engineering pursuits

Women are underrepresented in the field of engineering within academic and professional settings. Based upon premises outlined by social role theory and goal congruity theory, a key factor that contributes to ...

Influence of career awareness on STEM career interests: examining the roles of self-efficacy, outcome expectations, and gender

The studies of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) career interests have progressed substantially over the recent years. However, the influence of career awareness on STEM career interests...

When perceived similarity overrides demographic similarity: examining influences on STEM students’ developmental mentor networks

While dyadic faculty–mentored relationship research currently saturates the mentoring literature, recent developments suggest the need for a broader consideration of a student's mentor network. Research taking...

Science teacher identity research: a scoping literature review

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...

Beyond performance, competence, and recognition: forging a science researcher identity in the context of research training

Studying science identity has been useful for understanding students’ continuation in science-related education and career paths. Yet knowledge and theory related to science identity among students on the path...

Prior experiences as students and instructors play a critical role in instructors’ decision to adopt evidence-based instructional practices

There has been a growing interest in characterizing factors influencing teaching decisions of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) instructors in order to address the slow uptake of evidenc...

Promoting STEM learning perseverance through recognizing communal goals: understanding the impact of empathy and citizenship

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...

Correction: Pre-service elementary teachers’ science and engineering teaching self-efficacy and outcome expectancy: exploring the impacts of efficacy source experiences through varying course modalities

The original article was published in International Journal of STEM Education 2024 11 :4

Beyond STEM attrition: changing career plans within STEM fields in college is associated with lower motivation, certainty, and satisfaction about one’s career

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...

Systemic advantage has a meaningful relationship with grade outcomes in students’ early STEM courses at six research universities

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...

Using collaborative autoethnography to investigate mentoring relationships for novice engineering education researchers

The National Science Foundation Research Initiation in Engineering Formation (RIEF) program aims to increase research capacity in the field by providing funding for technical engineering faculty to learn to co...

Students’ perspectives on the ‘STEM belonging’ concept at A-level, undergraduate, and postgraduate levels: an examination of gender and ethnicity in student descriptions

Women and ethnic minorities have historically been underrepresented in some STEM fields. It is therefore important to understand the factors influencing students’ persistence in STEM fields, and what STEM belo...

Strategies and difficulties during students’ construction of data visualizations

Data visualizations transform data into visual representations such as graphs, diagrams, charts and so forth, and enable inquiries and decision-making in many professional fields, as well as in public and econ...

Characteristics of departments with high-use of active learning in introductory STEM courses: implications for departmental transformation

It is well established in the literature that active learning instruction in introductory STEM courses results in many desired student outcomes. Yet, regular use of high-quality active learning is not the norm...

Single-paper meta-analyses of the effects of spaced retrieval practice in nine introductory STEM courses: is the glass half full or half empty?

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...

Effects of a first-year undergraduate engineering design course: survey study of implications for student self-efficacy and professional skills, with focus on gender/sex and race/ethnicity

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...

The effects of educational robotics in STEM education: a multilevel meta-analysis

Educational robotics, as emerging technologies, have been widely applied in the field of STEM education to enhance the instructional and learning quality. Although previous research has highlighted potentials ...

Can training and apprentice programs in STEM increase worker life satisfaction and optimism?

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...

Gender patterns in engineering PhD teaching assistant evaluations corroborate role congruity theory

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...

Pre-service elementary teachers’ science and engineering teaching self-efficacy and outcome expectancy: exploring the impacts of efficacy source experiences through varying course modalities

Teacher efficacy is one of the most influential components for effective instruction, highlighting the importance of providing preservice teachers (PSTs) with opportunities to learn how to teach engineering du...

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The implementation of peer assessment as a scaffold during computer-supported collaborative inquiry learning in secondary STEM education

Computer-supported collaborative inquiry learning (CSCiL) has been proposed as a successful learning method to foster scientific literacy. This research aims to bridge the knowledge gap surrounding the role of...

Persisting in tough times across Hong Kong, mainland China, and the Philippines: grit, achievement goal orientation, and science engagement

Past studies of grit's educational benefits, such as science engagement, showed mixed results across cultures. So, we elaborated the prior model of grit (perseverance of effort, consistency of interest) with adap...

