Vaughan Prain

5.5k citations
110 papers · 3.2k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 31

Impact in

    • Educational Strategies and Epistemologies
    • Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
  • Education top 0.2%
    • Science Education and Pedagogy
    • Education and Critical Thinking Development
    • Innovative Teaching Methods

Papers in

    • Educational Strategies and Epistemologies 30
    • Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods 27
    • Science Education and Pedagogy 48
    • Education and Critical Thinking Development 14
    • Teacher Education and Leadership Studies 8

Vaughan Prain

105 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Drawing to Learn in Science 2011 · 469 citations
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Peers

Vaughan Prain
Comparison fields: 5 of 105
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology 1.5k
  • Education 2.5k
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 481
  • Literature and Literary Theory 329
  • Speech and Hearing 179
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 20231
2 20211
3
Learning Biology through Creative Representation.
20182
4
Towards Personalising Learning in School Science: Making This Learning More Relevant.
20175
5 20166
6
Reasoning through Representing in School Science
20122
7 201030
8
An explicit representational focus for teaching and learning about animals in the environment
200917
9
Self-Regulated Learning in Junior Secondary English.
20096
10 200836
11
Student engagement in the middle years: A year 8 case study
200713
12 200737
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Learning Junior Secondary Science through Multi-Modal Representations
200651
14 200612
15 200635
16 200315
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Using Postmodern Picture Books in the Art Curriculum.
20001
18
Writing for Learning in Science: A Model for Use within Classrooms.
199614
19
Vaporise the verbs: Teaching grammar after Nintendo
19951
20
Helping Students Identify How Writers Signal Purpose in Autobiographical Writing.
19950

About Vaughan Prain

Vaughan Prain is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Education, Human Factors and Ergonomics, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Visual Arts and Performing Arts, having authored 110 papers that have together received 3.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Science Education and Pedagogy (48 papers), Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (30 papers), Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (27 papers), Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes (14 papers), Education and Critical Thinking Development (14 papers), Animal and Plant Science Education (9 papers), Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (8 papers) and Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Developmental and Educational Psychology (1.5k citations), Education (2.5k citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (481 citations), Literature and Literary Theory (329 citations) and Speech and Hearing (179 citations). Vaughan Prain has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Russell Tytler, Brian Hand, Bruce Waldrip, Shaaron Aınsworth, Suzanne Peterson, Larry D. Yore, Carolyn S. Wallace, Mark Hackling, Craig Deed and Cathleen Farrelly. Their work appears in journals such as International Journal of Science Education, Research in Science Education, Science Education, Journal of Research in Science Teaching and Learning Environments Research.

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