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Papers

(The TQCC of Educational Psychology Review is 14. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
How Prosodic Sensitivity Contributes to Reading Comprehension: a Meta-Analysis	172
Meeting John Bransford	143
Disentangling the Long-Term Compositional Effects of School-Average Achievement and SES: a Substantive-Methodological Synergy	107
The Landscape of Research on Prior Knowledge and Learning: a Bibliometric Analysis	102
Emotional Wellbeing in the Context of Primary-Secondary School Transitions: A Concept Analysis Paper	99
Pretesting Enhances Learning in the Classroom	90
Typed Versus Handwritten Lecture Notes and College Student Achievement: A Meta-Analysis	89
Teacher Expectations and Self-Determination Theory: Considering Convergence and Divergence of Theories	80
The More the Better? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Benefits of More than Two External Representations in STEM Education	80
Finger Use and Arithmetic Skills in Children and Adolescents: a Scoping Review	72
Commentary: How can We Come to Terms when Discussing the Role of Effort from the Perspective of Cognitive Load Theory and Theories of Self-regulated Learning?	72
A Computational Model of School Achievement	70
A Systematic Review on Student Engagement in Undergraduate Mathematics: Conceptualization, Measurement, and Learning Outcomes	61
Confounded or Controlled? A Systematic Review of Media Comparison Studies Involving Immersive Virtual Reality for STEM Education	60
The Effectiveness of Concept Maps on Students’ Achievement in Science: A Meta-Analysis	58
Complex Social Ecologies and the Development of Academic Motivation	55
Math Performance and Academic Anxiety Forms, from Sociodemographic to Cognitive Aspects: a Meta-analysis on 906,311 Participants	55
Do Students Effectively Regulate Their Use of Self-Testing as a Function of Item Difficulty?	54
Investigating Success in the Transition to University: A Systematic Review of Personal Risk and Protective Factors Influencing Academic Achievement	51
Disentangling the Association Between the Big Five Personality Traits and Student Achievement: Meta-Analytic Evidence on the Role of Domain Specificity and Achievement Measures	50
Effect of the Instructor’s Eye Gaze on Student Learning from Video Lectures: Evidence from Two Three-Level Meta-Analyses	48
The Effects of Morphological Instruction on Literacy Outcomes for Children in English-Speaking Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	48
Does Retrieval Demand Moderate the Effectiveness of Covert Retrieval Practice? Comparing Covert and Overt Retrieval Practice for Learning Key Terms and Definitions	47
Motivating Motivation Regulation Research—An Evidence and Gap Map Approach	44
The Biological Benefits of Failure on Learning and Tools to Manage the Fallout	44

Correction: Cognitive Load Theory and Its Relationships with Motivation: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective	44
Benefits of Taking a Virtual Field Trip in Immersive Virtual Reality: Evidence for the Immersion Principle in Multimedia Learning	43
Directional Ordering of Self-Concept, School Grades, and Standardized Tests Over Five Years: New Tripartite Models Juxtaposing Within- and Between-Person Perspectives	41
Frustration in the Classroom: Causes and Strategies to Help Teachers Cope Productively	41
Culture, Motivation, Self-Regulation, and the Impactful Work of Dennis M. McInerney	40
Black and Latinx Adolescents’ STEM Motivational Beliefs: a Systematic Review of the Literature on Parent STEM Support	40
Seeking a Comprehensive Theory About the Development of Scientific Thinking	39
The Relation Between Perceived Mental Effort, Monitoring Judgments, and Learning Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis	38
On Being Accepted: Interrogating How University Cultural Scripts Shape Personal and Political Facets of Belonging	38
Self-regulated Learning in the Digitally Enhanced Science Classroom: Toward an Early Warning System	36
A Systematic Review of Sequential Multiple-Assignment Randomized Trials in Educational Research	35
Effects of Scaffolding in Digital Game-Based Learning on Student’s Achievement: a Three-Level Meta-analysis	34
Learning-by-Teaching Without Audience Presence or Interaction: When and Why Does it Work?	34