STEM learning opportunities and career aspirations: the interactive effect of students’ self-concept and perceptions of STEM professionals

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...

Nine years of development in establishing the journal as a learning and research hub in STEM education

From August 2014 to July 2023, the International Journal of STEM Education went through nine publication cycle years. In this editorial, I provide a brief summary of the journal’s development up to and including ...

Using intensive longitudinal methods to quantify the sources of variability for situational engagement in science learning environments

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...

STEM education institutional change projects: examining enacted approaches through the lens of the Four Categories of Change Strategies Model

Enacting STEM education reform is a complex task and there are a variety of approaches that might be selected by change agents. When working on an institutional change project to impact multiple parts of the S...

ChatGPT and its ethical implications for STEM research and higher education: a media discourse analysis

With the increasing demand brought on by the beginning of the fourth industrial revolution in the period of post-digital education and bio-digital technology, artificial intelligence (AI) has played a pivotal ...

Motivational climate predicts effort and achievement in a large computer science course: examining differences across sexes, races/ethnicities, and academic majors

The motivational climate within a course has been shown to be an important predictor of students’ engagement and course ratings. Because little is known about how students’ perceptions of the motivational clim...

Exploring the multifaceted roles of mathematics learning in predicting students' computational thinking competency

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 ...

Correction: How are primary school computer science curricular reforms contributing to equity? Impact on student learning, perception of the discipline, and gender gaps

The original article was published in International Journal of STEM Education 2023 10 :60

Authentic STEM education through modelling: an international Delphi study

The literature asserts that science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education needs to be authentic. Although models and modelling provide a basis from which to increase authenticity by bridgi...

Integrating artificial intelligence into science lessons: teachers’ experiences and views

In the midst of digital transformation, schools are transforming their classrooms as they prepare students for a world increasingly automated by new technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI). During...

How are primary school computer science curricular reforms contributing to equity? Impact on student learning, perception of the discipline, and gender gaps

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...

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Gender differences in high school students’ interest in STEM careers: a multi-group comparison based on structural equation model

Females are underrepresented in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields all over the world. To encourage more girls to choose STEM majors and careers, it is critical to increase their i...

Gender gap in STEM pathways: the role of secondary curricula in a highly differentiated school system—the case of Chile

STEM fields are instrumental in increasing the technological and innovative capacity of the economy. As women are underrepresented in the STEM workforce, diverse strategies have been implemented to boost their...

Teamwork dynamics in the context of large-size software development courses

Effectively facilitating teamwork experiences, particularly in the context of large-size courses, is difficult to implement. This study seeks to address the challenges of implementing effective teamwork experi...

The role of media in influencing students’ STEM career interest

Digital media are pervasive in the lives of young people and provide opportunities for them to learn about STEM. Multiple theories argue that the STEM media environment may shape how youth see a STEM career in...

Validity, acceptability, and procedural issues of selection methods for graduate study admissions in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics: a mapping review

This review presents the first comprehensive synthesis of available research on selection methods for STEM graduate study admissions. Ten categories of graduate selection methods emerged. Each category was cri...

Game-based learning in computer science education: a scoping literature review

Using games in education has the potential to increase students’ motivation and engagement in the learning process, gathering long-lasting practical knowledge. Expanding interest in implementing a game-based a...

Possibilities and pitfalls of practitioners in trying to apply change theory as viewed through the lens of Reinholz, White, and Andrews “Change theory in STEM higher education: a systematic review”

The original article was published in International Journal of STEM Education 2021 8 :37

Precision education via timely intervention in K-12 computer programming course to enhance programming skill and affective-domain learning objectives

In the realm of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematic (STEM) education, computer programming stands as a vital discipline, amalgamating cross-disciplinary knowledge and fostering the capacity to sol...

Limited or complete? Teaching and learning conceptions and instructional environments fostered by STEM teaching versus research faculty

An instructor’s conceptions of teaching and learning contribute to the establishment of learning environments that may benefit or hinder student learning. Previous studies have defined the continuum of teachin...

Embracing a culture of talk: STEM teachers’ engagement in small-group discussions about photovoltaics

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 ...

