OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Educational Computing Research is 11. 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
Interventions in STEM Education Through Speech Recognition-Based Learning Analysis	71
The Relationships Among ICT-Related Psychological Factors, School Contextual Factors and Secondary Students’ Reading Performance: A Multilevel Analysis Across 47 Economies	64
Enhancing Academic Achievement and Engagement Through Digital Game-Based Learning: An Empirical Study on Middle School Students	60
Types of Errors in Block Programming: Driven by Learner, Learning Environment	58
IoT-Based Serious Gaming Platform for Improving Cognitive Skills of Children with Special Needs	52
Unleashing the Potential of Abstraction From Cloud of Computational Thinking: A Systematic Review of Literature	50
Exploring Clusters of Novice Programmers’ Anxiety-Induced Behaviors During Block- and Text-Based Coding: A Predictive and Moderation Analysis of Programming Quality and Error Debugging Skills	49
Effects of Robot-Assisted Language Learning on English-as-a-Foreign-Language Skill Development	34
A Curation Activity-Based Self-Regulated Learning Promotion Approach as Scaffolding to Improving Learners’ Performance in STEM Courses	34
Debugging in Computational Thinking: A Meta-analysis on the Effects of Interventions on Debugging Skills	32
Educational Programming Environments for Enhancing Conceptual Design in the Object-Oriented Paradigm: A Systematic Mapping Study	28
Who Can Benefit More From More or Less Elaborated Feedback in a Computer-Based Assessment? Dominant Goal Orientation Matters	27
Facilitating Group Learning Using an Apprenticeship Model: Which Master is More Effective in Programming Instruction?	27
A Critical Review of Primary School Students’ Difficulties in Learning Programming Through Educational Games	26
Developing an Analysis Framework for Studies on Pedagogical Agent in an e-Learning Environment	25
Creativity Development With Problem-Based Digital Making and Block-Based Programming for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics Learning in Middle School Contexts	25
Predicting Robotics Pedagogical Content Knowledge: The Role of Computational and Design Thinking Dispositions via Teaching Beliefs	24
Structural Validation for the Developmental Model of Computational Thinking	23
Trusting and Learning From Virtual Humans that Correct Common Misconceptions	23
Identifying Key Contextual Factors of Digital Reading Literacy Through a Machine Learning Approach	22
So, Why Do Students Perform Better in Gamified Courses? Understanding Motivational Styles in Educational Gamification	22
The Syncretic Effect of Dual-Source Data on Affective Computing in Online Learning Contexts: A Perspective From Convolutional Neural Network With Attention Mechanism	21
Mining Large Open Online Learning Networks: Exploring Community Dynamics and Communities of Performance	21
Strategy Uptake in Writing Pal: Adaptive Feedback and Instruction	20
Active Learning by Visual Programming: Pedagogical Perspectives of Instructivist and Constructivist Code Teachers and Their Implications on Actual Teaching Strategies and Students’ Programming Artifac	20

Integrating Immersive Scenes and Interactive Contextual Clue Scaffolding Into Decision-Making Analysis Ability Training Game	20
Toward a 5E-Based Flipped Classroom Model for Teaching Computational Thinking in Elementary School: Effects on Student Computational Thinking and Problem-Solving Performance	20
Promoting Spatial Language and Ability Among SLD Children: Can Robot Programming Make a Difference?	19
Domain Knowledge and Adaptive Serious Games: Exploring the Relationship of Learner Ability and Affect Adaptability	19
Recurrent Neural Network-FitNets: Improving Early Prediction of Student Performanceby Time-Series Knowledge Distillation	19
Effects of a Programming Course Using the GAME Model on Undergraduates’ Self-Efficacy and Basic Programming Concepts	19
Computer-Mediated Corrective Feedback to Improve L2 Writing Skills: A Meta-Analysis	19
The Effects of MALL on L2 Pronunciation Learning: A Meta-Analysis	18
Collaboration with Generative Artificial Intelligence: An Exploratory Study Based on Learning Analytics	17
Facilitating Student Learning With a Chatbot in an Online Math Learning Platform	17
Collaborative Learning in K-12 Computational Thinking Education: A Systematic Review	17
Multiple Generative AI Pedagogical Agents in Augmented Reality Environments: A Study on Implementing the 5E Model in Science Education	16
An Evaluation of the Relationship Between Perceptions and Performance of Students in a Serious Game	16
Relations between Students’ Study Approaches, Perceptions of the Learning Environment, and Academic Achievement in Flipped Classroom Learning: Evidence from Self-Reported and Process Data	16
The Development of an Assessment Scale for Computational Thinking Competence of In-Service Primary School Teachers	15
Can Gamification Assist Learning? A Study to Design and Explore the Uses of Educational Music Games for Adults and Young Learners	15
Concept Mapping in Technology-Supported K-12 Education: A Systematic Review of Selected SSCI Publications From 2001 to 2020	15
In Memoriam: Dr. Karen Swan	15
Who's the Best Detective? Large Language Models vs. Traditional Machine Learning in Detecting Incoherent Fourth Grade Math Answers	15
Distributed Pair Programming in Higher Education: A Systematic Literature Review	14
Learning Marine Biology Quantitative Skills Through Computational Thinking	13
Examining the Effect of the Task-Technology Fit of Game Mechanisms on Learning Outcomes in Online Gamification Platforms	13
Learning Analytics Based on Wearable Devices: A Systematic Literature Review From 2011 to 2021	13
A Cross-Sectional Study Investigating Primary School Children’s Coding Practices and Computational Thinking Using ScratchJr	13
Effect of Unplugged Programming Teaching Aids on Children’s Computational Thinking and Classroom Interaction: with Respect to Piaget’s Four Stages Theory	12
Teaching and Learning Computational Thinking Through Game-Based Learning: A Systematic Review	12
Effects of Pair Learning on Girls’ Learning Performance in Robotics Education	12
Exploring Gender Differences in Computational Thinking Among K-12 Students: A Meta-Analysis Investigating Influential Factors	12
An Escape Room-Based Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Approach to Enhancing Students’ Learning Achievement, Collaboration Awareness, Learning Motivation and Problem-Solving Skills	12
Preparing Teachers for Teaching Spatial Computational Thinking With Integrated Data Viewer Visualization of Weather Data: A Discipline-Based Perspective of Computational Thinking	12
Effect of Mind Mapping on Creative Thinking of Children in Scratch Visual Programming Education	11
The Effects of Three Instructor Participatory Roles on a Small Group’s Collaborative Concept Mapping	11
Development and Validation of the Computational Thinking Test for Elementary School Students (CTT-ES): Correlate CT Competency With CT Disposition	11
Spatial Cognition Effects of IVE Teaching Resources on Red-Green Color Blindness	11
Collaborative Behavior Patterns of Students in Programming Instruction	11
The Effects of Worked-Out Example and Metacognitive Scaffolding on Problem-Solving Programming	11
Shaping Children’s Knowledge and Response to Bushfire Through Use of an Immersive Virtual Learning Environment	11
Learner Engagement in a Business Simulation Game: Impact on Higher-Order Thinking Skills	11