OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Educational Psychology Review is 16. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
How Prosodic Sensitivity Contributes to Reading Comprehension: a Meta-Analysis	180
Meeting John Bransford	125
Emotional Wellbeing in the Context of Primary-Secondary School Transitions: A Concept Analysis Paper	115
Complex Social Ecologies and the Development of Academic Motivation	94
The More the Better? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Benefits of More than Two External Representations in STEM Education	93
Pretesting Enhances Learning in the Classroom	86
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?	84
Finger Use and Arithmetic Skills in Children and Adolescents: a Scoping Review	81
A Computational Model of School Achievement	73
A Systematic Review on Student Engagement in Undergraduate Mathematics: Conceptualization, Measurement, and Learning Outcomes	66
Typed Versus Handwritten Lecture Notes and College Student Achievement: A Meta-Analysis	64
The Effectiveness of Concept Maps on Students’ Achievement in Science: A Meta-Analysis	62
Confounded or Controlled? A Systematic Review of Media Comparison Studies Involving Immersive Virtual Reality for STEM Education	60
Disentangling the Long-Term Compositional Effects of School-Average Achievement and SES: a Substantive-Methodological Synergy	59
Teacher Expectations and Self-Determination Theory: Considering Convergence and Divergence of Theories	59
The Landscape of Research on Prior Knowledge and Learning: a Bibliometric Analysis	55
Do Students Effectively Regulate Their Use of Self-Testing as a Function of Item Difficulty?	54
Effect of the Instructor’s Eye Gaze on Student Learning from Video Lectures: Evidence from Two Three-Level Meta-Analyses	51
Directional Ordering of Self-Concept, School Grades, and Standardized Tests Over Five Years: New Tripartite Models Juxtaposing Within- and Between-Person Perspectives	51
Motivating Motivation Regulation Research—An Evidence and Gap Map Approach	50
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	48
Frustration in the Classroom: Causes and Strategies to Help Teachers Cope Productively	47
Investigating Success in the Transition to University: A Systematic Review of Personal Risk and Protective Factors Influencing Academic Achievement	45
Correction: Cognitive Load Theory and Its Relationships with Motivation: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective	45

Disentangling the Association Between the Big Five Personality Traits and Student Achievement: Meta-Analytic Evidence on the Role of Domain Specificity and Achievement Measures	42
The Biological Benefits of Failure on Learning and Tools to Manage the Fallout	42
Benefits of Taking a Virtual Field Trip in Immersive Virtual Reality: Evidence for the Immersion Principle in Multimedia Learning	40
Black and Latinx Adolescents’ STEM Motivational Beliefs: a Systematic Review of the Literature on Parent STEM Support	39
Seeking a Comprehensive Theory About the Development of Scientific Thinking	39
A Systematic Review of Sequential Multiple-Assignment Randomized Trials in Educational Research	39
Self-regulated Learning in the Digitally Enhanced Science Classroom: Toward an Early Warning System	37
The Relation Between Perceived Mental Effort, Monitoring Judgments, and Learning Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis	37
On Being Accepted: Interrogating How University Cultural Scripts Shape Personal and Political Facets of Belonging	37
Why Do Learners (Under)Utilize Interleaving in Learning Confusable Categories? The Role of Metastrategic Knowledge and Utility Value of Distinguishing	36
Effects of Scaffolding in Digital Game-Based Learning on Student’s Achievement: a Three-Level Meta-analysis	35
Culture, Motivation, Self-Regulation, and the Impactful Work of Dennis M. McInerney	35
Emotion Regulation Strategies and Academic Achievement among Secondary and University Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	35
Control-Value Theory: From Achievement Emotion to a General Theory of Human Emotions	35
Short-Term Exposure to Nature and Benefits for Students’ Cognitive Performance: a Review	35
A Systematic Review of Graduate Students’ Research Motivation: Themes, Theories, and Methodologies	34
Learning-by-Teaching Without Audience Presence or Interaction: When and Why Does it Work?	34
Introducing the FoRe-Squares Model: Focus Support and Reward as Key Predictors of Effective Technology-Augmented Instruction	33
Effects of Learner-Generated Highlighting and Instructor-Provided Highlighting on Learning from Text: A Meta-Analysis	33
Active Student Participation in Whole-School Interventions in Secondary School. A Systematic Literature Review	32
The Reciprocal Effects Model is Robust to Alternative Modeling Specifications: A Response to Sorjonen et al., 2025	32
A Meta-Analysis on Teachers’ Growth Mindset	32
Adaptive Education: Learning and Remembering with a Stone-Age Brain	32
Navigating Spatial Ability for Mathematics Education: a Review and Roadmap	31
A Motivational Perspective on (Anticipated) Mental Effort Investment: The Biopsychosocial Model of Challenge and Threat	29
Screening Smarter, Not Harder: A Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning Screening Algorithms and Heuristic Stopping Criteria for Systematic Reviews in Educational Research	29
The Effects of Contextual Interference Learning on the Acquisition and Relatively Permanent Gains in Skilled Performance: A Critical Systematic Review with Multilevel Meta-Analysis	29
