Maik Beege

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Maik Beege is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Maik Beege has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 29 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 13 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Maik Beege's work include Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes (32 papers), Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (18 papers) and Educational Games and Gamification (9 papers). Maik Beege is often cited by papers focused on Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes (32 papers), Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (18 papers) and Educational Games and Gamification (9 papers). Maik Beege collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and Australia. Maik Beege's co-authors include Sascha Schneider, Günter Daniel Rey, Steve Nebel, Felix Krieglstein, Lenka Schnaubert, Maria Wirzberger, Moritz Krell, Paul Ginns, Christina Sanchez‐Stockhammer and Caroline Arnold and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Educational Psychology and Computers in Human Behavior.

In The Last Decade

Maik Beege

46 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Cognitive-Affective-Social Theory of Learning in digital Environments (CASTLE)

2021 126 citations Sascha Schneider, Maik Beege et al. Educational Psychology Review profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Maik Beege Germany	22	636	536	482	254	203	50	1.3k
Steve Nebel Germany	22	568 0.9×	575 1.1×	452 0.9×	269 1.1×	192 0.9×	42	1.4k
Sascha Schneider Germany	24	765 1.2×	709 1.3×	556 1.2×	327 1.3×	229 1.1×	68	1.7k
Noah L. Schroeder United States	20	438 0.7×	549 1.0×	490 1.0×	280 1.1×	226 1.1×	63	1.4k
Zhongling Pi China	22	547 0.9×	419 0.8×	625 1.3×	283 1.1×	210 1.0×	99	1.3k
Nadine Marcus Australia	18	784 1.2×	610 1.1×	369 0.8×	291 1.1×	182 0.9×	38	1.4k
Femke Kirschner Netherlands	12	482 0.8×	894 1.7×	740 1.5×	196 0.8×	93 0.5×	19	1.6k
Andrew T. Stull United States	19	560 0.9×	492 0.9×	862 1.8×	223 0.9×	180 0.9×	24	1.6k
Babette Park Germany	15	715 1.1×	516 1.0×	327 0.7×	262 1.0×	162 0.8×	18	1.2k
Björn B. de Koning Netherlands	24	1.2k 1.9×	1.0k 1.9×	858 1.8×	336 1.3×	304 1.5×	79	2.3k
Fang‐Ying Yang Taiwan	21	449 0.7×	648 1.2×	686 1.4×	97 0.4×	355 1.7×	33	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maik Beege

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Beege, Maik, et al.. (2025). Game Tactical Learning for Primary School Students With a Digital Video Analysis Tool. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education. 1–12. 1 indexed citations

Beege, Maik, et al.. (2025). The Impact of System Models on Systems Thinking in the Context of Climate Change in Elementary School. Systems. 13(4). 220–220. 1 indexed citations

Beege, Maik, et al.. (2025). Stimulating individual learning of the concept of fraction equivalence: How students utilize adaptive features in digital learning environments mediates their effect. Learning and Instruction. 98. 102118–102118.

Beege, Maik, et al.. (2025). The emergence and development of attitudes of students towards the use of video-based media in physical education. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 10(1). 1–1. 1 indexed citations

Beege, Maik & Rolf Ploetzner. (2024). Learning from interactive video: the influence of self-explanations, navigation, and cognitive load. Instructional Science. 53(1). 99–119.

Krieglstein, Felix, et al.. (2024). The Distorting Influence of Primacy Effects on Reporting Cognitive Load in Learning Materials of Varying Complexity. Educational Psychology Review. 37(1).

Nebel, Steve, Maik Beege, Sascha Schneider, & Günter Daniel Rey. (2024). The learning adversary - An experimental investigation of adaptive pedagogical agents as opponents in educational videogames. Learning and Individual Differences. 110. 102425–102425. 1 indexed citations

Reinhold, Frank, et al.. (2024). Learning Mechanisms Explaining Learning With Digital Tools in Educational Settings: a Cognitive Process Framework. Educational Psychology Review. 36(1). 21 indexed citations

Beege, Maik, Christopher Hug, & Josef Nerb. (2024). AI in STEM education: The relationship between teacher perceptions and ChatGPT use. Computers in Human Behavior Reports. 16. 100494–100494. 17 indexed citations

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Beege, Maik & Sascha Schneider. (2023). Emotional design of pedagogical agents: the influence of enthusiasm and model-observer similarity. Educational Technology Research and Development. 71(3). 859–880. 17 indexed citations

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Krieglstein, Felix, Maik Beege, Günter Daniel Rey, Christina Sanchez‐Stockhammer, & Sascha Schneider. (2023). Development and Validation of a Theory-Based Questionnaire to Measure Different Types of Cognitive Load. Educational Psychology Review. 35(1). 53 indexed citations

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Schneider, Sascha, Felix Krieglstein, Maik Beege, & Günter Daniel Rey. (2023). Successful learning with whiteboard animations – A question of their procedural character or narrative embedding?. Heliyon. 9(2). e13229–e13229. 18 indexed citations

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Krieglstein, Felix, et al.. (2022). The influence of the order and congruency of correct and erroneous worked examples on learning and (meta-)cognitive load. Frontiers in Psychology. 13. 1032003–1032003. 2 indexed citations

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Krieglstein, Felix, Sascha Schneider, Maik Beege, & Günter Daniel Rey. (2022). How the design and complexity of concept maps influence cognitive learning processes. Educational Technology Research and Development. 70(1). 99–118. 19 indexed citations

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Schneider, Sascha, et al.. (2021). The influence of affective decorative pictures on learning statistics online. Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies. 3(3). 401–412. 8 indexed citations

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Beege, Maik, Steve Nebel, Sascha Schneider, & Günter Daniel Rey. (2020). The effect of signaling in dependence on the extraneous cognitive load in learning environments. Cognitive Processing. 22(2). 209–225. 10 indexed citations

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Schneider, Sascha, Steve Nebel, Maik Beege, & Günter Daniel Rey. (2018). The autonomy-enhancing effects of choice on cognitive load, motivation and learning with digital media. Learning and Instruction. 58. 161–172. 85 indexed citations

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Schneider, Sascha, Maik Beege, Steve Nebel, & Günter Daniel Rey. (2017). A meta-analysis of how signaling affects learning with media. Educational Research Review. 23. 1–24. 162 indexed citations

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Schneider, Sascha, et al.. (2017). How affective charge and text–picture connectedness moderate the impact of decorative pictures on multimedia learning.. Journal of Educational Psychology. 110(2). 233–249. 34 indexed citations

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Nebel, Steve, Maik Beege, Sascha Schneider, & Günter Daniel Rey. (2016). The higher the score, the higher the learning outcome? Heterogeneous impacts of leaderboards and choice within educational videogames. Computers in Human Behavior. 65. 391–401. 32 indexed citations

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