Most cited papers in Learning Styles and Cognitive Differences
What are the most cited papers in Learning Styles and Cognitive Differences?
The most cited paper in Learning Styles and Cognitive Differences is "The social readjustment rating scale" (Thomas H. Holmes, Richard H. Rahe, 1967), with 11,193 citations. Next come "Learning Styles and Learning Spaces: Enhancing Experiential Learning in Higher Education" (4,977) and "Nine Ways to Reduce Cognitive Load in Multimedia Learning" (4,182).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 379 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The social readjustment rating scale Thomas H. Holmes, Richard H. Rahe · Journal of Psychosomatic Research | Aug 1967 | 11,193 |
| 2 | Learning Styles and Learning Spaces: Enhancing Experiential Learning in Higher Education Alice Y. Kolb, David Alan Kolb · Academy of Management Learning and Education | Jun 2005 | 4,977 |
| 3 | Nine Ways to Reduce Cognitive Load in Multimedia Learning Richard E. Mayer, Roxana Moreno · Educational Psychologist | 2003 | 4,182 |
| 4 | Likert Scale: Explored and Explained Ankur Joshi, Saket Kale, Satish Chandel et al. · British Journal of Applied Science & Technology | 10 Jan 2015 | 3,808 |
| 5 | Phenomenography ? Describing conceptions of the world around us Ference Marton · Instructional Science | Jul 1981 | 3,294 |
| 6 | Blind variation and selective retentions in creative thought as in other knowledge processes. Donald T. Campbell · Psychological Review | Nov 1960 | 2,349 |
| 7 | Learning Styles Harold Pashler, Mark A. McDaniel, Doug Rohrer et al. · Gothic.net | Dec 2008 | 2,125 |
| 8 | Field-Dependent and Field-Independent Cognitive Styles and Their Educational Implications Herman A. Witkin, Carol Ann Moore, DR Goodenough et al. · Review of Educational Research | Mar 1977 | 2,052 |
| 9 | Methods and techniques of adaptive hypermedia Peter L. Brusilovsky · User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction | Jul 1996 | 2,041 |
| 10 | Creativity, divergent thinking, and openness to experience. Robert R. McCrae · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology | Jun 1987 | 1,714 |
| 11 | Cognitive load during problem solving: Effects on learning John Sweller · Cognitive Science | Jun 1988 | 1,687 |
| 12 | Cognitive load theory in health professional education: design principles and strategies Jeroen J G Van Merrià nboer, John Sweller · Medical Education | 16 Dec 2009 | 1,523 |
| 13 | The Ability Model of Emotional Intelligence: Principles and Updates John D. Mayer, David R. A. Caruso, Peter Salovey · Emotion Review | 18 Aug 2016 | 1,423 |
| 14 | The Psychological Basis of Opportunity Identification: Entrepreneurial Alertness Connie Marie Gaglio, Jerome A. Katz · Small Business Economics | Mar 2001 | 1,258 |
| 15 | An Attitude Approach to the Prediction of Entrepreneurship Peter Robinson, David Vern Stimpson, Jonathan C. Huefner et al. · Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice | Jul 1991 | 1,214 |
| 16 | Cognitive load theory, educational research, and instructional design: some food for thought Ton de Jong · Instructional Science | 26 Aug 2009 | 1,173 |
| 17 | Cognitive Styles—an overview and integration Richard Riding, Indra Cheema · Educational Psychology | 1991 | 1,156 |
| 18 | Development of an instrument for measuring different types of cognitive load Jimmie Leppink, FRED G. W. C. PAAS, Cees van der Vleuten et al. · Behavior Research Methods | 9 Apr 2013 | 1,043 |
| 19 | Scaffolding Complex Learning: The Mechanisms of Structuring and Problematizing Student Work Brian J. Reiser · Journal of the Learning Sciences | 17 Jun 2004 | 1,041 |
| 20 | Not Another Inventory, Rather a Catalyst for Reflection Neil D. Fleming, Colleen Mills · To improve the academy | Jun 1992 | 1,041 |
| 21 | Emotional intelligence as a standard intelligence. John D. Mayer, Peter Salovey, David R. A. Caruso et al. · Emotion | 2001 | 1,037 |
| 22 | Learning Styles: An overview of theories, models, and measures Simon Cassidy · Educational Psychology | Aug 2004 | 1,005 |
| 23 | Cognitive ability, cognitive aptitudes, job knowledge, and job performance John E. Hunter · Journal of Vocational Behavior | Dec 1986 | 1,003 |
| 24 | A mathematical model for the transition rule in Piaget's developmental stages Juan Pascual‐Leone · Acta Psychologica | 1970 | 959 |
