Wim Van Dooren

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
204 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Wim Van Dooren is a scholar working on Statistics and Probability, Education and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wim Van Dooren has authored 204 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 139 papers in Statistics and Probability, 136 papers in Education and 41 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Wim Van Dooren's work include Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques (118 papers), Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (112 papers) and Statistics Education and Methodologies (57 papers). Wim Van Dooren is often cited by papers focused on Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques (118 papers), Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (112 papers) and Statistics Education and Methodologies (57 papers). Wim Van Dooren collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Germany and United States. Wim Van Dooren's co-authors include Lieven Verschaffel, Dirk De Bock, Dirk Janssens, Jo Van Hoof, Patrick Onghena, Joke Torbeyns, Xenia Vamvakoussi, Koen Luwel, Stanislaw Schukajlow and Jon R. Star and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Educational Psychology and Teaching and Teacher Education.

In The Last Decade

Wim Van Dooren

188 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

Word problems in mathematics education: a survey 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 50 100 150 200

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wim Van Dooren Belgium 36 2.9k 2.4k 1.1k 634 420 204 4.0k
Julie Sarama United States 37 5.4k 1.8× 3.5k 1.4× 2.1k 1.9× 319 0.5× 394 0.9× 150 6.6k
Carol L. Hamlett United States 45 3.4k 1.2× 3.2k 1.3× 3.7k 3.5× 356 0.6× 158 0.4× 85 5.4k
Gabriele Kaiser Germany 42 4.3k 1.5× 940 0.4× 1.1k 1.0× 503 0.8× 408 1.0× 189 5.3k
Kristina Reiss Germany 24 1.4k 0.5× 425 0.2× 647 0.6× 495 0.8× 134 0.3× 111 2.2k
Mary Margaret Capraro United States 30 2.1k 0.7× 456 0.2× 610 0.6× 291 0.5× 253 0.6× 145 3.0k
Robert M. Capraro United States 29 2.1k 0.7× 405 0.2× 619 0.6× 300 0.5× 213 0.5× 163 3.1k
Charalambos Y. Charalambous Cyprus 28 2.7k 0.9× 882 0.4× 475 0.4× 208 0.3× 229 0.5× 84 3.2k
Mitchell J. Nathan United States 32 2.7k 0.9× 851 0.4× 2.6k 2.5× 1.2k 1.9× 111 0.3× 127 5.5k
Fien Depaepe Belgium 26 2.1k 0.7× 360 0.1× 770 0.7× 232 0.4× 117 0.3× 116 3.0k
Tom Lowrie Australia 20 963 0.3× 437 0.2× 401 0.4× 174 0.3× 177 0.4× 145 1.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wim Van Dooren

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wim Van Dooren

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Loibl, Katharina, et al.. (2025). Understanding student errors in comparing data sets with boxplots. Educational Studies in Mathematics. 120(1). 169–193.
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Leuders, Timo, et al.. (2024). How can eye-tracking data be used to understand cognitive processes when comparing data sets with box plots?. Frontiers in Education. 9. 1 indexed citations
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Fernández, Ceneıda, et al.. (2022). Incorrect Ways of Thinking About the Size of Fractions. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education. 21(7). 2005–2025. 15 indexed citations
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Saenen, Lore, Mieke Heyvaert, Wim Van Dooren, Walter Schaeken, & Patrick Onghena. (2018). Why Humans Fail in Solving the Monty Hall Dilemma: A Systematic Review. Psychologica Belgica. 58(1). 128–158. 7 indexed citations
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Dooren, Wim Van, et al.. (2016). Hangen cijferprestaties van leerlingen in het basisonderwijs samen met het gebruikte wiskundehandboek? Een mixed methods analyse.. Pedagogische Studiën. 93(4). 206–222. 2 indexed citations
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Schukajlow, Stanislaw, et al.. (2016). Effects of short-term practicing on realistic responses to missing data problems. Lirias (KU Leuven). 1 indexed citations
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Verschaffel, Lieven, et al.. (2015). Reconsidering SFOR: Characterizing children’s spontaneous focus on quantitative relations. In J. McMullen (Chair) Expanding inquiries of spontaneous mathematical focusing tendency within mathematical development. Symposium conducted at the Biennial Conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI). Lirias (KU Leuven). 1 indexed citations
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Verschaffel, Lieven, et al.. (2014). “That sounds Greek to me!” Primary children's additive and proportional responses to unreadable word problems. Lirias (KU Leuven). 2. 361–368. 1 indexed citations
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Saenen, Lore, Mieke Heyvaert, Ilke Grosemans, Wim Van Dooren, & Patrick Onghena. (2014). The equiprobability bias in the Monty Hall dilemma: A comparison of primary school, secondary school, and university students. Lirias (KU Leuven). 36(36). 2859–2864. 1 indexed citations
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Verschaffel, Lieven, et al.. (2014). Making sense of word problems: the effect of rewording and dyadic interaction. Lirias (KU Leuven). 4. 201–208. 6 indexed citations
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Bock, Dirk De, et al.. (2011). Concreet of abstract? Nieuw onderzoek weerlegt negatief effect van concrete voorbeelden. Lirias (KU Leuven). 1 indexed citations
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Fernández, Ceneıda, Salvador Llinares, Wim Van Dooren, Dirk De Bock, & Lieven Verschaffel. (2011). EFFECT OF THE NUMBER STRUCTURE AND NATURE OF QUANTITIES ON THE SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS' PROPORTIONAL REASONING. Studia Psychologica. 53(1). 69–81. 20 indexed citations
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Vamvakoussi, Xenia, et al.. (2010). Greek and Flemish students’ understanding of the density of rational numbers: More similar, than different. Lirias (KU Leuven). 2 indexed citations
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Fernández, Ceneıda, Salvador Llinares, Wim Van Dooren, Dirk De Bock, & Lieven Verschaffel. (2009). Effect of the number structure and the quantity nature on secondary school students' proportional reasoning. Lirias (KU Leuven). 5 indexed citations
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Dooren, Wim Van, et al.. (2007). Proportional reasoning as a heuristic based process: In search for evidence in students' reaction times. Lirias (KU Leuven). 3 indexed citations
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Dooren, Wim Van, Dirk De Bock, & Lieven Verschaffel. (2006). La búsqueda de las raíces de la ilusión de linealidad.. 115–138. 1 indexed citations
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Dooren, Wim Van, Lieven Verschaffel, Brian Greer, & Dirk De Bock. (2006). Modelling for life: developing adaptive expertise in mathematical modelling from an early age. Lirias (KU Leuven). 16 indexed citations
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Bock, Dirk De, et al.. (2004). Onterecht lineair redeneren door leerlingen in het secundair onderwijs: een dieptestudie. Pedagogische Studiën. 81(1). 42–57.
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Dooren, Wim Van, et al.. (2004). Students' overreliance on proportionality: evidence from primary school students solving elementary arithmetic problems. Lirias (KU Leuven). 1 indexed citations
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Dooren, Wim Van, et al.. (2003). Secondary School Students' Improper Proportional Reasoning: The Role of Direct versus Indirect Measures.. Lirias (KU Leuven). 2. 293–300. 6 indexed citations

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