STEM Related Educational Journals

 

Integrated / Interdisciplinary Journals

Scope &/or Target Audience

International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Provides broad coverage of higher education pedagogy and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) across diverse content areas, educational institutions, and levels of instructional expertise
International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning is a international electronic journal published twice a year by the Center for Excellence in Teaching at Georgia Southern University
Journal of STEM Education Innovations and Research Educators in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education. The journal emphasizes real-world case studies.
Research in Science & Technological Education  
School Science and Mathematics  
Technology and Culture Historians, engineers, scientists, museum curators, archivists, sociologists, anthropologists, and others

Science Education Based Journals

Scope &/or Target Audience

American Biology Teacher

High school and college biology teachers - specific how-to-do-it suggestions for the laboratory, field activities, interdisciplinary programs, review articles on recent advances in life science, and articles about the future of life in a technological society

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education

International audience of biochem and molec biology educators

Cell Biology Education
(American Society for Cell Biology)

K-12, undergraduate, graduate level biology educators

Electronic Journal of Science Education

K-16 science educators

The FASEB Journal

Biology researchers

Genetics

(Education section)

Scientists studying heredity and variation

International Journal of Science Education

International audience of science educators, science education researchers

Journal of College Science Teaching

College science teachers

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Science education researchers and practitioners

Journal of Science Education and Technology

K-16 science educators

Journal of Science Teacher Education A forum for disseminating research and theoretical position statements concerning the preparation and inservice education of science teachers

Science & Children

Elementary science teachers

Science Education

Science educators and education researchers

Science Scope

Middle school science teachers

The Science Teacher

High school science teachers

Technology Education Based Journals

Scope &/or Target Audience

International Journal of Technology and Design Education Encouraging research and development in any aspect of technology and design education
Journal of Industrial Teacher Education Technology / Industrial Educators K-16, professional and Teacher Educators
Journal of Technology Education Technology Educators K-16 and Teacher Educators
 Journal of Technology Studies An open forum for the exchange of relevant ideas in the field of Technology Studies

Engineering Education Based Journals

Scope &/or Target Audience

European Journal of Engineering Education Professors, researchers and students and various institutions concerned with engineering education
Global Journal of Engineering Education An international interdisciplinary forum of reference for engineering education
International Journal of Engineering Education
Comprehensive coverage of new education schemes and techniques makes the journal a unique source of ideas for engineering educators who are keen to keep abreast of latest developments in educational applications in all fields of engineering
Journal of Engineering Education
An archival record of scholarly research in engineering education
Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice Papers examine the relationships between civil engineering and other disciplines and professions

Mathematics Education Based Journals

Scope &/or Target Audience

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Covering didactical, methodological and pedagogical subjects, rather than with specific programmes for teaching mathematics.
Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics                                                  
To understand and/or influence factors that affect mathematics learning.
Journal for Research in Mathematics Education
Scholarly inquiry into the teaching and learning of mathematics at all levels
Journal of Mathematics  Behavior
 
Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education
The education of mathematics teachers and development of teaching that promotes students' successful learning of mathematics.
Mathematics Thinking and Learning  

Learning Sciences Based Journals

Scope &/or Target Audience

Advances in Physiology Education

Physiology teachers and researchers

Cognition and Instruction
Work that imaginatively considers problems in cognition and instruction
Educational Research Review Researchers and various agencies interested to review studies in education and instruction at any level
Educational Psychologist
Research concerning all aspects of educational psychology
Journal of Educational Psychology Primary psychological research pertaining to education across all ages and educational levels
Journal of Educational Research

Cutting-edge theories and proposals for the advancement of educational practice in elementary and secondary schools

Journal of Instructional Psychology

Research and essays on education and the psychology of learning and teaching
Journal of the Learning Sciences
Interdisciplinary empirical investigation of learning as it exists in real-world settings and how learning may be facilitated both with and without technology
Learning and Instruction Most advanced high-quality research in the areas of learning, development, instruction and multidisciplinary teaching

Instructional Design and Technology Based Journals

Scope &/or Target Audience

Contemporary Issues in Technology & Teacher Education
Preparing tomorrow’s teachers to use technology
Educational Technology Research & Development
Topics relating to applications of technology or instructional design in educational settings.Including K-12, higher education, and adult learning (e.g., corporate training)
International Journal of Electronic Learning
To enhance learning and teaching in corporate, government, healthcare, and higher education with advances in technology
Journal of Interactive Learning Research
Related to the underlying theory, design, implementation, effectiveness, and impact on education and training of technological and interactive learning environments
Journal of Research on Technology in Education
Theoretical or conceptual positions that relate to educational computing
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education
The use of information technology in teacher education
Performance Improvement Quarterly Emphasis is on human performance technologies such as front-end analysis or evaluation

Distance Education Based Journals

Scope &/or Target Audience

American Journal of Distance Education
Research and scholarship in the field of American distance education
Distance Education
Research and scholarship in open, flexible, distance education
and e-learning
Journal of Distance Education
The field of distance education
Open Learning Research and scholarship in open, flexible, distance education
and e-learning

Evaluation & Assessment Based Journals

Scope &/or Target Audience

American Educational Research Journal American Educational Research Association's primary journal seeking clear and significant contributions to the understanding and/or improvement of educational processes and outcomes
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis American Educational Research Association's journal for those involved with educational policy analysis, evaluation, and decisionmaking
Educational Researcher American Educational Research Association's general journal contains scholarly articles that come froma wide range of disciplines and are of genral significance to the education research community.Focused on are articles that focus on the interpretation, implications, or significance of research work in education.
Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics American Educational Research Association's journal for papers that develop original statistical methods useful for the applied statistician working in educational or behavioral research.
Journal of Educational Measurement (JEM) The practice of measurement in field settings as well as researchers and measurement theorists

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

Provides current information regarding psychological and educational assessment practices, legal mandates, and instrumentation.
Review of Educational Research American Educational Research Association review journal publishes critical, integrative reviews of research literature bearing on education

Review of Research in Education

American Educational Research Association's journal provides an overview and descriptive analysis of selected topics of relevant research literature through critical and synthesizing essays

Misc. Journals

Scope &/or Target Audience

Educational Gerontology

International audience of gerontology educators

Health Education Research: Theory and Practice

International audience of health education researchers and practitioners

International Journal of Special Education

International audience of special educators

Journal of Museum Education

Museum educators and researchers

Journal of School Health

Health educators, school nurses, physicians

Rising Against the Gathering Storm STEM related educators in K-16, business & teacher education

 

Abstracting and Indexing Options

. Current Contents®/Social and Behavioral Sciences

. Current Index of Journals in Education

. Education Index

. ISI Alerting Services

. PsycINFO

. Research into Higher Education Abstracts

. Social Sciences Citation Index® and Social SciSearch® [http://www.isinet.com/products/citation/ssci/]

 

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