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• Spatial Ability and Spatial Thinking Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications
• Group Decision Making  Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications

Article Collections:

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• New Collection: Inequalities in China and Mexico The Journal of Chinese Sociology
• Featured collection: Gifted Science Education in Korea Asia-Pacific Science Education
• Featured collection: History of Science Teacher Education in Asia: Past, present, and future Asia-Pacific Science Education
• Featured collection: Teachers and Action Research in Science Education in Singapore  Asia-Pacific Science Education
• Transitions - Research with longitudinal data Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training
• Assessment of Domain-specific Professional Competencies Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training
• Featured Collection: Science Identity Development - An Interactionist Approach International Journal of STEM Education
• Featured Collection: Advances from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) STEM Grand Challenge - Expanding the Boundaries of Intelligent Tutoring Systems International Journal of STEM Education
• Celebrating LSAE’s 5th Anniversary Large-scale Assessments in Education
• Results, methodological aspects and advancements of the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) Large-scale Assessments in Education
• Causal inferences with cross-sectional large scale assessment data Large-scale Assessments in Education