Anne Forbes

Research Outputs

Research output per year 1988 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2024

• 22 Article
• 4 Chapter
• 2 Commissioned report
• 2 Textbook
• 5 More
  • 1 Edited Book/Anthology
  • 1 Conference proceeding contribution
  • 1 Conference abstract
  • 1 Editorial
  • 1 Web publication/site

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2024

  An analysis of the nature of young students' STEM learning in 3D technology-enhanced makerspaces

  Forbes, A. (ed.), Falloon, G., Stevenson, M., Hatzigianni, M. & Bower, M., 2024, Developing culturally and developmentally appropriate early STEM learning experiences. Li, P. H., Forbes, A. & Yang, W. (eds.). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, p. 172-187 16 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • learning process 100%
  • recording 78%
  • learning 75%
  • printing technology 66%
  • teacher 55%

• Developing culturally and developmentally appropriate early STEM learning experiences

  Li, P. H. (ed.), Forbes, A. (ed.) & Yang, W. (ed.), 2024, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group. 191 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Edited Book/Anthology › peer-review

  • learning 100%
  • experience 91%
  • education 89%
  • scenario 86%
  • early childhood education and care 74%

• Introduction: developing culturally and developmentally appropriate early stem learning experiences

  Li, P. H., Forbes, A. (ed.) & Yang, W. (ed.), 2024, Developing culturally and developmentally appropriate early STEM learning experiences. Li, P. H., Forbes, A. & Yang, W. (eds.). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, p. 1-6 6 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• The role and place of STEM in schools: why and how should schools be developing their students’ STEM identities

  Forbes, A., 1 Mar 2024, In: The Australian Educational Leader. 46, 1, p. 16-24 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • student teacher 100%
  • social network 92%
  • literacy 81%
  • career 76%
  • leader 75%
• 2023

  Primary science education: a teacher’s toolkit

  Forbes, A., 2023, Melbourne: Cambridge University Press (CUP). 332 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Textbook

  • teacher 100%
  • classroom 84%
  • education 73%
  • teacher's role 46%
  • curriculum 43%

• The effects of load reduction instruction on educational outcomes: an intervention study on hands-on inquiry-based learning in science.

  Kadir, M. S., Yeung, A. S., Santos Caleon, I., Diallo, T., Forbes, A. & Xun Koh, W., 1 Jul 2023, In: Applied Cognitive Psychology. 37, 4, p. 814-829 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Cognitive Load 100%
  • Learning 51%
  • Health Care Outcome Assessment 46%
  • instruction 43%
  • Education 41%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• What and why do teachers need to know about artificial intelligence?

  Forbes, A., 16 Aug 2023, In: Scan. 42, 3, p. 4-16 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  File

  • Artificial intelligence 100%
  • Education 96%
  164 Downloads (Pure)
• 2022

  Getting more girls and young women into STEM: how to maintain participation through school and higher education

  Forbes, A., 2022, Insights.

  Research output: Contribution to Newspaper/Magazine/Website › Article

  Open Access

• How can I incorporate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures into my science teaching program?

  Forbes, A., 2022, In: Science Education News. 71, 2, p. 6-39 34 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

• How can sustainability be used as a context for learning primary science concepts?

  Forbes, A., 2022, In: Science Education News. 71, 1, p. 36-44 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

• STEM in the making? investigating STEM learning in junior school makerspaces

  Falloon, G., Forbes, A., Stevenson, M., Bower, M. & Hatzigianni, M., Apr 2022, In: Research in Science Education. 52, 2, p. 511–537 27 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • printing technology 100%
  • infrastructure development 83%
  • learning 68%
  • curriculum development 67%
  • disposition 61%
  22 Citations (Scopus)

  39 Downloads (Pure)

• What is the nature of STEM learning in junior school Makerspaces? a cross-case analysis

  Falloon, G. & Forbes, A., 18 Nov 2022, STEM 2022: STEM Futures: Expanding our horizons: Proceedings of the 7th International STEM in Education Conference. The University of Sydney, 2 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference abstract

  Open Access
• 2021

  An analysis of the nature of young students’ STEM learning in 3D technology-enhanced makerspaces

  Forbes, A., Falloon, G., Stevenson, M., Hatzigianni, M. & Bower, M., Jan 2021, In: Early Education and Development. 32, 1, p. 172-187 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy 100%
  • Learning 55%
  • Students 53%
  • Technology 49%
  • learning process 34%
  19 Citations (Scopus)