Why Do Learners (Under)Utilize Interleaving in Learning Confusable Categories? The Role of Metastrategic Knowledge and Utility Value of Distinguishing	34
Control-Value Theory: From Achievement Emotion to a General Theory of Human Emotions	33
A Meta-Analysis on Teachers’ Growth Mindset	33
Short-Term Exposure to Nature and Benefits for Students’ Cognitive Performance: a Review	33
A Systematic Review of Graduate Students’ Research Motivation: Themes, Theories, and Methodologies	33
Effects of Learner-Generated Highlighting and Instructor-Provided Highlighting on Learning from Text: A Meta-Analysis	32
Adaptive Education: Learning and Remembering with a Stone-Age Brain	32
The Past, Present, and Future of the Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning	31
Active Student Participation in Whole-School Interventions in Secondary School. A Systematic Literature Review	31
Introducing the FoRe-Squares Model: Focus Support and Reward as Key Predictors of Effective Technology-Augmented Instruction	31
Navigating Spatial Ability for Mathematics Education: a Review and Roadmap	30
The Effects of Contextual Interference Learning on the Acquisition and Relatively Permanent Gains in Skilled Performance: A Critical Systematic Review with Multilevel Meta-Analysis	30
Screening Smarter, Not Harder: A Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning Screening Algorithms and Heuristic Stopping Criteria for Systematic Reviews in Educational Research	30
A Systematic Review of Self-Regulated Learning through Integration of Multimodal Data and Artificial Intelligence	29
A Motivational Perspective on (Anticipated) Mental Effort Investment: The Biopsychosocial Model of Challenge and Threat	29
Effects of School-led Greenspace Interventions on Mental, Physical and Social Wellbeing in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review	28
A Scoping Review of School-Based Prevention Programs for Indigenous Students	28
Harnessing Motivation, Self-Efficacy, and Self-Regulation: Dale H. Schunk’s Enduring Influence	28
Children’s Evolved Learning Abilities and Their Implications for Education	27
Managing Student Digital Distraction in the College Classroom: a Self-Determination Theory Perspective	27
Toward an Organising Theoretical Model for Teacher Clarity, Feedback and Self-Efficacy in the Classroom	26
How Strong Is the Evidence for a Causal Reciprocal Effect? Contrasting Traditional and New Methods to Investigate the Reciprocal Effects Model of Self-Concept and Achievement	26
A Systematic Review of Peer Assessment Design Elements	25
Measuring the Quality of Adult–Child Interactions in the Context of ECEC: a Systematic Review on the Relationship with Developmental and Educational Outcomes	25
An In-depth Review of Conscientiousness and Educational Issues	25
Unleashing the Power of Positivity: How Positive Instructors Benefit Learning from Instructional Videos — A Meta-analytic Review	25
Visualizing a Task Performer’s Gaze to Foster Observers’ Performance and Learning—a Systematic Literature Review on Eye Movement Modeling Examples	25
Four Guideposts toward an Integrated Model of Academic Motivation: Motivational Resilience, Academic Identity, Complex Social Ecologies, and Development	24
The Role of Evolutionary Psychology in Our Understanding of Human Cognition: Consequences for Cognitive Load Theory and Instructional Procedures	24
Writing Motivation Questionnaire: Factorial and Construct Validity with Middle School Students	23
Designing Effective Pre-service Teacher Training in Inclusive Education: a Narrative Review of the Effects of Duration and Content Delivery Mode on Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Inclusive Education	23
Big Five Personality Traits and Second Language Learning: a Meta-analysis of 40 Years’ Research	23
Daniel H. Robinson: Bloody Mary for the AERA Attendee’s Soul: Volume I	23
The Intersection of the Peer Ecology and Teacher Practices for Student Motivation in the Classroom	23
The Need to Belong: a Deep Dive into the Origins, Implications, and Future of a Foundational Construct	23
Correction to: Educational Psychology Early Career Award Winners: How Did They Do It?	23
Moving Beyond the Ableist Roots of Educational Psychology: Audit of the Field and a Path Forward	23

Identifying the Most Cited Articles and Authors in Educational Psychology Journals from 1988 to 2023	22
