Instructional Science 53.7k citations
1.4k papers · indexed · active since 1950
Impact in Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods Educational Strategies and Epistemologies Online and Blended Learning Education and Critical Thinking Development Science Education and Pedagogy Student Assessment and Feedback Evaluation of Teaching Practices Papers in i Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods 586 Educational Strategies and Epistemologies 225 Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes 302 show more fields Overview Impact Peers Geography Research Space Peers Instructional Science
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Developmental and Educational Psychology 24.2k Education 32.3k Computer Science Applications 5.5k Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 8.8k Human Factors and Ergonomics 777 Educational Research Review United States
Journal of Educational Computing Research United States
Journal of Computer Assisted Learning United Kingdom
Educational Psychology Review United States
Learning and Instruction Germany
Contemporary Educational Psychology United States
Harvard Educational Review United States
Educational Psychology United Kingdom
Educational Technology & Society Taiwan
Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education United Kingdom
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About Instructional Science The 1.4k papers published in Instructional Science in the last decades have received a total of 53.7k indexed citations . Papers published in Instructional Science usually cover Developmental and Educational Psychology (794 papers), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (365 papers), Education (740 papers), Computer Science Applications (92 papers) and Human Factors and Ergonomics (33 papers) specifically the topics of Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (586 papers), Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes (302 papers), Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (225 papers), Online and Blended Learning (183 papers), Science Education and Pedagogy (168 papers), Education and Critical Thinking Development (151 papers), Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning (134 papers) and Evaluation of Teaching Practices (89 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Instructional Science are D. Royce Sadler , Ference Marton , Ton de Jong , Gregory Schraw , John Sweller , Richard E. Mayer , Alexander Renkl , Manu Kapur , Roxana Moreno and Joseph D. Novak .
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