OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Instructional Science is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Spaced recall reduces forgetting of fundamental mathematical concepts in a post high school precalculus course	32
Using productive failure to learn genetics in a game-based environment	31
How adding structure reduces complexity: more interconnections in concept maps do not increase cognitive load	26
Outside the standard test: The development of a model-based assessment and corresponding rubric	22
Integrating dispositions in instructional design: an exploratory study in higher education	22
Scoping deliberations: scaffolding engagement in planning collective action	20
Are you inspired or overwhelmed? The benefits of teachers setting challenging expectations	18
Comparing the effectiveness of multiple text reading and rereading on knowledge retention and metacognitive accuracy	18
The Effects of Group differentiation by students’ learning strategies	17
Learners’ understandings of peer relationships in inquiry: the role of friends versus acquaintance peers in collaboration	16
Promoting interdisciplinary understanding in asynchronous online higher education courses: a learning communities approach	16
Detecting threshold concepts through Bayesian knowledge tracing: examining research skill development in biological sciences at the doctoral level	16
Effects of short- and long-term prompting in learning journals on strategy use, self-efficacy, and learning outcomes	16
Walking the number line: towards an enactive understanding of integer arithmetic	16
Correction: Understanding interactions between scientists and elementary school students in a citizen science project	15
Generative learning supports learning from video lectures: evidence from an EEG study	15
Examining relations between math anxiety, prior knowledge, hint usage, and performance of math equivalence in two different online learning contexts	15
University students’ perceptions of using generative AI in translation practices	14
Improving multiple document comprehension with a lesson about multi-causal explanations in science	14
Developing a needs-based plagiarism management in second-language writing in a higher education institute: practice-oriented research	12
Moderating effects of students’ dispositions on relationships between instructional activity and students’ science literacy using PISA 2015	12
Refined use of the eye-mind hypothesis for scientific argumentation using multiple representations	12
Promoting teachers' in-class SRL practices: effects of Authentic Interactive Dynamic Experiences (AIDE) based on simulations and video	11
Community and citizen science in schools: nested inquiries, productive tensions, and the role of communities	11
Understanding compatibilities and inconsistencies between science teachers’ professed beliefs and practices about question-asking in science lessons	11

Data to decision-making: how elementary students use their Community and Citizen Science project to reimagine their school campus	11
Medical education videos as a tool for rehearsal: efficiency and the cases of background music and difficulty	11
How preparation-for-learning with a worked versus an open inventing problem affect subsequent learning processes in pre-service teachers	11
Fostering students’ motivation towards learning research skills: the role of autonomy, competence and relatedness support	10
Problem-solving prior to instructional explanations when learning javelin throwing in primary school	10
Self-regulated learning and video annotation in a high school acting classroom	10
Why do people not desire to know all their unknowns? Exploring the potential of interest as a factor in arousing curiosity in science	9
Debriefing as epistemic engineering: conversational remembering and socially distributed metacognition in healthcare simulation	9
Do medium and Context Matter when learning from multiple complementary Digital texts and videos?	9
Conceptual socialization in debriefing: tactics as an object of knowledge in wargame interactions	8
Feedback features and revision uptake in dialogic peer feedback: the moderating effect of self-efficacy and prior knowledge	8
Making crosscutting concepts explicit for senior high school students through concept-based instructions and improving their understanding thereof	8
MyDanceDown: evaluating dance competence and emotions in individuals with Down syndrome	8
How many words are enough? Investigating the effect of different configurations of a software scaffold for formulating scientific hypotheses in inquiry-oriented contexts	8
How vocal and silent forms of participation in combination relate to student achievement	8
Learning with concept maps: the effect of activity structure and the type of task	7
English learners learn from worked example comparison in algebra	7
The facilitation effect of key-step retrieval practice on learning one-variable quadratic equations	7
The scripted computer-supported collaborative argumentation in a secondary school classroom: an exploratory study	7
Retrieval-based concept mapping as an effective learning strategy for the transfer of knowledge	6
Learning from interactive video: the influence of self-explanations, navigation, and cognitive load	6
Comparison of more effective and typical teachers’ instructional quality and implementation of engaged reader processes	6
When do students provide more peer feedback? The roles of performance and prior feedback experiences	6
Learning from erroneous examples in the mathematics classroom: do students with different naïve ideas benefit equally?	6
Orchestrating the flow and advancement of knowledge artifacts in an online class	5
Effectiveness of invention tasks and explicit instruction in preparing intellectually gifted adolescents for learning	5
Using self-determination theory (SDT) to explain student STEM interest and identity development	5
The collaborative discourse characteristics of high school students during a web-based module for a socioscientific issue	5
Kindergarten instructional practices and child reading and math growth from kindergarten through third grade	5
Transfer of responsibility in novice and experienced Iranian EFL teachers’ scaffolding: interactional characteristics	5
CID: a framework for the cognitive analysis of composite instructional designs	5
Infusing teacher-preparation curriculum with case-based instruction focused on culturally responsive, sustaining pedagogy: comparing instructor-facilitated and instructor-supported approaches	5
SimLab: an intervention to promote expansive learning and organisational change in team-based emergency care simulation	5
Instruction in creative and argumentative writing: transfer and crossover effects on writing process and text quality	5
Research on the correlation between teacher classroom questioning types and student thinking development from the perspective of discourse analysis	5
In pursuit of mutual benefits in school-based citizen science: who wins what in a win-win situation?	5
Designing to support equity-as-transformation perspectives for multilingual science learners	5