OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Research on Technology in Education is 7. 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
Training educators to use eCoaching to deliver behavior specific praise for math instruction: a randomized controlled trial	197
Ready for a technology future? Chinese preservice preschool teachers’ technological pedagogical content knowledge and its predicting factors	86
Using instructive simulations to teach young students simple science concepts: Evidence from electricity content	70
Collaborative video production and middle school student collaboration, engagement, and interest	56
Implicit bias in large language models: Experimental proof and implications for education	43
Embodied learning for computational thinking in early primary education	39
The effect of peer assessment-based collaborative concept mapping on pre-service teachers’ perceptions on smart learning environments	36
K-12 teacher readiness for flipped foreign language teaching: scale development and validation	34
Facilitating pre-service teachers’ instructional design and higher-order thinking with generative AI: an integrated approach with the peer assessment and concept map	29
Enhancing 21st-century competencies via virtual reality digital content creation	29
Psychosocial processes and human desire: an inconvenient truth about online misinformation	28
Prompt text classifications with transformer models! An exemplary introduction to prompt-based learning with large language models	27
Revisiting contextual relevance: pedagogical agent appearance	26
Altering the playback speed of recorded lectures as a learning technique: Examining student practices, motivations, and beliefs	26
Questioning the why and the how: Collective transformative agency of experienced teachers co-designing a justice-oriented high school introductory computing program	25
Two decades in the making: A scoping review on research on digital making and its potential for digital empowerment in non-formal settings	24
The effects of text-based conversational teachable agents’ communicative features on student math learning: Tone style and emoji use	24
Understanding K-12 teachers’ prioritized decision-making about instructional design and technology integration: an exploratory study	22
Partnering with AI in teacher education? Using an automatic question detection tool to reflect on classroom interaction	22
In-service teachers’ (mis)conceptions of artificial intelligence in K-12 science education	20
Engaging learners in the emergency transition to online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic	20
Developing a technology-based instrument for assessing inductive reasoning in kindergarten: applicability, validity and reliability	19
The effect of chatbots on learning: a meta-analysis of empirical research	19
Students as AI literate designers: a pedagogical framework for learning and teaching AI literacy in elementary education	18
What do we mean by digital equality in education? Toward five conceptual lenses based on a systematic review	18

The strength of a tigress: an examination of Latina first-generation college students’ tenacity during the rapid shift to remote learning	18
Computational thinking practices: Lessons learned from a problem-based curriculum in primary education	17
Past, present, and future directions of learning analytics research for students with disabilities	17
A systematic literature review of usability definitions and psychometric properties of instruments in the field of learning design and technology	17
Effects of goal achievement motivation on K-12 students’ resilience in STEAM activities: the mediating role of in-school social supports	16
Using a comic book to engage students in a cryptology and cybersecurity curriculum	16
Do individual characteristics affect online learning behaviors? An analysis of learners sequential patterns	16
Enhancing learning and attitude toward statistics with a microlearning approach using an animated video	15
Examining how teachers define and integrate digital citizenship into core content area curriculum	14
The development and validation of a teacher education digital literacy and digital pedagogy evaluation	13
What does it mean to “Engage” for learning on social media?: an analysis of global read aloud Twitter participation	13
Causes and consequences of stereotypes: interest stereotypes reduce adolescent girls’ motivation to enroll in computer science classes	12
The flipped classroom approach in an English for specific purposes (ESP) course: A quasi-experimental study on learners’ self-efficacy, study process, and learning performances	12
Exploring the complex interplay among middle schoolers’ prior coding experience, computational thinking attitudes and skills: a multiple moderated mediation analysis	12
Affinity and anonymity benefitting early career teachers in the r/teachers subreddit	11
Examining two different models for developing teachers new to computer science: lessons from a CS4All district	11
How teacher presence affects student engagement with a generative artificial intelligence chatbot in learning designed with first principles of instruction	10
An investigation of the mathematics applications in the Apple App Store: Do they contain benchmarks of educational quality?	10
Using avatar rehearsals to practice eliciting student thinking with preservice teachers	10
Assessing EFL learners’ attitudes on Generative Artificial Intelligence: Development and validation of Generative Artificial Intelligence attitude scale for EFL learners (GenAIAS)	9
Evaluating the role of professional development on elementary teachers’ knowledge, comfort, and beliefs related to teaching computer science to students with high-incidence disabilities	9
Developing students’ self-regulated learning strategies to facilitate vocabulary development in a digital game-based learning environment	9
Implementing and sustaining coding and robotics practices in rural elementary school districts: an activity theory perspective	9
Dynamic visualization by GeoGebra for mathematics learning: a meta-analysis of 20 years of research	9
Successful integration of technology into preschool education: do teachers’ self-efficacy and outcome expectations matter?	9
Students’ experiences with and perceptions of distance learning through learner-generated comics	9
Effectiveness of blended learning on students’ learning performance: a meta-analysis	9
Developing a validated assessment of artificial intelligence literacy for Chinese university students based on educational objectives taxonomy	9
Promoting intracultural understanding and language proficiency through video creation: a schema activation perspective	8
Engaging students via synchronous peer feedback in a technology-enhanced learning environment	8
Social media and pre-service teachers’ apprenticeships of observation	8
Initial discussions of ChatGPT in education-related subreddits	8
Bridging cultures and computing: Exploring the relationship between Appalachian problem solving and computational thinking	7
Artificial intelligence policies in K-12 school districts in the United States: a content analysis shaping education policy	7
Exploring learning outcomes and psycho-emotional experiences of undergraduate students in digital literacy training and support using Web-based assessment platforms	7
Supporting multilingual learners’ science learning from the multimodal perspective: the case of a VR-Enhanced science unit	7
Let’s make a game! A case of co-designing with teachers from a research-practice partnership to integrate a virtual reality-enhanced digital game-based learning science unit	7
The art of blending: a systematic literature review of blended teaching competencies in higher education	7
Computer science for English learners: supporting teacher learning and improved practice to engage multilinguals in AP computer science principles	7
Conceptions of image-generative AI-supported instruction of preservice teachers with different levels of learning attitude: a drawing and epistemic network analysis	7