Educational Psychology Review

Papers
(The median citation count of Educational Psychology Review is 6. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Typed Versus Handwritten Lecture Notes and College Student Achievement: A Meta-Analysis219
Disentangling the Long-Term Compositional Effects of School-Average Achievement and SES: a Substantive-Methodological Synergy157
The More the Better? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Benefits of More than Two External Representations in STEM Education147
Pretesting Enhances Learning in the Classroom124
How Prosodic Sensitivity Contributes to Reading Comprehension: a Meta-Analysis123
Finger Use and Arithmetic Skills in Children and Adolescents: a Scoping Review108
The Effectiveness of Concept Maps on Students’ Achievement in Science: A Meta-Analysis98
Meeting John Bransford90
A Computational Model of School Achievement87
Emotional Wellbeing in the Context of Primary-Secondary School Transitions: A Concept Analysis Paper81
Math Performance and Academic Anxiety Forms, from Sociodemographic to Cognitive Aspects: a Meta-analysis on 906,311 Participants75
Teacher Expectations and Self-Determination Theory: Considering Convergence and Divergence of Theories71
The Landscape of Research on Prior Knowledge and Learning: a Bibliometric Analysis65
Complex Social Ecologies and the Development of Academic Motivation63
Confounded or Controlled? A Systematic Review of Media Comparison Studies Involving Immersive Virtual Reality for STEM Education63
The Biological Benefits of Failure on Learning and Tools to Manage the Fallout62
Do Students Effectively Regulate Their Use of Self-Testing as a Function of Item Difficulty?59
Motivating Motivation Regulation Research—An Evidence and Gap Map Approach58
Directional Ordering of Self-Concept, School Grades, and Standardized Tests Over Five Years: New Tripartite Models Juxtaposing Within- and Between-Person Perspectives57
Effect of the Instructor’s Eye Gaze on Student Learning from Video Lectures: Evidence from Two Three-Level Meta-Analyses55
Investigating Success in the Transition to University: A Systematic Review of Personal Risk and Protective Factors Influencing Academic Achievement49
Correction: Cognitive Load Theory and Its Relationships with Motivation: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective48
Disentangling the Association Between the Big Five Personality Traits and Student Achievement: Meta-Analytic Evidence on the Role of Domain Specificity and Achievement Measures47
A Meta-Analysis Investigating the Association Between Metacognition and Math Performance in Adolescence45
Benefits of Taking a Virtual Field Trip in Immersive Virtual Reality: Evidence for the Immersion Principle in Multimedia Learning43
Frustration in the Classroom: Causes and Strategies to Help Teachers Cope Productively43
The Effects of Morphological Instruction on Literacy Outcomes for Children in English-Speaking Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis41
Culture, Motivation, Self-Regulation, and the Impactful Work of Dennis M. McInerney40
Self-regulated Learning in the Digitally Enhanced Science Classroom: Toward an Early Warning System40
A Systematic Review of Sequential Multiple-Assignment Randomized Trials in Educational Research40
On Being Accepted: Interrogating How University Cultural Scripts Shape Personal and Political Facets of Belonging37
The Relation Between Perceived Mental Effort, Monitoring Judgments, and Learning Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis36
Why Do Learners (Under)Utilize Interleaving in Learning Confusable Categories? The Role of Metastrategic Knowledge and Utility Value of Distinguishing36
Black and Latinx Adolescents’ STEM Motivational Beliefs: a Systematic Review of the Literature on Parent STEM Support36
Learning-by-Teaching Without Audience Presence or Interaction: When and Why Does it Work?35
Seeking a Comprehensive Theory About the Development of Scientific Thinking33
Short-Term Exposure to Nature and Benefits for Students’ Cognitive Performance: a Review32
Teachers’ Psychological Characteristics: Do They Matter for Teacher Effectiveness, Teachers’ Well-being, Retention, and Interpersonal Relations? An Integrative Review32
Effects of Scaffolding in Digital Game-Based Learning on Student’s Achievement: a Three-Level Meta-analysis32
Active Student Participation in Whole-School Interventions in Secondary School. A Systematic Literature Review31
Control-Value Theory: From Achievement Emotion to a General Theory of Human Emotions31
Navigating Spatial Ability for Mathematics Education: a Review and Roadmap30
