Instructional Science

Papers
(The H4-Index of Instructional Science 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
Using productive failure to learn genetics in a game-based environment30
How adding structure reduces complexity: more interconnections in concept maps do not increase cognitive load29
Spaced recall reduces forgetting of fundamental mathematical concepts in a post high school precalculus course28
“Anything taking shape?” Capturing various layers of small group collaborative problem solving in an experiential geometry course in initial teacher education25
Are you inspired or overwhelmed? The benefits of teachers setting challenging expectations18
Outside the standard test: The development of a model-based assessment and corresponding rubric18
The Effects of Group differentiation by students’ learning strategies18
Comparing the effectiveness of multiple text reading and rereading on knowledge retention and metacognitive accuracy17
Scoping deliberations: scaffolding engagement in planning collective action17
Designing computer-based tests: design guidelines from multimedia learning studied with eye tracking15
Effects of short- and long-term prompting in learning journals on strategy use, self-efficacy, and learning outcomes15
Promoting interdisciplinary understanding in asynchronous online higher education courses: a learning communities approach15
Significance of forms and foci of metacognitive regulation in collaborative science learning of less and more successful outcome groups in diverse contexts14
Examining relations between math anxiety, prior knowledge, hint usage, and performance of math equivalence in two different online learning contexts14
Walking the number line: towards an enactive understanding of integer arithmetic14
Correction: Understanding interactions between scientists and elementary school students in a citizen science project14
Detecting threshold concepts through Bayesian knowledge tracing: examining research skill development in biological sciences at the doctoral level14
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