| 25 | Emotional Intelligence: Implications for Personal, Social, Academic, and Workplace Success Marc A. Brackett, Susan E. Rivers, Peter Salovey · Social and Personality Psychology Compass | 2011 | 910 |
| 26 | Emotional intelligence predicts academic performance: A meta-analysis. Carolyn MacCann, Yixin Jiang, Luke E. R. Brown et al. · Psychological Bulletin | 12 Dec 2019 | 904 |
| 27 | Teaching More by Lecturing Less Jenny Knight, William B. Wood · Cell Biology Education | Dec 2005 | 876 |
| 28 | Implications of Cognitive Load Theory for Multimedia Learning FRED G. W. C. PAAS, John Sweller · Cambridge University Press eBooks | 28 Jul 2014 | 867 |
| 29 | The Cognitive Style Index: A Measure of Intuition‐Analysis For Organizational Research Christopher W. Allinson, John R. Hayes · Journal of Management Studies | 1996 | 859 |
| 30 | Taking the Load Off a Learner's Mind: Instructional Design for Complex Learning Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer, Paul A. Kirschner, Liesbeth Kester · Educational Psychologist | 2003 | 855 |
| 31 | Aids to computer-based multimedia learning Richard E. Mayer, Roxana Moreno · Learning and Instruction | Feb 2002 | 795 |
| 32 | Temporal and Spatial Dynamics of Brain Structure Changes during Extensive Learning Bogdan Draganski, Christian Gaser, Gerd Kempermann et al. · Journal of Neuroscience | 7 Jun 2006 | 772 |
| 33 | THE SPLIT‐ATTENTION EFFECT AS A FACTOR IN THE DESIGN OF INSTRUCTION PAUL A. CHANDLER, John Sweller · British Journal of Educational Psychology | Jun 1992 | 766 |
| 34 | Cognitive styles in the context of modern psychology: Toward an integrated framework of cognitive style. María Kozhevnikov · Psychological Bulletin | 30 Apr 2007 | 762 |
| 35 | Intellectual ability, learning style, personality, achievement motivation and academic success of psychology students in higher education Vittorio V. Busato, Frans J. Prins, Jan J. Elshout et al. · Personality and Individual Differences | Dec 2000 | 747 |
| 36 | Approaches to the Enhancement of Tertiary Teaching JOHN B. BIGGS · Higher Education Research & Development | 1989 | 720 |
| 37 | The Big Five personality traits, learning styles, and academic achievement Meera Komarraju, Steven J. Karau, Ronald Ray Schmeck et al. · Personality and Individual Differences | 19 Jun 2011 | 719 |
| 38 | The role of entrepreneurs in firm-level innovation: Joint effects of positive affect, creativity, and environmental dynamism Robert Alan Baron, Jintong Tang · Journal of Business Venturing | 4 Aug 2009 | 703 |
| 39 | The Science of Emotional Intelligence Peter Salovey, Daisy Grewal · Current Directions in Psychological Science | Dec 2005 | 699 |
| 40 | Metacognitive, cognitive and affective aspects of learning styles and strategies: A phenomenographic analysis Jan D. H. M. Vermunt · Higher Education | 1996 | 683 |
| 41 | Individual differences in skill learning: An integration of psychometric and information processing perspectives. Phillip L. Ackerman · Psychological Bulletin | Jul 1987 | 680 |
| 42 | Patterns in Student Learning: Relationships Between Learning Strategies, Conceptions of Learning, and Learning Orientations Jan D. H. M. Vermunt, Yvonne Vermetten · Educational Psychology Review | Dec 2004 | 659 |
| 43 | Approaches to learning, evaluations of teaching, and preferences for contrasting academic environments Noel J. Entwistle, Hilary Tait · Higher Education | 1990 | 656 |
| 44 | The regulation of constructive learning processes Jan D. H. M. Vermunt · British Journal of Educational Psychology | Jun 1998 | 648 |
| 45 | Emotional design in multimedia learning. Eunjoon Rachel Um, Jan L. Plass, Elizabeth O. Hayward et al. · Journal of Educational Psychology | 19 Dec 2011 | 638 |
| 46 | W2 - Adaptive and Intelligent Web-Based Education Systems Christoph Peylo · Lecture notes in computer science | 2000 | 632 |
| 47 | The nature of cognitive styles: Problems and promise in educational practice Samuel Messick · Educational Psychologist | Mar 1984 | 631 |
| 48 | A Working Model of Skill Acquisition with Application to Teaching Antoinette M. Gentile · Quest | 1972 | 615 |
| 49 | Applying the science of learning to medical education Richard E. Mayer · Medical Education | 20 May 2010 | 597 |
| 50 | Constraint relaxation and chunk decomposition in insight problem solving. Günther Knoblich, Stellan Ohlsson, Hilde Haider et al. · Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition | Nov 1999 | 592 |
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