Ten Years of Dimensional Comparison Theory: On the Development of a Theory from Educational Psychology	22
How Does Family Socioeconomic Status Influence Children’s Reading Ability? Evidence from Meta-analytic Structural Equation Modeling	22
A Systematic Review of Emotion Regulation Assessments in US Schools: Bridging the Gap Between Researchers and Educators	22
Motivating the Learning Process: Integrating Self-Determination Theory Into a Dynamical Systems Framework	21
Narrowing (Achievement) Gaps in Higher Education with a Social-Belonging Intervention: A Systematic Review	21
Integrating Motivation and Instruction: Towards a Unified Approach in Educational Psychology	20
Revisiting the Metacognitive and Affective Model of Self-Regulated Learning: Origins, Development, and Future Directions	20
The Effect of Psychological Interventions on Statistics Anxiety, Statistics Self-Efficacy, and Attitudes Toward Statistics in University Students: A Systematic Review	19
Research Avenues Supporting Embodied Cognition in Learning and Instruction	19
Charting the Murky Waters of Motivational Climate Measurement: Past Approaches and Future Directions	19
Combining Retrieval Practice with Elaborative Encoding: Complementary or Redundant?	19
Strengthening Conscientiousness by Means of Interventions: A Systematic Review	19
To Trace or Not to Trace? Mimicry in Timed Multimedia Lessons with Pointing and Tracing	18
Practice Recommendations or Not? The LoGeT Model as Empirical Approach to Generate Localized, Generalized, and Transferable Evidence	18
Intervention Programs Targeting the Mental Health, Professional Burnout, and/or Wellbeing of School Teachers: Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses	18
Situational Motivation in Academic Learning: A Systematic Review	18
Discovering Internal Validity Threats and Operational Concerns in Single-Case Experimental Designs Through Directed Acyclic Graphs	18
Correction to: The State of Current Reading Intervention Research for English Learners in Grades K–2: a Best-Evidence Synthesis	18
Reporting and Design Considerations for SMART Behavioral Science Research	18
Increasing Video Lecture Playback Speed Can Impair Test Performance – a Meta-Analysis	17
The Personalized Learning by Interest Effect on Interest, Cognitive Load, Retention, and Transfer: A Meta-Analysis	17
The Role of Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in Collaborative Research: A systematic Review	17
Encouraging Students to Use Retrieval Practice: a Review of Emerging Research from Five Types of Interventions	15
Is Adolescent Bullying an Evolutionary Adaptation? A 10-Year Review	15
The Affordability Solution: a Systematic Review of Open Educational Resources	15
A Cognitive Load Theory Approach to Defining and Measuring Task Complexity Through Element Interactivity	15
Specialized Purpose of Each Type of Student Engagement: A Meta-Analysis	15
“Here Be Dragons!” Mapping the Realm of Higher-Order, Critical, and Critical-Analytic Thinking	14
Cognitive Control in Adolescents and Young Adults with Media Multitasking Experience: a Three-Level Meta-analysis	14
How Personality Matters for Education Research	14
Cognitive Processes, Linguistic Factors, and Arithmetic Word Problem Success: a Review of Behavioral Studies	14
Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Bullying and Intervention Responses: A Systematic and Meta-analytic Review	14
An Evolutionary Approach to Motivation and Learning: Differentiating Biologically Primary and Secondary Knowledge	14
Tracing and Pointing Support Multimedia Learning: A Cross-Cultural Replication	14
A Multilevel Meta-analysis of Language Mindsets and Language Learning Outcomes in Second Language Acquisition Research	14
Effectiveness of Unproctored vs. Teacher-Proctored Exams in Reducing Students’ Cheating: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Field Experimental Study	14
Learning by Doing or Doing Without Learning? The Potentials and Challenges of Activity-Based Learning	14
Promoting Temporal Investigations of Development in Context: a Systematic Review of Longitudinal Research Linking Childhood Circumstances and Learning-related Outcomes	14
Evolution of a Learning Theory: In Praise of Scientific Speculation	14
Spaced Retrieval Practice Imposes Desirable Difficulty in Calculus Learning	14