Rosalind Driver

13.9k total citations · 7 hit papers
46 papers, 9.3k citations indexed

About

Rosalind Driver is a scholar working on Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rosalind Driver has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 9.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Education, 18 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 5 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Rosalind Driver's work include Science Education and Pedagogy (26 papers), Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (13 papers) and Education and Critical Thinking Development (10 papers). Rosalind Driver is often cited by papers focused on Science Education and Pedagogy (26 papers), Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (13 papers) and Education and Critical Thinking Development (10 papers). Rosalind Driver collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Greece and United States. Rosalind Driver's co-authors include Jonathan Osborne, Paul E. Newton, Andrée Tiberghien, J. A. Easley, Gaalen Erickson, John Leach, Valerie Wood-Robinson, Peter Rushworth, Elizabeth Engel Clough and Beverley Bell and has published in prestigious journals such as Educational Researcher, Journal of Research in Science Teaching and Science Education.

In The Last Decade

Rosalind Driver

45 papers receiving 7.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Establishing the norms of scientific argumentation in classrooms

2000 1.5k citations Rosalind Driver, Paul E. Newton et al. Science Education profile →
Children's ideas in science

1985 1.2k citations Rosalind Driver, Andrée Tiberghien et al. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) profile →
Pupils and Paradigms: a Review of Literature Related to Concept Development in Adolescent Science Students

1978 772 citations Rosalind Driver et al. Studies in Science Education profile →
Young people's images of science

1996 688 citations Rosalind Driver profile →
A Constructivist Approach to Curriculum Development in Science

1986 591 citations Rosalind Driver et al. Studies in Science Education profile →
Making Sense of Secondary Science: Research into children's ideas

1993 549 citations Rosalind Driver, Peter Rushworth et al. profile →
Making Sense of Secondary Science

1994 536 citations Rosalind Driver profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rosalind Driver United Kingdom	32	8.1k	5.0k	1.4k	665	550	46	9.3k
Peter W. Hewson United States	24	6.4k 0.8×	3.5k 0.7×	888 0.6×	762 1.1×	197 0.4×	53	7.4k
Avi Hofstein Israel	36	6.2k 0.8×	2.3k 0.5×	723 0.5×	496 0.7×	389 0.7×	120	7.8k
Richard A. Duschl United States	29	6.7k 0.8×	4.4k 0.9×	710 0.5×	797 1.2×	232 0.4×	74	8.1k
John K. Gilbert United Kingdom	37	5.1k 0.6×	2.7k 0.5×	785 0.6×	399 0.6×	235 0.4×	86	6.5k
Fouad Abd‐El‐Khalick United States	36	7.8k 1.0×	5.1k 1.0×	1.5k 1.1×	870 1.3×	312 0.6×	77	8.5k
Norman G. Lederman United States	48	12.1k 1.5×	7.3k 1.5×	2.2k 1.6×	1.6k 2.5×	348 0.6×	173	13.4k
David F. Treagust Australia	62	11.8k 1.5×	5.9k 1.2×	1.4k 1.0×	616 0.9×	345 0.6×	311	13.9k
Derek Hodson Canada	38	4.8k 0.6×	2.3k 0.5×	694 0.5×	694 1.0×	504 0.9×	93	5.7k
Kenneth Tobin United States	50	5.6k 0.7×	2.2k 0.4×	696 0.5×	641 1.0×	157 0.3×	224	7.0k
James H. Shea United States	5	4.9k 0.6×	2.6k 0.5×	720 0.5×	1.2k 1.8×	233 0.4×	28	6.1k

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Driver, Rosalind, et al.. (2005). Making Sense of Secondary Science. 8 indexed citations

Driver, Rosalind, Paul E. Newton, & Jonathan Osborne. (2000). Establishing the norms of scientific argumentation in classrooms. Science Education. 84(3). 287–312. 1524 indexed citations breakdown →

Osborne, Jonathan, et al.. (1998). Attitudes To Science: Issues and Concerns.. School science review. 79(288). 27–33. 64 indexed citations

Driver, Rosalind. (1996). Young people's images of science. 688 indexed citations breakdown →

Leach, John, Rosalind Driver, Philip Scott, & Colin Wood‐Robinson. (1996). Children's ideas about ecology 3: ideas found in children aged 5‐16 about the interdependency of organisms. International Journal of Science Education. 18(2). 129–141. 95 indexed citations

Driver, Rosalind & Philip Scott. (1995). Mind in Communication: A Response to Erick Smith. Educational Researcher. 24(7). 27–27. 1 indexed citations

Driver, Rosalind, John Leach, Philip Scott, & Colin Wood‐Robinson. (1994). Young People's understanding of science concepts: implications of cross-age studies for curriculum planning. Studies in Science Education. 24(1). 75–100. 85 indexed citations

Johnston, Kate & Rosalind Driver. (1991). A case study of teaching and learning about particle theory : a constructivist teaching scheme in action. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 6 indexed citations

Driver, Rosalind. (1990). Everyday science: Is it right or does it work?. British Journal of Developmental Psychology. 8(3). 295–297. 3 indexed citations

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Driver, Rosalind. (1989). Students’ conceptions and the learning of science. International Journal of Science Education. 11(5). 481–490. 395 indexed citations

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Millar, Robin & Rosalind Driver. (1987). Beyond Processes. Studies in Science Education. 14(1). 33–62. 190 indexed citations

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Driver, Rosalind & Beverley Bell. (1986). Students'Thinking and the Learning of Science: A Constructivist View. School science review. 67(240). 443–456. 249 indexed citations

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Driver, Rosalind, et al.. (1986). A Constructivist Approach to Curriculum Development in Science. Studies in Science Education. 13(1). 105–122. 591 indexed citations breakdown →

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Clough, Elizabeth Engel & Rosalind Driver. (1986). A study of consistency in the use of students' conceptual frameworks across different task contexts. Science Education. 70(4). 473–496. 206 indexed citations

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Driver, Rosalind, et al.. (1985). Children's ideas in science. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1159 indexed citations breakdown →

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Driver, Rosalind, et al.. (1985). Students' use of the principle of energy conservation in problem situations. Physics Education. 20(4). 171–176. 91 indexed citations

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Driver, Rosalind, Jennifer R. Head, & Sandra Johnson. (1984). The differential uptake of science in schools in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. European Journal of Science Education. 6(1). 19–29. 6 indexed citations

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Driver, Rosalind. (1982). BOOK REVIEWS. European Journal of Science Education. 4(1). 123–131. 4 indexed citations

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Driver, Rosalind, et al.. (1979). The Assessment of Performance in Science Project. European Journal of Science Education. 1(4). 441–447. 1 indexed citations

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Driver, Rosalind. (1978). When is a stage not a stage? A critique of Piaget's theory of cognitive development and its application to science education. Educational Research. 21(1). 54–61. 37 indexed citations

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