What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Social psychology
- Statistics
- Pedagogy
David Watkins mainly focuses on Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Mathematics education, Self-concept and Higher education.
The concepts of his Social psychology study are interwoven with issues in Test and Exploratory factor analysis.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Forgiveness, Interpersonal communication, Attribution and Personality.
His work on Pedagogy expands to the thematically related Mathematics education.
His research integrates issues of Structural equation modeling and Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory in his study of Self-concept.
His studies in Higher education integrate themes in fields like Academic year and Academic achievement.
His most cited work include:
- The Chinese Learner: Cultural, Psychological, and Contextual Influences. (709 citations)
- The Issue Of Measurement Invariance Revisited (340 citations)
- Teaching the Chinese Learner: Psychological and Pedagogical Perspectives (297 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His main research concerns Social psychology, Developmental psychology, Mathematics education, Higher education and Self-concept.
His Social psychology research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Test and Academic achievement.
His Developmental psychology study incorporates themes from Social psychology, Scale and Self.
The study incorporates disciplines such as Reliability, Pedagogy and Test validity in addition to Mathematics education.
David Watkins has included themes like Predictive validity, Enthusiasm and Medical education in his Higher education study.
His Cooperative learning research includes themes of Learning environment and Active learning.
He most often published in these fields:
- Social psychology (44.00%)
- Developmental psychology (29.50%)
- Mathematics education (27.50%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2006-2016)?
- Social psychology (44.00%)
- Collectivism (5.00%)
- Mathematics education (27.50%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
David Watkins spends much of his time researching Social psychology, Collectivism, Mathematics education, Self-concept and Confirmatory factor analysis.
David Watkins interconnects Academic achievement and Chinese version in the investigation of issues within Social psychology.
His research in Mathematics education intersects with topics in Higher education and Pedagogy.
His study in the field of Experiential learning is also linked to topics like Work and Cultural perspective.
His research on Self-concept also deals with topics like
- Longitudinal study together with Personality development and Developmental psychology,
- Self-esteem which is related to area like Empathy.
His study explores the link between Confirmatory factor analysis and topics such as Construct validity that cross with problems in Cross-cultural studies.
Between 2006 and 2016, his most popular works were:
- Correlates of approaches to learning: A cross-cultural meta-analysis. (135 citations)
- Studying for the sake of others: the role of social goals on academic engagement (66 citations)
- Personality, Career Decision Self-Efficacy and Commitment to the Career Choices Process among Chinese Graduate Students. (63 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Social psychology
- Statistics
- Pedagogy
David Watkins focuses on Social psychology, Collectivism, Cross-cultural, Political science and Pedagogy.
His work on Goal theory and Personality as part of general Social psychology study is frequently connected to Cultural diversity and People's Republic, therefore bridging the gap between diverse disciplines of science and establishing a new relationship between them.
When carried out as part of a general Pedagogy research project, his work on Experiential learning and Rote learning is frequently linked to work in Work and Educational achievement, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of study.
His study looks at the relationship between Factor structure and fields such as Construct validity, as well as how they intersect with chemical problems.
The various areas that David Watkins examines in his International comparisons study include Mathematics education and Higher education.
His study on Open learning is often connected to Learner autonomy as part of broader study in Mathematics education.
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