A Systematic Review of Graduate Students’ Research Motivation: Themes, Theories, and Methodologies30
Effects of Learner-Generated Highlighting and Instructor-Provided Highlighting on Learning from Text: A Meta-Analysis29
Screening Smarter, Not Harder: A Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning Screening Algorithms and Heuristic Stopping Criteria for Systematic Reviews in Educational Research29
Adaptive Education: Learning and Remembering with a Stone-Age Brain29
A Meta-Analysis on Teachers’ Growth Mindset28
The Past, Present, and Future of the Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning27
Harnessing Motivation, Self-Efficacy, and Self-Regulation: Dale H. Schunk’s Enduring Influence27
The Effects of Contextual Interference Learning on the Acquisition and Relatively Permanent Gains in Skilled Performance: A Critical Systematic Review with Multilevel Meta-Analysis27
A Scoping Review of School-Based Prevention Programs for Indigenous Students27
A Motivational Perspective on (Anticipated) Mental Effort Investment: The Biopsychosocial Model of Challenge and Threat27
Managing Student Digital Distraction in the College Classroom: a Self-Determination Theory Perspective26
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 Achievement26
Effects of School-led Greenspace Interventions on Mental, Physical and Social Wellbeing in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review26
Measuring the Quality of Adult–Child Interactions in the Context of ECEC: a Systematic Review on the Relationship with Developmental and Educational Outcomes25
Toward an Organising Theoretical Model for Teacher Clarity, Feedback and Self-Efficacy in the Classroom25
Children’s Evolved Learning Abilities and Their Implications for Education25
An In-depth Review of Conscientiousness and Educational Issues24
Visualizing a Task Performer’s Gaze to Foster Observers’ Performance and Learning—a Systematic Literature Review on Eye Movement Modeling Examples24
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 Education24
A Systematic Review of Peer Assessment Design Elements23
Moving Beyond the Ableist Roots of Educational Psychology: Audit of the Field and a Path Forward23
Unleashing the Power of Positivity: How Positive Instructors Benefit Learning from Instructional Videos — A Meta-analytic Review23
The Intersection of the Peer Ecology and Teacher Practices for Student Motivation in the Classroom22
Student Engagement: Current State of the Construct, Conceptual Refinement, and Future Research Directions22
Four Guideposts toward an Integrated Model of Academic Motivation: Motivational Resilience, Academic Identity, Complex Social Ecologies, and Development22
The Need to Belong: a Deep Dive into the Origins, Implications, and Future of a Foundational Construct21
Daniel H. Robinson: Bloody Mary for the AERA Attendee’s Soul: Volume I21
The Role of Evolutionary Psychology in Our Understanding of Human Cognition: Consequences for Cognitive Load Theory and Instructional Procedures21
Motivating the Learning Process: Integrating Self-Determination Theory Into a Dynamical Systems Framework21
Big Five Personality Traits and Second Language Learning: a Meta-analysis of 40 Years’ Research21
Identifying the Most Cited Articles and Authors in Educational Psychology Journals from 1988 to 202320
Narrowing (Achievement) Gaps in Higher Education with a Social-Belonging Intervention: A Systematic Review20
Correction to: Educational Psychology Early Career Award Winners: How Did They Do It?20
Revisiting the Metacognitive and Affective Model of Self-Regulated Learning: Origins, Development, and Future Directions19
Integrating Motivation and Instruction: Towards a Unified Approach in Educational Psychology19
Writing Motivation Questionnaire: Factorial and Construct Validity with Middle School Students19
Ten Years of Dimensional Comparison Theory: On the Development of a Theory from Educational Psychology18
A Systematic Review of Emotion Regulation Assessments in US Schools: Bridging the Gap Between Researchers and Educators18
Charting the Murky Waters of Motivational Climate Measurement: Past Approaches and Future Directions18
How Does Family Socioeconomic Status Influence Children’s Reading Ability? Evidence from Meta-analytic Structural Equation Modeling18
Research Avenues Supporting Embodied Cognition in Learning and Instruction17
The Effect of Psychological Interventions on Statistics Anxiety, Statistics Self-Efficacy, and Attitudes Toward Statistics in University Students: A Systematic Review17
