Veli-Matti Vesterinen
 Leader of Chemistry Education Research Group

  

  

  

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• Students' attitudes towards climate change and their science career aspirations as predictors of situational motivation and knowledgeClimate change competencies from perspective of Finnish youth  (2026)  
  • Environmental Education ResearchJournal of Youth Studies
   Niikkonen, Inka; Vesterinen, Veli-Matti; Vilhunen, Elisa; Lavonen, Jari

  
  

• Students' Emotional Responses to Mistakes: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study in University Chemistry Laboratory  (2026)  
  • Science EducationNorDiNa
   Kyynäräinen, Reetta; Vilhunen, Elisa; Li, Pei-Hsin; Laakso, Mikko-Jussi; Vesterinen, Veli-Matti

  
  

• Students' sense of belonging and its impact on effectively teaching about environmental changes in high latitudes during a master's programme  (2026)  
  • Geoscience communication
   Särkelä, Karoliina; Salovaara, Janne J.; Vesterinen, Veli-Matti; Siponen, Joula; Salmela-Aro, Katariina; Riuttanen, Laura; Lauri, Katja Anniina

  
  

• The effect of instructional activities and collaborative tasks on interest and effort in a climate change education module  (2026)  
  • Research in Science and Technological Education
   Neito, Rauno; Vilhunen, E.; Lavonen, J.; Vesterinen, Veli-Matti

  
  

• Envisioning educational pathways for climate change competencies: Insights from a Delphi study  (2025)  
  • Journal of Environmental EducationContemporary Educational Technology
   Salovaara, Janne J.; Vesterinen, Veli-Matti; Siponen, Joula O.

  
  

• Failing forward in chemistry laboratory course: The role of engagement and mistakes during pre-lab activities on students' situational engagement  (2025)  
  • Chemistry Education Research and Practice
   Kyynäräinen, Reetta; Malmberg, Lars-Erik; Vilhunen, Elisa; Laakso, Mikko-Jussi; Vesterinen, Veli-Matti

  
  

• Promoting university students' situational engagement in online learning for climate education  (2025)  
  • Internet and Higher Education
   Vilhunen, Elisa; Vesterinen, Veli-Matti; Äijälä, Mikko; Salovaara, Janne; Siponen, Joula; Lavonen, Jari; Salmela-Aro, Katariina; Riuttanen, Laura

  
  

• Seeds of transformative learning and its pedagogical implications on a conference-based university course in environmental and geosciencesArgumentation within Upper Secondary School Student Groups during Virtual Science Learning: Quality and Quantity of Spoken Argumentation  (2025)  
  • Geoscience communicationEducation Sciences
   Siponen, Joula; Salovaara, Janne J.; Särkelä, Karoliina; Ronkainen, Inka; Veijonaho, Salla; Vesterinen, Veli-Matti; Barrio, Isabel C.; Riuttanen, Laura; Lauri, Katja Anniina

  
  

• Students' situational motivation in climate education – a multilevel profile approachChallenges and tensions in collaborative planning of a student-led course on sustainability education  (2025)  
  • Learning and Individual Differences
   Ronkainen, Inka; Vesterinen, Veli-Matti; Lavonen, Jari; Järvinen, Jussi; Malmberg, Lars-Erik; Turkkila, Miikka; Salmela-Aro, Katariina

  
  

• Climate change competence-a view of professionals advancing climate change action  (2024)  
  • Environmental Education Research
   Siponen, Joula; Salovaara, Janne J.; Santala, Marianne; Vesterinen, Veli-Matti; Tolppanen, Sakari; Lauri, Anniina; Lavonen, Jari; Riuttanen, Laura

  
  

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   Taurinen, Janina; Vesterinen, Veli-Matti; Veijonaho, Salla; Siponen, Joula; Riuttanen, Laura; Ruuskanen, Taina

  
  

• Exploring young people's perceived climate change competence  (2024)  
  • Environmental Education Research
   Taurinen, Janina; Vilhunen, Elisa; Vesterinen, Veli-Matti; Veijonaho, Salla; Aeijaelae, Mikko; Ruuskanen, Taina

  
  

• How making mistakes shapes students' situational engagement in chemistry laboratory?  (2024)  
  • International Journal of Science Education
   Kyynäräinen, Reetta; Vilhunen, Elisa; Vesterinen, Veli-Matti

  
  

• Draw-A-Science-Comic: exploring children’s conceptions by drawing a comic about science  (2023)  
  • Research in Science and Technological Education
   Lamminpää Jaakko, Vesterinen Veli-Matti, Puutio Katja

  
  

• Perceptions of Ghanaian Student Teachers on Benefits and Challenges of the Flipped Classroom: A Case Study  (2022)  
   Aidoo Benjamin, Vesterinen Veli-Matti, Macdonald Marey Allyson, Gísladóttir Berglind, Pétursdóttir Svava

  
  

• Transforming Teaching with ICT Using the Flipped Classroom Approach: Dealing with COVID-19 Pandemic  (2022)  
  • Education Sciences
   Aidoo Benjamin, Macdonald Marey Allyson, Vesterinen Veli-Matti, Pétursdóttir Svava, Gísladóttir Berglind

  
  

• Identification of Tree Species by Their Defense Compounds: A Study with Leaf Buds of White and Silver Birches  (2021)  
  • Journal of Chemical Education
   Manninen Marianna, Vesterinen Veli-Matti, Vainio Anna-Kaisa, Korhonen Heidi, Karonen Maarit, Salminen Juha-Pekka

  
  

• Tutkimuskysymyksen valinta  (2021)  Tiedelukutaidon perusteet Vesterinen Veli-Matti

  
  

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   Marko Telenius, Eija Yli-Panula, Veli-Matti Vesterinen, Marja Vauras

  
  

•   (2020)  
   Jaana Herranen, Sakari Tolppanen, Veli-Matti Vesterinen, Maija Aksela