Valarie L. Akerson

Valarie L. Akerson publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

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Valarie L. Akerson D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

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Best Publications

• Influence of a Reflective Explicit Activity-based Approach on Elementary Teachers' Conceptions of Nature of Science.

  Valarie L. Akerson;Fouad Abd-El-Khalick;Norman G. Lederman

  1090
  Citations

• Learning as conceptual change: Factors mediating the development of preservice elementary teachers' views of nature of science

  Fouad Abd-El-Khalick;Valarie L. Akerson

  612
  Citations

• Teaching nature of science through inquiry: Results of a 3‐year professional development program

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  333
  Citations

• Teaching elements of nature of science: A yearlong case study of a fourth‐grade teacher

  Valarie L. Akerson;Fouad Abd-El-Khalick

  304
  Citations

• The Influence of Metacognitive Training on Preservice Elementary Teachers' Conceptions of Nature of Science.

  Fouad Abd-El-Khalick;Valarie Akerson

  259
  Citations

• One course is not enough: Preservice elementary teachers' retention of improved views of nature of science

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  241
  Citations

• Elementary teachers' pedagogical content knowledge for teaching the nature of science

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  191
  Citations

• Fostering a community of practice through a professional development program to improve elementary teachers' views of nature of science and teaching practice

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  190
  Citations

• Teaching nature of science explicitly in a first‐grade internship setting

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  155
  Citations

• Teaching Nature of Science to K‐2 Students: What understandings can they attain?

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  154
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• The Influence of Primary Children's Ideas in Science on Teaching Practice

  Valarie L. Akerson;Lawrence B. Flick;Norman G. Lederman

  138
  Citations

• "How Should I Know What Scientists Do?—I Am Just a Kid": Fourth-Grade Students' Conceptions of Nature of Science

  Valarie L. Akerson;Fouad S. Abd-El-Khalick

  138
  Citations

• The Importance of Teaching and Learning Nature of Science in the Early Childhood Years

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  132
  Citations

• Exploring the Use of Lesson Study to Develop Elementary Preservice Teachers’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Teaching Nature of Science

  Valarie L. Akerson;Khemmawadee Pongsanon;Meredith A. Park Rogers;Ingrid Carter

  103
  Citations

• Integrating nature of science instruction into a physical science content course for preservice elementary teachers: NOS views of teaching assistants

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  103
  Citations

• The Influence of Guided Inquiry and Explicit Instruction on K–6 Teachers’ Views of Nature of Science

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  98
  Citations

• Environmental argumentation as sociocultural activity

  Alandeom W. Oliveira;Valarie L. Akerson;Martha Oldfield

  85
  Citations

• On the nature of teaching nature of science: Preservice early childhood teachers' instruction in preschool and elementary settings

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  82
  Citations

• Exploring Indian Secondary Teachers' Orientations and Practice for Teaching Science in an Era of Reform

  Vanashri Nargund-Joshi;Meredith A. Park Rogers;Valarie L. Akerson

  80
  Citations

• Disentangling the Meaning of STEM: Implications for Science Education and Science Teacher Education

  Valarie L. Akerson;Angela Burgess;Alex Gerber;Meize Guo

  70
  Citations