Instructional Science

Papers
(The H4-Index of Instructional Science is 15. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
Spaced recall reduces forgetting of fundamental mathematical concepts in a post high school precalculus course32
Using productive failure to learn genetics in a game-based environment31
How adding structure reduces complexity: more interconnections in concept maps do not increase cognitive load26
Integrating dispositions in instructional design: an exploratory study in higher education22
Outside the standard test: The development of a model-based assessment and corresponding rubric22
Scoping deliberations: scaffolding engagement in planning collective action20
Comparing the effectiveness of multiple text reading and rereading on knowledge retention and metacognitive accuracy18
Are you inspired or overwhelmed? The benefits of teachers setting challenging expectations18
The Effects of Group differentiation by students’ learning strategies17
Effects of short- and long-term prompting in learning journals on strategy use, self-efficacy, and learning outcomes16
Walking the number line: towards an enactive understanding of integer arithmetic16
Learners’ understandings of peer relationships in inquiry: the role of friends versus acquaintance peers in collaboration16
Promoting interdisciplinary understanding in asynchronous online higher education courses: a learning communities approach16
Detecting threshold concepts through Bayesian knowledge tracing: examining research skill development in biological sciences at the doctoral level16
Examining relations between math anxiety, prior knowledge, hint usage, and performance of math equivalence in two different online learning contexts15
Correction: Understanding interactions between scientists and elementary school students in a citizen science project15
Generative learning supports learning from video lectures: evidence from an EEG study15
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