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William W. Cobern

William W. Cobern publishes mostly in Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Social Psychology, on topics such as Science Education and Pedagogy, Education and Critical Thinking Development and Animal and Plant Science Education.

World rank
#49,392
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#22,727
of 358,040
Works
48
Citations
260
Citations per work
5.4

What does William W. Cobern research?

Education: 55.6%Developmental and Educational Psychology: 8.9%Social Psychology: 8.9%History and Philosophy of Science: 6.7%other fields: 19.9%56%top field
Education55.6%Developmental and Educational Psychology8.9%Social Psychology8.9%History and Philosophy of Science6.7%other fields19.9%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Education56% of their works
  2. 2Developmental and Educational Psychology9% of their works
  3. 3Social Psychology9% of their works
  4. 4History and Philosophy of Science7% of their works
  5. 5Sociology and Political Science4% of their works
  6. 6Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe William W. Cobern's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Education, STEM Education, Conceptual Change, Critical Thinking Skills, Inquiry-Based Teaching, Scientific Literacy, Teaching Strategies and Instructional Interventions.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Education133 topics
  2. STEM Education123 topics
  3. Conceptual Change112 topics
  4. Critical Thinking Skills82 topics
  5. Inquiry-Based Teaching81 topic
  6. Scientific Literacy81 topic
  7. Teaching Strategies82 topics
  8. Instructional Interventions61 topic
  9. Meta-Analysis61 topic
  10. Attitudes41 topic
  11. Conservation41 topic
  12. Mobile Learning42 topics
  13. Acceptance31 topic
  14. Epistemological Beliefs31 topic
  15. Evolutionary Theory31 topic
  16. Metacognition31 topic
  17. Active Learning21 topic
  18. Flipped Classroom21 topic
  19. Interactive Multimedia21 topic
  20. Physics Education21 topic
  21. Problem Based Learning21 topic
  22. Student Attitudes21 topic

Where does William W. Cobern work?

William W. Cobern's main affiliation in the publication record is Western Michigan University, United States.

How many publications and citations does William W. Cobern have?

Science Explorer counts 48 works and 260 citations for William W. Cobern, ranking #49,392 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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