OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Educational Research Review is 7. 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 2020-06-01 to 2024-06-01.)

Article	Citations
The impact of gamification on learning and instruction: A systematic review of empirical evidence	335
Does gamification improve student learning outcome? Evidence from a meta-analysis and synthesis of qualitative data in educational contexts	256
The flipped classroom: A meta-analysis of effects on student performance across disciplines and education levels	209
Teacher well-being: A systematic review of the research literature from the year 2000–2019	153
Facilitating flexible learning by replacing classroom time with an online learning environment: A systematic review of blended learning in higher education	141
Escape education: A systematic review on escape rooms in education	137
How do pedagogical approaches affect the impact of augmented reality on education? A meta-analysis and research synthesis	123
Early childhood environmental education: A systematic review of the research literature	122
The correlates of teacher turnover: An updated and expanded Meta-analysis of the literature	108
A systematic review of immersive technology applications for medical practice and education - Trends, application areas, recipients, teaching contents, evaluation methods, and performance	105
Effects of virtual reality on learning outcomes in K-6 education: A meta-analysis	97
Understanding the implementation of personalized learning: A research synthesis	96
A review of feedback models and typologies: Towards an integrative model of feedback elements	83
A review on the accuracy of teacher judgments	80
Teacher noticing: A systematic literature review of conceptualizations, research designs, and findings on learning to notice	75
Using Q methodology: Sorting out subjectivity in educational research	73
The association between teacher leadership and student achievement: A meta-analysis	73
The potential of immersive virtual reality to enhance learning: A meta-analysis	63
Teacher leadership: A systematic review, methodological quality assessment and conceptual framework	59
Smart teachers, successful students? A systematic review of the literature on teachers’ cognitive abilities and teacher effectiveness	57
A critical review of the arguments against the use of rubrics	56
Preschool pathways to reading comprehension: A systematic meta-analytic review	51
The use of social robots in classrooms: A review of field-based studies	51
Perceptions, challenges and coping strategies of science teachers in teaching socioscientific issues: A systematic review	48
Measuring academic resilience in quantitative research: A systematic review of the literature	44

A systematic review of the role of learning analytics in enhancing feedback practices in higher education	43
A meta-analytic review on incorporating virtual and augmented reality in museum learning	41
Reflection literacy: A multilevel perspective on the challenges of using reflections in higher education through a comprehensive literature review	39
Video-game based instruction for vocabulary acquisition with English language learners: A Bayesian meta-analysis	38
Conceptualization and measurement of digital citizenship across disciplines	37
The relationship between performance and test-taking effort when measured with self-report or time-based instruments: A meta-analytic review	35
What makes an expert university teacher? A systematic review and synthesis of frameworks for teacher expertise in higher education	34
Meta-analyses of flipped classroom studies: A review of methodology	33
Computer-supported early literacy intervention effects in preschool and kindergarten: A meta-analysis	33
What do we do when we analyse the temporal aspects of computer-supported collaborative learning? A systematic literature review	32
What promotes teachers’ turnover intention? Evidence from a meta-analysis	30
A systematic review of the role of learning games in fostering mathematics education in K-12 settings	29
The effects of robot-assisted language learning: A meta-analysis	29
Please don't stop the music: A meta-analysis of the cognitive and academic benefits of instrumental musical training in childhood and adolescence	29
A review of research on intercultural learning supported by technology	29
Parental influences on immigrant students' achievement-related motivation and achievement: A meta-analysis	28
The role of social capital for teacher professional learning and student achievement: A systematic literature review	27
How accurately can learners discriminate their comprehension of texts? A comprehensive meta-analysis on relative metacomprehension accuracy and influencing factors	26
Synthesizing research evidence on self-regulated learning and academic achievement in online and blended learning environments: A scoping review	25
Effects of self-assessment and peer-assessment interventions on academic performance: A meta-analysis	25
Enhancing teacher-student relationship quality: A narrative review of school-based interventions	25
Effectiveness of grade retention: A systematic review and meta-analysis	24
Academic dishonesty and its relations to peer cheating and culture: A meta-analysis of the perceived peer cheating effect	22
A systematic review of teacher roles and competences for teaching synchronously online through videoconferencing technology	22
The impact of Covid-19 on student achievement: Evidence from a recent meta-analysis	21
A systematic review of interventions embedded in curriculum to improve university student wellbeing	21
Dropout from initial vocational training – A meta-synthesis of reasons from the apprentice's point of view	20
Taking the maker movement to school: A systematic review of preK-12 school-based makerspace research	20
Psychological detachment and work-related rumination in teachers: A systematic review	19
Computational thinking in early childhood education: Reviewing the literature and redeveloping the three-dimensional framework	19
Let's talk evidence – The case for combining inquiry-based and direct instruction	19
Race and ethnicity in educational intervention research: A systematic review and recommendations for sampling, reporting, and analysis	18
Writing instruction improves students’ writing skills differentially depending on focal instruction and children: A meta-analysis for primary grade students	18
Influences of shadow education on the ecology of education – A review of the literature	17
Building the expert teacher prototype: A metasummary of teacher expertise studies in primary and secondary education	17
Examining research on the impact of distance and online learning: A second-order meta-analysis study	17
Inclusion of children with special educational needs and disabilities in physical education: A systematic review and meta-analysis of teachers’ attitudes	17
Is retell a valid measure of reading comprehension?	16
Does co-teaching improve academic achievement for students with disabilities? A meta-analysis	16
Uncovering important 21st-century skills for sustainable career development of social sciences graduates: A systematic review	16
A critical review of the role of texts in fostering Intercultural Communicative competence in the English Language classroom	16
Mathematical language and mathematical abilities in preschool: A systematic literature review	16
A methodological review of systematic literature reviews in higher education: Heterogeneity and homogeneity	15
Do students learn what they teach when generating teaching materials for others? A meta-analysis through the lens of learning by teaching	15
Embodied learning and teaching approaches in language education: A mixed studies review	15
Fifty years of parental involvement and achievement research: A second-order meta-analysis	15
LASSI's great adventure: A meta-analysis of the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory and academic outcomes	14
Two decennia of research on teachers’ informal learning: A literature review on definitions and measures	14
The development of students critical thinking abilities and dispositions through the concept mapping learning method – A meta-analysis	14
How well centrality measures capture student achievement in computer-supported collaborative learning? – A systematic review and meta-analysis	14

