OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Research on Technology in Education is 3. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Training educators to use eCoaching to deliver behavior specific praise for math instruction: a randomized controlled trial	322
Using instructive simulations to teach young students simple science concepts: Evidence from electricity content	151
Collaborative video production and middle school student collaboration, engagement, and interest	123
Ready for a technology future? Chinese preservice preschool teachers’ technological pedagogical content knowledge and its predicting factors	66
Implicit bias in large language models: Experimental proof and implications for education	64
Questioning the why and the how: Collective transformative agency of experienced teachers co-designing a justice-oriented high school introductory computing program	57
Revisiting contextual relevance: pedagogical agent appearance	52
Psychosocial processes and human desire: an inconvenient truth about online misinformation	51
K-12 teacher readiness for flipped foreign language teaching: scale development and validation	50
Reality check in virtual worlds: Teacher roles across immersive learning environments	48
The effect of peer assessment-based collaborative concept mapping on pre-service teachers’ perceptions on smart learning environments	40
Altering the playback speed of recorded lectures as a learning technique: Examining student practices, motivations, and beliefs	37
Embodied learning for computational thinking in early primary education	35
Prompt text classifications with transformer models! An exemplary introduction to prompt-based learning with large language models	35
Understanding K-12 teachers’ prioritized decision-making about instructional design and technology integration: an exploratory study	35
Facilitating pre-service teachers’ instructional design and higher-order thinking with generative AI: an integrated approach with the peer assessment and concept map	35
Modeling hidden states in learning: a hidden Markov model approach to stealth assessment for problem solving in computational thinking	34
Exploring the impact of teacher support in competitive digital learning games on primary students’ learning and academic engagement	33
Partnering with AI in teacher education? Using an automatic question detection tool to reflect on classroom interaction	33
The effects of text-based conversational teachable agents’ communicative features on student math learning: Tone style and emoji use	29
The effect of chatbots on learning: a meta-analysis of empirical research	29
In-service teachers’ (mis)conceptions of artificial intelligence in K-12 science education	28
Developing a technology-based instrument for assessing inductive reasoning in kindergarten: applicability, validity and reliability	27
What do we mean by digital equality in education? Toward five conceptual lenses based on a systematic review	26
Students as AI literate designers: a pedagogical framework for learning and teaching AI literacy in elementary education	26

AI and student motivation: A scoping review	24
A phenomenographic analysis of undergraduates’ conceptions of generative AI-mediated learning	23
Exploring the complex interplay among middle schoolers’ prior coding experience, computational thinking attitudes and skills: a multiple moderated mediation analysis	23
Examining how teachers define and integrate digital citizenship into core content area curriculum	21
Enhancing learning and attitude toward statistics with a microlearning approach using an animated video	21
Using a comic book to engage students in a cryptology and cybersecurity curriculum	20
Examining two different models for developing teachers new to computer science: lessons from a CS4All district	20
Effects of goal achievement motivation on K-12 students’ resilience in STEAM activities: the mediating role of in-school social supports	16
Causes and consequences of stereotypes: interest stereotypes reduce adolescent girls’ motivation to enroll in computer science classes	16
A systematic literature review of usability definitions and psychometric properties of instruments in the field of learning design and technology	16
An investigation of the mathematics applications in the Apple App Store: Do they contain benchmarks of educational quality?	15
Affinity and anonymity benefitting early career teachers in the r/teachers subreddit	14
Assessing EFL learners’ attitudes on Generative Artificial Intelligence: Development and validation of Generative Artificial Intelligence attitude scale for EFL learners (GenAIAS)	14
Successful integration of technology into preschool education: do teachers’ self-efficacy and outcome expectations matter?	14
Using avatar rehearsals to practice eliciting student thinking with preservice teachers	14
How teacher presence affects student engagement with a generative artificial intelligence chatbot in learning designed with first principles of instruction	13
Dynamic visualization by GeoGebra for mathematics learning: a meta-analysis of 20 years of research	13
Implementing and sustaining coding and robotics practices in rural elementary school districts: an activity theory perspective	13
Initial discussions of ChatGPT in education-related subreddits	12
Effectiveness of blended learning on students’ learning performance: a meta-analysis	12
Developing students’ self-regulated learning strategies to facilitate vocabulary development in a digital game-based learning environment	12
A fairness-centric approach to stealth assessment in collaborative game-based learning	12
