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Lei Bao

Social Sciences · The Ohio State University

OpenAlex ORCID
Mid career · publishing since 2001Rising activity
Science Education and PedagogyInnovative Teaching MethodsEducational Strategies and EpistemologiesEducation and Critical Thinking DevelopmentExperimental Learning in Engineering

Publications

141

Citations

2,892

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

26

Publishing since 2001

Research summary
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This research profile centers on physics education, particularly how students learn and misunderstand concepts like force, motion, and energy, and how instructional strategies (conceptual frameworks, cooperative learning, contextualized problems) can improve understanding. Some recent work also explores AI tools such as chatbots and human-AI collaboration in science learning. Note that the underlying publication record appears to mix work from multiple distinct research areas (physics education alongside unrelated ecology and AI/image-processing topics), suggesting this name may correspond to more than one author.

Physics education researchStudent misconceptions and conceptual changeKnowledge integration and learning progressionsAI and technology in science educationScience curriculum and instruction design

Publication output has been fairly steady over the last decade with a moderate increase in recent years, peaking in 2024 before slightly declining.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 7.0/year recently
2017: 5 publications172018: 3 publications182019: 9 publications192020: 6 publications202021: 8 publications212022: 6 publications222023: 7 publications232024: 11 publications11242025: 8 publications252026: 3 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Physical Review Physics Education Research×27
  • International Journal of Science Education×3
  • Ecology and Evolution×3
  • Journal of Science Education and Technology×2
  • Science & Education×2
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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