Competence retention in safety-critical professions: A systematic literature review	14
The association between principal leadership and student achievement: A multivariate meta-meta-analysis	14
Measuring those who have their minds set: An item-level meta-analysis of the implicit theories of intelligence scale in education	13
Students’ perceptions on the recognition of holistic competency achievement: A systematic mixed studies review	12
Reviewing the research on instructional development programs for academics. Trying to tell a different story: A meta-analysis	11
Longing for recognition: A literature review of second-career teachers’ induction experiences in secondary education	10
Can e-books foster child language? Meta-analysis on the effectiveness of e-book interventions in early childhood education and care	10
Teacher-student attachment relationship, variables associated, and measurement: A systematic review	10
Toward a set of design principles for decoding training: A systematic review of studies of English as a foreign/second language listening education	10
Conceptualizing and measuring social and emotional learning: A systematic review and meta-analysis of moral reasoning and academic achievement, religiosity, political orientation, personality	10
Moving qualitative synthesis research forward in education: A methodological systematic review	9
Meta-analysis of movement-based interventions to aid academic and behavioral outcomes: A taxonomy of relevance and integration	9
Peer review of teaching in higher education: A systematic review of its impact on the professional development of university teachers from the teaching expertise perspective	9
A conducive learning environment in international higher education: A systematic review of research on students’ perspectives	9
Education of unaccompanied refugee minors in high-income countries: Risk and resilience factors	9
Rebooting assessment. Exploring the challenges and benefits of shifting from pen-and-paper to computer in summative assessment	9
The cohesion of small groups in technology-mediated learning environments: A systematic literature review	9
Out-of-school programs and interest: Design considerations based on a meta-analysis	9
The effect of feedback on academic achievement in technology-rich learning environments (TREs): A meta-analytic review	8
Data management and use through research practice partnerships: A literature review	8
Educational leader wellbeing: A systematic review	8
Examining pedagogical approaches and types of mathematics knowledge in educational games: A meta-analysis and critical review	8
Students’ feedback seeking behaviour in undergraduate education: A scoping review	8
Relation between examinees’ true knowledge and examination scores: systematic review and exemplary calculations on Multiple-True-False items	8
Developments and trends in research on methods of detecting differential item functioning	7
Mathematics achievement and orientation: A systematic review and meta-analysis of education technology	7
Relation between examinees’ true knowledge and examination scores: systematic review and exemplary calculations on Pick-N items	7
Literature review – Parent involvement and mathematic outcome	7
Towards (Re-)Defining historical reasoning competence: A review of theoretical and empirical research	7
Approaches to studying teacher collaboration for instructional improvement: A review of literature	7