Publications: Research Credibility and Meta-Research

My work is largely focused on teaching, learning, and assessment in technology and engineering education. I am particularly interested in the role of spatial ability in learning, the use of adaptive comparative judgement in educational assessment, and meta-research with the aim of improving research practices broadly within technology and engineering education research. Full texts of my publications are currently available on my ResearchGate profile. If you cannot find a full text, please email me and I will provide one.

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All publications Spatial ability Comparative judgement Research credibility

Research credibility and methodological development

  • Investigating the analytical robustness of the social and behavioural sciences
    Aczel, B., Szaszi, B., … Buckley, J., … Errington, T., & Nosek, B. (In Press). Nature.

  • Verification studies and cumulative knowledge generation in technology and design education research
    Buckley, J. (2026). International Journal of Technology and Design Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10798-026-10082-x

  • New article types for the international journal of technology and design education: Expanding opportunities for scholarly contribution
    Buckley, J. (2025). International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 35(3), 853-856. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10798-025-09983-0

  • Using two different methodologies to demonstrate the necessity of transparency in data analysis within technology education qualitative research
    McDyer, M., & Buckley, J. (2025). The 42nd International Pupils’ Attitudes Towards Technology Conference Proceedings 2025. Montreal, Canada: Université de Sherbrooke.

  • How transparent are quantitative studies in contemporary technology education research? Instrument development and analysis
    Buckley, J., Araujo, J. A., Aribilola, I., Arshad, I., Azeem, M., Buckley, C., Fagan, A., Fitzpatrick, D. P., Garza Herrera, D. A., Hyland, T., Imtiaz, M. B., Khan, M. B., Lanzagorta Garcia, E., Moharana, B., Mohd Sufian, M. S. Z., Osterwald, K. M., Phelan, J., Platonava, A., Reid, C., Renard, M., Rogriguez Barroso, L. G., Scully, J., Silva Nunes Bezerra, G., Szank, T., Tahir, M., Teehan, M., Vijayakumar, S., & Zainol, I. (2024). International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 34(2), 461–483. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10798-023-09827-9

  • Conducting power analyses to determine sample sizes in quantitative research: A primer for technology education researchers using common statistical tests
    Buckley, J. (2024). Journal of Technology Education, 35(2), 81-109. https://doi.org/10.21061/jte.v35i2.a.5

  • Multiverse analyses as a tool to support analytical robustness in technology education research
    Buckley, J., & Power, J. (2024). The 41st International Pupils’ Attitudes Towards Technology Conference Proceedings 2024. Nanjing, China: Nanjing Normal University.

  • Does medium matter? Exploring validity in paper and digital spatial ability tests in secondary education
    Maquet, L., Dunbar, R., & Buckley, J. (2024). The 41st International Pupils’ Attitudes Towards Technology Conference Proceedings 2024. Nanjing, China: Nanjing Normal University.

  • A primer on the use of R to analyse think aloud protocols through linkography
    Blom, N., & Buckley, J. (2024). The 41st International Pupils’ Attitudes Towards Technology Conference Proceedings 2024. Nanjing, China: Nanjing Normal University.

  • Estimating the replicability of technology education research
    Buckley, J., Hyland, T., & Seery, N. (2023). International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 33(4), 1243-1264. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10798-022-09787-6

  • Considering the credibility of technology education research: A discussion on empirical insights and possible next steps
    Buckley, J. (2023). The 40th International Pupils’ Attitudes Towards Technology Conference Proceedings 2023. Liverpool, UK: Liverpool John Moores University.

  • An assessment of the transparency of contemporary technology education research employing interview-based methodologies
    Buckley, J., Adams, L., Aribilola, I., Arshad, I., Azeem, M., Bracken, L., Breheny, C., Buckley, C., Chimello, I., Fagan, A., Fitzpatrick, D. P., Gomes, G. D., Garza Herrera, D., Grassick, S., Halligan, E., Hirway, A., Hyland, T., Imtiaz, M. B., Khan, M. B., Lanzagorta Garcia, E., Lennon, P., Manaf, E., Meng, J., Mohd Sufian, M. S. Z., Moraes, A., Osterwald, K. M., Platonava, A., Reid, C., Renard, M., Rodriguez Barroso, L. G., Simonassi-Paiva, B., Singh, M., Szank, T., Tahir, M., Vijayakumar, S., Ward, C., Yan, X., Zainol, I., & Zhang, L. (2022). International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 32(4), 1963-1982. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10798-021-09695-1

  • A review of the valid methodological use of adaptive comparative judgement in technology education research
    Buckley, J., Seery, N., & Kimbell, R. (2022). Frontiers in Education, 7(787926), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2022.787926

  • Examining the replicability of contemporary technology education research
    Buckley, J., Hyland, T., & Seery, N. (2021). Techne Series: Research in Sloyd Education and Craft Sciences, 28(2), 1-9. https://journals.oslomet.no/index.php/techneA/article/view/4264

  • Examining the replicability of contemporary technology education research
    Buckley, J., Hyland, T., & Seery, N. (2021). PATT2021: Technology in Our Hands. Creative Pedagogy and Ambitious Teacher Education. Rauma, Finland: University of Turku.

