William J. Boone

5.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
89 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

William J. Boone is a scholar working on Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. According to data from OpenAlex, William J. Boone has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Education, 24 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 20 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Recurrent topics in William J. Boone's work include Science Education and Pedagogy (41 papers), Diverse Educational Innovations Studies (20 papers) and Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (11 papers). William J. Boone is often cited by papers focused on Science Education and Pedagogy (41 papers), Diverse Educational Innovations Studies (20 papers) and Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (11 papers). William J. Boone collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Croatia. William J. Boone's co-authors include John R. Staver, Melissa S. Yale, Kenneth J. Schoon, Kathryn Scantlebury, Amity Noltemeyer, Özgül Yılmaz Tüzün, Nazan Bautista, Hans E. Fischer, Knut Neumann and Hans O. Andersen and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Research in Science Teaching, Science Education and International Journal of Science Education.

In The Last Decade

William J. Boone

84 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

Rasch Analysis in the Human Sciences 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 2016 250 500 750
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.

  1. Rasch Analysis in the Human Sciences
    2013 797 citations William J. Boone, John R. Staver et al. profile →
  2. Rasch Analysis for Instrument Development: Why, When, and How?
    2016 444 citations William J. Boone profile →

Peers

William J. Boone
Alice Y. Kolb United States
John R. Staver United States
Robert H. Tai United States
Gavin Brown New Zealand
Larry B. Christensen United States
Geoff N Masters Australia
Gillian M. Boulton‐Lewis Australia
James C. Impara United States
Geneva D. Haertel United States
Gregory Camilli United States
Alice Y. Kolb United States
William J. Boone
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Countries citing papers authored by William J. Boone

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Fields of papers citing papers by William J. Boone

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William J. Boone

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Boone, William J., et al.. (2024). Rasch analysis in developing a questionnaire to measure self-efficacy beliefs of Omani preservice science teachers for teaching through engineering design. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 11(1). 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Xiufeng & William J. Boone. (2023). Advances in Applications of Rasch Measurement in Science Education. 1 indexed citations
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Neumann, Knut, Ivica Aviani, E. Hasović, et al.. (2019). Measuring students’ conceptual understanding of wave optics: A Rasch modeling approach. Physical Review Physics Education Research. 15(1). 25 indexed citations
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Hardin, Belinda J., et al.. (2016). Investigating the Psychometric Properties of the ACEI Global Guidelines Assessment, Third Edition (GGA) in Nine Countries. Early Childhood Education Journal. 45(3). 297–312. 1 indexed citations
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Neumann, Knut, et al.. (2012). Towards a learning progression of energy. Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 50(2). 162–188. 192 indexed citations
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Çakıroğlu, Jale, Erdinç Çakıroğlu, & William J. Boone. (2005). Pre-Service Teacher Self-Efficacy Beliefs Regarding Science Teaching: A Comparison of Pre-Service Teachers in Turkey and the USA.. Science educator. 14(1). 31–40. 94 indexed citations
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Libarkin, Julie C., Stephen Anderson, & William J. Boone. (2003). The Geoscience Concept Test: Linking Grounded Theory, Scale Development, and Item Response Theory. AGUFM. 2003. 1 indexed citations
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Libarkin, Julie C., et al.. (2002). The Geoscience Concept Test: A New Assessment Tool Based on Student Misconceptions. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2002. 2 indexed citations
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Boone, William J., et al.. (2001). Self-Efficacy and Outcome Expectancy of Selected Upper Elementary and Middle School Science Teachers--Surprises and Lessons for Science Supervisors.. Science educator. 10(1). 43–49. 1 indexed citations
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Boone, William J.. (2001). A Qualitative Evaluation of Utilizing Dynamic Quad Screen Technology for Elementary and Middle School Teacher Preparation. The Journal of Technology and Teacher Education. 9(1). 129–146. 1 indexed citations
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Boone, William J., L. W. Braile, Gerald H. Krockover, & Andrea Maria Rizzo. (1999). Science Instruction for All: Implications for Science Educators.. Science educator. 8(1). 43–48. 2 indexed citations
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Howard, Robert & William J. Boone. (1997). What Influences Students To Enjoy Introductory Science Laboratories. The journal of college science teaching. 26(6). 6 indexed citations
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Boone, William J.. (1996). Developing Distance Education Classrooms. THE journal. 24(1). 61–64. 5 indexed citations
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Boone, William J.. (1995). Science teacher preparation with distance education technology. 3(1). 93–104. 1 indexed citations
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Boone, William J., Christine Bennett, & Carlos J. Ovando. (1995). Teachers' attitudes towards distance learning technology in a science/society global issues course. 14(3). 305–323. 1 indexed citations
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Boone, William J. & Dorothy Gabel. (1994). Computers and preservice elementary science teacher education. 13(1). 17–42. 9 indexed citations
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Boone, William J.. (1994). Teaching Hands-On Science With Fully Interactive Distance Education Technology. Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference. 1994(1). 709–713. 1 indexed citations
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Boone, William J. & Hans O. Andersen. (1994). Delivering Interactive Hands‐on Science Methods Instruction to Remote Sites Using Television. Journal of Information Techology for Teacher Education. 3(1). 51–61. 1 indexed citations

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