Research Trends and Issues of Engineering Design Process for STEM Education in K-12: A Bibliometric Analysis

The study performed a bibliometric analysis on research literature related to ‘engineering design process’ (EDP) that has emerged as popular approach for STEM education in K-12. comprised 142 journal articles published from 2011 2021. There are three objectives of the study. Firstly, identify leading trends EDP have developed since release A Framework K-12 Science Education 2011. This framework is pivotal it paved way establishment Next Generation Standards United States. Secondly, discern possible issues aforesaid topic by analyzing trends. Lastly, publications and authors generated prominent citation impact. Since an emergent education, fulfilling these can be conducive facilitating future researchers build upon past foundation research. In this study, data was identified exported Web Core Collection: database with rich scientific literature. results major pertaining professional development, thinking computational thinking, competencies, inquiry, gender gaps education.