Nicholas Zaranis

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Nicholas Zaranis is a scholar working on Education, Information Systems and Statistics and Probability. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas Zaranis has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Education, 20 papers in Information Systems and 7 papers in Statistics and Probability. Recurrent topics in Nicholas Zaranis's work include Mobile Learning in Education (13 papers), Child Development and Digital Technology (12 papers) and Education and Technology Integration (12 papers). Nicholas Zaranis is often cited by papers focused on Mobile Learning in Education (13 papers), Child Development and Digital Technology (12 papers) and Education and Technology Integration (12 papers). Nicholas Zaranis collaborates with scholars based in Greece. Nicholas Zaranis's co-authors include Michail Kalogiannakis, Stamatios Papadakis and Παναγιώτης Αναστασιάδης and has published in prestigious journals such as Computers & Education, Education and Information Technologies and Early Childhood Education Journal.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas Zaranis

32 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.

  1. Teaching mathematics with mobile devices and the Realistic Mathematical Education (RME) approach in kindergarten
    2021 117 citations Stamatios Papadakis, Michail Kalogiannakis et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nicholas Zaranis Greece 17 981 652 298 249 214 34 1.4k
Zsolt Lavicza Austria 21 990 1.0× 389 0.6× 272 0.9× 397 1.6× 128 0.6× 193 1.6k
Brendan Tangney Ireland 17 799 0.8× 585 0.9× 303 1.0× 440 1.8× 197 0.9× 73 1.5k
Petek Aşkar Türkiye 18 878 0.9× 282 0.4× 322 1.1× 324 1.3× 137 0.6× 63 1.4k
Wajeeh Daher Israel 19 712 0.7× 325 0.5× 222 0.7× 273 1.1× 119 0.6× 115 1.1k
Zaidatun Tasir Malaysia 23 933 1.0× 394 0.6× 539 1.8× 377 1.5× 119 0.6× 142 1.7k
Fezile Özdamlı Cyprus 20 1.1k 1.1× 836 1.3× 330 1.1× 431 1.7× 321 1.5× 90 2.0k
Luc Trouche France 22 1.3k 1.3× 189 0.3× 318 1.1× 411 1.7× 285 1.3× 57 1.6k
Paul Drijvers Netherlands 26 1.6k 1.7× 287 0.4× 368 1.2× 583 2.3× 143 0.7× 118 2.2k
Sarah Hofer Germany 13 463 0.5× 187 0.3× 121 0.4× 180 0.7× 79 0.4× 29 802
Rohani Ahmad Tarmizi Malaysia 19 942 1.0× 271 0.4× 80 0.3× 299 1.2× 53 0.2× 93 1.3k

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All Works

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Papadakis, Stamatios, et al.. (2021). Mobile device use among preschool-aged children in Greece. Education and Information Technologies. 27(2). 2717–2750. 66 indexed citations
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Papadakis, Stamatios, Michail Kalogiannakis, & Nicholas Zaranis. (2021). Teaching mathematics with mobile devices and the Realistic Mathematical Education (RME) approach in kindergarten. 1(1). 5–18. 117 indexed citations breakdown →
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Papadakis, Stamatios, et al.. (2021). Correction to: Mobile device use among preschool-aged children in Greece. Education and Information Technologies. 27(5). 7375–7375. 3 indexed citations
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Zaranis, Nicholas, et al.. (2020). The use of ICT in teaching geometry in primary school. Education and Information Technologies. 25(6). 5003–5016. 25 indexed citations
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Zaranis, Nicholas, et al.. (2018). Does ICT affect the understanding of ellipsoids, cylinders and cones among students from University of Applied Sciences?. International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning. 10(4). 269–269. 1 indexed citations
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Papadakis, Stamatios, Michail Kalogiannakis, & Nicholas Zaranis. (2018). The effectiveness of computer and tablet assisted intervention in early childhood students’ understanding of numbers. An empirical study conducted in Greece. Education and Information Technologies. 23(5). 1849–1871. 114 indexed citations
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Zaranis, Nicholas, et al.. (2017). How ICT Affects the Understanding of Stereometry Among University Students. International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies. 13(1). 37–49.
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Zaranis, Nicholas. (2017). Does the use of Information and Communication Technology through the use of Realistic Mathematics Education help kindergarten students to enhance their effectiveness in addition and subtraction?. ΙΝΣΤΙΤΟΥΤΟ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΚΩΝ ΕΡΕΥΝΩΝ (National Hellenic Research Foundation). 5(1). 46–46. 6 indexed citations
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Papadakis, Stamatios, Michail Kalogiannakis, & Nicholas Zaranis. (2017). Educational apps from the Android Google Play for Greek preschoolers: A systematic review. Computers & Education. 116. 139–160. 152 indexed citations
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Zaranis, Nicholas & Παναγιώτης Αναστασιάδης. (2016). Research on e-Learning and ICT in Education. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven). 13 indexed citations
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Papadakis, Stamatios, Michail Kalogiannakis, & Nicholas Zaranis. (2016). Developing fundamental programming concepts and computational thinking with ScratchJr in preschool education: a case study. International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation. 10(3). 187–187. 160 indexed citations
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Zaranis, Nicholas, et al.. (2016). A comparative study on the effectiveness of the computer assisted method and the interactionist approach to teaching geometry shapes to young children. Education and Information Technologies. 22(4). 1377–1393. 15 indexed citations
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Papadakis, Stamatios, Michail Kalogiannakis, & Nicholas Zaranis. (2016). Improving Mathematics Teaching in Kindergarten with Realistic Mathematical Education. Early Childhood Education Journal. 45(3). 369–378. 94 indexed citations
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Zaranis, Nicholas. (2014). The use of ICT in kindergarten for teaching addition based on realistic mathematics education. Education and Information Technologies. 21(3). 589–606. 19 indexed citations
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Zaranis, Nicholas, Michail Kalogiannakis, & Stamatios Papadakis. (2013). Using Mobile Devices for Teaching Realistic Mathematics in Kindergarten Education. Creative Education. 4(7). 1–10. 110 indexed citations
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Zaranis, Nicholas, et al.. (2010). THE INFLUENCE OF THE GEOMETER'S SKETCHPAD ON THE GEOMETRY ACHIEVEMENT OF GREEK SCHOOL STUDENTS. 113–124. 17 indexed citations

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