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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
32
Citations
6409
World Ranking
7247
National Ranking
3520

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association
  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Best Publications

  • Worldview theory and conceptual change in science education

    William W. Cobern

  • Defining "Science" in a Multicultural World: Implications for Science Education.

    William W. Cobern;Cathleen C. Loving

  • Contextual Constructivism: The Impact of Culture on the Learning and Teaching of Science.

    William W. Cobern

  • Cultural Aspects of Learning Science

    William W. Cobern;Glen Aikenhead

  • Worldview Theory and Science Education Research

    William W. Cobern

  • Constructivism and non‐western science education research

    William W. Cobern

  • Comments and criticism. Point: Belief, understanding, and the teaching of evolution

    William W. Cobern

  • The Nature of Science and the Role of Knowledge and Belief

    William W. Cobern

  • Experimental comparison of inquiry and direct instruction in science

    William W. Cobern;David Schuster;Betty Adams;Brooks Applegate

  • Investigation of preservice elementary teachers' thinking about science

    William W. Cobern;Cathleen C. Loving

  • College students' conceptualizations of nature: An interpretive world view analysis

    William W. Cobern

  • Socio-Cultural Perspectives on Science Education: An International Dialogue

    William W. Cobern

  • Conceptualizations of nature : An interpretive study of 16 ninth graders' everyday thinking

    William W. Cobern;Adrienne T. Gibson;Scott A. Underwood

  • An Essay for Educators: Epistemological Realism Really is Common Sense

    William W. Cobern;Cathleen C. Loving

  • Pedagogy of Science Teaching Tests: Formative assessments of science teaching orientations

    William W. Cobern;David Schuster;Betty Adams;Brandy Ann Skjold

  • Science and a Social Constructivist View of Science Education

    William W. Cobern

  • Science Education as an Exercise in Foreign Affairs.

    William W. Cobern

  • Socio-Cultural Perspectives on Science Education

    William W. Cobern

  • World View, Culture, and Science Education

    William W. Cobern

  • Everyday thoughts about nature

    William W. Cobern

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