Developing a validated assessment of artificial intelligence literacy for Chinese university students based on educational objectives taxonomy	12
Students’ experiences with and perceptions of distance learning through learner-generated comics	12
Engaging students via synchronous peer feedback in a technology-enhanced learning environment	11
Computer science for English learners: supporting teacher learning and improved practice to engage multilinguals in AP computer science principles	11
Exploring psychological pathways to pedagogical AI overreliance among chinese teachers through cognitive–affective–conative framework	11
Modeling situational interest: A multimodal representation framework for intelligent assessment in learning environment	11
Promoting intracultural understanding and language proficiency through video creation: a schema activation perspective	10
Supporting multilingual learners’ science learning from the multimodal perspective: the case of a VR-Enhanced science unit	10
Toward guidance and principled values on the ethical, responsible, and transparent use of GenAI in the educational research process	10
A framework for generative AI policy and guidelines in K-12 education	10
Bridging cultures and computing: Exploring the relationship between Appalachian problem solving and computational thinking	10
A systematic review of how educators integrate ethics into artificial intelligence curriculum	10
Social media and pre-service teachers’ apprenticeships of observation	10
Preventing pollution: A scoping review of immersive learning environments and gamified systems for children and young people	9
Facilitating content knowledge, language proficiency, and academic competence through digital storytelling: Performance and perceptions of first-year medical-related majors	9
Exploring learning outcomes and psycho-emotional experiences of undergraduate students in digital literacy training and support using Web-based assessment platforms	9
Let’s make a game! A case of co-designing with teachers from a research-practice partnership to integrate a virtual reality-enhanced digital game-based learning science unit	9
Building a nationally representative sample of teachers’ online and offline: the Public Instructional Network of School Resources	9
AI as a cognitive partner in learning: Emerging epistemic practices of reflective thought	9
Distributed interpretation – teaching reconstructive methods in the social sciences supported by artificial intelligence	8
Rex to the rescue: Evaluating the effectiveness of real-time AI-driven stealth assessment and support for mathematical modeling in virtual science investigations	8
Artificial intelligence policies in K-12 school districts in the United States: a content analysis shaping education policy	8
Conceptions of image-generative AI-supported instruction of preservice teachers with different levels of learning attitude: a drawing and epistemic network analysis	8
The mediating effects of engagement on the relationship between perceived digital inquiry and creativity	8
Digital storyboards: the impact of a literacy-themed coding activity on elementary student attitudes for coding	8
Leading digital innovation in schools: the role of the open innovation mindset	8
Enhancing stealth assessment in game-based learning through goal recognition	8
K-12 teachers’ beliefs about and reactions to students’ off-task technology use	8

The art of blending: a systematic literature review of blended teaching competencies in higher education	8
Promoting elementary students’ computer science conceptual knowledge and coding performance: a mixed methods case study	8
Examining teachers’ readiness for blended teaching with a revised model and instrument	7
Preservice teachers’ TPACK learning trajectories in an online educational technology course	7
Teacher strategies to use virtual learning environments to facilitate algebra learning during school closures	7
Call for proposals: Special issue on stealth assessment in digital learning environments	7
At the intersection of human and algorithmic decision-making in distributed learning	7
AI-assisted programming question generation: Constructing semantic networks of programming knowledge by local knowledge graph and abstract syntax tree	7
Assessing Digital-AI learning metacognition competencies in smart school principals: adaptation and validation of a new Metacognitive Stewardship Scale	6
Validating a Creative Coding Rubric through expressive activities for elementary grades	6
Building a high school violence prevention app to educate and protect students	6
Impacts of different gamified problem-solving integration approaches on elementary math: an engagement and metacognitive knowledge perspective	6
The advancement of Artificial Intelligence in Education: Insights from a 1976–2024 bibliometric analysis	6
Assessing high school students’ perceptions of virtual reality in independent learning: development, network analysis and validation of the Independent Learning and Cognitive Empowerment Scale in Virt	6
Integrating 3D modeling and printing with model-eliciting activity for pre-service mathematics teachers: Challenges and opportunities	6
WeThrive: Nurturing student wellbeing through a technology-integrated positive education intervention	6
Fostering equity, diversity, and inclusion through social-emotional learning: the role of digital technologies	6
A systematic review of published student question-generation systems: Supporting functionalities and design features	6
Learning by playing with generative AI: design and evaluation of a role-playing educational game with generative AI as scaffolding for instant feedback interaction	5
Classroom movement integration in the EdTech era: A conceptual exploration	5
