OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal for Lesson and Learning Studies 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Book review: Planning and analyzing teaching. Using the variation theory of learning	16
Changes in qualities and abilities of Japanese teachers through participation in Global Lesson Study on mathematics	14
How do dialogic interactions contribute to the construction of teachers' mathematical problem-solving knowledge? Construction of a conceptual framework	14
A case study of teacher learning in enacting maker pedagogy through lesson study	13
Guest editorial: Networking theories for understanding and guiding lesson study	11
Mapping pre-service teacher learning in collaborative lesson planning: a SECI model joint display analysis	11
Collective argumentation in elementary school: an experience of reasoning with data in an online open class	10
Lesson study in Switzerland: from research to dissemination and back	9
Examining teachers' learning through a project-based learning lesson study: a case study in China	9
Mathematics teachers’ professional noticing of learners’ mathematical thinking and their subsequent instructional decisions: a case of lesson study	8
A networked understanding of new mathematics teachers' learning, when participating in a lesson-study induction programme	8
Book review: Reforming lesson study in Japan: theories of action for schools as learning communities	8
The study of students' discussion process in a teacher-developed problem-solving learning design: Transcript-based lesson analysis of a social studies lesson	8
Mapping Lesson Study as a research field: a bibliometric review	7
They’re already asking, I’m more alert: a teacher’s journey with mathematical whole-class discussions within lesson study	7
Teacher educator learning to implement equitable mathematics teaching using technology through lesson study	7
The authorship of teachers: jissen kiroku as the core of professionalism in Japanese jugyo kenkyu	7
Students’ expectations from mathematics teachers in the planning phase of the lesson study	6
Establishing a lesson study collaboration matrix	6
Guest editorial: Developing generative AI-informed pedagogies through lesson study	5
A lesson study on a MOOC-based and AI-powered flipped teaching and assessment of EFL writing model: teachers' and students' growth	5
Leading a post-lesson discussion: a self-study	5
Development of a self-reflection scale for observers of mathematics lesson during lesson study	5
Lesson study in mathematics with TDS and RME as theoretical support: two cases from the European TIME project	5
Practicing variation theory beyond learning study	4

Exploring the implementation of lesson study in Portugal and England through the lens of institutionalism	4
Lesson study for Children’s rights: a teacher training through arts-based education approach	4
Promoting students’ data literacy using technologies through lesson study	4
Variation theory meets diagnostic classification models: the case of assessment in a learning study on subtraction with negative numbers	4
A tale of two schools: curriculum deliberation and school-level orientation in transforming knowledge through lesson study	4
Designing lesson study for individual and collective learning: networking theoretical perspectives	4
GenAI-enabled microteaching lesson study: developing prospective secondary mathematics teachers’ TPACK in an online summer camp	4
The power of feedback in teacher education	4
The role of lesson study in pre-service teacher education: a systematic review	4
The development of teachers' knowledge in a lesson study	4
Supporting Socially Responsible Science Education through a three visions of scientific literacy framed learning study	3
Developing primary teachers' pedagogical content knowledge on fractions through transformative lesson study incorporating open approach model: a collaborative case study	3
“Lesson Study is not a revolution, but an evolution”. Sustainability of Lesson Study, explored in a Norwegian context	3
Co-constructing instructional vision: a utopian Pedagogy lens on lesson study cycles	3
Needed skills and knowledge and challenges of the mathematics lesson study facilitator: a scoping systematic literature review	3
Variation theory as a teaching theory in the theatre classroom	3
Connecting EFL curriculum reforms with teacher and student learning: insights from two lesson studies	3
Pedagogical content knowledge in physical education preservice teachers in view of researching on lesson studies	3
A phenomenographic study of competence in baking: foundations for learning study	3
Chinese lesson study: critical aspects of transfer from China to Italy	3
Practicum lesson study: insights from a design-based research in English language teaching practicum	3
Leveraging generative AI in science lesson study: transforming density concept instruction through ChatGPT integration	3
Guiding educational innovation to promote children's non-cognitive abilities to succeed: implementation of the Sesame Street curriculum in Japan	3
Lesson study on two continents: contextual differences reflected in teachers’ pedagogy, affect and processes	3
Publisher’s Note	3
Enabling and constraining factors in sustaining lesson study as a professional learning activity of teachers in the Philippines	3
Implementation of Lesson Study in the context of STEM education in a rural setting in Ireland: challenges and opportunities	3
Design-based research to develop lesson study for transformative assessment: teachers’ reactions, learning, organizational support, and use	3
I was scared and excited to do the work: rehumanizing mathematics through lesson study at a Latine-serving institution	3
The development of EFL teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge through lesson study: a participatory case study in Injibara, Ethiopia	3