A decade of scientific and engineering practices: a scoping review

Scientific and engineering practices (SEP) are an integral part of major science education reforms launched in the United States of America in 2012. The SEP have arguably caught the attention of many science educators, researchers and policymakers as evidenced in the literature. A decade after, we are interested to examine how SEP have influenced science teaching and learning, and what has been done to advance scholarly knowledge and implementation of SEP. In this scoping review, we identified, selected and reviewed 229 relevant journal articles published between 2011 and 2021. These articles were subsequently mapped based on main target audience of their outlets, geographical location of their authors and/or research sites, types of study participants involved, associated academic level(s) , specific spheres of scientific and engineering activity that were being investigated and their trends, as well as the main themes that characterised these studies and their trends. These findings offer insights into the patterns of SEP-based research as well as some possible gaps to be addressed.