Educational Psychology Review

Papers
(The TQCC of Educational Psychology Review is 13. 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
Confounded or Controlled? A Systematic Review of Media Comparison Studies Involving Immersive Virtual Reality for STEM Education63
Complex Social Ecologies and the Development of Academic Motivation63
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
A Systematic Review of Sequential Multiple-Assignment Randomized Trials in Educational Research40
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
On Being Accepted: Interrogating How University Cultural Scripts Shape Personal and Political Facets of Belonging37
Black and Latinx Adolescents’ STEM Motivational Beliefs: a Systematic Review of the Literature on Parent STEM Support36
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
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
Effects of Scaffolding in Digital Game-Based Learning on Student’s Achievement: a Three-Level Meta-analysis32
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
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
A Systematic Review of Graduate Students’ Research Motivation: Themes, Theories, and Methodologies30
Navigating Spatial Ability for Mathematics Education: a Review and Roadmap30
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
Effects of Learner-Generated Highlighting and Instructor-Provided Highlighting on Learning from Text: A Meta-Analysis29
A Meta-Analysis on Teachers’ Growth Mindset28
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
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
Effects of School-led Greenspace Interventions on Mental, Physical and Social Wellbeing in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review26
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
Children’s Evolved Learning Abilities and Their Implications for Education25
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
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
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
Unleashing the Power of Positivity: How Positive Instructors Benefit Learning from Instructional Videos — A Meta-analytic Review23
A Systematic Review of Peer Assessment Design Elements23
Moving Beyond the Ableist Roots of Educational Psychology: Audit of the Field and a Path Forward23
Four Guideposts toward an Integrated Model of Academic Motivation: Motivational Resilience, Academic Identity, Complex Social Ecologies, and Development22
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
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
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
Correction to: Educational Psychology Early Career Award Winners: How Did They Do It?20
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
Integrating Motivation and Instruction: Towards a Unified Approach in Educational Psychology19
Writing Motivation Questionnaire: Factorial and Construct Validity with Middle School Students19
Revisiting the Metacognitive and Affective Model of Self-Regulated Learning: Origins, Development, and Future Directions19
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
Ten Years of Dimensional Comparison Theory: On the Development of a Theory from Educational Psychology18
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
Research Avenues Supporting Embodied Cognition in Learning and Instruction17
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
The Role of Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in Collaborative Research: A systematic Review15
To Trace or Not to Trace? Mimicry in Timed Multimedia Lessons with Pointing and Tracing15
Discovering Internal Validity Threats and Operational Concerns in Single-Case Experimental Designs Through Directed Acyclic Graphs15
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
Increasing Video Lecture Playback Speed Can Impair Test Performance – a Meta-Analysis14
Evolution of a Learning Theory: In Praise of Scientific Speculation14
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
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
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
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