Italo Testa

807 total citations
52 papers, 489 citations indexed

About

Italo Testa is a scholar working on Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Italo Testa has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 489 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Education, 14 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 11 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Italo Testa's work include Science Education and Pedagogy (24 papers), Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (7 papers) and Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (7 papers). Italo Testa is often cited by papers focused on Science Education and Pedagogy (24 papers), Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (7 papers) and Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (7 papers). Italo Testa collaborates with scholars based in Italy and France. Italo Testa's co-authors include S. Leccia, E. Puddu, Irene Marzoli, M. Vicentini, U. Scotti di Uccio, Raffaele De Luca Picione, Fabio Trani, Giancarlo Ragozini, Giovanna Esposito and Maria Francesca Freda and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Sustainability and Science Education.

In The Last Decade

Italo Testa

46 papers receiving 448 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Italo Testa Italy 14 336 158 66 62 42 52 489
Gren Ireson United Kingdom 10 331 1.0× 144 0.9× 25 0.4× 39 0.6× 26 0.6× 42 483
Diane Grayson South Africa 17 733 2.2× 276 1.7× 59 0.9× 64 1.0× 46 1.1× 41 863
Janice R. Mokros United States 8 248 0.7× 159 1.0× 102 1.5× 79 1.3× 48 1.1× 15 454
Ayush Gupta United States 12 460 1.4× 303 1.9× 31 0.5× 66 1.1× 78 1.9× 36 704
Maja Planinić Croatia 16 624 1.9× 261 1.7× 44 0.7× 201 3.2× 40 1.0× 30 860
Lana Ivanjek Croatia 10 405 1.2× 149 0.9× 28 0.4× 84 1.4× 21 0.5× 27 523
Erika G. Offerdahl United States 13 468 1.4× 166 1.1× 40 0.6× 48 0.8× 58 1.4× 41 613
Nicole Becker United States 18 601 1.8× 337 2.1× 48 0.7× 71 1.1× 44 1.0× 35 776
Paula V. Engelhardt United States 15 573 1.7× 235 1.5× 29 0.4× 77 1.2× 157 3.7× 89 723
Sarah B. McKagan United States 14 655 1.9× 408 2.6× 55 0.8× 143 2.3× 129 3.1× 30 949

Countries citing papers authored by Italo Testa

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Fields of papers citing papers by Italo Testa

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Italo Testa

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Italo Testa. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Italo Testa based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Italo Testa. Italo Testa is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Testa, Italo, et al.. (2025). Integrating Practice-Based Activities and Visual Representations to Foster Students’ Understanding of Basic Astronomy Phenomena: An Example about Seasonal Changes. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education. 23(7). 2785–2809.
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Bondani, Maria, et al.. (2024). Development and use of an instrument to measure pseudoscientific beliefs in quantum mechanics: the PSEUDO-QM scale. Research in Science & Technological Education. 43(4). 1330–1351. 4 indexed citations
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Testa, Italo, et al.. (2024). Validation of two test anxiety scales for physics undergraduate courses through confirmatory factor analysis and Rasch analysis. Physical Review Physics Education Research. 20(1). 1 indexed citations
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Bondani, Maria, et al.. (2024). Analysis of pseudoscientific beliefs in quantum mechanics of high school students and teachers. Physical Review Physics Education Research. 20(2). 1 indexed citations
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Testa, Italo, et al.. (2024). Design and Development of a Teaching–Learning Sequence about Deterministic Chaos Using Tracker Software. Education Sciences. 14(8). 842–842.
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Testa, Italo, et al.. (2023). The relationships between freshmen’s accuracy of self-evaluation and the likelihood of succeeding in chemistry and physics exams in two STEM undergraduate courses. International Journal of Science Education. 45(5). 358–382. 4 indexed citations
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Testa, Italo, et al.. (2023). A latent profile analysis of students’ attitudes towards astronomy across grades 9–13. International Journal of Science Education. 46(14). 1480–1516. 2 indexed citations
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Testa, Italo, et al.. (2023). An Extensive Questionnaire about Metacognition during Emergency Remote Teaching Involving More Than 3000 Engineering Students. Sustainability. 15(3). 2295–2295. 2 indexed citations
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Liccardo, Antonella, et al.. (2023). Endorsement of gender stereotypes affects high school students’ science identity. Physical Review Physics Education Research. 19(1). 3 indexed citations
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Testa, Italo, et al.. (2022). High School Students’ Performances in Transitions between Different Representations of Linear Relationships in Mathematics and Physics. Education Sciences. 12(11). 776–776. 4 indexed citations
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Testa, Italo, et al.. (2022). Use of a semiotic-cultural perspective for identifying patterns in students’ drawings about seasonal changes. International Journal of Science Education. 45(4). 245–273. 1 indexed citations
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Bondani, Maria, Maria Luisa Chiofalo, Elisa Ercolessi, et al.. (2022). Introducing Quantum Technologies at Secondary School Level: Challenges and Potential Impact of an Online Extracurricular Course. Physics. 4(4). 1150–1167. 22 indexed citations
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Testa, Italo, Raffaele De Luca Picione, & U. Scotti di Uccio. (2021). Patterns of Italian high school and university students’ attitudes towards physics: an analysis based on semiotic-cultural perspective. European Journal of Psychology of Education. 37(3). 785–806. 7 indexed citations
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Marzoli, Irene, et al.. (2021). Describing astronomy identity of upper primary and middle school students through structural equation modeling. Physical Review Physics Education Research. 17(1). 7 indexed citations
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Freda, Maria Francesca, Raffaele De Luca Picione, Giovanna Esposito, Giancarlo Ragozini, & Italo Testa. (2021). A new measure for the assessment of the university engagement: The SInAPSi academic engagement scale (SAES). Current Psychology. 42(12). 9674–9690. 21 indexed citations
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Marzoli, Irene, et al.. (2021). Effects of emergency remote instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic on university physics students in Italy. Physical Review Physics Education Research. 17(2). 32 indexed citations
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Uccio, U. Scotti di, et al.. (2020). Development of a construct map to describe students’ reasoning about introductory quantum mechanics. Physical Review Physics Education Research. 16(1). 9 indexed citations
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Testa, Italo, et al.. (2020). Effects of instruction on students’ overconfidence in introductory quantum mechanics. Physical Review Physics Education Research. 16(1). 18 indexed citations
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Testa, Italo, et al.. (2018). Development and validation of a university students’ progression in learning quantum mechanics through exploratory factor analysis and Rasch analysis. International Journal of Science Education. 41(3). 388–417. 20 indexed citations

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