Tina A. Grotzer

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Tina A. Grotzer is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Education and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Tina A. Grotzer has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 23 papers in Education and 5 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Tina A. Grotzer's work include Science Education and Pedagogy (15 papers), Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (14 papers) and Educational Games and Gamification (9 papers). Tina A. Grotzer is often cited by papers focused on Science Education and Pedagogy (15 papers), Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (14 papers) and Educational Games and Gamification (9 papers). Tina A. Grotzer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Hong Kong and China. Tina A. Grotzer's co-authors include Chris Dede, Amy M. Kamarainen, Shari Metcalf, David N. Perkins, M. Shane Tutwiler, Minhong Wang, S. Lynneth Solis, Juanjuan Chen, Joseph Reilly and Jason Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as American Psychologist, Computers in Human Behavior and BioScience.

In The Last Decade

Tina A. Grotzer

52 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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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.

EcoMOBILE: Integrating augmented reality and probeware with environmental education field trips

2013 363 citations Amy M. Kamarainen, Shari Metcalf et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tina A. Grotzer United States	20	622	608	296	270	243	54	1.4k
Susan A. Yoon United States	23	767 1.2×	559 0.9×	377 1.3×	339 1.3×	279 1.1×	83	1.8k
Eleni Α. Kyza Cyprus	18	760 1.2×	763 1.3×	316 1.1×	283 1.0×	282 1.2×	48	1.6k
Joshua Danish United States	18	386 0.6×	481 0.8×	151 0.5×	161 0.6×	178 0.7×	86	975
M. Shane Tutwiler United States	15	313 0.5×	307 0.5×	273 0.9×	248 0.9×	199 0.8×	29	907
Erik D. van der Spek Netherlands	13	299 0.5×	1.0k 1.7×	168 0.6×	178 0.7×	257 1.1×	31	1.5k
M. J. Bishop United States	11	646 1.0×	342 0.6×	68 0.2×	260 1.0×	79 0.3×	19	1.3k
Bertrand Schneider United States	21	313 0.5×	506 0.8×	344 1.2×	208 0.8×	469 1.9×	100	1.5k
Joey J. Lee United States	11	420 0.7×	754 1.2×	265 0.9×	422 1.6×	341 1.4×	15	1.7k
Tzung‐Jin Lin Taiwan	19	682 1.1×	448 0.7×	216 0.7×	277 1.0×	146 0.6×	34	1.3k
Insook Han United States	14	400 0.6×	210 0.3×	113 0.4×	317 1.2×	281 1.2×	35	1.1k

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Wang, Minhong, Chris Dede, Tina A. Grotzer, & Juanjuan Chen. (2025). Understanding and managing the complexities in situated learning in immersive virtual environments. Educational Technology Research and Development. 73(5). 3177–3200. 1 indexed citations

Grotzer, Tina A., et al.. (2023). Learning Like “Fast Fish”: A Research Review on the Promise of Contextualized Agency. Review of Research in Education. 47(1). 405–442. 1 indexed citations

Grotzer, Tina A., et al.. (2019). Pedagogical moves and student thinking in technology‐mediated medical problem‐based learning: Supporting novice‐expert shift. British Journal of Educational Technology. 50(5). 2234–2250. 19 indexed citations

Chen, Juanjuan, Minhong Wang, Tina A. Grotzer, & Chris Dede. (2018). Using a three‐dimensional thinking graph to support inquiry learning. Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 55(9). 1239–1263. 51 indexed citations

Chen, Juanjuan, Minhong Wang, Chris Dede, & Tina A. Grotzer. (2017). Design of a Three-Dimensional Cognitive Mapping Approach to Support Inquiry Learning.. Educational Technology & Society. 20(4). 191–204. 11 indexed citations

Dede, Christopher, Tina A. Grotzer, Amy M. Kamarainen, & Shari Metcalf. (2017). EcoXPT: Designing for Deeper Learning through Experimentation in an Immersive Virtual Ecosystem. Educational Technology & Society. 20(4). 166–178. 29 indexed citations

Wu, Bian, Minhong Wang, Tina A. Grotzer, Jun Liu, & Janice Johnson. (2016). Visualizing complex processes using a cognitive-mapping tool to support the learning of clinical reasoning. BMC Medical Education. 16(1). 216–216. 37 indexed citations

Chen, Jason, M. Shane Tutwiler, Shari Metcalf, et al.. (2015). A multi-user virtual environment to support students' self-efficacy and interest in science: A latent growth model analysis. Learning and Instruction. 41. 11–22. 70 indexed citations

Kamarainen, Amy M., Shari Metcalf, Tina A. Grotzer, & Chris Dede. (2014). Understanding Data Variability in Ecosystems: Blending MUVE and Mobile Technologies to Support Reasoning with Real World Data.. ICLS. 1 indexed citations

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Metcalf, Shari, Amy M. Kamarainen, Tina A. Grotzer, & Chris Dede. (2014). Collaborative Hypothesis-Building Using Immersive Virtual Environments for Ecosystems Science.. ICLS. 1 indexed citations

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Metcalf, Shari, Jason Chen, Amy M. Kamarainen, et al.. (2014). Shifts in Student Motivation during Usage of a Multi-User Virtual Environment for Ecosystem Science. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 5(4). 1–16. 8 indexed citations

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Metcalf, Shari, Amy M. Kamarainen, Tina A. Grotzer, & Chris Dede. (2013). Collaborative Learning in Virtual Environments: Role-Based Exploration of Causality in Ecosystems Over Time and Scale.. Computer Supported Collaborative Learning. 315–316. 1 indexed citations

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Kamarainen, Amy M., Shari Metcalf, Tina A. Grotzer, & Chris Dede. (2013). Learning About Ecosystems Through Collaborative Augmented Reality Experiences.. Computer Supported Collaborative Learning. 281–282. 1 indexed citations

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Metcalf, Shari, Amy M. Kamarainen, Tina A. Grotzer, & Chris Dede. (2013). Teacher Perceptions of the Practicality and Effectiveness of Immersive Ecological Simulations as Classroom Curricula. Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University). 4(3). 66–77. 11 indexed citations

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Tutwiler, M. Shane & Tina A. Grotzer. (2012). Irreducible Complexity: How Do Causal Bayes Nets Theories of Human Causal Inference Inform the Design of a Virtual Ecosystem?. ICLS. 1 indexed citations

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Dede, Christopher, Tina A. Grotzer, Amy M. Kamarainen, Shari Metcalf, & M. Shane Tutwiler. (2012). EcoMOBILE: Blending virtual and augmented realities for learning ecosystems science and complex causality. Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University). 3 indexed citations

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Zuckerman, Oren, et al.. (2006). Flow blocks as a conceptual bridge between understanding the structure and behavior of a complex causal system. International Conference of Learning Sciences. 880–886. 18 indexed citations

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Grotzer, Tina A.. (2004). Putting Everyday Science within Reach.. Principal leadership. 5(2). 16–21. 3 indexed citations

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Grotzer, Tina A.. (2002). Expanding our vision for educational technology: Procedural, conceptual, and structural knowledge. Educational Technology archive. 42(2). 52–59. 11 indexed citations

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Perkins, David N. & Tina A. Grotzer. (1997). Teaching intelligence.. American Psychologist. 52(10). 1125–1133. 14 indexed citations

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