Merredith Portsmore

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Merredith Portsmore is a scholar working on Media Technology, Architecture and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Merredith Portsmore has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Media Technology, 18 papers in Architecture and 16 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Merredith Portsmore's work include Engineering Education and Pedagogy (18 papers), Science Education and Pedagogy (12 papers) and Engineering Education and Curriculum Development (11 papers). Merredith Portsmore is often cited by papers focused on Engineering Education and Pedagogy (18 papers), Science Education and Pedagogy (12 papers) and Engineering Education and Curriculum Development (11 papers). Merredith Portsmore collaborates with scholars based in United States, Moldova and South Korea. Merredith Portsmore's co-authors include Chris Rogers, Sean Brophy, Stacy S. Klein, Marina Umaschi Bers, David Hammer, Adam Carberry, Morgan Hynes, Emily A. Dare, Jessica Watkins and Kathleen Spencer and has published in prestigious journals such as Science Education, Journal of Teacher Education and Journal of Engineering Education.

In The Last Decade

Merredith Portsmore

31 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Advancing Engineering Education in P‐12 Classrooms 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 200 400 600
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. Advancing Engineering Education in P‐12 Classrooms
    2008 609 citations Merredith Portsmore, Chris Rogers et al. Journal of Engineering Education profile →

Peers

Merredith Portsmore
Şenay Purzer United States
David Crismond United States
Greg Pearson United States
Sean Brophy United States
S. Selcen Guzey United States
Adam Carberry United States
Barbara Fasse United States
Micah Stohlmann United States
Kristina Tank United States
Ruth Streveler United States
Şenay Purzer United States
Merredith Portsmore
Citations per year, relative to Merredith Portsmore Merredith Portsmore (= 1×) peers Şenay Purzer

Countries citing papers authored by Merredith Portsmore

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Fields of papers citing papers by Merredith Portsmore

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Merredith Portsmore

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Merredith Portsmore. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Merredith Portsmore 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 Merredith Portsmore. Merredith Portsmore is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Portsmore, Merredith, et al.. (2024). Engineering Teacher Education: Exploring Elementary Teacher Learning in an Online Certificate Program for In-Service Educators in Engineering. 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings.
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Watkins, Jessica, et al.. (2023). Examining interactions between dominant discourses and engineering educational concepts in teachers' pedagogical reasoning. Journal of Engineering Education. 113(1). 30–52. 1 indexed citations
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Portsmore, Merredith, et al.. (2023). Characterizing engineering outreach educators' talk moves: An exploratory framework. Journal of Engineering Education. 112(2). 337–364. 2 indexed citations
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Watkins, Jessica & Merredith Portsmore. (2021). Designing for Framing in Online Teacher Education: Supporting Teachers’ Attending to Student Thinking in Video Discussions of Classroom Engineering. Journal of Teacher Education. 73(4). 352–365. 10 indexed citations
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Portsmore, Merredith & Bárbara M. Brizuela. (2020). First Grade Students Planning and Artifact Construction While Working On An Engineering Design Problem. 22.715.1–22.715.24. 2 indexed citations
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Portsmore, Merredith, et al.. (2020). Stomp: Student Teacher Outreach Mentorship Program. 8.1030.1–8.1030.6. 6 indexed citations
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Swenson, Jessica, et al.. (2020). Examining the Engineering Design Process of First-Year Engineering Students During a Hands-on, In-class Design Challenge.. Papers on Engineering Education Repository (American Society for Engineering Education). 24.558.1–24.558.19. 2 indexed citations
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Portsmore, Merredith, et al.. (2020). The Benefit Of Outreach To Engineering Students. 9.1235.1–9.1235.12. 10 indexed citations
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Portsmore, Merredith, et al.. (2020). Characterizing Engineering Outreach Ambassadors' Teaching Moves during Engineering Design Activities (Fundamental). 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings. 1 indexed citations
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Bottomley, Laura, et al.. (2020). Best Practices in K-12 and University Partnerships Panel Winners. Papers on Engineering Education Repository (American Society for Engineering Education). 24.227.1–24.227.47.
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Carberry, Adam, Merredith Portsmore, & Chris Rogers. (2020). The Effects Of Stomp On Students' Understandings Of And Attitudes Toward The Engineering Design Process. 12.1418.1–12.1418.16. 1 indexed citations
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Portsmore, Merredith, et al.. (2020). Remote Sensing And Tele Robotics For Elementary And Middle School Via The Internet. 8.985.1–8.985.9.
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Strawhacker, Amanda, Amanda Sullivan, & Merredith Portsmore. (2016). Billund builds music: An engineering education initiative in Danish Kindergartens. 22. 257–261. 3 indexed citations
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Johnson, Aaron, et al.. (2015). Eliciting Informed Designer Patterns from Elementary Students with Open-ended Problems (Fundamental). 26.593.1–26.593.13. 1 indexed citations
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Rogers, Chris, et al.. (2006). Kindergarten Robotics: Using Robotics to Motivate Math, Science, and Engineering Literacy in Elementary School*. 112 indexed citations
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Rogers, Chris & Merredith Portsmore. (2004). Bringing Engineering to Elementary School. Journal of STEM education. 5(3). 17–28. 184 indexed citations

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