Ken Appleton

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Ken Appleton is a scholar working on Education, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ken Appleton has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Education, 20 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and 13 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Ken Appleton's work include Science Education and Pedagogy (26 papers), Diverse Educational Innovations Studies (20 papers) and Education and Critical Thinking Development (8 papers). Ken Appleton is often cited by papers focused on Science Education and Pedagogy (26 papers), Diverse Educational Innovations Studies (20 papers) and Education and Critical Thinking Development (8 papers). Ken Appleton collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and New Zealand. Ken Appleton's co-authors include Sandra K. Abell, Deborah L. Hanuscin, Hilary Asoko, David Symington, Allan G. Harrison, Eleanor Hawe, Roger Osborne, Marilyn Fleer, Christine Redman and Keith Skamp and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Research in Science Teaching, Science Education and International Journal of Science Education.

In The Last Decade

Ken Appleton

41 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Learning and Teaching in the School Science Laboratory: A... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 50 100 150 200
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. Learning and Teaching in the School Science Laboratory: An Analysis of Research, Theory, and Practice
    2013 218 citations Sandra K. Abell, Ken Appleton et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ken Appleton Australia 18 1.5k 589 427 161 109 45 1.6k
Jodi J. Haney United States 16 1.4k 0.9× 441 0.7× 419 1.0× 209 1.3× 126 1.2× 25 1.6k
Andrew T. Lumpe United States 23 1.7k 1.2× 615 1.0× 456 1.1× 257 1.6× 142 1.3× 35 2.0k
Lynn A. Bryan United States 17 1.5k 1.0× 624 1.1× 383 0.9× 154 1.0× 204 1.9× 47 1.8k
F. James Rutherford United States 7 1.2k 0.8× 597 1.0× 321 0.8× 188 1.2× 104 1.0× 21 1.5k
Julie Gess‐Newsome United States 20 2.1k 1.4× 777 1.3× 388 0.9× 196 1.2× 270 2.5× 34 2.3k
Deborah L. Hanuscin United States 22 1.5k 1.0× 655 1.1× 243 0.6× 176 1.1× 138 1.3× 56 1.7k
Ian Ginns Australia 16 779 0.5× 298 0.5× 253 0.6× 173 1.1× 118 1.1× 50 1.1k
Edmund A. Marek United States 19 1.2k 0.8× 465 0.8× 161 0.4× 251 1.6× 86 0.8× 54 1.5k
Patricia Friedrichsen United States 24 1.6k 1.1× 754 1.3× 227 0.5× 273 1.7× 231 2.1× 60 1.9k
Susan Loucks‐Horsley United States 14 1.7k 1.2× 454 0.8× 401 0.9× 82 0.5× 117 1.1× 29 2.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ken Appleton

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ken Appleton

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ken Appleton. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ken Appleton 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 Ken Appleton. Ken Appleton 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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Appleton, Ken. (2013). Elementary Science Teaching. 507–550. 34 indexed citations
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Appleton, Ken. (2013). The Elementary Science Teacher as Researcher. 271–286.
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Appleton, Ken. (2013). Science pedagogical content knowledge and elementary school teachers. 43–66. 46 indexed citations
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Abell, Sandra K., Ken Appleton, & Deborah L. Hanuscin. (2013). Science Education and Student Diversity: Race/Ethnicity, Language, Culture, and Socioeconomic Status. 185–212. 47 indexed citations
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Abell, Sandra K., Ken Appleton, & Deborah L. Hanuscin. (2010). Designing and Teaching the Elementary Science Methods Course. 33 indexed citations
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White, Richard, Paul L. Gardner, Malcolm Carr, et al.. (2008). ASERA: brief histor(y/ies). Cultural Studies of Science Education. 4(2). 263–301.
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Appleton, Ken. (2006). Elementary science teacher education : international perspectives on contemporary issues and practice. Acquire (CQUniversity). 62 indexed citations
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Appleton, Ken. (2003). How Do Beginning Primary School Teachers Cope with Science? Toward an Understanding of Science Teaching Practice. Research in Science Education. 33(1). 1–25. 222 indexed citations
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Appleton, Ken. (2002). Science Activities That Work: Perceptions of Primary School Teachers. Research in Science Education. 32(3). 393–410. 99 indexed citations
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Appleton, Ken & Allan G. Harrison. (2001). Outcomes-based Science Units that Enhance Primary and Secondary Science Teachers' PCK. 4 indexed citations
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Appleton, Ken, et al.. (1999). Why teach primary science? Influences on beginning teachers' practices. International Journal of Science Education. 21(2). 155–168. 124 indexed citations
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Appleton, Ken, et al.. (1999). How do Beginning Elementary Teachers Cope with Science: Development of Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Science. 19 indexed citations
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Appleton, Ken. (1998). Putting Rurality on the Agenda: Beginning Teachers in Rural Schools.. 13 indexed citations
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Appleton, Ken & David Symington. (1996). Changes in primary science over the past decade: Implications for the research community. Research in Science Education. 26(3). 299–316. 8 indexed citations
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Appleton, Ken & Hilary Asoko. (1996). A case study of a teacher's progress toward using a constructivist view of learning to inform teaching in elementary science. Science Education. 80(2). 165–180. 2 indexed citations
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Appleton, Ken. (1995). Student teachers’ confidence to teach science: is more science knowledge necessary to improve self‐confidence?. International Journal of Science Education. 17(3). 357–369. 145 indexed citations
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Appleton, Ken. (1991). Mature-age students-how are they different?. Research in Science Education. 21(1). 1–9. 13 indexed citations
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Appleton, Ken, et al.. (1984). So you think the guide materials look good!. Research in Science Education. 14(1). 206–212. 4 indexed citations
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Appleton, Ken. (1977). Is There a Fairy Godmother in the House. Australian science teachers journal. 12 indexed citations

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