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35
Citations
7193
World Ranking
6654
National Ranking
3226

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association

Overview

Robert E. Yager was affiliated with the University of Iowa in the United States. Their research spanned multiple fields, primarily focusing on Social Sciences and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these disciplines, subfields included General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Sociology and Political Science, and Education.

The topics central to their work involved Diverse Educational Innovations Studies, Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy, and Science Education and Pedagogy. These themes reflected a consistent interest in the intersection between education and science.

Their publication record included contributions to notable venues, with the International Journal of Progressive Education marking one key platform for their work. One of their recent papers was titled "A Longitudinal Study of a New Science Teacher's Beliefs and Classroom Practices", published in 2020 in the International Journal of Progressive Education.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Robert E. Yager included Özgür Kıvılcan Doğan, Mustafa Çakır, John Tillotson, and Monica Young. These collaborations suggest a network of researchers engaged in related educational and scientific studies.

During their career, Robert E. Yager received recognition as a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association in 2008.

  • International Journal of Progressive Education

  • A Longitudinal Study of a New Science Teacher's Beliefs and Classroom Practices, 2020, International Journal of Progressive Education

  • Özgür Kıvılcan Doğan
  • Mustafa Çakır
  • John Tillotson
  • Monica Young

  • Diverse Educational Innovations Studies
  • Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy
  • Science Education and Pedagogy

  • Social Sciences
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Education

  • Fellow of the American Educational Research Association, 2008

Best Publications

  • Beginning teachers : Beliefs and classroom actions

    Patricia E. Simmons;Allen Emory;Tim Carter;Teresa Coker

  • What Research Says to the Science Teacher

    Mary Budd Rowe;Norris C. Harms;Robert Eugene Yager

  • Science/Technology/Society as Reform in Science Education.

    Robert Eugene Yager

  • The importance of terminology in teaching K-12 science

    Robert E. Yager

  • The Constructivist Learning Model.

    Robert E. Yager

  • Perceptions of four age groups toward science classes, teachers, and the value of science

    Robert E. Yager;John E. Penick

  • Changes in Perceptions of Science for Third, Seventh, and Eleventh Grade Students.

    Robert E. Yager;Stuart O. Yager

  • Biology Education in Secondary Schools of the United States.

    Paul DeHart Hurd;Rodger W. Bybee;Jane Butler Kahle;Robert E. Yager

  • STS Approach: Reasons, Intentions, Accomplishments, and Outcomes.

    Robert E. Yager;Pinchas Tamir

  • Assessing teaching/learning successes in multiple domains of science and science education

    Robert E. Yager;Alan J. McCormack

  • Societal Issues as Organizers for Science Education in the '80s.

    Avi Hofstein;Robert E. Yager

  • A Vision for What Science Education Should Be Like for the First 25 Years of a New Millennium.

    Robert E. Yager

  • The Science/Technology/Society Movement in the United States: Its Origins, Evolution, and Rationale.

    Robert E. Yager

  • Assessing Student Understanding in Science: A Standards-Based K-12 Handbook

    Sandra K. Enger;Robert Eugene Yager

  • Effects of the laboratory and demonstration methods upon the outcomes of instruction in secondary biology

    Robert E. Yager;Harold B. Engen;Bill C. F. Snider

  • The Iowa Assessment Handbook.

    Sandra K. Enger;Robert E. Yager

  • Science‐Technology‐Society As Reform

    Robert E. Yager

  • Scope, sequence and coordination: The Iowa Project, a national reform effort in the USA

    Robert E. Yager;Jeffrey D. Weld

  • The Search for Excellence in Science Education.

    John E. Penick;Robert E. Yager

  • Viewpoint: What we did not learn from the 60s about science curriculum reform

    Robert E. Yager

  • Problems of meaning in science curriculum

    Robert Yager

Frequent Co-Authors

Avi Hofstein
Avi Hofstein Weizmann Institute of Science
Pinchas Tamir
Pinchas Tamir Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Joseph Krajcik
Joseph Krajcik Michigan State University
Herbert J. Walberg
Herbert J. Walberg University of Illinois at Chicago
Stella Vosniadou
Stella Vosniadou Flinders University
Dana L. Zeidler
Dana L. Zeidler University of South Florida
Marcia C. Linn
Marcia C. Linn University of California, Berkeley

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