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Educational Psychology Review

Published by Springer • ISSN: 1040726X

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The Role of Haptic Interaction in Embodied Extended-Reality Learning: A Three-Level Meta-Analysis

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While haptic interactions are increasingly integrated into embodied Extended-Reality (XR) educational systems, their impacts on students’ learning outcomes remain underexplored. To address this gap, a comprehensive three-level meta-analysis of 25 studies (50 effect sizes) was conducted to evaluate h…

Psychological Science and the Blind Spot in Education: Learning and Instruction of Transversal Skills in the Twenty-First Century

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Transversal skills describe a broad spectrum of skills that are considered to be essential for thriving in today’s society and tackling the challenges of the twenty-first century. Therefore, a high demand is placed on educators to teach these skills to their students. Unfortunately, the conceptualiz…

Stirring a Secret Sauce: A Literature Review on the Conditions and Effects of Authentic Learning

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The present conceptual literature review analyzes 50 studies that systematically examined the effects of authentic learning settings on cognitive or motivational learning outcomes. The analysis focuses on describing the context of the studies, the design elements of authentic learning settings, and …

The Role of School in Adolescents’ Identity Development. A Literature Review

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Schools can play an important role in adolescents’ identity development. To date, research on the role of school in adolescents’ identity development is scattered across research fields that employ different theoretical perspectives on identity. The aim of this literature review was to integrate the…

Promoting Argumentation Competence: Extending from First- to Second-Order Scaffolding Through Adaptive Fading

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Argumentation is fundamental for many learning assignments, ranging from primary school to university and beyond. Computer-supported argument scaffolds can facilitate argumentative discourse along with concomitant interactive discussions among learners in a group (i.e., first-order argument scaffold…

Identification with Academics and Motivation to Achieve in School: How the Structure of the Self Influences Academic Outcomes

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Authors since William James (1892/1968) have implied that the structure of the self-concept can influence motivation and outcomes in particular domains. The value or importance an individual places on a domain influences how motivated that individual is to expend effort in that domain, ultimately in…