Strengthening Conscientiousness by Means of Interventions: A Systematic Review17
Intervention Programs Targeting the Mental Health, Professional Burnout, and/or Wellbeing of School Teachers: Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses16
Combining Retrieval Practice with Elaborative Encoding: Complementary or Redundant?16
Correction to: The State of Current Reading Intervention Research for English Learners in Grades K–2: a Best-Evidence Synthesis15
Reporting and Design Considerations for SMART Behavioral Science Research15
Practice Recommendations or Not? The LoGeT Model as Empirical Approach to Generate Localized, Generalized, and Transferable Evidence15
To Trace or Not to Trace? Mimicry in Timed Multimedia Lessons with Pointing and Tracing15
The Role of Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in Collaborative Research: A systematic Review15
Discovering Internal Validity Threats and Operational Concerns in Single-Case Experimental Designs Through Directed Acyclic Graphs15
A Cognitive Load Theory Approach to Defining and Measuring Task Complexity Through Element Interactivity14
Is Adolescent Bullying an Evolutionary Adaptation? A 10-Year Review14
A Multilevel Meta-analysis of Language Mindsets and Language Learning Outcomes in Second Language Acquisition Research14
The State of Current Reading Intervention Research for English Learners in Grades K–2: a Best-Evidence Synthesis14
Cognitive Control in Adolescents and Young Adults with Media Multitasking Experience: a Three-Level Meta-analysis14
The Personalized Learning by Interest Effect on Interest, Cognitive Load, Retention, and Transfer: A Meta-Analysis14
Increasing Video Lecture Playback Speed Can Impair Test Performance – a Meta-Analysis14
Evolution of a Learning Theory: In Praise of Scientific Speculation14
Specialized Purpose of Each Type of Student Engagement: A Meta-Analysis13
Encouraging Students to Use Retrieval Practice: a Review of Emerging Research from Five Types of Interventions13
Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Bullying and Intervention Responses: A Systematic and Meta-analytic Review13
Tracing and Pointing Support Multimedia Learning: A Cross-Cultural Replication13
Spaced Retrieval Practice Imposes Desirable Difficulty in Calculus Learning13
Learning by Doing or Doing Without Learning? The Potentials and Challenges of Activity-Based Learning13
The Reciprocal Relations between Externalizing Behaviors and Academic Performance among School-aged Children: A Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Studies13
How Personality Matters for Education Research13
Promoting Temporal Investigations of Development in Context: a Systematic Review of Longitudinal Research Linking Childhood Circumstances and Learning-related Outcomes13
The Affordability Solution: a Systematic Review of Open Educational Resources13
Cognitive Processes, Linguistic Factors, and Arithmetic Word Problem Success: a Review of Behavioral Studies13
Evolutionary Perspective on Human Cognitive Architecture in Cognitive Load Theory: a Dynamic, Emerging Principle Approach12
A Systematic Review of Interventions to Reduce Academic Procrastination and Implications for Instructor-based Classroom Interventions12
Effectiveness of Unproctored vs. Teacher-Proctored Exams in Reducing Students’ Cheating: A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Field Experimental Study12
Factors Associated with Teacher Wellbeing: A Meta-Analysis12
An Evolutionary Approach to Motivation and Learning: Differentiating Biologically Primary and Secondary Knowledge12
A Meta-Analysis of the Relations Between Achievement Goals and Internalizing Problems12
Effects of Nature (Greenspace) on Cognitive Functioning in School Children and Adolescents: a Systematic Review12
“Here Be Dragons!” Mapping the Realm of Higher-Order, Critical, and Critical-Analytic Thinking12
How Similar Are Students’ Aggregated State Emotions to Their Self-Reported Trait Emotions? Results from a Measurement Burst Design Across Three School Years11
Stimming as Thinking: a Critical Reevaluation of Self-Stimulatory Behavior as an Epistemic Resource for Inclusive Education11
Citizenship in the Elementary Classroom Through the Lens of Peer Relations11
Effortful Tests and Repeated Metacognitive Judgments Enhance Future Learning11
The Interplay of Cognitive Load, Learners’ Resources and Self-regulation11
Self-Regulated Learning Interventions for Pre-service Teachers: a Systematic Review11
A Theoretical and Metatheoretical Reframing of the Development of Cognitive Processing and Learning11
