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Subject Matter Knowledge

Subject Matter Knowledge is a type of disciplinary knowledge that constitutes the organized body of facts, concepts, principles, and theories specific to an academic subject, distinguishing it from pedagogical or curricular knowledge by its focus on the substantive content of a discipline rather than methods of instruction or educational design.

909

Publications

79.2K

Citations

1.9K

Authors

738

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

192

Variants

Content Knowledge

Parents

Publications

909

Content Knowledge for Teaching

Deborah Loewenberg Ball, Mark Hoover, Geoffrey Phelps · Journal of Teacher Education · 2008 · 5.2K citations

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An introduction to latent semantic analysis

Thomas K. Landauer, Peter W. Foltz, Darrell Laham · Discourse Processes · 1998 · 4.9K citations

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How College Affects Students: Findings and Insights From Twenty Years of Research.

John C. Weidman, Ernest T. Pascarella, Patrick T. Terenzini · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1992 · 3.1K citations

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The making of a teacher: teacher knowledge and teacher education

Choice Reviews Online · 1991 · 2.3K citations

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Knowing and teaching elementary mathematics: teachers' understanding of fundamental mathematics in China and the United States

Choice Reviews Online · 1999 · 1.8K citations

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1–5 of 909

Authors

1.9K

  1. NG
    Norman G. Lederman

    Illinois Institute of Technology, United States

    6 publications · 970 citations

    6

    h-index

  2. GL
    Gaea Leinhardt

    University of Pittsburgh, United States

    6 publications · 867 citations

    6

    h-index

  3. DL
    Deborah Loewenberg Ball

    University of Michigan, United States

    6 publications · 7.3K citations

    6

    h-index

  4. KJ
    Keith Jones

    Brookhaven National Laboratory, United States

    5 publications · 200 citations

    5

    h-index

  5. WS
    William S. Carlsen

    Cornell University, United States

    5 publications · 353 citations

    5

    h-index

1–5 of 1.9K

Institutions

738

  1. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    13 h-index

    21 publications

    1.1K citations

  2. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    12 h-index

    25 publications

    20.2K citations

  3. University of Hong Kong

    Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong

    11 h-index

    19 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    13 publications

    274 citations

  5. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    9 h-index

    13 publications

    507 citations

  6. University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, United States

    8 h-index

    10 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. University of Birmingham

    Birmingham, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    226 citations

  8. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    1.6K citations

1–8 of 738

Venues

  1. International Journal of Science Education

    IJSE · 27 publications · 2.3K citations

    23

    h-index

  2. Journal of Research in Science Teaching

    JRST · 21 publications · 2.9K citations

    18

    h-index

  3. Journal of Teacher Education

    JTE · 13 publications · 6.8K citations

    13

    h-index

  4. Teaching and Teacher Education

    11 publications · 1.5K citations

    11

    h-index

  5. Journal of Science Teacher Education

    11 publications · 591 citations

    11

    h-index

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