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#	Title	Journal	Year	Citations
1	Supporting and Promoting Argumentation Discourse in Science Education	Studies in Science Education	2002	770
2	Pupils and Paradigms: a Review of Literature Related to Concept Development in Adolescent Science Students	Studies in Science Education	1978	741
3	Science Education: Border Crossing into the Subculture of Science	Studies in Science Education	1996	710
4	A Constructivist Approach to Curriculum Development in Science	Studies in Science Education	1986	543
5	Concepts, Misconceptions and Alternative Conceptions: Changing Perspectives in Science Education	Studies in Science Education	1983	429
6	Situated learning in science education: socio‐scientific issues as contexts for practice	Studies in Science Education	2009	421
7	Interest, motivation and attitude towards science and technology at K-12 levels: a systematic review of 12 years of educational research	Studies in Science Education	2014	419
8	Theories-in-Action: Some Theoretical and Empirical Issues in the Study of Students' Conceptual Frameworks in Science	Studies in Science Education	1983	409
9	Students' questions: a potential resource for teaching and learning science	Studies in Science Education	2008	400
10	Pedagogical content knowledge in science education: perspectives and potential for progress	Studies in Science Education	2009	367
11	Attitudes to Science : A Review	Studies in Science Education	1975	347
12	The meaning of ‘relevance’ in science education and its implications for the science curriculum	Studies in Science Education	2013	303
13	Learning progressions and teaching sequences: a review and analysis	Studies in Science Education	2011	289
14	Re-thinking Old Ways: Towards A More Critical Approach To Practical Work In School Science	Studies in Science Education	1993	279
15	Bridging the Gap Between Formal and Informal Science Learning	Studies in Science Education	1996	278
16	Pupils' Conceptions of Matter and its Transformations (age 12-16)	Studies in Science Education	1990	270
17	Students' Alternative Conceptions in Chemistry: A Review of Research and Implications for Teaching and Learning	Studies in Science Education	1995	267
18	The Generative Learning Model and its Implications for Science Education	Studies in Science Education	1985	253
19	Identifying Science Understanding for Functional Scientific Literacy	Studies in Science Education	2001	227
20	Beyond Processes	Studies in Science Education	1987	226
21	Teacher Talk and Meaning Making in Science Classrooms: a Vygotskian Analysis and Review	Studies in Science Education	1998	223
22	The roles of the formal and informal sectors in the provision of effective science education	Studies in Science Education	2010	216
23	A review of research on metacognition in science education: current and future directions	Studies in Science Education	2013	213
24	Situated Cognition and Cognitive Apprenticeship: Implications for Classroom Learning	Studies in Science Education	1993	212
25	Participation in science and technology: young people’s achievement‐related choices in late‐modern societies	Studies in Science Education	2011	204
26	Designing and Evaluating Science Teaching Sequences: An Approach Drawing upon the Concept of Learning Demand and a Social Constructivist Perspective on Learning	Studies in Science Education	2002	197
27	The Rise and Fall of Constructivism	Studies in Science Education	1994	192
28	A Critical Analysis of Research in Environmental Education	Studies in Science Education	1999	191
29	Social Influences on the Construction of Pupils' Understanding of Science	Studies in Science Education	1987	189
30	Attitudes to Science: an update	Studies in Science Education	1984	188
31	Philosophy of Science, Science and Science Education	Studies in Science Education	1985	166
32	Challenges with graph interpretation: a review of the literature	Studies in Science Education	2011	159
33	Creativity in Science Education: Perspectives and Challenges for Developing School Science	Studies in Science Education	2007	152
34	Collateral Learning and the Eco-Cultural Paradigm in Science and Mathematics Education in Africa	Studies in Science Education	1995	151
35	Science Centres and Science Learning	Studies in Science Education	1996	147
36	Dramatic Science. A Critical Review of Drama in Science Education	Studies in Science Education	2003	144
37	The promise and the promises of Making in science education	Studies in Science Education	2017	144
38	Learning Science and the Science of Learning	Studies in Science Education	1988	140
39	Searching for a common ground – A literature review of empirical research on scientific inquiry activities	Studies in Science Education	2016	136
40	Studying science teacher identity: current insights and future research directions	Studies in Science Education	2014	133
41	Dimensions of Causal Understanding: the Role of Complex Causal Models in Students' Understanding of Science	Studies in Science Education	2005	129
42	Science education and democratic participation: an uneasy congruence?	Studies in Science Education	2010	127
43	T. Kuhn Meets T. Rex: Critical Conversations and New Directions in Science Centres and Science Museums	Studies in Science Education	2002	126
44	Formative and Summative Assessment by Teachers	Studies in Science Education	1993	122
45	Climate Education: Empowering Today's Youth to Meet Tomorrow's Challenges	Studies in Science Education	2005	121
46	Current trends and missing links in studies on teacher professional development in science education: a review of design features and quality of research	Studies in Science Education	2012	121
47	What do we know about explanations for drop out/opt out among young people from STM higher education programmes?	Studies in Science Education	2010	118
48	Geoscience education: an overview	Studies in Science Education	2008	112
49	New perspectives on context-based chemistry education: using a dialectical sociocultural approach to view teaching and learning	Studies in Science Education	2012	112
50	Identity in science learning: exploring the attention given to agency and structure in studies of identity	Studies in Science Education	2009	109

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