OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Asia-Pacific Education Researcher 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Teacher-Expressed Humility and Students’ Learning Motivation: The Mediating Role of Academic Self-Efficacy and the Moderating Role of Teacher Ability Trustworthiness	113
Constructivist Learning Approaches Do Not Necessarily Promote Immediate Learning Outcome or Interest in Science Learning	91
Investigating the Effectiveness of Problem Based Learning on Academic Achievement in EFL Classroom: A Meta-Analysis	88
EFL Researchers’ Conceptualization of Creativity in Research: A Componential Model of Creativity	84
The Effects of Perceptions Toward Interpersonal Relationships on Collaborative Problem-Solving Competence: Comparing Four Ethnic Chinese Communities Assessed in PISA 2015	79
Learner Engagement in the Tertiary EFL Classroom: Trajectories and Contributing Factors	79
“Who Just Pushed My Metaphoric Button”? An Examination of Student-Related Factors Influencing Teachers’ Motivating Styles	61
Digital Multimodal Composing Using Visme: EFL Students’ Perspectives	45
Understanding Students’ Offline-To-Online Switching Intention: The Tension between Perceived and Expected Convenience	42
Analysis of Factors Influencing Intention to Engage in Online Learning in Chinese Calligraphy and Their Mediation Effects	42
Influencing Factors of Second Foreign Language Motivation in the Era of Global English: The Case of Chinese University Students’ French Learning	42
A Longitudinal Analysis of Informal Digital Learning of English, Willingness to Communicate and Foreign Language Boredom: A Latent Change Score Mediation Model	36
Unraveling Effects of AI Chatbots on EFL Learners’ Language Skill Development: A Meta-analysis	35
Understanding Rater Bias in Self and Peer Assessment among University Students: A Cultural Psychology Perspective	33
Learning and Academic Self-efficacy in Self-regulated Learning: Validation Study with the BOPPPS Model and IRS Methods	31
Chinese EFL Middle School Learners’ Reading Skills: A Latent Profile Analysis	31
Preparing Next-Generation-Citizens Through Active-Community-Engagement: Longitudinal Study of Informal Learning in an Asian Undergraduate Residential College	30
Examining the Influence of Teaching Presence and Task-Technology Fit on Continuance Intention to Use MOOCs	30
L2 Grit and Its Association with Online Learning Engagement and Interaction Strategies: A Structural Equation Model	29
Core Entrepreneurial Competences of Chinese College Students: Expert Conceptualisation Versus Real-Life Cases	28
The Relation Between Adult Anxious Attachment and Mental Health among Chinese Pre-service Teachers: The Role of Negative Coping Style and Social Support	26
A Cross-national Study of Mathematics Anxiety	26
COVID-19 and Distance Education: Evaluation in the Context of Twenty-first Century Skills	26
Re-Thinking Monologicality: Multi-Voiced, Mono-Perspectival Classroom Discourses	25
Bane or Boon? An Autoethnographic Narrative of the English-Medium Instruction Contradictions in a Chinese University	25

Formulaic Competence in College-Level Asian English Learner’s Argumentative Writing: Examining the Effects of Language Background and Topic	25
Integrating Financial Literacy into the K-12 Curriculum: Teachers’ and School Leaders’ Experience	25
Does Telecommuting Incur Burnout in Teachers During the COVID-19 Quarantine Lockdown? A Moderated Mediation Model of Harmonious Passion and Housing Size	22
Financial Literacy: The Impact of The Foreign-Language Effect on Risk-Taking Values, Financial Attitudes, and Behavior of Hong Kong Secondary Students	20
Development and Psychometric Validation of Teachers’ Receptivity to Change Scale	20
The Dual-Challenge of Teaching Online in a Foreign Land: Understanding Western Foreign Teachers’ Professional Identity and Confidence Development via a Transformative Learning Lens	20
The Effects of Peer Feedback on L2 Students’ Writing Motivation: An Experimental Study in China	20
Lifelong Learning in the Educational Setting: A Systematic Literature Review	19
Can SVVR Help with Student Engagement in an Online EFL Writing Class? A Chinese Case Study	19
Effect of Conscientiousness on Social Loafing Among Male and Female Chinese University Students	19
Creativity in Crisis: Re-envisioning Higher Education in Myanmar’s Spring Revolution	19
Cognitive and Affective Correlates of Cyber-Slacking in Chinese University Students	19
The Mediating Role of Positive Events in Language Learners’ Social Anxiety, Positive Emotions, and Emotion Suppression in a Technology-Enhanced Learning Environment	18
Identifying Determinants in the Context of a National Education Reform: The Case of the Urdaneta City in the Philippines’ Adoption of Secondary Vocational Pathways	17
