Harold W. Stevenson

14.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
195 papers, 10.5k citations indexed

About

Harold W. Stevenson is a scholar working on Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Statistics and Probability. According to data from OpenAlex, Harold W. Stevenson has authored 195 papers receiving a total of 10.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Education, 40 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 18 papers in Statistics and Probability. Recurrent topics in Harold W. Stevenson's work include Early Childhood Education and Development (28 papers), Behavioral and Psychological Studies (22 papers) and Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (15 papers). Harold W. Stevenson is often cited by papers focused on Early Childhood Education and Development (28 papers), Behavioral and Psychological Studies (22 papers) and Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (15 papers). Harold W. Stevenson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and Japan. Harold W. Stevenson's co-authors include Chuansheng Chen, Shin-Ying Lee, James W. Stigler, Merry White, Kenji Hakuta, Hiroshi Azuma, Richard S. Newman, Daniel A. Wagner, Chen‐Chin Hsu and Seiro Kitamura and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Psychological Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Harold W. Stevenson

191 papers receiving 8.5k citations

Hit Papers

The Learning Gap: Why Our Schools are Failing and What We... 1986 2026 1999 2012 1993 1995 1986 1990 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

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. The Learning Gap: Why Our Schools are Failing and What We Can Learn from Japanese and Chinese Education.
    1993 816 citations Harold W. Stevenson, James W. Stigler et al. profile →
  2. Response Style and Cross-Cultural Comparisons of Rating Scales Among East Asian and North American Students
    1995 622 citations Chuansheng Chen, Shin-Ying Lee et al. profile →
  3. Child development and education in Japan.
    1986 614 citations Harold W. Stevenson et al. profile →
  4. Contexts of Achievement: A Study of American, Chinese, and Japanese Children
    1990 442 citations Harold W. Stevenson, Shin-Ying Lee et al. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Harold W. Stevenson United States 51 5.4k 2.7k 2.0k 1.9k 1.5k 195 10.5k
Bärbel Inhelder Switzerland 30 3.9k 0.7× 4.4k 1.6× 1.7k 0.8× 1.4k 0.7× 798 0.5× 76 10.9k
Deborah Stipek United States 54 6.2k 1.1× 2.5k 0.9× 2.3k 1.2× 2.2k 1.1× 894 0.6× 111 9.2k
David Elkind United States 36 2.2k 0.4× 1.7k 0.6× 947 0.5× 1.1k 0.6× 939 0.6× 216 6.4k
Jere Brophy United States 51 9.3k 1.7× 3.5k 1.3× 1.7k 0.9× 2.7k 1.4× 1.8k 1.2× 221 13.0k
Barbara Rogoff United States 53 9.3k 1.7× 5.8k 2.1× 1.4k 0.7× 2.8k 1.4× 2.4k 1.6× 158 17.2k
Doris R. Entwisle United States 51 6.9k 1.3× 1.5k 0.6× 1.0k 0.5× 864 0.4× 2.3k 1.5× 149 10.2k
Aletha C. Huston United States 53 7.6k 1.4× 2.4k 0.9× 793 0.4× 1.3k 0.7× 3.4k 2.2× 160 12.5k
Irving E. Sigel United States 35 2.6k 0.5× 2.0k 0.7× 827 0.4× 1.3k 0.7× 705 0.5× 131 6.0k
M. C. Wittrock United States 31 8.8k 1.6× 5.2k 1.9× 1.7k 0.8× 1.2k 0.6× 1.4k 1.0× 78 12.9k
James W. Stigler United States 44 6.1k 1.1× 2.1k 0.8× 1.2k 0.6× 1.0k 0.5× 1.1k 0.8× 115 8.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Stevenson, Harold W. & James W. Stigler. (1999). POR QUÉ LOS ESCOLARES DE ASIA ORIENTAL TIENEN ALTO RENDIMIENTO ACADÉMICO. Estudios Públicos. 297–357. 4 indexed citations
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Stevenson, Harold W.. (1998). A Study of Three Cultures: Germany, Japan and the United States--An Overview of the TIMSS Case Study Project.. Phi Delta Kappan. 79(7). 524. 10 indexed citations
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Stevenson, Harold W. & Shin-Ying Lee. (1997). International Comparisons of Entrance and Exit Examinations: Japan, United Kingdom, France, and Germany.. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences. 354(1380). 215–22. 2 indexed citations
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Stevenson, Harold W.. (1994). Education of Gifted and Talented Students in China, Taiwan, and Japan.. 4 indexed citations
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Crystal, David, Chuansheng Chen, Andrew J. Fuligni, et al.. (1994). Psychological Maladjustment and Academic Achievement: A Cross-Cultural Study of Japanese, Chinese, and American High School Students. Child Development. 65(3). 738–738. 110 indexed citations
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Stevenson, Harold W.. (1993). Why Asian Students Still Outdistance Americans.. Educational leadership. 50(5). 63–65. 18 indexed citations
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Stevenson, Harold W.. (1993). Bracey's Broadsides Are Unfounded.. Educational leadership. 50(5). 68. 3 indexed citations
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Stevenson, Harold W.. (1992). Con: Don't Deceive Children through a Feel-Good Approach. What's behind Self-Esteem Programs: Truth or Trickery?.. The School Administrator. 49(4). 3 indexed citations
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Stigler, James W. & Harold W. Stevenson. (1991). How Asian Teachers Polish Each Lesson to Perfection.. 15(1). 103 indexed citations
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Stevenson, Harold W., et al.. (1990). TO ACHIEVE. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. 55(1-2). 116–119.
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Stevenson, Harold W.. (1987). The Asian Advantage: The Case of Mathematics.. 11(2). 26. 21 indexed citations
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Stevenson, Harold W.. (1987). America's Math Problems.. Educational leadership. 45(2). 4–10. 16 indexed citations
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Stevenson, Harold W., et al.. (1972). THE ANALYSIS OF REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS UNDER UNCERTAINTY. The Journal of Finance. 27(2). 459–471. 17 indexed citations
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Stevenson, Harold W., et al.. (1971). Preliminary Program for WFA 1971 Annual Meeting. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. 6(2). 897–899. 1 indexed citations
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Olson, Gary M., et al.. (1967). Incentive effects and social class in children’s probability and discrimination learning. Psychonomic Science. 9(8). 459–460. 1 indexed citations
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Stevenson, Harold W., Gordon A. Hale, Kennedy T. Hill, & Barbara E. Moely. (1967). Determinants of Children's Preferences for Adults. Child Development. 38(1). 1–1. 3 indexed citations
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Stevenson, Harold W. & Richard D. Odom. (1965). The Relation of Anxiety to Children's Performance on Learning and Problem-Solving Tasks. Child Development. 36(4). 1003–1003. 14 indexed citations
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Stevenson, Harold W., et al.. (1964). Adult performance as a function of sex of experimenter and sex of subject.. Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology. 68(2). 214–216. 56 indexed citations
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Stevenson, Harold W.. (1962). Equity and long-term financing for small manufacturing firms in Minnesota.
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Stevenson, Harold W. & Ira Iscoe. (1954). Overtraining and transposition in children.. Journal of Experimental Psychology. 47(4). 251–255. 10 indexed citations

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