Aisling Leavy

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
81 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Aisling Leavy is a scholar working on Education, Statistics and Probability and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Aisling Leavy has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Education, 49 papers in Statistics and Probability and 7 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Aisling Leavy's work include Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques (44 papers), Statistics Education and Methodologies (34 papers) and Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (18 papers). Aisling Leavy is often cited by papers focused on Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques (44 papers), Statistics Education and Methodologies (34 papers) and Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (18 papers). Aisling Leavy collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United States and Türkiye. Aisling Leavy's co-authors include Máiréad Hourigan, Ailish Hannigan, Efi Paparistodemou, Μaria Meletiou-Mavrotheris, Anne O’Dwyer, Lara K. Dick, Olivia Fitzmaurice, James A. Middleton, Patrick Johnson and C. Dennis Carroll and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Sustainability and Teaching and Teacher Education.

In The Last Decade

Aisling Leavy

75 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

The prevalence and use of emerging technologies in STEAM ... 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 10 20 30 40 50
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The prevalence and use of emerging technologies in STEAM education: A systematic review of the literature
    2023 53 citations Aisling Leavy, Lara K. Dick et al. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Aisling Leavy Ireland 18 927 415 140 125 119 81 1.2k
David Pimm Canada 13 903 1.0× 292 0.7× 40 0.3× 59 0.5× 319 2.7× 39 1.1k
Beth Herbel‐Eisenmann United States 19 1.2k 1.3× 242 0.6× 37 0.3× 57 0.5× 403 3.4× 56 1.4k
Gerald Kulm United States 15 850 0.9× 252 0.6× 51 0.4× 44 0.4× 182 1.5× 59 981
Karen B. Givvin United States 18 1.7k 1.9× 406 1.0× 35 0.3× 383 3.1× 472 4.0× 31 2.0k
Mellony Graven South Africa 14 796 0.9× 231 0.6× 16 0.1× 56 0.4× 180 1.5× 75 960
Michelle Stephan United States 14 847 0.9× 280 0.7× 21 0.1× 57 0.5× 329 2.8× 35 1.0k
Christine Keitel Germany 11 1.4k 1.5× 462 1.1× 24 0.2× 80 0.6× 308 2.6× 31 1.6k
Erkki Pehkonen Finland 16 1.2k 1.2× 287 0.7× 28 0.2× 217 1.7× 266 2.2× 69 1.3k
Kay McClain United States 15 1.3k 1.4× 450 1.1× 20 0.1× 53 0.4× 554 4.7× 32 1.5k
Carolyn Kieran Canada 18 1.3k 1.4× 617 1.5× 22 0.2× 61 0.5× 499 4.2× 42 1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Aisling Leavy

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All Works

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Leavy, Aisling, et al.. (2025). Reciprocal interplays in becoming STEM learners and teachers: preservice teachers’ evolving understandings of integrated STEM education. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology. 1–30. 3 indexed citations
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Leavy, Aisling, et al.. (2025). EXPLORING THE PLIGHT OF THE HONEYBEE: USING DATA SENSORS AND CODAP TO SUPPORT EMERGING BILINGUAL LEARNERS IN REASONING ABOUT BIG STATISTICAL IDEAS. Statistics Education Research Journal. 23(2). 5–5. 1 indexed citations
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Hourigan, Máiréad & Aisling Leavy. (2024). Charting the Professional Development Journey of Irish Primary Teachers as They Engage in Lesson Study. Sustainability. 16(12). 4997–4997.
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Hourigan, Máiréad, et al.. (2024). Implementation of Lesson Study in the context of STEM education in a rural setting in Ireland: challenges and opportunities. International Journal for Lesson and Learning Studies. 13(2). 57–70. 2 indexed citations
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O’Dwyer, Anne, et al.. (2023). 'I Have Seen STEM in Action and It's Quite Do-able!' The Impact of an Extended Professional Development Model on Teacher Efficacy in Primary STEM Education. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education. 21(S1). 131–157. 13 indexed citations
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Leavy, Aisling, et al.. (2023). The prevalence and use of emerging technologies in STEAM education: A systematic review of the literature. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning. 39(4). 1061–1082. 53 indexed citations breakdown →
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Leavy, Aisling & Eva M. Jiménez‐Mateos. (2022). A Simple Method for Profiling and Analyzing MicroRNAs from Small Volume Samples Using a qPCR-Based Platform. Methods in molecular biology. 2595. 65–73.
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Leavy, Aisling & Máiréad Hourigan. (2019). Posing mathematically worthwhile problems: developing the problem-posing skills of prospective teachers. Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education. 23(4). 341–361. 50 indexed citations
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Leavy, Aisling & Máiréad Hourigan. (2018). The beliefs of ‘Tomorrow's Teachers’ about mathematics: precipitating change in beliefs as a result of participation in an Initial Teacher Education programme. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology. 49(5). 759–777. 13 indexed citations
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Leavy, Aisling. (2017). Insights into the approaches of young children when making informal inferences about data. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1 indexed citations
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Leavy, Aisling & Máiréad Hourigan. (2015). Budding Architects: Exploring the Designs of Pyramids and Prisms.. Australian primary mathematics classroom/Australian primary mathematics classroom (Online). 20(3). 17–23. 1 indexed citations
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Hourigan, Máiréad & Aisling Leavy. (2015). What’s a real 2D shape? Designing appropriate geometric instruction. Australian primary mathematics classroom/Australian primary mathematics classroom (Online). 20(1). 24–29. 2 indexed citations
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Hourigan, Máiréad & Aisling Leavy. (2015). Geometric growing patterns: what’s the rule?. Australian primary mathematics classroom/Australian primary mathematics classroom (Online). 20(4). 31–40. 6 indexed citations
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Fitzmaurice, Olivia, Aisling Leavy, & Ailish Hannigan. (2014). Why is statistics perceived as difficult and can practice during training change perceptions? Insights from a prospective mathematics teacher. Teaching Mathematics and its Applications An International Journal of the IMA. 33(4). 230–248. 11 indexed citations
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Leavy, Aisling & Máiréad Hourigan. (2014). Exploring probability concepts using a mini games environment: ideas for primary and secondary classrooms. 1 indexed citations
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Leavy, Aisling. (2010). THE CHALLENGE OF PREPARING PRESERVICE TEACHERS TO TEACH INFORMAL INFERENTIAL REASONING. Statistics Education Research Journal. 9(1). 46–67. 45 indexed citations

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