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11399
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3549
National Ranking
1702

Overview

M. Gail Jones is affiliated with North Carolina State University in the United States. Their research spans the social sciences and psychology, with significant focus on education, safety research, experimental and cognitive psychology, sociology and political science, and social psychology.

The primary topics covered in their work include career development and diversity, education, achievement, and giftedness, environmental education and sustainability, climate change communication and perception, animal and plant science education, visual and cognitive learning processes, and youth development and social support.

Their recent publications include:

  • "Robust estimation of bacterial cell count from optical density" (2020, Communications Biology)
  • "Understanding science career aspirations: Factors predicting future science task value" (2021, Journal of Research in Science Teaching)
  • "It's about time: perceived barriers to in-service teacher climate change professional development" (2021, Environmental Education Research)
  • "The Development and Validation of a Measure of Science Capital, Habitus, and Future Science Interests" (2020, Research in Science Education)
  • "Measuring science capital, science attitudes, and science experiences in elementary and middle school students" (2022, Studies In Educational Evaluation)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with M. Gail Jones include Megan Ennes, Katherine Chesnutt, Emily Cayton, Gina Childers, and Julianna Nieuwsma.

The most common venues for their publications are Research in Science Education, Journal of Science Teacher Education, Communications Biology, Environmental Education Research, and International Journal of Science Education.

Best Publications

  • Gender differences in students' experiences, interests, and attitudes toward science and scientists

    M. Gail Jones;Ann Howe;Melissa J. Rua

  • The Impact of Constructivism on Education: Language, Discourse, and Meaning

    M. Gail Jones;Laura Brader-Araje

  • The concept map as a research and evaluation tool: Further evidence of validity

    Kimberly M. Markham;Joel J. Mintzes;M. Gail Jones

  • The Impact of High-Stakes Testing on Teachers and Students in North Carolina.

    M. Gail Jones;Brett D. Jones;Belinda Hardin;Lisa Chapman

  • The Unintended Consequences of High-Stakes Testing

    M. Gail Jones;Brett D. Jones;Tracy Y. Hargrove

  • Science Teacher Attitudes and Beliefs: Reforming Practice

    M. Gail Jones;Megan Leagon

  • Science Teacher Attitudes and Beliefs

    M. Gail Jones;Glenda Carter

  • Gender differences in teacher-student interactions in science classrooms

    M. Gail Jones;Jack Wheatley

  • Haptics in Education: Exploring an Untapped Sensory Modality

    James Minogue;M. Gail Jones

  • Gender Differences in Motivation and Strategy Use in Science: Are Girls Rote Learners?.

    Judith L. Meece;M. Gail Jones

  • Conceptual Boundaries and Distances: Students' and Experts' Concepts of the Scale of Scientific Phenomena

    Thomas R. Tretter;M. Gail Jones;Thomas Andre;Atsuko Negishi

  • Putting Practice Into Theory: Changes in the Organization of Preservice Teachers’ Pedagogical Knowledge

    M. Gail Jones;Elizabeth M. Vesilind

  • Haptic Augmentation of Science Instruction: Does Touch Matter?

    M. Gail Jones;James Minogue;Thomas R. Tretter;Atsuko Negishi

  • Pedagogical Preparation of the Science Graduate Teaching Assistant: Challenges and Implications.

    Grant E. Gardner;M. Gail Jones

  • Learning at the nanoscale: The impact of students' use of remote microscopy on concepts of viruses, scale, and microscopy

    M. Gail Jones;Thomas Andre;Richard Superfine;Russell Taylor

  • Nanotechnology and Nanoscale Science: Educational challenges

    M. Gail Jones;Ron Blonder;Grant E. Gardner;Virginie Albe

  • Accuracy of Scale Conceptions in Science: Mental Maneuverings across Many Orders of Spatial Magnitude.

    Thomas R. Tretter;M. Gail Jones;James Minogue

  • Creativity, inquiry, or accountability? Scientists' and teachers' perceptions of science education

    Amy R. Taylor;M. Gail Jones;Bethany Broadwell;Tom Oppewal

  • An Investigation of African American Students' Mathematical Problem Solving.

    Carol E. Malloy;M. Gail Jones

  • Tool Time: Gender and Students' Use of Tools, Control, and Authority.

    M. Gail Jones;Laura Brader-Araje;Lisa Wilson Carboni;Glenda Carter

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric N. Wiebe
Eric N. Wiebe North Carolina State University
Yong Zhu
Yong Zhu North Carolina State University
Lu Chang Qin
Lu Chang Qin University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Justin Halberda
Justin Halberda Johns Hopkins University
Judith L. Meece
Judith L. Meece University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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