Andrew Ahlgren

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Andrew Ahlgren is a scholar working on Education, Social Psychology and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrew Ahlgren has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Education, 10 papers in Social Psychology and 6 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Recurrent topics in Andrew Ahlgren's work include Diverse Educational Innovations Studies (6 papers), Science Education and Pedagogy (4 papers) and Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (4 papers). Andrew Ahlgren is often cited by papers focused on Diverse Educational Innovations Studies (6 papers), Science Education and Pedagogy (4 papers) and Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports (4 papers). Andrew Ahlgren collaborates with scholars based in United States and Israel. Andrew Ahlgren's co-authors include F. James Rutherford, Joan Garfield, Herbert J. Walberg, David W. Johnson, Luli Stern, James P. Held, Joseph Bohlen, F Halberg, Mark Hochhauser and Carol M. Boyer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and American Psychologist.

In The Last Decade

Andrew Ahlgren

38 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Science for all Americans 1990 2026 2002 2014 1990 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

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. Science for all Americans
    1990 1.3k citations F. James Rutherford, Andrew Ahlgren profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Andrew Ahlgren United States 15 1.5k 646 347 329 301 44 2.4k
Pinchas Tamir Israel 30 2.5k 1.6× 1.0k 1.6× 79 0.2× 366 1.1× 447 1.5× 192 3.1k
Carol L. Smith United States 18 1.8k 1.2× 1.6k 2.5× 244 0.7× 81 0.2× 245 0.8× 44 2.7k
George J. Posner United States 14 3.7k 2.4× 2.1k 3.2× 100 0.3× 246 0.7× 578 1.9× 32 4.4k
Robert M. Gagne United States 4 1.6k 1.0× 1.1k 1.7× 127 0.4× 95 0.3× 173 0.6× 6 2.6k
Paul L. Gardner Australia 21 937 0.6× 431 0.7× 55 0.2× 190 0.6× 292 1.0× 63 1.5k
Christina V. Schwarz United States 23 2.2k 1.4× 1.5k 2.3× 88 0.3× 182 0.6× 243 0.8× 44 2.7k
Stephen P. Norris Canada 27 2.6k 1.7× 1.8k 2.7× 73 0.2× 113 0.3× 247 0.8× 72 3.3k
Richard Gunstone Australia 31 3.0k 1.9× 1.6k 2.5× 49 0.1× 224 0.7× 303 1.0× 113 3.6k
Mansoor Níaz Venezuela 33 2.5k 1.6× 1.5k 2.3× 71 0.2× 176 0.5× 188 0.6× 144 3.1k
Kevin Crowley United States 34 1.4k 0.9× 1.3k 2.0× 283 0.8× 107 0.3× 631 2.1× 101 4.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Andrew Ahlgren

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andrew Ahlgren

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ahlgren, Andrew. (1996). Comment on “multiculturalism, universalism, and science education”. Science Education. 80(3). 361–363. 1 indexed citations
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Garfield, Joan & Andrew Ahlgren. (1994). Student Reactions to Learning About Probability and Statistics: Evaluating the Quantitative Literacy Project. School Science and Mathematics. 94(2). 89–95. 9 indexed citations
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Ahlgren, Andrew. (1993). Creating Benchmarks for Science Education.. Educational leadership. 50(5). 46–49. 3 indexed citations
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Ahlgren, Andrew & F. James Rutherford. (1993). Where Is Project 2061 Today. Educational leadership. 50(8). 19–22. 8 indexed citations
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Rutherford, E. & Andrew Ahlgren. (1991). The Need for Scientific Literacy. Thinking The Journal of Philosophy for Children. 9(4). 13–19. 2 indexed citations
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Heller, Patricia, Andrew Ahlgren, Thomas R. Post, Merlyn J. Behr, & Richard Lesh. (1989). Proportional reasoning: The effect of two context variables, rate type, and problem setting. Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 26(3). 205–220. 23 indexed citations
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Garfield, Joan & Andrew Ahlgren. (1988). Difficulties in Learning Basic Concepts in Probability and Statistics: Implications for Research. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education. 19(1). 44–44. 281 indexed citations
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Boyer, Carol M. & Andrew Ahlgren. (1987). Assessing Undergraduates' Patterns of Credit Distribution: Amount and Specialization. The Journal of Higher Education. 58(4). 430–442. 4 indexed citations
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Ahlgren, Andrew. (1983). Sex differences in the correlates of cooperative and competitive school attitudes.. Developmental Psychology. 19(6). 881–888. 14 indexed citations
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Boyer, Carol M. & Andrew Ahlgren. (1982). “Visceral Priorities” in Liberal Education. The Journal of Higher Education. 53(2). 207–215. 1 indexed citations
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Bohlen, Joseph, et al.. (1982). The female orgasm: Pelvic contractions. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 11(5). 367–386. 81 indexed citations
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Ahlgren, Andrew, et al.. (1982). Antecedents of Smoking among Pre-Adolescents. Journal of Drug Education. 12(4). 325–340. 38 indexed citations
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Ahlgren, Andrew & Carol M. Boyer. (1981). Visceral Priorities: Roots of Confusion in Liberal Education. The Journal of Higher Education. 52(2). 173–173. 3 indexed citations
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Ahlgren, Andrew, et al.. (1980). A Pictorial Measure of Adolescent Perceptions of the Police.. Social Education. 44(3). 224. 1 indexed citations
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Ahlgren, Andrew & David W. Johnson. (1979). Sex Differences in Cooperative and Competitive Attitudes From the 2nd Through the 12th Grades.. Developmental Psychology. 15(1). 45–49. 1 indexed citations
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Ahlgren, Andrew, et al.. (1979). Self-Esteem Patterns Distinctive of Groups of Drug Abusing and Other Dysfunctional Adolescents. International Journal of the Addictions. 14(6). 759–777. 17 indexed citations
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Ahlgren, Andrew. (1979). Neglect of Biological Rhythms in High School Biology Texts. The American Biology Teacher. 41(6). 344–348. 1 indexed citations
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Ahlgren, Andrew & Herbert J. Walberg. (1978). Basic Dimensions in Characteristics of Classroom Groups.. Alberta Journal of Educational Research. 24(4). 2 indexed citations
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Ahlgren, Andrew & Herbert J. Walberg. (1969). Homogeneity of Regression Tests: Assumptions, Limitations and Alternatives. American Educational Research Journal. 6(4). 696–696. 1 indexed citations
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Ahlgren, Andrew. (1963). APPARATUS FOR TEACHING PHYSICS: Inexpensive Apparatus for Studying the Photoelectric Effect and Measuring Planck's Constant. The Physics Teacher. 1(4). 183–186. 1 indexed citations

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