  139 Downloads (Pure)

• Developing culturally and developmentally appropriate early STEM learning experiences

  Li, H., Forbes, A. & Yang, W., Jan 2021, In: Early Education and Development. 32, 1, p. 1-6 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  Open Access

  • Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy 100%
  • Learning 55%
  • Teacher Training 38%
  • Education 31%
  • Singapore 29%
  13 Citations (Scopus)

• Dr Egg Adventures Laboratory: Episode 1: The case of the starving slum-lanes students and the empty school canteen

  Fargher, C. & Forbes, A., 27 Jan 2021

  Research output: Non-traditional research output › Web publication/site

  • slum 100%
  • grant 54%
  • learning 22%
  • student 21%
  • education 20%

• STEM education in the primary school: a teacher’s toolkit

  Forbes, A., Chandra, V., Pfeiffer, L. & Sheffield, R., 2021, Melbourne: Cambridge University Press (CUP). 376 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Textbook

  • primary school 100%
  • teacher 52%
  • education 38%
  • classroom 33%
  • teaching practice 28%

• Young children's design thinking skills in makerspaces

  Hatzigianni, M., Stevenson, M., Falloon, G., Bower, M. & Forbes, A., Mar 2021, In: International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction. 27, p. 1-11 11 p., 100216.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • 3D printers 100%
  • printing technology 95%
  • Working children 89%
  • printer 77%
  • video recording 71%
  13 Citations (Scopus)

  39 Downloads (Pure)
• 2020

  Children’s views on making and designing

  Hatzigianni, M., Stevenson, M., Bower, M., Falloon, G. & Forbes, A., 2020, In: European Early Childhood Education Research Journal. 28, 2, p. 286-300 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Learning 100%
  • Child 78%
  • printer 55%
  • constructivism 48%
  • learning 46%
  14 Citations (Scopus)

  114 Downloads (Pure)

• Effects of a dual-approach instruction on students’ science achievement and motivation

  Kadir, M. S., Yeung, A. S., Ryan, R. M., Forbes, A. & Diallo, T. M. O., Jun 2020, In: Educational Psychology Review. 32, 2, p. 571–602 32 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Motivation 100%
  • Students 86%
  • instruction 76%
  • student 30%
  • teacher 25%
  9 Citations (Scopus)

  77 Downloads (Pure)

• Makerspaces pedagogy: supports and constraints during 3D design and 3D printing activities in primary schools

  Bower, M., Stevenson, M., Forbes, A., Falloon, G. & Hatzigianni, M., 2020, In: Educational Media International. 57, 1, p. 1-28 28 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • 3D printers 100%
  • Teaching 89%
  • primary school 80%
  • teacher 42%
  • teaching research 36%
  8 Citations (Scopus)

  38 Downloads (Pure)

• Understanding K-12 STEM education: a framework for developing STEM literacy

  Falloon, G., Hatzigianni, M., Bower, M., Forbes, A. & Stevenson, M., Jun 2020, In: Journal of Science Education and Technology. 29, 3, p. 369–385 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Education 100%
  • literacy 81%
  • education 36%
  • school program 26%
  • Curricula 24%
  80 Citations (Scopus)

  1533 Downloads (Pure)
• 2019

  By design: professional learning ecologies to develop primary school teachers’ makerspaces pedagogical capabilities

  Stevenson, M., Bower, M., Falloon, G., Forbes, G. & Hatzigianni, M., May 2019, In: British Journal of Educational Technology. 50, 3, p. 1260-1274 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • primary school teacher 100%
  • ecology 83%
  • learning 30%
  • confidence 22%
  • teacher 18%
  56 Citations (Scopus)

• Element interactivity as a construct for the analysis of science problem-solving processes

  Kadir, M. S., Yeung, A. S. & Forbes, A., 2019, Progress in education. Nata, R. V. (ed.). New York, NY: Nova Science, p. 185-203 19 p. (Progress in education; vol. 55).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Learning 100%
  • Students 63%
  • Research Personnel 31%

• Literature review: formative assessment evidence and practice

  Lane, R., Parrila, R., Bower, M., Bull, R., Cavanagh, M., Forbes, A., Jones, T., Khosronejadtoroghi, M., Leaper, D., Pellicano, L., Powell, S., Ryan, M. & Skrebneva, I., 2019, Melbourne: Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL). 174 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review

