Trends and Issues in STEM + C Research: A Bibliometric Perspective

Hanxiang Du, Wanli Xing, Bo Pei, Yifang Zeng, Jie Lu, Yuanlin Zhang

2022

Abstract

The integration of computing education or computational thinking with STEM majors has gained substantial research interests. A number of research papers of the topic were published. This work is to provide a comprehensive overview of literature in the STEM + C field through both bibliometric and content analysis. We conducted a systematic search to identify articles and utilized machine-learning-based techniques to analyze these articles. Common bibliometric indicators were used for bibliometric analysis. Machine-learning-based text mining techniques such as LDA topic modelling and flow analysis were used for content analysis. Our analysis spotted STEM + C publication trends, popular topics and their dynamics over time. This work also pinpointed commonly used methodologies for integration study for both PK, K–12 and higher education. Meanwhile, several future research directions were identified. This work contributes to the literature by systematically examining the existing literature and bringing machine-learning-based data mining techniques to the analysis.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Du H., Xing W., Pei B., Zeng Y., Lu J. and Zhang Y. (2022). Trends and Issues in STEM + C Research: A Bibliometric Perspective. In Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-758-562-3, pages 69-80. DOI: 10.5220/0010998800003182

in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu22,
author={Hanxiang Du and Wanli Xing and Bo Pei and Yifang Zeng and Jie Lu and Yuanlin Zhang},
title={Trends and Issues in STEM + C Research: A Bibliometric Perspective},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,},
year={2022},
pages={69-80},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010998800003182},
isbn={978-989-758-562-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,
TI - Trends and Issues in STEM + C Research: A Bibliometric Perspective
SN - 978-989-758-562-3
AU - Du H.
AU - Xing W.
AU - Pei B.
AU - Zeng Y.
AU - Lu J.
AU - Zhang Y.
PY - 2022
SP - 69
EP - 80
DO - 10.5220/0010998800003182