Katherine Vela

Publications | Book Chapters

• Vela, K., (2022). The relationship between self-efficacy and interest in a STEM career: A meta-analysis. : Internalization of STEM Education . ISTES Organization
• Vela, K., (2021). Retaining female students’ int“her”est in STEM fields: STEM project-based learning: Integrated engineering for a new era . Aggie STEM *

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Journal Articles

Academic Journal

• Campbell, T., Vela, K., Powell, T., (2025). Interest, enjoyment, and confidence in mathematics in the United States: Exploring patterns across age, gender, race, and time. Large Scale Assessments in Education, 13, 1-23.
• Divis, D., MacDonald, B., Vela, K., (2025). Mathematics students' translations with music as a contextual representation. . School Science and Mathematics, 1-17.
• Miles, S., Vela, K., (2024). Cultivating STEM identity and dispositions: Using Virtual STEM Role Models in High School..
• Miles, S., Vela, K., (2022). Asking for help is a key to success: The relationship between student help seeking skills and mathematics self-efficacy. School Science and Mathematics, 1-10.
• Vela, K., Pedersen, R.M, Baucum, M.N, (2020). Improving perceptions of STEM careers through informal learning environment. Journal of Research in Innovative Teaching & Learning, 13:1, 103-113. doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/JRIT-12-2019-0078
• Younes, R.G, Capraro, R.M, Capraro, M.M, Rosalinda, R., Lee, Y., Vela, K., Bevan, D., (2020). Jack and Jill went up the hill but Jill won both ways: The true story about differential academic achievement. International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education, 28:4, doi: 10.30722/ijisme.28.04.004
• Kwok, M., Vela, K., Rugh, M.S, Lincoln, Y.S, Caprarp, R.M, Capraro, M.M, (2020). STEM words and their multiple meanings: the intricacies of asking a clarifying question. Communication Education, 69:2, 176-198. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/03634523.2020.1723803

Professional Journal

• Vela, K., Weber, D., Parslow, M., Campbell, K., (2025). Every pollinator counts in the garden. Mathematics Teachers: Learning and Teaching Pre-K-12, 118:12, 936-944.
• Vela, K.N, (2025). The cost of a garden. Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 118:6, 453-457.
• Wheeler, L., Hagevik, R., Trundle, K., Parslow, M., Vela, K., (2023). The birds, and the bees, the flowers and the trees. . Science Scope, 46:3, 38-43.
• Trundle, K.C, Hagevik, R., Wheeler, L., Vela, K., Parslow, M., Joy, D., (2022). The 3-H social and emotional learning cycle and the three sisters garden. Science Activities
• Vela, K., Parslow, M., Hagevik, R., Trundle, K., (2022). Give plants an inch, They’ll take a yard. Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 115:10, 722-729.

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Other

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.