Marlene Schommer

6.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Marlene Schommer is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Education and Statistics and Probability. According to data from OpenAlex, Marlene Schommer has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 23 papers in Education and 3 papers in Statistics and Probability. Recurrent topics in Marlene Schommer's work include Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (22 papers), Education and Critical Thinking Development (19 papers) and Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (9 papers). Marlene Schommer is often cited by papers focused on Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (22 papers), Education and Critical Thinking Development (19 papers) and Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (9 papers). Marlene Schommer collaborates with scholars based in United States and New Zealand. Marlene Schommer's co-authors include Nancy Rhodes, Kiersten Walker, Richard C. Anderson, Amit Bajaj, John R. Surber, Judith A. Scott, Anne C. Stallman, William E. Nagy, Stella Vosniadou and Roberta Corrigan and has published in prestigious journals such as Child Development, Journal of Educational Psychology and American Educational Research Journal.

In The Last Decade

Marlene Schommer

32 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

Effects of beliefs about the nature of knowledge on compr... 1990 2026 2002 2014 1990 400 800 1.2k
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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. Effects of beliefs about the nature of knowledge on comprehension.
    1990 1.5k citations Marlene Schommer Journal of Educational 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
Marlene Schommer United States 20 4.0k 3.8k 517 298 184 34 4.7k
Erna Yackel United States 22 1.8k 0.4× 4.2k 1.1× 340 0.7× 256 0.9× 245 1.3× 45 4.8k
Barak Rosenshine United States 24 2.1k 0.5× 2.9k 0.8× 290 0.6× 265 0.9× 273 1.5× 61 4.2k
Megan L. Franke United States 31 1.6k 0.4× 5.1k 1.4× 268 0.5× 499 1.7× 116 0.6× 62 5.7k
Ruth Garner United States 26 2.3k 0.6× 1.5k 0.4× 685 1.3× 144 0.5× 222 1.2× 61 3.1k
Peter Afflerbach United States 23 3.2k 0.8× 2.5k 0.7× 463 0.9× 367 1.2× 169 0.9× 52 4.5k
Larry D. Yore Canada 28 1.7k 0.4× 2.3k 0.6× 233 0.5× 213 0.7× 214 1.2× 98 2.9k
Michael C. McKenna United States 27 1.7k 0.4× 2.3k 0.6× 301 0.6× 356 1.2× 135 0.7× 96 3.4k
P. Karen Murphy United States 30 1.9k 0.5× 2.4k 0.6× 728 1.4× 373 1.3× 574 3.1× 90 3.7k
Marcel V. J. Veenman Netherlands 29 3.5k 0.9× 2.6k 0.7× 656 1.3× 197 0.7× 375 2.0× 45 4.5k
Michelle M. Buehl United States 18 1.4k 0.4× 1.7k 0.4× 336 0.6× 219 0.7× 232 1.3× 35 2.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marlene Schommer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Schommer, Marlene. (1998). The influence of age and education on epistemological beliefs. British Journal of Educational Psychology. 68(4). 551–562. 221 indexed citations
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Schommer, Marlene, et al.. (1997). The development of epistemological beliefs among secondary students: A longitudinal study.. Journal of Educational Psychology. 89(1). 37–40. 170 indexed citations
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Schommer, Marlene & Kiersten Walker. (1997). Epistemological Beliefs and Valuing School: Considerations for College Admissions and Retention. Research in Higher Education. 38(2). 173–186. 63 indexed citations
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Schommer, Marlene, et al.. (1997). The development of epistemological beliefs among secondary students: A longitudinal study.. Journal of Educational Psychology. 89(1). 37–40. 7 indexed citations
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Schommer, Marlene. (1996). Voices in Education.. ScholarWorks@BGSU (Bowling Green State University). 9(2). 42–44.
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Schommer, Marlene. (1995). Voices in Education on Authentic Assessment.. Mid-western educational researcher. 8(2). 13–14. 1 indexed citations
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Schommer, Marlene & Kiersten Walker. (1995). Are epistemological beliefs similar across domains?. Journal of Educational Psychology. 87(3). 424–432. 13 indexed citations
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Schommer, Marlene & Kiersten Walker. (1995). Are epistemological beliefs similar across domains?. Journal of Educational Psychology. 87(3). 424–432. 196 indexed citations
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Schommer, Marlene. (1993). Comparisons of beliefs about the nature of knowledge and learning among postsecondary students. Research in Higher Education. 34(3). 355–370. 142 indexed citations
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Schommer, Marlene. (1993). Epistemological development and academic performance among secondary students.. Journal of Educational Psychology. 85(3). 406–411. 392 indexed citations
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Schommer, Marlene. (1993). Epistemological development and academic performance among secondary students.. Journal of Educational Psychology. 85(3). 406–411. 457 indexed citations
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Chinn, Clark A., Martha Waggoner, Richard C. Anderson, Marlene Schommer, & Ian A. G. Wilkinson. (1993). Situated Actions during Reading Lessons: A Microanalysis of Oral Reading Error Episodes. American Educational Research Journal. 30(2). 361–361. 4 indexed citations
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Schommer, Marlene, et al.. (1992). Epistemological beliefs and mathematical text comprehension: Believing it is simple does not make it so.. Journal of Educational Psychology. 84(4). 435–443. 32 indexed citations
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Schommer, Marlene. (1990). Effects of beliefs about the nature of knowledge on comprehension.. Journal of Educational Psychology. 82(3). 498–504. 1462 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schommer, Marlene. (1990). The Effects of Beliefs about the Nature of Knowledge on Comprehension [Abstract]. Reading Research Quarterly. 25(4). 340–340. 6 indexed citations
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Schommer, Marlene, et al.. (1989). How Standardized Is School Testing? An Exploratory Observational Study of Standardized Group Testing in Kindergarten. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. 11(3). 223–235. 10 indexed citations
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Vosniadou, Stella & Marlene Schommer. (1988). Explanatory analogies can help children acquire information from expository text.. Journal of Educational Psychology. 80(4). 524–536. 3 indexed citations
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Gaskins, Irene W., et al.. (1988). A Metacognitive Approach to Phonics. Remedial and Special Education. 9(1). 36–41. 50 indexed citations
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Corrigan, Roberta & Marlene Schommer. (1984). Form versus Function Revisited: The Role of Social Input and Memory Factors. Child Development. 55(5). 1721–1721. 14 indexed citations

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