OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Research on Technology in Education is 9. 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
Facilitating pre-service teachers’ instructional design and higher-order thinking with generative AI: an integrated approach with the peer assessment and concept map	35
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
Modeling hidden states in learning: a hidden Markov model approach to stealth assessment for problem solving in computational thinking	34
Partnering with AI in teacher education? Using an automatic question detection tool to reflect on classroom interaction	33
Exploring the impact of teacher support in competitive digital learning games on primary students’ learning and academic engagement	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
Students as AI literate designers: a pedagogical framework for learning and teaching AI literacy in elementary education	26
What do we mean by digital equality in education? Toward five conceptual lenses based on a systematic review	26

AI and student motivation: A scoping review	24
Exploring the complex interplay among middle schoolers’ prior coding experience, computational thinking attitudes and skills: a multiple moderated mediation analysis	23
A phenomenographic analysis of undergraduates’ conceptions of generative AI-mediated learning	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
Examining two different models for developing teachers new to computer science: lessons from a CS4All district	20
Using a comic book to engage students in a cryptology and cybersecurity curriculum	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
Students’ experiences with and perceptions of distance learning through learner-generated comics	12
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
Modeling situational interest: A multimodal representation framework for intelligent assessment in learning environment	11
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
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
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
AI as a cognitive partner in learning: Emerging epistemic practices of reflective thought	9
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