Patrice Potvin

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Patrice Potvin is a scholar working on Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrice Potvin has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Education, 31 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 19 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Patrice Potvin's work include Science Education and Pedagogy (38 papers), Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (19 papers) and Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function (12 papers). Patrice Potvin is often cited by papers focused on Science Education and Pedagogy (38 papers), Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (19 papers) and Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function (12 papers). Patrice Potvin collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Taiwan and France. Patrice Potvin's co-authors include Abdelkrim Hasni, Steve Masson, Martin Riopel, Lorie‐Marlène Brault Foisy, Chin‐Chung Tsai, Tzung‐Jin Lin, Tzu‐Chiang Lin, Patrick Charland, Jérémie Blanchette Sarrasin and Melissa Glackin and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Frontiers in Psychology and Journal of Research in Science Teaching.

In The Last Decade

Patrice Potvin

63 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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Interest, motivation and attitude towards science and technology at K-12 levels: a systematic review of 12 years of educational research

2014 489 citations Patrice Potvin, Abdelkrim Hasni Studies in Science Education profile →

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Ala Samarapungavan United States

Nancy Butler Songer United States

Andrée Tiberghien France

Benjamin C. Heddy United States

Ruth Stavy Israel

Vanessa Kind United Kingdom

Kalle Juuti Finland

Philip Adey United Kingdom

Vaughan Prain Australia

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Potvin, Patrice, et al.. (2026). The impact of neuroscience and artificial intelligence on feedback: a systematic review. Educational Technology Research and Development.

Potvin, Patrice, et al.. (2025). Belief in neuromyths among primary school teachers: A cross-national study of 11 countries. Trends in Neuroscience and Education. 40. 100264–100264.

Foisy, Lorie‐Marlène Brault, et al.. (2025). Effects of Familiarity and Complexity on Inhibitory Control in Elementary Science Learning. The Journal of Experimental Education. 1–22.

Potvin, Patrice, et al.. (2025). Beyond Blind Trust and Informed Trust: Earned Trust? A Critique of Osborne and Allchin (2024). Canadian Journal of Science Mathematics and Technology Education. 25(2). 543–551.

Potvin, Patrice, et al.. (2025). Electric Kasetsu! addressing misconceptions about basic electricity through the development of an engaging “predict-observe-explain” sequence. Science Activities. 62(3). 184–208.

Lin, Tzung‐Jin, Tzu‐Chiang Lin, Patrice Potvin, & Chin‐Chung Tsai. (2024). Research trends in science education from 2018 to 2022: a systematic content analysis of publications in selected journals. International Journal of Science Education. 47(4). 510–538. 4 indexed citations

Potvin, Patrice, et al.. (2024). Empowering professional learning communities of secondary science teachers to uncover and address their students’ misconceptions via research-oriented practices. Frontiers in Education. 9. 1 indexed citations

Balta, Nuri, et al.. (2023). Middle and high school girls’ attitude to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics career interest across grade levels and school types. Frontiers in Education. 8. 11 indexed citations

Charland, Patrick, Lorie‐Marlène Brault Foisy, Pierre‐Majorique Léger, et al.. (2023). Effects of reading contextualized physics problems among men and women: A psychophysiological approach. Trends in Neuroscience and Education. 30. 100199–100199. 4 indexed citations

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Potvin, Patrice, et al.. (2023). An understanding of falling bodies across schooling and experience based on the conceptual prevalence framework. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(1). 8–8. 3 indexed citations

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Potvin, Patrice, Abdelkrim Hasni, Jonathan Smith, et al.. (2022). Development and Validation of a Questionnaire to Assess Situational Interest in a Science Period: a Study in Three Cultural/Linguistic Contexts. Research in Science Education. 53(1). 99–120. 7 indexed citations

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Allaire‐Duquette, Geneviève, et al.. (2021). An fMRI study of scientists with a Ph.D. in physics confronted with naive ideas in science. npj Science of Learning. 6(1). 11–11. 22 indexed citations

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Potvin, Patrice, François Thibault, Geneviève Allaire‐Duquette, et al.. (2020). Models of conceptual change in science learning: establishing an exhaustive inventory based on support given by articles published in major journals. Studies in Science Education. 56(2). 157–211. 36 indexed citations

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Potvin, Patrice, et al.. (2019). Factors Related to Middle-school Students’ Situational Interest in Science in Outdoor Lessons in their Schools’ Immediate Surroundings. The International Journal of Environmental and Science Education. 4 indexed citations

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Hasni, Abdelkrim & Patrice Potvin. (2015). Student's Interest in Science and Technology and its Relationships with Teaching Methods, Family Context and Self-Efficacy. The International Journal of Environmental and Science Education. 10(3). 337–366. 32 indexed citations

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Potvin, Patrice, et al.. (2014). Linking neuroscientific research on decision making to the educational context of novice students assigned to a multiple-choice scientific task involving common misconceptions about electrical circuits. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 8. 14–14. 27 indexed citations

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Potvin, Patrice, et al.. (2012). The effects of a competency-based reform on the development of problem-solving competency in science and technology using a computer simulation and on general attitudes toward science and technology. International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education. 20(4). 2 indexed citations

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Masson, Steve, et al.. (2012). Using fMRI to Study Conceptual Change: Why and How?.. The International Journal of Environmental and Science Education. 7(1). 19–35. 13 indexed citations

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Riopel, Martin, Patrice Potvin, & Gilles Raîche. (2008). Évaluation informatisée des cheminements d'apprentissage de la modélisation scientifique. International journal of e-learning & distance education. 22(2). 1 indexed citations

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Potvin, Patrice. (2002). Regard épistémique sur une évolution conceptuelle en physique au secondaire. Papyrus : Institutional Repository (Université de Montréal). 2 indexed citations

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