A Contextualized Reflective Practice Model: Responding to EFL Teachers’ Needs	17
The Effects of Parental Self-Efficacy on Elementary School Parental Anxiety as Homework Assistant: The Mediating Role of Parental Homework Management	17
Exploring the Synergistic Interplay of Metacognitive Knowledge, Metacognitive Strategies, and Practice Strategies for Fostering Self-Regulated Learning of L2 Speaking Abilities: A Case from Taiwan	17
Intersectionality in Transnational English Teaching: Exploring the Dynamics of Privilege and Disadvantage in Korean ELT	16
Language Teachers’ Collaborative Actions and Relationships in a Textbook Writing Community of Practice	16
Design of a Digital Gamified Learning Activity for Relationship Education with Conceptual Scaffolding and Reflective Scaffolding	15
Emotional and Cognitive Dissonance of Teachers of Japanese as a Foreign Language Towards Technology-Mediated Language Teaching Curriculum: A Perezhivanie Perspective	15
Development and Validation of Teachers’ Professional Well-Being Scale: A Study of Secondary School Teachers in Malaysia	14
Cosmopolitanism, Digital Readiness, and Faculty Engagement in Higher Education Transformation	14
The Role of Job Fit, Job Stress, and Teaching Self-Efficacy in Teacher Well-Being During the Implementation of a New Curriculum	14
Paternalistic Leadership in Educational Contexts: A Systematic Review and Content Analysis	14
Reflexivity in Teaching Interculturality in China: An Autoethnography of a Teacher’s Multifaceted Transformations	14
Gender Stereotypes as Related to Language Learning Engagement: Mediating Roles of Motivational Beliefs and Emotional Factors	14
The Dynamics Between Teacher Resilience and Well-being: A Cross-Lagged Panel Analysis	13
Teacher Questioning for Engaging EMI: A Quest for the Holy Grail?	13
Reading Level Preparedness for Effective Project-Based Academic Writing Strategies: A Threshold Study	13
Teacher Emotion Regulation in Chinese Rural and Urban Schools: Impact on Burnout and Teaching Styles	13
Effect of Digital Learning Using Augmented Reality with Multidimensional Concept Map in Elementary Science Course	12
Correction: Exploring the Mediating Role of Emotions Between Growth Language Mindset and Engagement Among EFL Learners	12
Working at the Margin: Lessons Learned from School-Based Participatory Research	12
A Conceptual Model of Learning Adaptability of Higher Vocational Students in China	11
What Drives K-12 Students’ Continuous Intention Toward Online Learning: A Moderated Mediation Model of Integrating Interest, Teacher, and Technical Stimuli	11
Meta-Analysis of Influencing Factors on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Education	11
Exploring the Causes, Consequences, and Solutions of EFL Teachers’ Perceived Technophobia	11
Chinese Primary School Students’ Translanguaging in EFL Classrooms: What is It and Why is It Needed?	10
Examining Changing Assessment Practices in Online Teaching: A Multiple-Case Study of EFL School Teachers in China	10
Understanding Changes in EFL Teachers’ Feedback Practice During COVID-19: Implications for Teacher Feedback Literacy at a Time of Crisis	10
Unveiling the Predictive Effect of Perceived Social Support on Foreign Language Learning Burnout: The Mediating Role of L2 Selves	9
Chinese University Students’ L2 Writing Feedback Orientation and Self-Regulated Learning Writing Strategies in Online Teaching During COVID-19	9
Investigating the Effects of Chinese University Students’ Online Engagement on Their EFL Learning Outcomes	9
Digital Games-Based Learning Pedagogy Enhances the Quality of Medical Education: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	9
Implementation of Online Home-Based Learning and Students’ Engagement During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Singapore Mathematics Teachers	9
Social Media Addiction and Its Impact on College Students' Academic Performance: The Mediating Role of Stress	9
Comparison of Mini-Game-Based Flipped Classroom and Video-Based Flipped Classroom: An Analysis of Learning Performance, Flow and Concentration on Discussion	9
Technostress from Smartphone Use and Its Impact on University Students’ Sleep Quality and Academic Performance	9
Predictors of Chinese Undergraduates’ Reading Literacy: The Role of Individual, Family, and Institutional Factors	8

Developing a Context- and Subject-Specific Professional Digital Competence Framework for Beginning English Language Teachers in Hong Kong	8
The Equity of Class Ability Grouping Practices in Australian Education: Findings from a Survey in Western Australia and Queensland	8
Reciprocal Relationships Between Early Childhood Education Teachers’ Well-Being and Self-efficacy: A Cross-Lagged Panel Design	8