A Systematic Review of Self-Regulated Learning through Integration of Multimodal Data and Artificial Intelligence	29
The Past, Present, and Future of the Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning	29
Effects of School-led Greenspace Interventions on Mental, Physical and Social Wellbeing in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review	28
Toward an Organising Theoretical Model for Teacher Clarity, Feedback and Self-Efficacy in the Classroom	28
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	28
Children’s Evolved Learning Abilities and Their Implications for Education	28
Managing Student Digital Distraction in the College Classroom: a Self-Determination Theory Perspective	27
A Scoping Review of School-Based Prevention Programs for Indigenous Students	27
Harnessing Motivation, Self-Efficacy, and Self-Regulation: Dale H. Schunk’s Enduring Influence	26
The Role of Evolutionary Psychology in Our Understanding of Human Cognition: Consequences for Cognitive Load Theory and Instructional Procedures	25
The Intersection of the Peer Ecology and Teacher Practices for Student Motivation in the Classroom	25
Unleashing the Power of Positivity: How Positive Instructors Benefit Learning from Instructional Videos — A Meta-analytic Review	25
A Systematic Review of Peer Assessment Design Elements	25
Moving Beyond the Ableist Roots of Educational Psychology: Audit of the Field and a Path Forward	24
Measuring the Quality of Adult–Child Interactions in the Context of ECEC: a Systematic Review on the Relationship with Developmental and Educational Outcomes	24
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	24
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
Four Guideposts toward an Integrated Model of Academic Motivation: Motivational Resilience, Academic Identity, Complex Social Ecologies, and Development	23
An In-depth Review of Conscientiousness and Educational Issues	23
Narrowing (Achievement) Gaps in Higher Education with a Social-Belonging Intervention: A Systematic Review	23
Visualizing a Task Performer’s Gaze to Foster Observers’ Performance and Learning—a Systematic Literature Review on Eye Movement Modeling Examples	23
Integrating Motivation and Instruction: Towards a Unified Approach in Educational Psychology	23

Motivating the Learning Process: Integrating Self-Determination Theory Into a Dynamical Systems Framework	22
Writing Motivation Questionnaire: Factorial and Construct Validity with Middle School Students	22
Identifying the Most Cited Articles and Authors in Educational Psychology Journals from 1988 to 2023	22
A Systematic Review of Emotion Regulation Assessments in US Schools: Bridging the Gap Between Researchers and Educators	22
Revisiting the Metacognitive and Affective Model of Self-Regulated Learning: Origins, Development, and Future Directions	21
Ten Years of Dimensional Comparison Theory: On the Development of a Theory from Educational Psychology	21
How Does Family Socioeconomic Status Influence Children’s Reading Ability? Evidence from Meta-analytic Structural Equation Modeling	20
Strengthening Conscientiousness by Means of Interventions: A Systematic Review	20
Research Avenues Supporting Embodied Cognition in Learning and Instruction	19
A Network Meta-analysis of Multi-component Reading Interventions for Students with Reading Difficulties: Active-Ingredient vs. Ingredient-Interaction?	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
The Effect of Psychological Interventions on Statistics Anxiety, Statistics Self-Efficacy, and Attitudes Toward Statistics in University Students: A Systematic Review	19
Discovering Internal Validity Threats and Operational Concerns in Single-Case Experimental Designs Through Directed Acyclic Graphs	18
Situational Motivation in Academic Learning: A Systematic Review	18
Reporting and Design Considerations for SMART Behavioral Science Research	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
Is Adolescent Bullying an Evolutionary Adaptation? A 10-Year Review	17
To Trace or Not to Trace? Mimicry in Timed Multimedia Lessons with Pointing and Tracing	17
Differential Effects of Objective and Subjective Nature Contact on Social, Cognitive, and Academic Outcomes across the Lifespan: A Three-Level Meta-Analysis	17
The Role of Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in Collaborative Research: A systematic Review	17
A Cognitive Load Theory Approach to Defining and Measuring Task Complexity Through Element Interactivity	16
A Multilevel Meta-analysis of Language Mindsets and Language Learning Outcomes in Second Language Acquisition Research	16
Increasing Video Lecture Playback Speed Can Impair Test Performance – a Meta-Analysis	16
Promoting Temporal Investigations of Development in Context: a Systematic Review of Longitudinal Research Linking Childhood Circumstances and Learning-related Outcomes	16
Cognitive Control in Adolescents and Young Adults with Media Multitasking Experience: a Three-Level Meta-analysis	16
Encouraging Students to Use Retrieval Practice: a Review of Emerging Research from Five Types of Interventions	16
The Personalized Learning by Interest Effect on Interest, Cognitive Load, Retention, and Transfer: A Meta-Analysis	16
Tracing and Pointing Support Multimedia Learning: A Cross-Cultural Replication	16
Specialized Purpose of Each Type of Student Engagement: A Meta-Analysis	16
Spaced Retrieval Practice Imposes Desirable Difficulty in Calculus Learning	16
Evolution of a Learning Theory: In Praise of Scientific Speculation	16