Emotion Regulation and Academic Burnout Among Youth: a Quantitative Meta-analysis10
The Development of Cognitive Load Theory: Replication Crises and Incorporation of Other Theories Can Lead to Theory Expansion10
Commentary on Ammar et al. (2024) “The Effects of Contextual Interference Learning on the Acquisition and Relatively Permanent Gains in Skilled Performance: Critical Systematic Review with Multilevel 10
How to Optimize Self-Assessment Accuracy in Cognitive Skill Acquisition When Learning from Worked Examples10
The Value of Using Tests in Education as Tools for Learning—Not Just for Assessment10
Educational Inequalities at the Intersection of Multiple Social Categories: An Introduction and Systematic Review of the Multilevel Analysis of Individual Heterogeneity and Discriminatory Accuracy (M10
Teachers’ Feedback on Oral Reading: A Critical Review of its Effects and the use of Theory in Research10
Let Learners Monitor the Learning Content and Their Learning Behavior! A Meta-analysis on the Effectiveness of Tools to Foster Monitoring10
Prediction Versus Explanation in Educational Psychology: a Cross-Theoretical Approach to Using Teacher Behaviour to Predict Student Engagement in Physical Education10
How Do Children Socially Learn from Narrative Fiction: Getting the Lesson, Simulating Social Worlds, or Dialogic Inquiry?10
John Glover: a Long Overdue Account of His Productive Scholarship Methods10
How do Students Regulate Their Use of Multiple Choice Practice Tests?10
The association between initial metacognition and subsequent academic achievement: a meta-analysis of longitudinal studies10
Evolution of Self-Awareness and the Cultural Emergence of Academic and Non-academic Self-Concepts10
An Organizing Framework for Teaching Practices that Can “Expand” the Self and Address Social Identity Concerns10
How Does Cognitive Load Interact with Self-Regulated Learning? A Dynamic and Integrative Model10
Correction: The Effectiveness of Concept Maps on Students’ Achievement in Science: A Meta-Analysis10
Sociocultural Contexts and Relationships as the Cornerstones of Students’ Motivation: Commentary on the Special Issue on the “Other Half of the Story”10
Test Anxiety: An Integration of the Test Anxiety and Achievement Motivation Research Traditions10
What Does Research Say About the Science of Reading for K-5 Multilingual Learners? A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews10
The Associations Between Discrete Emotions and Political Learning: A Cross-Disciplinary Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis9
Spaced Retrieval Practice: Can Restudying Trump Retrieval?9
How to Make Recommendations for Educational Practice from Correlational Data Using Structural Equation Models9
Teachers’ Beliefs About Inclusive Education and Insights on What Contributes to Those Beliefs: a Meta-analytical Study9
Distributed Scaffolding: Scaffolding Students in Classroom Environments9
Are Some People Generally More Creative Than Others? A Systematic Review of Fifty Years’ Research9
The Cognitive-Affective-Social Theory of Learning in digital Environments (CASTLE)9
A Systematic Review of Evidence-Based Wellbeing Initiatives for Schoolteachers and Early Childhood Educators9
Women as Top-Producing Authors, Editors, and Editorial Board Members in Educational Psychology Journals from 2017 to 20219
Evaluating the Judgment of Learning: its Limited Impact and the Power of Retrieval on Inductive Learning9
Social Presence: Conceptualization and Measurement9
Abstract Vocabulary Development: Embodied Theory and Practice9
Examining the Academic Effects of Cross-age Tutoring: A Meta-analysis8
Development and Validation of a Theory-Based Questionnaire to Measure Different Types of Cognitive Load8
Does Professional Development Effectively Support the Implementation of Inclusive Education? A Meta-Analysis8
Unraveling Challenges with the Implementation of Universal Design for Learning: A Systematic Literature Review8
Evaluating the Dynamics of Learning Approaches: A Systematic Review Investigating the Nexus Between Teaching Methods and Academic Performance in Medical and Dental Education8
Relation Between the Essential Components of Reading and Reading Comprehension in Monolingual Spanish-Speaking Children: a Meta-analysis8
Refutation Text Facilitates Learning: a Meta-Analysis of Between-Subjects Experiments8
It’s Just an Observation8
Using Primary Knowledge in Unpopular Statistics Exercises8
Improving Writing Skills of Students in Turkey: a Meta-analysis of Writing Interventions8
Critical Thinking and Its Relation to Strategic Processing8