Teacher Relationships in Chinese Internationalized Schools	8
Comparative Study of Students’ Perception and Behavioral Intention in MOOC Context: Undergraduates in China and Spain	8
Criteria for Good Qualitative Research: A Comprehensive Review	8
Effect of an EAP Course on Students’ Writing Performance, Anxiety and Self-Efficacy: A Latent Profile Analysis	8
Developing and Validating the Attitudes Towards Inclusive Education Scale (AIES) Around Contemporary Paradigms of Inclusion	8
Understanding Levels of Professional Growth for Chinese Class Teachers in Schools: A Social Morphogenesis Approach	8
Changing Trajectories and Formation Mechanism of Deep Learning Approach: A Longitudinal Study of the Undergraduate Experience in the Educational Interface	7
Context Matters: Exploring the Structural Relationships Between ICT Usage, Support, Perceived Usefulness, Intention to Use, and Learning Motivation	7
Validating an Online Learning Dexterity Survey of University Students’ Online Learning Competence	7
The Effect of Chinese EFL Students’ Digital Literacy on Their Technostress and Academic Productivity	7
Understanding AWE Feedback and English Writing of Learners with Different Proficiency Levels in an EFL Classroom: A Sociocultural Perspective	7
Relationship of Classroom Goal Structures to Chinese Miao and Han Students’ Goal Orientations and Mathematics Achievement	7
Language Mindset, Anxiety, and Proficiency: What Does Path Analytic Approach Indicate?	6
Examining Foreign Language Teachers’ Information Literacy: Do Digital Nativity, Technology Training, and Fatigue Matter?	6
Correction: Early Childhood Visual Arts Education: Teachers’ Content Knowledge, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, and Challenges	6
The Influence of Professional Development Support on the Retention Intention of Teachers in Small-Scale Rural Schools in China: The Chain Mediating Effect of Self-Efficacy and Job Satisfaction	6
On the Relationship Between Pre-service Teachers’ Sense of Self-efficacy and Emotions in the Integration of Technology in Their Teacher Developmental Programs	6
The Impact of Peer Effects on the Socio-emotional Competence of Chinese Boarders and Gender-Based Differences	6
Higher Education Opportunities of Elite Family Students in Economic and Cultural Highlands of a Confucian Heritage Society	6
Examining Digital Parental Mediation, Social and Emotional Competence, and Well-Being on Cyberbullying Roles Across Different Cohorts of Chinese Children	6
School Learning Climate and Teacher Commitment: The Hidden Role of School Administrators’ Sensemaking Skills	6
Mandatory Academic service learning and Continual Civic Engagement: Which Learning Outcomes Matter?	6
Pathways to Need-Supportive Teaching: Teaching Mindsets and Motivation to Teach	6
Exploring Learning-Oriented Assessment in Enhancing Students’ Lexical Fluency Through MALL	6
Applications of Psycho-emotional Traits in Technology-Based Language Education (TBLE): An Introduction to the Special Issue	6
Effect of Students’ Perceived Mastery Goal Orientation on Engagement in Chinese Rural Schools: Mediator Role of Grit	6
Investigating Teacher Technostress in Technology-Supported Teacher Learning with Person–Environment Fit Theory	6
Successful School Interventions for Students with Disability During Covid-19: Empirical Evidence from Australia	6
Towards Inclusive Classrooms: Shaping South African Higher Education for Employability	6
The Effects of Spherical Video-Based Virtual Reality (SVVR) on Chinese University EFL Learners’ Writing Complexity	5
Feedback Experience of Online Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Voices from Pre-service English Language Teachers	5
Investigation of Discourse Comprehension among EFL Students at Najran University	5
Effects of an Intercultural Management Course on Students’ Intercultural Communicative Competence Development: A Classroom-Based Study	5
Hierarchical Linear Modeling to Explore Contextual Effects on EFL Teachers’ Technology, Pedagogy, and Content Knowledge (TPACK): The Taiwanese Case	5
The Impact of Financial Education for Children: Evidence from an Experiment in China	5
The Role of Test, Classroom, and Home Language Correspondence in Cross-Lingual Testing	5
Enhancing Coping Self-efficacy and Well-being: A Multi-context Study of an Emotion Regulation Program for Preservice Teachers	5
The Analysis of Reading Miscues Among Primary Students in Middle Grade with Excellent Reading Fluency in Taiwan	5
Exploring the Role of Religious Ideology in English Language Teachers’ Identity Construction: A Community of Practice Perspective	5
Aligning China's Standards of English Language Ability with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages	5