Gale M. Sinatra

11.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
128 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Gale M. Sinatra is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Education and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Gale M. Sinatra has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 54 papers in Education and 32 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Gale M. Sinatra's work include Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (53 papers), Education and Critical Thinking Development (31 papers) and Science Education and Pedagogy (23 papers). Gale M. Sinatra is often cited by papers focused on Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (53 papers), Education and Critical Thinking Development (31 papers) and Science Education and Pedagogy (23 papers). Gale M. Sinatra collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Gale M. Sinatra's co-authors include Doug Lombardi, Benjamin C. Heddy, E. Michael Nussbaum, Janice A. Dole, Suzanne H. Broughton, Barbara K. Hofer, Sherry A. Southerland, Reinhard Pekrun, Krista R. Muis and Viviane Seyranian and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Educational Psychology and Carbohydrate Polymers.

In The Last Decade

Gale M. Sinatra

120 papers receiving 6.7k citations

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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.

The Challenges of Defining and Measuring Student Engagement in Science

2015 659 citations Gale M. Sinatra, Benjamin C. Heddy et al. Educational Psychologist profile →
Addressing Challenges to Public Understanding of Science: Epistemic Cognition, Motivated Reasoning, and Conceptual Change

2014 251 citations Gale M. Sinatra et al. Educational Psychologist profile →
Developing a STEM Identity Among Young Women: A Social Identity Perspective

2018 242 citations Gale M. Sinatra, Viviane Seyranian et al. profile →
Transforming Misconceptions: Using Transformative Experience to Promote Positive Affect and Conceptual Change in Students Learning About Biological Evolution

2013 139 citations Benjamin C. Heddy, Gale M. Sinatra Science Education profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gale M. Sinatra United States	44	4.1k	3.7k	1.6k	1.3k	1.2k	128	7.3k
Stella Vosniadou Greece	42	6.9k 1.7×	5.5k 1.5×	543 0.3×	1.6k 1.3×	1.8k 1.5×	124	10.2k
David F. Treagust Australia	62	11.8k 2.9×	5.9k 1.6×	498 0.3×	1.4k 1.0×	1.3k 1.1×	311	13.9k
Rosalind Driver United Kingdom	32	8.1k 2.0×	5.0k 1.4×	545 0.3×	1.4k 1.1×	540 0.5×	46	9.3k
Richard A. Duschl United States	29	6.7k 1.7×	4.4k 1.2×	464 0.3×	710 0.5×	390 0.3×	74	8.1k
Jonathan Osborne United States	56	13.9k 3.4×	9.3k 2.5×	1.5k 1.0×	1.9k 1.5×	1.4k 1.2×	131	17.4k
Troy D. Sadler United States	46	7.9k 1.9×	4.7k 1.3×	1.3k 0.8×	1.5k 1.1×	267 0.2×	145	10.1k
Peter W. Hewson United States	24	6.4k 1.6×	3.5k 1.0×	426 0.3×	888 0.7×	524 0.4×	53	7.4k
John K. Gilbert United Kingdom	37	5.1k 1.2×	2.7k 0.7×	331 0.2×	785 0.6×	695 0.6×	86	6.5k
Deanna Kuhn United States	61	9.9k 2.4×	9.6k 2.6×	1.4k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	1.5k 1.3×	188	15.0k
Clark A. Chinn United States	29	5.1k 1.3×	4.4k 1.2×	737 0.5×	632 0.5×	611 0.5×	106	7.2k

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Sinatra, Gale M.. (2025). The erosion of trust is contributing to science denial. Current Opinion in Psychology. 67. 102214–102214.

Lombardi, Doug, Gale M. Sinatra, Janelle M. Bailey, & Lucas P. Butler. (2024). Seeking a Comprehensive Theory About the Development of Scientific Thinking. Educational Psychology Review. 36(3). 4 indexed citations

Danielson, Robert, et al.. (2024). The effectiveness of refutation text in confronting scientific misconceptions: A meta-analysis. Educational Psychologist. 60(1). 23–47. 7 indexed citations

Bruin, Wändi Bruine de, et al.. (2024). Should we change the term we use for “climate change”? Evidence from a national U.S. terminology experiment. Climatic Change. 177(8). 1 indexed citations

Danielson, Robert, Gale M. Sinatra, Shenghai Dai, et al.. (2023). The Development and Validation of the Elementary Activity Interest Measure. The Journal of Experimental Education. 93(2). 396–418.

Thacker, Ian & Gale M. Sinatra. (2022). Supporting climate change understanding with novel data, estimation instruction, and epistemic prompts.. Journal of Educational Psychology. 114(5). 910–927. 15 indexed citations

Danielson, Robert, et al.. (2022). Can Multiple Texts Prompt Causal Thinking? The Role of Epistemic Emotions. The Journal of Experimental Education. 91(4). 621–635. 5 indexed citations

Sinatra, Gale M.. (2022). Educational and developmental psychologists take action in response to the climate crisis. 39(1). 146–149. 1 indexed citations

Sinatra, Gale M.. (2021). Motivational and emotional impacts on public (mis)understanding of science. Educational Psychologist. 57(1). 1–10. 9 indexed citations

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Vongkulluksn, Vanessa W., Ananya M. Matewos, & Gale M. Sinatra. (2021). Growth mindset development in design-based makerspace: a longitudinal study. The Journal of Educational Research. 114(2). 139–154. 19 indexed citations

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Thacker, Ian, et al.. (2021). Promoting interest, positive emotions, and knowledge using augmented reality in a museum setting. International Journal of Science Education Part B. 11(3). 242–258. 19 indexed citations

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Sinatra, Gale M. & Doug Lombardi. (2020). Evaluating sources of scientific evidence and claims in the post-truth era may require reappraising plausibility judgments. Educational Psychologist. 55(3). 120–131. 111 indexed citations

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Aguilar, Stephen J., Morgan S. Polikoff, & Gale M. Sinatra. (2019). Refutation Texts: A New Approach to Changing Public Misconceptions About Education Policy. Educational Researcher. 48(5). 263–272. 29 indexed citations

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Chevrier, Marianne, Krista R. Muis, Gregory Trevors, Reinhard Pekrun, & Gale M. Sinatra. (2019). Exploring the antecedents and consequences of epistemic emotions. Learning and Instruction. 63. 101209–101209. 72 indexed citations

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Matewos, Ananya M., et al.. (2019). Teacher learning from supplementary curricular materials: Shifting instructional roles. Teaching and Teacher Education. 83. 212–224. 12 indexed citations

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Masón, Lucia, et al.. (2017). Textual and graphical refutations: Effects on conceptual change learning. Contemporary Educational Psychology. 49. 275–288. 40 indexed citations

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Heddy, Benjamin C. & Gale M. Sinatra. (2017). Transformative parents: Facilitating transformative experiences and interest with a parent involvement intervention. Science Education. 101(5). 765–786. 43 indexed citations

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Sinatra, Gale M., et al.. (2013). Effective Teacher Practice on the Plausibility of Human-Induced Climate Change. AGUFM. 2013.

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Brem, Sarah K., et al.. (2012). Misconceptions Regarding Emergent Phenomena Vary By Domain. Cognitive Science. 34(34).

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Nussbaum, E. Michael, Kendall Hartley, Gale M. Sinatra, Ralph E. Reynolds, & Lisa D. Bendixen. (2002). Enhancing the Quality of On-Line Discussions. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. 2002(1). 23 indexed citations

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