Mark Windschitl

8.0k total citations · 5 hit papers
71 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Mark Windschitl is a scholar working on Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Windschitl has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Education, 37 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 10 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Recurrent topics in Mark Windschitl's work include Science Education and Pedagogy (29 papers), Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (26 papers) and Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (15 papers). Mark Windschitl is often cited by papers focused on Science Education and Pedagogy (29 papers), Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (26 papers) and Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (15 papers). Mark Windschitl collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Canada. Mark Windschitl's co-authors include Jessica Thompson, Melissa Braaten, David Stroupe, Thomas André, Hosun Kang, Thomas J. Greenbowe, K. A. Burke, Todd Campbell, Christina V. Schwarz and Matthew Kloser and has published in prestigious journals such as Review of Educational Research, American Educational Research Journal and Educational Researcher.

In The Last Decade

Mark Windschitl

66 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

Framing Constructivism in Practice as the Negotiation of ... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 2008 2012 2002 2002 200 400 600

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mark Windschitl United States 29 4.6k 2.3k 583 461 348 71 5.4k
Barry Fishman United States 29 4.0k 0.9× 2.1k 0.9× 460 0.8× 437 0.9× 205 0.6× 97 5.3k
Elizabeth A. Davis United States 33 4.7k 1.0× 2.8k 1.2× 507 0.9× 601 1.3× 408 1.2× 85 5.9k
Gillian Roehrig United States 37 3.9k 0.9× 1.4k 0.6× 277 0.5× 651 1.4× 251 0.7× 159 5.1k
Rodger W. Bybee United States 29 3.7k 0.8× 1.5k 0.6× 402 0.7× 799 1.7× 493 1.4× 130 4.9k
Sandra K. Abell United States 29 5.2k 1.1× 2.4k 1.0× 727 1.2× 950 2.1× 713 2.0× 80 6.1k
Kenneth Tobin United States 50 5.6k 1.2× 2.2k 0.9× 657 1.1× 641 1.4× 696 2.0× 224 7.0k
Shirley Simon United Kingdom 22 5.3k 1.2× 3.6k 1.5× 423 0.7× 392 0.9× 681 2.0× 46 6.4k
Okhee Lee United States 45 4.7k 1.0× 2.3k 1.0× 631 1.1× 953 2.1× 318 0.9× 169 6.1k
Jàne Butler Kahle United States 23 3.2k 0.7× 1.8k 0.8× 290 0.5× 579 1.3× 528 1.5× 84 4.7k
Heather C. Hill United States 40 8.2k 1.8× 1.2k 0.5× 694 1.2× 326 0.7× 276 0.8× 95 9.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark Windschitl

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Windschitl, Mark, et al.. (2025). Transformative Climate and Environmental Education for a Just Future. Science Education. 109(3). 715–721. 1 indexed citations
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Windschitl, Mark, et al.. (2021). Learning to teach science during the clinical experience: Agency, opportunity, and struggle. Science Education. 105(5). 961–988. 5 indexed citations
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Windschitl, Mark, et al.. (2020). A Layered Approach to Scientific Models. The Science Teacher. 88(1). 24–36. 1 indexed citations
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Windschitl, Mark, et al.. (2020). A Layered Approach to Scientific Models: Creating Scaffolds That Allow All Students to Show More of What They Know. The Science Teacher. 88(1). 24–26.
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Windschitl, Mark, et al.. (2020). A Tool for Visualizing and Inquiring into Whole-Class Sensemaking Discussions. Research in Science Education. 51(1). 51–70. 12 indexed citations
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Kang, Hosun, Mark Windschitl, David Stroupe, & Jessica Thompson. (2016). Designing, launching, and implementing high quality learning opportunities for students that advance scientific thinking. Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 53(9). 1316–1340. 102 indexed citations
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Windschitl, Mark & Jessica Thompson. (2013). The Modeling Toolkit: Making Student Thinking Visible with Public Representations. The Science Teacher. 80(6). 63–69. 8 indexed citations
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Thompson, Jessica, et al.. (2009). Examining Student Work: Evidence-Based Learning for Students and Teachers. The Science Teacher. 76(8). 48. 5 indexed citations
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Windschitl, Mark, Jessica Thompson, & Melissa Braaten. (2008). Beyond the scientific method: Model‐based inquiry as a new paradigm of preference for school science investigations. Science Education. 92(5). 941–967. 613 indexed citations breakdown →
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Windschitl, Mark, et al.. (2007). A Comparative Model of Field Investigations: Aligning School Science Inquiry with the Practices of Contemporary Science. School Science and Mathematics. 107(1). 382–390. 17 indexed citations
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Windschitl, Mark. (2006). Sparking the Debate over Science Education Reform.. Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review. 71(8). 20–31. 2 indexed citations
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Windschitl, Mark. (2006). Why We Can't Talk to One Another about Science Education Reform: Even Though Science Teachers and Other Stakeholders All Want Students to Be Instructed in the Most Effective Way Possible, Discussions about What That Way Might Be Are Seldom Productive. the Problem, as Mr. Windschitl Sees It, Is That the Participants Automatically Revert to the "Scripts" of Two Warring Factions. He Suggests a Way to Move the Conversation Forward. Phi Delta Kappan. 87(5). 348. 8 indexed citations
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Windschitl, Mark. (2004). Folk theories of “inquiry:” How preservice teachers reproduce the discourse and practices of an atheoretical scientific method. Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 41(5). 481–512. 217 indexed citations
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Winn, William & Mark Windschitl. (2001). Towards an explanatory framework for learning in artificial environments.. Cybernetics & human knowing. 8. 5–23. 14 indexed citations
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Windschitl, Mark. (2000). Using the WWW for Teaching and Learning in K-12 Classrooms: What Are the Interesting Research Questions?. CyberPsychology & Behavior. 3(1). 89–96. 5 indexed citations
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Windschitl, Mark, et al.. (2000). Teachers Learning To Use Technology within the Context of a Laptop Learning Initiative: The Interplay of Personal Histories, Social Dynamics and Institutional Culture. 2000(1). 1 indexed citations
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Windschitl, Mark, et al.. (2000). What Should the Inquiry Experience Be for the Learner?. The American Biology Teacher. 62(5). 346–350. 17 indexed citations
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Windschitl, Mark. (1999). Challenges of Sustaining a Constructivist Classroom Culture, The. Phi Delta Kappan. 80(10). 751–313. 74 indexed citations
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Joseph, Pamela Bolotin & Mark Windschitl. (1999). Fostering a Critical and Caring Classroom Culture.. Social Education. 63(4). 15. 1 indexed citations
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Windschitl, Mark. (1998). The WWW and Classroom Research: What Path Should We Take?. Educational Researcher. 27(1). 28–28. 141 indexed citations

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