John Sweller

198 papers and 36.5k indexed citations i.

About

John Sweller is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, John Sweller has authored 198 papers receiving a total of 36.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 152 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 111 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 71 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in John Sweller’s work include Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes (147 papers), Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (63 papers) and Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning (52 papers). John Sweller is often cited by papers focused on Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes (147 papers), Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (63 papers) and Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning (52 papers). John Sweller collaborates with scholars based in Australia, The Netherlands and United Kingdom. John Sweller's co-authors include Paul Chandler, Fred Paas, Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer, Slava Kalyuga, Paul A. Kirschner, Richard E. Clark, Paul Ayres, Alexander Renkl, Graham Cooper and Wayne Leahy and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Educational Psychology, Computers in Human Behavior and Journal of Experimental Psychology General.

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