Keith S. Taber

18.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
212 papers, 11.0k citations indexed

About

Keith S. Taber is a scholar working on Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Keith S. Taber has authored 212 papers receiving a total of 11.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 151 papers in Education, 97 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 48 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Keith S. Taber's work include Science Education and Pedagogy (121 papers), Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (79 papers) and Various Chemistry Research Topics (48 papers). Keith S. Taber is often cited by papers focused on Science Education and Pedagogy (121 papers), Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (79 papers) and Various Chemistry Research Topics (48 papers). Keith S. Taber collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Singapore and South Sudan. Keith S. Taber's co-authors include Mike Watts, Karina Adbo, Fran Riga, Kim Chwee Daniel Tan, Berry Billingsley, Tami Levy Nahum, Avi Hofstein, Rachel Mamlok‐Naaman, Sue Brindley and Vanessa Kind and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Cognitive Science.

In The Last Decade

Keith S. Taber

199 papers receiving 10.1k 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 Use of Cronbach’s Alpha When Developing and Reporting Research Instruments in Science Education

2017 6.2k citations Keith S. Taber profile →
Revisiting the chemistry triplet: drawing upon the nature of chemical knowledge and the psychology of learning to inform chemistry education

2013 317 citations Keith S. Taber Chemistry Education Research and Practice profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Keith S. Taber United Kingdom	39	5.3k	2.9k	1.3k	1.2k	1.1k	212	11.0k
Mark Wilson United States	48	3.5k 0.7×	1.8k 0.6×	112 0.1×	1.1k 0.9×	984 0.9×	276	10.2k
Ference Marton Sweden	38	11.0k 2.1×	3.8k 1.3×	107 0.1×	1.2k 1.0×	953 0.8×	106	15.1k
Robert M. Gagné United States	39	6.8k 1.3×	4.6k 1.6×	99 0.1×	849 0.7×	1.0k 0.9×	154	14.0k
Lawrence Manion United Kingdom	12	13.0k 2.4×	3.4k 1.2×	66 0.1×	3.1k 2.6×	1.8k 1.5×	21	22.0k
Keith Morrison Macao	23	13.5k 2.5×	3.5k 1.2×	66 0.1×	3.3k 2.7×	1.8k 1.6×	99	23.0k
David R. Krathwohl United States	21	15.1k 2.8×	5.1k 1.8×	116 0.1×	1.9k 1.5×	1.6k 1.4×	48	25.5k
Lorin W. Anderson United States	28	7.8k 1.5×	2.4k 0.8×	56 0.0×	972 0.8×	604 0.5×	92	12.0k
Richard J. Shavelson United States	55	10.1k 1.9×	4.4k 1.5×	93 0.1×	2.6k 2.2×	5.2k 4.5×	247	20.7k
Lee S. Shulman United States	42	29.4k 5.5×	7.3k 2.5×	170 0.1×	6.6k 5.5×	2.3k 2.0×	98	39.8k
Robert E. Slavin United States	78	16.7k 3.1×	10.6k 3.7×	54 0.0×	2.2k 1.8×	2.1k 1.9×	386	25.4k

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Taber, Keith S.. (2024). Chemical Pedagogy. 1 indexed citations

Taber, Keith S.. (2024). Educational Constructivism. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(4). 1534–1552. 1 indexed citations

Taber, Keith S.. (2023). Comment on “What resources do high school students activate to link energetic and structural changes in chemical reactions? – A qualitative study” by B. Pölloth, D. Diekemper and S. Schwarzer, Chem. Educ. Res. Pract., 2023, 24, 1153. Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 25(3). 949–957. 3 indexed citations

Taber, Keith S., et al.. (2023). Secondary Science Teachers’ Instructional Strategies for Promoting the Construction of Scientific Explanations. Science & Education. 33(4). 853–899. 2 indexed citations

Taber, Keith S., Berry Billingsley, & Fran Riga. (2021). Secondary students’ values and perceptions of science-related careers: responses to vignette-based scenarios. SN Social Sciences. 1(5). 104–104.

Billingsley, Berry, et al.. (2020). Scientism, creationism or category error? A cross‐age survey of secondary school students’ perceptions of the relationships between science and religion. The Curriculum Journal. 32(2). 334–358. 3 indexed citations

Taber, Keith S., Berry Billingsley, & Fran Riga. (2020). Student perceptions of the knowledge generated in some scientific fields. Apollo (University of Cambridge). 102(378). 65–70. 1 indexed citations

Brock, Richard & Keith S. Taber. (2020). Making claims about learning: a microgenetic multiple case study of temporal patterns of conceptual change in learners’ activation of force conceptions. International Journal of Science Education. 42(8). 1388–1407. 5 indexed citations

Taber, Keith S.. (2019). Progressing chemistry education research as a disciplinary field. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(1). 5 indexed citations

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Taber, Keith S.. (2019). Experimental research into teaching innovations: responding to methodological and ethical challenges. Studies in Science Education. 55(1). 69–119. 33 indexed citations

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Taber, Keith S.. (2018). Representations and visualisation in teaching and learning chemistry. Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 19(2). 405–409. 12 indexed citations

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Taber, Keith S.. (2018). Scholarly publishing: a partnership with mutual benefits and individual responsibilities. Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 20(1). 8–16.

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Taber, Keith S.. (2018). Alternative Conceptions and the Learning of Chemistry. Israel Journal of Chemistry. 59(6-7). 450–469. 19 indexed citations

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Taber, Keith S., et al.. (2016). Analysing symbolic expressions in secondary school chemistry: their functions and implications for pedagogy. Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 17(3). 439–451. 17 indexed citations

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Taber, Keith S.. (2014). The significance of implicit knowledge for learning and teaching chemistry. Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 15(4). 447–461. 36 indexed citations

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Ellefson, Michelle R., et al.. (2013). Using Property induction to evaluate understanding of mixing. Cognitive Science. 35(35). 1 indexed citations

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Bektaş, Oktay & Keith S. Taber. (2009). Can Science Pedagogy in English Schools Inform Educational Reform in Turkey. Journal of Turkish Science Education. 6(3). 66–80. 4 indexed citations

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Taber, Keith S.. (2006). Lessons from the ASCEND project : able pupils' responses to an enrichment programme exploring the nature of science. School science review. 87(321). 97–106. 2 indexed citations

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Taber, Keith S.. (2001). Molar and molecular conceptions of research into learning chemistry: towards a synthesis. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 160(5). 5 indexed citations

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Taber, Keith S.. (1996). Chlorine Is an Oxide, Heat Causes Molecules to Melt, and Sodium Reacts Badly in Chlorine: A Survey of the Background Knowledge of One A-Level Chemistry Class.. School science review. 78(282). 39–48. 9 indexed citations

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