OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Educational Research is 2. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Insight into students’ understanding of relational terminology through integrated compare and combine word problems	51
Parental involvement in STEM: Impact on preschoolers’ mathematical-computational thinking and creativity	21
A study of factors influencing children’s science reading behavior under game interaction narratives	16
Promoting UAE entrepreneurs using E-STEM model	16
Comparative study of cooperative-learning and lecture-based-learning in teaching classification of living things among Senior High School students in Tamale	14
The Impact of AI- STEM Based Stories in Reading Comprehension and Motivation	14
Creative self-efficacy, attitudes, creative style, and environmental literacy: Promoting mathematical creative thinking	13
The effects of cooperative learning on self-reported peer relations, peer support, and classroom engagement among students with disabilities	11
The effect of virtual reality applications on student achievement in social studies	11
Effects of EthnoSTEM-based mathematics modular instruction on Sama students’ mathematical thinking	10
Action research on and for word problem solving: How can Pólya’s problem-solving steps be interpreted and enriched in an elementary school?	9
Action research through art: Social studies in early childhood	9
An evaluation of mathematical proficiency among eighth-grade students	9
Learning models and achievements of the most gifted students	9
8th grade students’ experiences in the laboratory environment and metaverse environment	8
Is immersing blended-problem-based learning fostering students’ higher-order thinking skills?	8
Enhancing mathematics achievement through teacher support: The mediating role of student feedback literacy	8
Do mathematical thinking processes influence visual estimation skills in students?	8
Core self-evaluation reduces learning disengagement through achievement motivations: A mixed-methods study	7
An innovative approach to creative thinking and historical inquiry in gifted students	7
Teaching elementary artificial intelligence: Can the CTCA improve students’ learning outcomes?	7
Developing collaboration and communication skills with STEM-based activities: An action research	7
Middle school students’ reflections on process oriented guided inquiry learning (POGIL®) ¹	7
Exploring factors determining students’ online homework adoption with an extended UTAUT2 model	6
Improving financial literacy through interactive read-aloud with children’s picture books	6

Bridging language and mathematics: Scaffolding strategies for English learners with mathematics difficulties	6
Correction	6
Mitigating difficulty in Computer studies through Culturo-Techno-Contextual Approach	6
Implementing high-impact tutoring through a self-regulated learning framework: An elementary school case study	5
Making space for cultural equality in educational leadership: School ethos and postcolonial pedagogy (1st ed.)	5
Physical education-based intervention with activity wristbands to promote students’ weekly physical activity	5
Middle school students’ perspectives on adopting generative AI in K-12 education	5
The use of generative artificial intelligence in K-12 education: An introduction to the special issue of the Journal of Educational Research	5
Effects of providing domain information on facilitating hypothesis generation in inquiry learning	5
Generative AI-powered arts-based learning in middle school history: Impact on achievement, motivation, and cognitive load	4
Can storytelling, interactive apps replace teachers? a field experiment in STEM education	4
Instructional design in mathematics education enriched with design thinking and computational thinking	4
The effects of collaborative reasoning strategies on improving primary school students’ argumentative decision-making skills	4
Correction	4
Writer’s block in continuation task: Construct, causes, and link with task performance	4
Breaking down silos for equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI): Teaching and collaboration across disciplines	4
Implementation of technology-supported personalized learning—its impact on instructional quality	4
Teaching reasoning strategies to dyscalculic students with low working memory level ¹	3
Impact of STEAM activities on climate literacy and creative problem solving skills	3
Effects of technologically mediated flipped classroom instruction on students’ learning experiences	3
Attitudes toward mathematics and technology in computational thinking: Creative self-concept as mediator	3
Critical thinking and self-regulated learning in Indonesia primary schools: Grade, gender, mediation	3
Comparing Hong Kong secondary school students’ perceptions of ChatGPT-assisted EFL writing	3
“I’ll do it Later”: Multilevel antecedents of homework procrastination	3
Effects of socioscientific issues-based teaching on attitudes: Students’ resources as moderator	3
Students’ practices and perceptions of peer feedback in design thinking education	3
Norms and collaboration in hybrid making-spaces	3
Reported and observed engagement in handwriting and keyboarding activities in elementary school: Are students as engaged as they say they are?	3
Learning together: Organizing schools for teacher and student learning	3
The impact of structured digital games on reading comprehension and motivation	3
A new canon: Designing culturally sustaining humanities curriculum	3
Teachers’ and kindergartners’ perceptions of children’s participation in interactive book reading	3
The impact of prior explicit instruction on EFL task performance	3
How storybooks stimulate preschool children’s awareness of economics	2
School communities of strength: Strategies for educating children living in deep poverty	2
The effect of the mathematics bag early education program	2
Correction	2
Homework completion and academic achievement: A multilevel study in high school settings	2
Teaching rational number concepts to fifth graders using the concrete-representational-abstract-integrated sequence	2
Task-supported and task-based language teaching and their effects on task motivation	2
Positive effects of the Letterland curriculum on kindergarteners’ word reading skills and engagement behaviors: A comparison of two programs	2
Dose local students’ presence affects remote students’ performance in blended synchronous learning?	2
Effect of socio-scientific issue-based argumentation on middle school students’ epistemological, and pseudo-scientific beliefs	2
The effects of a collaborative argumentation intervention on Chinese students’ socioscientific issues decision-making	2
Promoting sustainability engagement in primary education: Knowledge, behaviors, and gender differences	2
Fostering positive instruction of software development cycle through a culturally responsive pedagogy	2
Exploration of middle school students’ scientific epistemological beliefs and their engagement in argumentation	2
Rolling to win: Game-based vocabulary and schemas elevate third-grade math problem solving	2
Junior high school students’ self-confidence during transition to above-grade-level mathematics courses	2
A remodeled cognitive vocabulary approach to assessing writing achievement in EFL education	2

Promoting gifted students’ understanding of everyday life problems	2
The impact of AI-driven learning analytics tools on scientific inquiry and collaboration in K–12 classrooms: A mixed-methods study	2
The effects of CLIL on L1, L2, and content learning	2
An alternative approach to addressing learning losses in mathematics using differentiated instruction strategy	2
Testing the potency of ethnoscience instruction on biology students’ critical thinking ability	2
Learning while Black and queer: Understanding the educational experiences of Black LGBTQ+ youth	2