D. Midian Kurland

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

D. Midian Kurland is a scholar working on Computer Science Applications, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, D. Midian Kurland has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Computer Science Applications, 9 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 6 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in D. Midian Kurland's work include Teaching and Learning Programming (9 papers), Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (5 papers) and Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning (5 papers). D. Midian Kurland is often cited by papers focused on Teaching and Learning Programming (9 papers), Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (5 papers) and Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning (5 papers). D. Midian Kurland collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. D. Midian Kurland's co-authors include Roy Pea, Robbie Case, Catherine Clément, Robert Rosenthal and Neil J. Friedman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology and Review of Research in Education.

In The Last Decade

D. Midian Kurland

18 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Operational efficiency and the growth of short-term memor... 1982 2026 1996 2011 1982 250 500 750
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Operational efficiency and the growth of short-term memory span
    1982 886 citations Robbie Case, D. Midian Kurland et al. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
D. Midian Kurland United States 9 898 482 459 363 337 19 1.6k
Chris Wetzel United States 11 544 0.6× 261 0.5× 131 0.3× 131 0.4× 202 0.6× 18 1.1k
Ruth H. Maki United States 26 1.2k 1.3× 935 1.9× 81 0.2× 647 1.8× 548 1.6× 61 2.3k
Marsha C. Lovett United States 15 279 0.3× 296 0.6× 147 0.3× 241 0.7× 242 0.7× 48 971
Deanne Adams United States 10 553 0.6× 129 0.3× 148 0.3× 315 0.9× 218 0.6× 16 982
Robert C. Calfee United States 21 961 1.1× 214 0.4× 46 0.1× 270 0.7× 826 2.5× 119 1.7k
Martha Carr United States 29 1.2k 1.4× 234 0.5× 77 0.2× 737 2.0× 1.2k 3.7× 52 2.4k
Kaśka Porayska‐Pomsta United Kingdom 17 346 0.4× 530 1.1× 331 0.7× 115 0.3× 402 1.2× 41 1.5k
Louis Alfieri United States 7 667 0.7× 125 0.3× 79 0.2× 346 1.0× 813 2.4× 10 1.4k
Sanne H.G. van der Ven Netherlands 17 819 0.9× 341 0.7× 75 0.2× 553 1.5× 707 2.1× 34 1.8k
Steve Joordens Canada 27 759 0.8× 1.8k 3.8× 123 0.3× 506 1.4× 275 0.8× 62 2.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of D. Midian Kurland

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All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Kurland, D. Midian, et al.. (1987). Informing the design of software through context-based research. Ablex Publishing Corp. eBooks. 258–272. 5 indexed citations
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Kurland, D. Midian, et al.. (1987). Computer Applications in Education: A Historical Overview. 2(1). 317–358. 8 indexed citations
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Pea, Roy & D. Midian Kurland. (1987). Chapter 7: Cognitive Technologies for Writing. Review of Research in Education. 14(1). 277–326. 7 indexed citations
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Pea, Roy & D. Midian Kurland. (1987). Cognitive Technologies for Writing. Review of Research in Education. 14. 277–277. 28 indexed citations
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Clément, Catherine, et al.. (1986). Analogical Reasoning and Computer Programming. Journal of Educational Computing Research. 2(4). 473–486. 28 indexed citations
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Kurland, D. Midian, et al.. (1986). A Study of the Development of Programming Ability and Thinking Skills in High School Students. Journal of Educational Computing Research. 2(4). 429–458. 126 indexed citations
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Kurland, D. Midian & Roy Pea. (1985). Children's Mental Models of Recursive Logo Programs. Journal of Educational Computing Research. 1(2). 235–243. 107 indexed citations
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Pea, Roy & D. Midian Kurland. (1984). On the cognitive effects of learning computer programming. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 4 indexed citations
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Pea, Roy & D. Midian Kurland. (1984). Toward Cognitive Technologies for Writing. Technical Report No. 30.. 1 indexed citations
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Pea, Roy & D. Midian Kurland. (1984). On the Cognitive Effects of Learning Computer Programming: A Critical Look. Technical Report No. 9.. 4 indexed citations
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Pea, Roy & D. Midian Kurland. (1984). On the cognitive effects of learning computer programming. New Ideas in Psychology. 2(2). 137–168. 358 indexed citations
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Kurland, D. Midian. (1984). Developmental Studies of Computer Programming Skills. A Symposium: Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (New Orleans, Louisiana, April 23-27, 1984). Technical Report No. 29.. 1 indexed citations
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Pea, Roy & D. Midian Kurland. (1984). Logo Programming and the Development of Planning Skills. Technical Report No. 16.. 7 indexed citations
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Kurland, D. Midian & Roy Pea. (1983). Children's Mental Models of Recursive Logo Programs. Technical Report No. 10.. Nature. 167(4248). 527–8. 4 indexed citations
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Pea, Roy & D. Midian Kurland. (1983). On the Cognitive Prerequisites of Learning Computer Programming. Technical Report No. 18.. 14 indexed citations
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Case, Robbie, et al.. (1982). Operational efficiency and the growth of short-term memory span. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 33(3). 386–404. 886 indexed citations breakdown →
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Case, Robbie & D. Midian Kurland. (1980). A new measure for determining children's subjective organization of speech. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 30(2). 206–222. 14 indexed citations
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Friedman, Neil J., D. Midian Kurland, & Robert Rosenthal. (1965). Experimenter Behavior as an Unintended Determinant of Experimental Results. Journal of Projective Techniques and Personality Assessment. 29(4). 479–490. 6 indexed citations
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Friedman, Neil J., D. Midian Kurland, & Robert Rosenthal. (1965). Experimenter behavior as an unintended determinant of experimental results.. PubMed. 29(4). 478–90. 14 indexed citations

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