  Open Access

  • evidence 100%
  • literature 99%
  • learning 45%
  • student 39%
  • system structure 34%

• “You actually feel like you’re actually doing some science”: primary students’ perspectives of their involvement in the MyScience initiative

  Forbes, G. & Skamp, K., Apr 2019, In: Research in Science Education. 49, 2, p. 465–498 34 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • student 100%
  • participation 61%
  • Teaching 49%
  • teacher 48%
  • primary school 45%
  5 Citations (Scopus)
• 2018

  High impact learning and teaching using 3D design and 3D printing in primary school makerspaces

  Bower, M., Stevenson, M., Falloon, G., Forbes, A. & Hatzigianni, M., 3 Oct 2018, Australian Council for Computers in Education 2018 Conference Proceedings. Bourne, D. & Cameron, L. (eds.). Gordon, NSW: ICT Educators NSW, p. 75-88 14 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review

  Open Access

• Makerspaces in primary school settings: advancing 21st century and STEM capabilities using 3D design and printing

  Bower, M., Stevenson, M., Falloon, G., Forbes, A. & Hatzigianni, M., Sept 2018, Sydney: Macquarie University. 279 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

  File

  • primary school 100%
  • teacher 48%
  • student 31%
  • learning 28%
  • recording 18%
  1903 Downloads (Pure)

• Science education: adult biases because of the child's gender and gender stereotypicality

  Newall, C., Gonsalkorale, K., Walker, E., Forbes, G. A., Highfield, K. & Sweller, N., Oct 2018, In: Contemporary Educational Psychology. 55, p. 30-41 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Adult Education 100%
  • Education 59%
  • Teaching 47%
  • gender 46%
  • trend 46%
  12 Citations (Scopus)
• 2017

  Advancing primary teachers’ awareness of the nature of science through communities of science practice

  Forbes, A., Kadir, M. S. & Yeung, A. S., 2017, Progress in education. Nata, R. V. (ed.). New York: Nova Science, Vol. 42. p. 55-82 28 p. (Progress in education).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • teacher 100%
  • primary school 34%
  • learning 29%
  • Teaching 28%
  • reform 25%
• 2016

  Secondary science teachers' and students' involvement in a primary school community of science practice: how it changed their practices and interest in science

  Forbes, A. & Skamp, K., Feb 2016, In: Research in Science Education. 46, 1, p. 91-112 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • primary school 100%
  • teacher 52%
  • student 31%
  • participation 20%
  • secondary school 18%
  11 Citations (Scopus)
• 2014

  'Because we weren't actually teaching them, we thought they weren't learning': primary teacher perspectives from the MyScience initiative

  Forbes, A. & Skamp, K., Feb 2014, In: Research in Science Education. 44, 1, p. 1-25 25 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Teaching 100%
  • teacher 97%
  • primary school 91%
  • learning 79%
  • student teacher 49%
  13 Citations (Scopus)
• 2013

  Knowing and learning about science in primary school 'communities of science practice': the views of participating scientists in the MyScience initiative

  Forbes, A. & Skamp, K., 2013, In: Research in Science Education. 43, 3, p. 1005-1028 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • primary school 100%
  • learning 43%
  • engineer 20%
  • learning process 19%
  • interaction 11%
  11 Citations (Scopus)
• 2010

  Increasing student participation in science investigations in primary schools: the MyScience initiative

  Forbes, A. & McCloughan, G., 2010, In: Teaching science. 56, 2, p. 24-30 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • primary school 100%
  • participation 67%
  • learning 32%
  • student 31%
  • teaching practice 28%
• 1993

  Characterization and distribution of Fusarium acuminatum subsp. Armenia cum subsp. Nov

  Burgess, L. W., Forbes, G. A., Windels, C., Nelson, P. E., Marasas, W. F. O. & Gott, K. P., 1993, In: Mycologia. 85, 1, p. 119-124 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  27 Citations (Scopus)
• 1988

  Distribution of Fusarium species in sections Roseum, Arthrosporiella, Gibbosum and Discolor recovered from grassland, pasture and pine nursery soils of eastern Australia

  Burgess, L. W., Nelson, P. E., Toussoun, T. A. & Forbes, G. A., 1 Jan 1988, In: Mycologia. 80, 6, p. 815-824 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Fusarium 90%
  • Infant Nurseries 87%
  • Soil 74%
  • Fusarium compactum 67%
  • pasture 66%
  61 Citations (Scopus)