Sherry A. Southerland

5.1k total citations
91 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Sherry A. Southerland is a scholar working on Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. According to data from OpenAlex, Sherry A. Southerland has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Education, 39 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 21 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Recurrent topics in Sherry A. Southerland's work include Science Education and Pedagogy (49 papers), Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (30 papers) and Education and Critical Thinking Development (26 papers). Sherry A. Southerland is often cited by papers focused on Science Education and Pedagogy (49 papers), Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (30 papers) and Education and Critical Thinking Development (26 papers). Sherry A. Southerland collaborates with scholars based in United States, Türkiye and Australia. Sherry A. Southerland's co-authors include Gale M. Sinatra, Ellen M. Granger, Margaret R. Blanchard, Julie Gess‐Newsome, John Settlage, Leigh K. Smith, Adam Johnston, Louis S. Nadelson, Victor Sampson and Julie M. Kittleson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Computers & Education and American Educational Research Journal.

In The Last Decade

Sherry A. Southerland

84 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sherry A. Southerland United States 36 2.6k 1.2k 691 569 423 91 3.4k
Robin Millar United Kingdom 31 3.7k 1.4× 2.2k 1.8× 462 0.7× 105 0.2× 286 0.7× 88 4.4k
William F. McComas United States 22 2.1k 0.8× 1.3k 1.1× 503 0.7× 240 0.4× 271 0.6× 59 2.5k
Sandra K. Abell United States 29 5.2k 2.0× 2.4k 2.0× 713 1.0× 110 0.2× 950 2.2× 80 6.1k
Fouad Abd‐El‐Khalick United States 36 7.8k 3.0× 5.1k 4.2× 1.5k 2.2× 292 0.5× 870 2.1× 77 8.5k
George J. Posner United States 14 3.7k 1.4× 2.1k 1.7× 578 0.8× 173 0.3× 246 0.6× 32 4.4k
William W. Cobern United States 23 1.5k 0.6× 677 0.6× 368 0.5× 260 0.5× 180 0.4× 93 2.0k
Barbara A. Crawford United States 17 3.0k 1.2× 1.7k 1.4× 420 0.6× 61 0.1× 589 1.4× 34 3.4k
Reinders Duit Germany 28 3.3k 1.3× 1.9k 1.6× 487 0.7× 86 0.2× 171 0.4× 60 4.0k
Lawrence C. Scharmann United States 20 1.4k 0.5× 661 0.5× 560 0.8× 468 0.8× 232 0.5× 55 1.8k
Eduardo Fleury Mortimer Brazil 22 3.4k 1.3× 1.8k 1.5× 368 0.5× 66 0.1× 178 0.4× 102 4.0k

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All Works

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Southerland, Sherry A., et al.. (2023). Physics teachers’ dispositions related to culturally relevant pedagogy. International Journal of Science Education. 45(14). 1162–1181. 1 indexed citations
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Schellinger, Jennifer, Lama Z. Jaber, & Sherry A. Southerland. (2021). Harmonious or disjointed?: Epistemological framing and its role in an integrated science and engineering activity. Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 59(1). 30–57. 10 indexed citations
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Jaber, Lama Z., et al.. (2021). Cultivating Science Teachers’ Understandings of Science as a Discipline. Science & Education. 31(3). 657–683. 8 indexed citations
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Çetin, Pınar Seda, et al.. (2018). Exploring the effectiveness of engagement in a broad range of disciplinary practices on learning of Turkish high-school chemistry students. International Journal of Science Education. 40(5). 473–497. 16 indexed citations
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Southerland, Sherry A., et al.. (2017). Understanding the Induction of a Science Teacher. Research in Science Education. 43(3).
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Enderle, Patrick, et al.. (2014). Examining the Influence of RETs on Science Teacher Beliefs and Practice. Science Education. 98(6). 1077–1108. 59 indexed citations
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Southerland, Sherry A., et al.. (2012). Measuring One Aspect of Teachers’ Affective States: Development of the Science Teachers’ Pedagogical Discontentment Scale. School Science and Mathematics. 112(8). 483–494. 19 indexed citations
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Qablan, Ahmad, Sherry A. Southerland, & Yavuz Saka. (2011). "My job isn't to tell them what to think": The Fear of Indoctrination and How it Shapes Education for Sustainable Development. The Electronic Journal of Science Education. 15(2). 1–28. 2 indexed citations
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Nadelson, Louis S. & Sherry A. Southerland. (2010). Examining the Interaction of Acceptance and Understanding: How Does the Relationship Change with a Focus on Macroevolution?. Evolution Education and Outreach. 3(1). 82–88. 53 indexed citations
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Smith, Leigh K. & Sherry A. Southerland. (2007). Reforming practice or modifying reforms?: Elementary teachers' response to the tools of reform. Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 44(3). 396–423. 116 indexed citations
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Kahveci, Ajda, Sherry A. Southerland, & Penny J. Gilmer. (2006). Retaining Undergraduate Women in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering.. The journal of college science teaching. 36(3). 34–38. 44 indexed citations
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Settlage, John, et al.. (2005). Perhaps Triangulation Isn’t Enough: a Call for Crystallization as a Methodological Referent in NOS Research. OpenCommons - UConn (University of Connecticut). 8 indexed citations
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Southerland, Sherry A. & Gale M. Sinatra. (2003). Learning about biological evolution: A special case of intentional conceptual change. 13(7). 582–582. 36 indexed citations
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Gess‐Newsome, Julie, et al.. (2003). Educational Reform, Personal Practical Theories, and Dissatisfaction: The Anatomy of Change in College Science Teaching. American Educational Research Journal. 40(3). 731–767. 221 indexed citations
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Southerland, Sherry A., Gale M. Sinatra, & Michael R. Matthews. (2001). Belief, Knowledge, and Science Education. Educational Psychology Review. 13(4). 325–351. 131 indexed citations
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Southerland, Sherry A. & Julie Gess‐Newsome. (1999). Preservice teachers' views of inclusive science teaching as shaped by images of teaching, learning, and knowledge. Science Education. 83(2). 131–150. 5 indexed citations
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Southerland, Sherry A., et al.. (1997). Interdisciplinary Teaching? It Only Takes Talent, Time, and Treasure. The English Journal. 86(7). 30–30. 2 indexed citations

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