The what, how, and why of school smartphone policies: Policy stringency, communication styles, and motivational pathways	5
The more structured, the better? Learning effects of online scaffolds with different structures for student question generation	5
Advancing self-directed learning in STEM education: integrating GPT-based learning aid with multimodal learning analytics	5
The impact of achievement goal orientation on online academic procrastination among college students: exploring the roles of academic self-efficacy and self-control	5
Educators’ perspectives on and motivations for using TeachersPayTeachers.com	5
Breakfast club lessons: staff perspectives on a yearlong collaborative teletherapy initiative during COVID-19	4
Evaluating the causal effects of digital use quality on students’ ICT literacy	4
Educational robotics and student development: a second-order meta-analysis	4
Exploring differences in the cognitive and metacognitive scaffolding use of high and low working memory students in block-based programming	4
Affordances and challenges of artificial intelligence in K-12 education: a systematic review	4
Understanding the interaction between generative AI and factual knowledge in supporting students’ problem-solving	4
A heuristic framework for video-based teaching and learning scenarios in higher education	4
Designing and evaluating an interactive visual novel to increase bullying bystander intervention in schools: A four-wave controlled time-series study	4
Elementary school students’ and teachers’ perceptions toward creative mathematical writing with Generative AI	4
Designing games, developing competencies: elementary students’ engagement with ISTE standards through playful participatory game design using the GSFG framework	4
Coding choreography: Understanding student responses to representational incompatibilities between dance and programming	4
A systematic review of conversational AI in language education: focusing on the collaboration with human teachers	4
The impact of scenario-based online gamified learning environment tailored to player types on student motivation, engagement, and environment interaction	4
A meta-analysis on the effect of learning analytics interventions on students’ academic performance	4
Teaching enthusiasm in video lectures: Evidence from two experimental studies	4
Promoting elementary school students’ programming learning: Effects of metacognitive vs. cognitive scaffolding	4
An examination of the research studies on augmented reality use in preschool education: a bibliometric mapping analysis	4
Validating game-based learning assessment of students’ computational thinking practices using Bayesian networks and machine-learning based detectors	4
The AI Motivation Scale (AIMS): a self-determination theory perspective	3
Designing the next generation of map assessment systems: Open questions and opportunities to automatically assess a student’s knowledge as a map	3
Virtual reality and affective learning in commemorative history teaching: effects of immersive technology and generative learning activities	3
Analyzing learners engagement in a micromasters program compared to non-degree MOOC	3
Development and validation of the parental influences on kids in computer science (PIK-CS) scale	3
Impact of social media addiction on college students’ academic performance: an interdisciplinary perspective	3
Parent perceptions of technology-facilitated learning for young children: Associations with parent and child characteristics	3
University students’ AI thinking: A Latent Profile Analysis and predictive effects of psychological factors	3
Achieving equity in esthetic education: a metaverse-supported synchronous classroom approach for art appreciation	3
Influencer or teacher leader: an exploration of teacherpreneurs’ use of Instagram to lead	3
Digital equity in Canada: A mixed-methods study of access, use, and empowerment among immigrants, youth, and newcomer ELL youth	3
Teacher goal setting for personalized learning software: Associations with perceptions of the value of software and growth mindsets	3
An interaction analysis of a computer science co-design conversation on cultural relevance and its implications for design	3
Gender perspective in the computational thinking program of Uruguay: teachers’ perceptions and results of the Bebras tasks	3
AI-driven adaptive stealth assessment for socially regulated learning in collaborative environments	3
Bridging theory and practice: the effects of experiential learning-based simulation training on technology integration competency among pre-service teachers	3
What would the matrix do?: a systematic review of K-12 AI learning contexts and learner-interface interactions	3
Insights on information literacy from social studies classrooms in the southeast	3
Using AI-empowered assessments and personalized recommendations to promote online collaborative learning performance	3
Keeping the “glass box” transparent: Comparing expert and AI-generated ratings and feedback in stealth assessment for judgement-focused negotiation simulations	3
School teachers in Germany and Denmark: a comparative study of self-efficacy and distinct profiles in using Artificial Intelligence for teaching and learning	3
“I just hope that I can change the world”: supporting student agency in CS for All	3
Effective leader practices to leverage school librarians as leaders in one-to-one computing	3
Computer science for secondary multilingual learners: how school policies and practices enable and constrain equitable access	3
Blended teaching readiness of EFL instructors and their perceptions about blended learning in English preparatory schools: a case from Turkey	3