  • A novel mixed methods approach to synthesize EDA data with behavioral data to gain educational insight
    Reid, C., Keighrey, C., Murray, N., Dunbar, R., & Buckley, J. (2020). Sensors, 20(23), 6857. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20236857

  • Developing a methodological approach to measure cognitive load during complex problem solving: Working to understand the role of spatial ability in problem solving
    Reid, C., Dunbar, R., & Buckley, J. (2019). In S. Pule (Ed.), PATT2019: Developing a Knowledge Economy through Technology and Engineering Education. Msida, Malta: University of Malta.

Epistemological scholarship

  • Epistemological treatment of design in technology education
    Seery, N., Phelan, J., Buckley, J., & Canty, D. (2023). International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 33(4), 1547-1561. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10798-022-09781-y

  • The need to consider the predictive capacity of intelligence and its malleability within design and technology education research
    Buckley, J. (2022). International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 32(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10798-020-09588-9

  • Framing the constructive alignment of design within technology subjects in general education
    Buckley, J., Seery, N., Gumaelius, L., Canty, D., Doyle, A., & Pears, A. (2021). International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 31(5), 867-883. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10798-020-09585-y

  • Considering the relationship between research and practice in technology education: A perspective on future research endeavours
    Seery, N., Kimbell, R., Buckley, J., & Phelan, J. (2019). Design and Technology Education: An International Journal, 24(2), 163-174. https://ojs.lboro.ac.uk/DATE/article/view/2586

  • A heuristic framework of spatial ability: A review and synthesis of spatial factor literature to support its translation into STEM education
    Buckley, J., Seery, N., & Canty, D. (2018). Educational Psychology Review, 30(3), 947-972. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-018-9432-z

  • The future of engineering education research
    Buckley, J., Wallin, P., Matemba, E., Power, J., Mohanty, A., & Bombaerts, G. (2023). In A. Johri (Ed.), International Handbook of Engineering Education Research (pp. 711-729). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003287483-38

  • The importance of spatial ability within technology education
    Buckley, J., Seery, N., Canty, D., & Gumaelius, L. (2022). In P. J. Williams, & B. von Mengersen (Eds.), Applications of Research in Technology Education (pp. 165-182). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7885-1_11

  • On intelligence in technology education: Towards redefining technological capability
    Buckley, J., Seery, N., Canty, D., & Gumaelius, L. (2018). In N. Seery, J. Buckley, D. Canty, & J. Phelan (Eds.), PATT2018: Research and Practice in Technology Education: Perspectives on Human Capacity and Development. Westmeath, Ireland: Athlone Institute of Technology.

  • Developing a spatial ability framework to support spatial ability research in engineering education
    Seery, N., Buckley, J., & Delahunty, T. (2015). In B. Bowe (Ed.), Proceedings of 6th Research in Engineering Education Symposium (pp. 1-9). Dublin, Ireland: Dublin Institute of Technology.

Consortium studies

  • On the trajectory of discrimination: A meta-analysis and forecasting survey capturing 44 years of field experiments on gender and hiring decisions
    Schaerer, M., du Plessis, C., Nguyen, M., van Aert, R. C. M., Tiokhin, L., Lakens, D., Clemente, E., Pfeiffer, T., Dreber, A., Magnus Johannesson, M., Clark, C. J., Gender Audits Forecasting Collaboration, & Uhlmann, E. L. (2023). Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 179(104280), 1-28. (Member of Forecasting Collaboration). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2023.104280

  • Examining the generalizability of research findings from archival data
    Delios, A., Clemente, E., Wu, T., Tan, H., Wang, Y., Gordon, M., Viganola, D., Chen, Z., Dreber, A., Johannesson, M., Pfeiffer, T., Generalizability Tests Forecasting Collaboration, & Uhlmann, E. L. (2022). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(30), 1-9. (Member of Forecasting Collaboration). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2120377119

  • A creative destruction approach to replication: Implicit work and sex morality across cultures
    Tierney, W., Hardy, J. H., III, Ebersole, C., Viganola, D., Clemente, E., Gordon, M., Hoogeveen, S., Haaf, J., Dreber, A. A., Johannesson, M., Pfeiffer, T., Chapman, H., Gantman, A., Vanaman, M., DeMarree, K., Igou, E., Wylie, J., Storbeck, J., Andreychik, M. R., McPhetres, J., Vaughn, L. A., Culture and Work Morality Forecasting Collaboration, & Uhlmann, E. L. (2021). Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 93(104060), 1-18. (Member of Forecasting Collaboration). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2020.104060