Math anxiety affects career choices during development

Links between math anxiety and the choice of a math-intensive career might change over development and differ by gender. The study included three research populations: primary school ( N  = 87, 48 females, mean age...

Exploring senior engineering students’ engineering identity: the impact of practice-oriented learning experiences

Engineering identity reflects students' acceptance and recognition of engineering, which has a great influence on their willingness to enter and stay in the engineering field. Existing studies have shown that ...

Fostering computational thinking through unplugged activities: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis

Unplugged activities as a low-cost solution to foster computational thinking (CT) skills seem to be a trend in recent years. However, current evidence of the effectiveness of unplugged activities in promoting ...

Pathways of opportunity in STEM: comparative investigation of degree attainment across different demographic groups at a large research institution

We used an opportunity gap framework to analyze the pathways through which students enter into and depart from science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) degrees in an R1 higher education institu...

How well-intentioned white male physicists maintain ignorance of inequity and justify inaction

We present an analysis of interviews with 27 self-identified progressive white-male physics faculty and graduate students discussing race and gender in physics. White cis men dominate most STEM fields and are ...

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The global economy is changing, with jobs disappearing due to automation and others emerging as a result of technological advances and innovations. This new reality is changing the way students need to learn, connect, interact, and interpret the world around them. The skills developed by students through STEM education — from problem solving and creativity, to teamwork and digital literacy — provide them with the foundation to adapt and thrive in this fast changing world. 

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Using social network analysis to investigate mathematical connections in U.S. and Chinese textbook problems

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Crafting a framework: a Delphi method approach to formulating a maker literacy assessment model for primary school students in China

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Driving STEM learning effectiveness: dropout prediction and intervention in MOOCs based on one novel behavioral data analysis approach

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Parent involvement and student academic motivation towards science in 9th grade

Parents’ beliefs and behavior act as both explicit and implicit ways of communicating the value of science and their confidence that their child can be successful in science-related classes. Using the NCES High School Longitudinal Survey (HSLS:09), we examined how parent beliefs and behaviors regarding their 9th grader’s science education predicted the students’ motivation in science. Using multiple regression indicates that the combination of parental education, beliefs, and involvement in science-related activities with their child are weak but significant predictors of students’ academic motivation in science ( adjR 2  = 0.04, F (6, 14,933) = 26.32, P  < 0.001). In particular, parent education and parent involvement have positive and significant effects on students’ science identity and science self-efficacy. These findings suggest that students may have a stronger academic motivation in science with parents who have higher levels of education, more confidence in their ability to help their child in science, and who engage in more science activities with their child.

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Preparing undergraduates for the post-pandemic workplace: Teams of education and engineering students teach engineering virtually

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Subject integration and theme evolution of STEM education in K-12 and higher education research

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Key competencies acquired from STEM education: gender-differentiated parental expectations

Temporal dynamics of faculty hiring in mathematics

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An importance-performance analysis of teachers’ perception of STEM engineering design education

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Analysis of the retention of women in higher education STEM programs

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• American Educational Research Journal
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The United Nations (UN) has launched several initiatives to promote the role of education in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and set Goal 4 for quality education among other SDGs. The integrated Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) approach is a promising educational framework for sustainable development that improves education quality. In this study, a bibliometric analysis was conducted to evaluate the scientific results of the role of integrated STEM education specifically in improving the quality of education (SDG 4). A hundred and fifty publications, with an increasing trend in the number of documents each year, out of the total number of 74,879 documents related to “education quality” and 5,430 documents related to “STEM education” were chosen from the SCOPUS database. The study analyzes the growth and development of research activities in the area of “STEM education” and “Quality education” as reflected in the publications output in the time span of 27 years from 1993 to 2020. The publication and citation trends, the most frequently used keywords, the most influential authors and journals, and the research hotspots were investigated using VoSviewer and Bibliometrix software. Accordingly, the United States happened to be the most productive country in this field owning two-thirds of the number of publications. The “Science Education” journal is ranked at the top of the highly cited journals. The findings show that topics such as “early childhood education”, “computing education”, and “environmental education” are the main hotspots in the research area of STEM and quality of education. The results of this study will help enhance the understanding of integrated STEM education in improving the quality of education and will support future works in this area.

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