Educational Research Review
June 2018 Volume 24, Number 1
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 13
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We all reflect, but why? A systematic review of the purposes of reflection in higher education in social and behavioral sciences
Laura Van Beveren, Department of Educational Studies, Belgium; Griet Roets, Department of Social Work and Social Pedagogy, Belgium; Ann Buysse, Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology, Belgium; Kris Rutten, Department of Educational Studies, Belgium
Reflection has gained increasing attention in theory, practice and education in social and behavioral sciences. In this study, we systematically review empirical research on the concept of... More
pp. 1-9
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A review of the relationship between parental involvement indicators and academic achievement
Lisa Boonk & Hieronymus J.M. Gijselaers, Welten Institute; Henk Ritzen, ROC van Twente; Saskia Brand-Gruwel, Welten Institute
This paper reviews the research literature on the relationship between parental involvement and students' academic achievement with 75 studies published between 2003 and 2017. The results first... More
pp. 10-30
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Effective differentiation Practices:A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies on the cognitive effects of differentiation practices in primary education
Marjolein I. Deunk, Annemieke E. Smale-Jacobse, Hester de Boer, Simone Doolaard & Roel J. Bosker
This systematic review gives an overview of the effects of differentiation practices on language and math performance in primary education, synthesizing the results of empirical studies (n = 21) on... More
pp. 31-54
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Why do we know so little about the factors associated with gifted underachievement? A systematic literature review
Sonia L.J. White, Linda J. Graham & Sabrina Blaas
International comparisons of student achievement are generating renewed interest in the academic underperformance of intellectually gifted students, however, government responses to this problem... More
pp. 55-66
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Challenging beliefs about cultural diversity in education: A synthesis and critical review of trainings with pre-service teachers
Sauro Civitillo, Linda P. Juang & Maja K. Schachner, University of Potsdam, Germany
Teaching culturally diverse classrooms starts from embracing beliefs that recognise the strengths of cultural diversity. Research is needed to understand how teacher training contributes to shaping... More
pp. 67-83
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The use of Latin-square designs in educational and psychological research
John T.E. Richardson
A Latin square is a matrix containing the same number of rows and columns. The cell entries are a sequence of symbols inserted in such a way that each symbol occurs only once in each row and only... More
pp. 84-97
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Long-term effects of metacognitive strategy instruction on student academic performance: A meta-analysis
Hester de Boer, Anouk S. Donker, Danny D.N.M. Kostons & Greetje P.C. van der Werf
Meta-analyses have shown the positive effects of strategy instruction on student performance; however, little meta-analytical research has been conducted on its long-term effects. We examined the... More
pp. 98-115
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The interplay between self-regulation in learning and cognitive load
Tina Seufert
Research on self-regulated learning and on cognitive load has been two of the most prominent and influential research lines in educational research during the last decades. However, both lines... More
pp. 116-129
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Work factors influencing the transfer stages of soft skills training: A literature review
Jolanda A. Botke, Paul G.W. Jansen, Svetlana N. Khapova & Maria Tims
The transfer of training can be considered the Achilles heel of the training process. When trainees fail to use their new knowledge and skills on the job, training resources are wasted, and... More
pp. 130-147
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“What is the problem represented to be?” Two decades of research on Roma and education in Europe
Solvor M. Lauritzen, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Norway; Tuva S. Nodeland, University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway
This review article offers an analysis of research on Roma and education. A total of 151 peer-reviewed research articles were sampled through systematic searches in four databases, covering the... More
pp. 148-169
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An integrative review of transitions to school literature
Tess Boyle, Southern Cross University, Australia; Susan Grieshaber, La Trobe University, Australia; Anne Petriwskyj, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
An integrative literature review critiques and synthesizes representative literature on a topic in order to reveal new perspectives. An analysis of extant reviews (2002–2013) of transitions to... More
pp. 170-180
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Understanding linguistic, individual and contextual factors in oral feedback research: A review of empirical studies in L2 classrooms
Shulin Yu, Bo Wang & Timothy Teo
This article reviews research on oral feedback in the field of second language (L2) education to identify three main factors that play a part in teachers' giving and students’ responding to oral... More
pp. 181-192
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The impact of pedagogical agent gesturing in multimedia learning environments: A meta-analysis
Robert O. Davis
A meta-analysis consisting of 20 experiments (N = 3841) on the influence of pedagogical agent (PA) gesturing in multimedia environments revealed that gestures have a small-to-medium impact on near ... More
pp. 193-209
