William R. Penuel

15.5k total citations · 6 hit papers
228 papers, 9.6k citations indexed

About

William R. Penuel is a scholar working on Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Information Systems and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, William R. Penuel has authored 228 papers receiving a total of 9.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 157 papers in Education, 68 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 57 papers in Information Systems and Management. Recurrent topics in William R. Penuel's work include Educational Assessment and Improvement (56 papers), Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (47 papers) and Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (44 papers). William R. Penuel is often cited by papers focused on Educational Assessment and Improvement (56 papers), Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (47 papers) and Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (44 papers). William R. Penuel collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Netherlands. William R. Penuel's co-authors include Cynthia E. Coburn, Barry Fishman, Lawrence P. Gallagher, Jeremy Roschelle, Ryoko Yamaguchi, Kenneth A. Frank, Kris D. Gutiérrez, Britte Haugan Cheng, Nora H. Sabelli and James V. Wertsch and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Review of Educational Research and Computer.

In The Last Decade

William R. Penuel

215 papers receiving 8.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

What Makes Professional Development Effective? Strategies That Foster Curriculum Implementation

2007 797 citations William R. Penuel, Barry Fishman et al. profile →
Research–Practice Partnerships in Education

2016 543 citations William R. Penuel et al. Educational Researcher profile →
Connected Learning: An Agenda for Research and Design

2013 507 citations Mizuko Ito, Kris D. Gutiérrez et al. London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science) profile →
Organizing Research and Development at the Intersection of Learning, Implementation, and Design

2011 462 citations William R. Penuel, Barry Fishman et al. Educational Researcher profile →
Relevance to Practice as a Criterion for Rigor

2014 185 citations Kris D. Gutiérrez, William R. Penuel Educational Researcher profile →
Storyline Units: An Instructional Model to Support Coherence from the Students’ Perspective

2021 96 citations Brian J. Reiser, William R. Penuel et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
William R. Penuel United States	48	6.4k	2.5k	2.0k	1.4k	1.0k	228	9.6k
Dylan Wiliam United Kingdom	35	12.9k 2.0×	3.4k 1.4×	2.1k 1.1×	851 0.6×	972 0.9×	116	15.1k
Laura M. Desimone United States	33	9.3k 1.4×	2.3k 0.9×	1.4k 0.7×	974 0.7×	329 0.3×	81	11.0k
Thomas R. Guskey United States	41	9.1k 1.4×	2.3k 0.9×	900 0.5×	832 0.6×	364 0.3×	171	11.3k
Larry Cuban United States	38	7.4k 1.1×	1.4k 0.5×	1.0k 0.5×	1.9k 1.4×	529 0.5×	130	9.6k
James P. Spillane United States	57	13.9k 2.2×	2.5k 1.0×	3.7k 1.9×	2.3k 1.7×	219 0.2×	158	17.2k
David C. Berliner United States	54	11.9k 1.9×	3.5k 1.4×	1.3k 0.6×	3.0k 2.2×	251 0.2×	235	16.5k
Andrew C. Porter United States	41	7.4k 1.2×	1.5k 0.6×	1.5k 0.7×	864 0.6×	210 0.2×	154	9.3k
Deborah Loewenberg Ball United States	49	15.7k 2.4×	2.8k 1.1×	1.0k 0.5×	1.8k 1.3×	456 0.4×	112	17.2k
Hilda Borko United States	41	10.3k 1.6×	2.9k 1.2×	776 0.4×	1.4k 1.0×	327 0.3×	117	11.9k
Michael S. Garet United States	27	5.6k 0.9×	1.5k 0.6×	895 0.5×	596 0.4×	195 0.2×	69	6.9k

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Penuel, William R., et al.. (2025). Responsible Innovation in Designing AI for Education: Attending to the “How,” the “for What,” the “for Whom,” and the “With Whom” in a Rapidly Growing Field. Educational Researcher. 55(2). 134–141.

Reiser, Brian J., et al.. (2024). Characterizing variations in the figured worlds of teachers and students in science class. Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 62(6). 1654–1679. 1 indexed citations

Penuel, William R., et al.. (2023). Belonging in science classrooms: Investigating its relation to students' contributions and influence in knowledge building. Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 61(1). 228–252. 5 indexed citations

Jacobs, Jennifer, et al.. (2022). Understanding the Priorities and Practices of Rural Science Teachers: Implications for Designing Professional Learning. The Rural Educator. 43(3). 26–40. 2 indexed citations

Jacobs, Jennifer, et al.. (2021). A Professional Development Model to Integrate Computational Thinking Into Middle School Science Through Codesigned Storylines. Contemporary issues in technology and teacher education. 21(1). 53–96. 19 indexed citations

Penuel, William R., et al.. (2020). Measuring Equitable Science Instruction at Scale.. ICLS. 1 indexed citations

Penuel, William R., et al.. (2018). Building a Networked Improvement Community to Promote Equitable, Coherent Systems of Science Education: How a State-Level Team Can Support District-Level Change Efforts.. 15(1). 30–38. 5 indexed citations

Horne, Katie Van, et al.. (2016). Disruptions to Practice: Understanding Suspensions of Youths' Interest-related Activities.. ICLS. 1 indexed citations

Ito, Mizuko, Kris D. Gutiérrez, Sonia Livingstone, et al.. (2013). Connected Learning: An Agenda for Research and Design. London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science). 228(6). 555–64. 507 indexed citations breakdown →

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Penuel, William R., et al.. (2012). Locating the Development of Interest: Tools for Studying the Mutual Constitution of Persons and Cultural Practices in Places.. ICLS. 1 indexed citations

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Penuel, William R., et al.. (2012). Fostering Teachers' Use of Talk Moves to Promote Productive Participation in Scientific Practices.. ICLS. 1 indexed citations

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Roschelle, Jeremy, Patricia Schänk, William R. Penuel, et al.. (2011). CSCL and Innovation: In Classrooms, With Teachers, Among School Leaders, In Schools of Education.. Computer Supported Collaborative Learning. 5 indexed citations

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Penuel, William R., et al.. (2008). The mediating role of coherence in curriculum implementation. International Conference of Learning Sciences. 180–187. 2 indexed citations

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Fishman, Barry, William R. Penuel, & Ryoko Yamaguchi. (2006). Fostering innovation implementation: findings about supporting scale from GLOBE. International Conference of Learning Sciences. 168–174. 11 indexed citations

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Penuel, William R., Kenneth A. Frank, & Ann E. Krause. (2006). The distribution of resources and expertise and the implementation of schoolwide reform initiatives. International Conference of Learning Sciences. 522–528. 22 indexed citations

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Roschelle, Jeremy & William R. Penuel. (2006). Co-design of innovations with teachers: definition and dynamics. International Conference of Learning Sciences. 606–612. 103 indexed citations

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Roschelle, Jeremy, William R. Penuel, & Louis Abrahamson. (2004). The Networked Classroom. Educational leadership. 61(5). 50. 112 indexed citations

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Penuel, William R., et al.. (2002). Learning to Teach with Technology: Strategies for Inservice Professional Development. The Journal of Technology and Teacher Education. 10(3). 431–455. 28 indexed citations

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Shear, Linda & William R. Penuel. (2002). Putting the "Learning" in "Adventure Learning": Design Principles for Technology-Supported Classroom Inquiry.. Journal of curriculum and supervision. 17(4). 2 indexed citations

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Penuel, William R., et al.. (2000). Do Technology Investments Pay Off? The Evidence Is In!.. Leadership. 30(1). 18–19. 3 indexed citations

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