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Eve Kikas is a researcher affiliated with Tallinn University in Estonia, specializing in the fields of psychology and social sciences. Their scholarly output predominantly centers on developmental and educational psychology, with significant contributions also made to experimental and cognitive psychology, clinical psychology, and social psychology.

Their research explores a range of topics including educational strategies and epistemologies, innovative teaching and learning methods, visual and cognitive learning processes, education and critical thinking development, reading and literacy development, early childhood education and development, as well as online and blended learning.

Recent scholarly articles authored or coauthored by Eve Kikas include:

  • Evaluating the efficacy of a teacher-guided comprehension-oriented learning strategy intervention among students in Grade 4, 2021, European Journal of Psychology of Education
  • Conceptualisation of learning to learn competence and the challenges of implementation: The Estonian experience, 2023, European Journal of Education

They have frequently collaborated with several researchers, including:

  • Mikk Granström
  • Kaja Mädamürk
  • Eliis Härma
  • Gintautas Šilinskas
  • Eve Eisenschmidt

Eve Kikas has published multiple articles in a variety of academic venues, notably:

  • Frontiers in Education
  • Eesti Haridusteaduste Ajakiri = Estonian Journal of Education
  • European Journal of Psychology of Education
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology

Best Publications

  • Do girls and boys perceive themselves as equally engaged in school? The results of an international study from 12 countries

    Shui-fong Lam;Shane Jimerson;Eve Kikas;C. Cefai

  • Understanding and Measuring Student Engagement in School: The Results of an International Study from 12 Countries.

    Shui-fong Lam;Shane Jimerson;Bernard P. H. Wong;Eve Kikas

  • Teachers' Conceptions and Misconceptions Concerning Three Natural Phenomena.

    Eve Kikas

  • Parental Involvement in Math Homework: Links to Children’s Performance and Motivation

    Gintautas Silinskas;Eve Kikas

  • Aggressive strategies and victimization during adolescence: grade and gender differences, and cross-informant agreement

    Kätlin Peets;Eve Kikas

  • The Impact of Teaching on Students' Definitions and Explanations of Astronomical Phenomena.

    Eve Kikas

  • Children's knowledge of astronomy and its change in the course of learning

    Triin Hannust;Eve Kikas

  • Hostile attributions and behavioral strategies in children: does relationship type matter?

    Kätlin Peets;Ernest V. E. Hodges;Eve Kikas;Christina Salmivalli

  • Cultural universality and specificity of student engagement in school: The results of an international study from 12 countries

    Shui-fong Lam;Shane Jimerson;Hyeonsook Shin;Carmel Cefai

  • Cognitive Functioning in Children With and Without Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder With and Without Comorbid Learning Disabilities:

    Angela Jakobson;Eve Kikas

  • The role of individual and contextual factors in the development of maths skills

    Eve Kikas;Kätlin Peets;Anu Palu;Jüri Afanasjev

  • The International School Psychology Survey Development and Data from Albania, Cyprus, Estonia, Greece and Northern England

    Shane R. Jimerson;Kelly Graydon;Peter Farrell;Eve Kikas

  • Does early reading instruction promote the rate of acquisition? A comparison of two transparent orthographies

    Piret Soodla;Marja-Kristiina Lerkkanen;Pekka Niemi;Eve Kikas

  • Macrostructure in the narratives of Estonian children with typical development and language impairment.

    Piret Soodla;Eve Kikas

  • Mothers’ trust toward teachers in relation to teaching practices

    Marja-Kristiina Lerkkanen;Eve Kikas;Eija Pakarinen;Pirjo-Liisa Poikonen

  • University Students' Conceptions of Different Physical Phenomena

    Eve Kikas

  • Young children's acquisition of knowledge about the Earth: A longitudinal study.

    Triin Hannust;Eve Kikas;Eve Kikas

  • Cognitive Correlates of Math Skills in Third-Grade Students.

    Mairi Männamaa;Eve Kikas;Kätlin Peets;Anu Palu

  • Relationships between teachers’ metacognitive knowledge and students’ metacognitive knowledge and reading achievement

    Piret Soodla;Anna-Liisa Jõgi;Eve Kikas

  • Math homework: Parental help and children’s academic outcomes

    Gintautas Silinskas;Eve Kikas

  • Collective student characteristics alter the effects of teaching practices on academic outcomes

    Eve Kikas;Kätlin Peets;Kätlin Peets;Kätlin Peets;Ernest V.E. Hodges;Ernest V.E. Hodges

Frequent Co-Authors

Marja-Kristiina Lerkkanen
Marja-Kristiina Lerkkanen University of Jyväskylä
Shane R. Jimerson
Shane R. Jimerson University of California, Santa Barbara
Jari-Erik Nurmi
Jari-Erik Nurmi University of Jyväskylä
Noona Kiuru
Noona Kiuru University of Jyväskylä
Anna-Maija Poikkeus
Anna-Maija Poikkeus University of Jyväskylä
Barnaby Nelson
Barnaby Nelson University of Melbourne
Christina Salmivalli
Christina Salmivalli University of Turku
Pekka Niemi
Pekka Niemi University of Turku

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