Julia Plummer

Julia Plummer

Penn State University

H-index: 21

North America-United States

About Julia Plummer

Julia Plummer, With an exceptional h-index of 21 and a recent h-index of 16 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Penn State University, specializes in the field of science education, embodied cognition, spatial thinking, astronomy education.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Heads, hearts, and hands: a systematic review of empirical studies about eco/climate anxiety and environmental education

The role of narrative in informal programming designed to engage preschool-age children in science explanations

The Astronomical Event of the Decade

Commentary: Connecting Fieldtrips to Classroom Learning

Preschool-age children’s early steps towards evidence-based explanations and modelling practices

How Planetariums Offer Diverse Opportunities to Engage a Broad Audience in Stem

Evaluating curriculum for student funds of knowledge: A review of project WET 2.0

Learning to think spatially through curricula that embed spatial training

Julia Plummer Information

University

Position

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Citations(all)

1686

Citations(since 2020)

773

Cited By

1072

hIndex(all)

21

hIndex(since 2020)

16

i10Index(all)

28

i10Index(since 2020)

22

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Penn State University

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Julia Plummer Skills & Research Interests

science education

embodied cognition

spatial thinking

astronomy education

Top articles of Julia Plummer

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Heads, hearts, and hands: a systematic review of empirical studies about eco/climate anxiety and environmental education

Emily K Olsen

Danielle F Lawson

Lucy R McClain

Julia D Plummer

2024/2/6

The role of narrative in informal programming designed to engage preschool-age children in science explanations

International Journal of Science Education, Part B

Julia D Plummer

Kyungjin Cho

2023/3/4

The Astronomical Event of the Decade

Science and Children

Anna Hurst

Julia Plummer

Suzanne Gurton

Dennis Schatz

2023/10/1

Commentary: Connecting Fieldtrips to Classroom Learning

Julia D Plummer

2023/9/27

Preschool-age children’s early steps towards evidence-based explanations and modelling practices

International Journal of Science Education

Julia D Plummer

Amy Ricketts

2023/1/22

How Planetariums Offer Diverse Opportunities to Engage a Broad Audience in Stem

Julia Plummer

2023/1/1

Evaluating curriculum for student funds of knowledge: A review of project WET 2.0

Jennifer Hileman

Emily Olsen

Julia D Plummer

2023/11/28

Learning to think spatially through curricula that embed spatial training

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Julia D Plummer

Patricia Udomprasert

Abha Vaishampayan

Susan Sunbury

Kyungjin Cho

...

2022/9

Young Children’s Use of Spatial Sensemaking Practices as Mediators of Spatial Skills During Informal STEM Programs

Proceedings of the 16th International Conference of the Learning Sciences-ICLS 2022, pp. 1121-1124

Julia D Plummer

Katie Nolan

Kyungjin Cho

Madison Botch

2022

The Use of Narrative in the Development of Spatial Sensemaking Practices

Proceedings of the 15th International Conference of the Learning Sciences-ICLS 2021.

Julia D Plummer

Kyungjin Cho

Madison Botch

2021

Assessing preservice elementary teachers’ understanding of science practices using children’s astronomy storybooks

Astronomy Education Journal

Julia Plummer

Kyungjin Cho

Christopher Palma

Daniel Barringer

Timothy Gleason

...

2021/12/30

Building on Stories to Engage Children in Spatial Thinking

ASP2020: Embracing the Future: Astronomy Teaching and Public Engagement

J Plummer

K Cho

M Botch

2021/11

Informal science educators: Understanding their goals for preschool-aged audiences

Research in Science Education

Julia D Plummer

Michele M Crowl

Arzu Tanis Ozcelik

2021/10

Informal science educators engaging preschool-age audiences in science practices

International Journal of Science Education, Part B

Julia D Plummer

Arzu Tanis Ozcelik

Michele M Crowl

2021/4/3

Playing with Shadows: Understanding Preschool-age Children’s Gesture Use and Body Movements in Play-based Science Learning

International Journal of Early Childhood Education

Kyungjin Cho

Julia.D Plummer

2022/6

Best Practices in Astronomy Education: Long-term Retention of Learning Gains with the WWT ThinkSpace Seasons Lab

American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts# 235

P Udomprasert

H Houghton

S Sunbury

J Plummer

A Goodman

...

2020/1

Scientific Argumentation as an Epistemic Practice: Secondary Students’ Critique

Science Education in the 21st Century: Re-searching Issues that Matter from Different Lenses

Yann Shiou Ong

Richard A Duschl

Julia D Plummer

2020

Design considerations for a seasonal constellations planetarium program: Comparison of embodied design and computer visualizations.

Planetarian

Heather Bradley

Julia Plummer

Christopher Palma

Margaret Teuber

2020/6/1

Evaluating a learning progression for the solar system: Progress along gravity and dynamical properties dimensions

Science Education

Julia D Plummer

Christopher Palma

KeriAnn Rubin

Alice Flarend

Yann Shiou Ong

...

2020/5

Integrating Narrative into the Design of Preschool Science Programs

Julia Plummer

Kyungjin Cho

2020

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