Prior knowledge research is conducted mostly with adults (40.71%) and in postsecondary education (46.31%), based on available database records¶

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q3 i? Among 2604 records with sample age information, adults comprised 40.71%, children up to 12 years 36.06%, and adolescents 23.23%; postsecondary education was the most addressed level (46.31% of 7812 records). → Bittermann 2023

Evidence¶

Bittermann 2023¶

Bittermann, A., McNamara, D., Simonsmeier, B. A., & Schneider, M. (2023). The Landscape of Research on Prior Knowledge and Learning: a Bibliometric Analysis. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-023-09775-9

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Database-field frequency analysis (Table 3) of sample age and educational levels; postsecondary education (46.31%) was followed by secondary (29.78%), elementary (16.59%), and early childhood education (7.31%).

"most research was conducted with adult subjects (40.71 % of the 2604 included studies with sample age information). Most participants were young adults, primarily because a large amount of research used convenience samples of students in higher education."

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