Cognitive Load Theory and Its Relationships with Motivation: a Self-Determination Theory Perspective8
Role of Gesturing Onscreen Instructors in Video Lectures: A Set of Three-level Meta-analyses on the Embodiment Effect8
AI-Related Threats to Information Sovereignty and Challenges for Research Ethics8
What Works for Reading Interventions in Chinese Children at Risk for Reading Difficulties? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Findings in Recent Three Decades8
Teachers’ Humour Use in the Classroom: A Scoping Review7
What Are Teacher–Student Relationships in Adolescent Motivation Research? A Systematic Review of Conceptualizations, Measurement, and Analysis7
Classroom-Wide School Interventions for Preschoolers’ Social-Emotional Learning: A Systematic Review of Evidence-Based Programs7
Correction to: How Do Children Socially Learn from Narrative Fiction: Getting the Lesson, Simulating Social Worlds, or Dialogic Inquiry?7
The Virtual Reality in Your Head: How Immersion and Mental Imagery Are Connected to Knowledge Retention7
The Associations Between Parenting Self-Efficacy and Parents’ Contributions to the Home-School Partnership Among Parents of Primary School Students: a Multilevel Meta-analysis7
Theories of Motivation in Education: an Integrative Framework7
Correction to: Cubic Relations of Autonomous and Controlled Motivation to Achievement: A Cross‑National Validation of Self‑Determination Theory Using Response Surface Analysis7
Reply to Sana et al.’s (2022) Commentary on Rest-from-Deliberate-Learning as a Mechanism for the Spacing Effect7
The Self-Regulated Strategy Development Instructional Model: Efficacious Theoretical Integration, Scaling Up, Challenges, and Future Research7
The Role of Individual Differences in Sourcing: a Systematic Review7
Stirring a Secret Sauce: A Literature Review on the Conditions and Effects of Authentic Learning7
Correction to: There is an Evidence Crisis in Science Educational Policy7
Cross-Cultural Patterns of Gender Differences in STEM: Gender Stratification, Gender Equality and Gender-Equality Paradoxes6
Exploring Educational Approaches to Addressing Misleading Visualizations6
Do Practice Tests (Quizzes) Reduce or Provoke Test Anxiety? A Meta-Analytic Review6
Interactive Learning Effects of Preparing to Teach and Teaching: a Meta-Analytic Approach6
When is Learning “Effortful”? Scrutinizing the Concept of Mental Effort in Cognitively Oriented Research from a Motivational Perspective6
Measuring Mathematical Skills in Early Childhood: a Systematic Review of the Psychometric Properties of Early Maths Assessments and Screeners6
Systematic Review of Educational Approaches to Misinformation6
On the Horizon: the Promise and Power of Higher Order, Critical, and Critical Analytical Thinking6
The Public Purposes of Private Education: a Civic Outcomes Meta-Analysis6
The Development, Testing, and Refinement of Eccles, Wigfield, and Colleagues’ Situated Expectancy-Value Model of Achievement Performance and Choice6
Enhancing Academic Performance Through Self-Explanation in Digital Learning Environments (DLEs): A Three-Level Meta-Analysis6
Effectiveness of Reading Interventions on Literacy Skills for Chinese Children with and Without Dyslexia: a Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials6
How Scientific Is Educational Psychology Research? The Increasing Trend of Squeezing Causality and Recommendations from Non-intervention Studies6
Is a Preference for Realism Really Naive After All? A Cognitive Model of Learning with Realistic Visualizations6
A Systematic Meta-analysis of the Reliability and Validity of Subjective Cognitive Load Questionnaires in Experimental Multimedia Learning Research6
Socioeconomic Status and Academic Achievement in Primary and Secondary Education: a Meta-analytic Review6
Interrelations Among Achievement Goals and Achievement Emotions: A Meta-Analytic Examination6
The Effect of Scoring Rubrics Use on Self-Efficacy and Self-Regulation6
Classroom Carrying Capacity: A Resource and Limiting Factors Framework6
How Many Classes and Students Should Ideally be Sampled When Assessing the Role of Classroom Climate via Student Ratings on a Limited Budget? An Optimal Design Perspective6
Teacher Emotional Competence: A Conceptual Model6
An Interdisciplinary Review of Self-Regulation of Learning: Bridging Cognitive and Educational Psychology Perspectives6
The Value of Pretend Play for Social Competence in Early Childhood: A Meta-analysis6
Correction to: Externalizing Behavior Problems and Low Academic Achievement: Does a Causal Relation Exist?6
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