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132 gap statements mined from Psychological and Educational Research Studies papers in our 4.5M-paper local library, which holds 886 papers on the topic — drawn mostly from each paper's own stated research gap, future-work, challenge and limitation notes, and its abstract. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one.

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What the literature leaves open

  • The need for an educational innovation to enhance teachers' potential to develop students' curiosity skills. The lack of effective programs to develop curiosity skills in students.

    Development of Teachers’ Potential to Enhance Students’ Curiosity Skills · 2026 · DOI

  • The lack of laboratory resources in schools hinders the implementation of effective science learning. Prior studies have not developed a PBL e-Atlas integrated with local wisdom to enhance students' curiosity in biodiversity material.

    Enhancing Students' Curiosity using e-Atlas PBL Integrated with Yogyakarta's Local Wisdom on Biodiversity Topic · 2026 · DOI

  • The lack of practical clarity and guidance for educators on how to promote active learning. The difficulty in integrating insights from cognitive psychology and neurobiology within educational frameworks.

    Interdisciplinary perspective on the role of active learning in enhancing memory · 2026 · DOI

  • The concept of active learning remains broadly defined, making it difficult for teachers to implement effectively. There is a lack of practical clarity and guidance for educators on how to promote active learning.

    Interdisciplinary perspective on the role of active learning in enhancing memory · 2026 · DOI

  • Concerning academic performance six thematic research lines are identified, highlighting a notable gap: curiosity is rarely studied in early childhood despite its foundational influence and only cognitive or epistemic curiosity is in the research focus, while emotional and passive dimensions remain underexplored.

    The Heterogeneity of Curiosity: Implications for Education, Academic Performance, and Lifelong Learning – A Scoping Review · 2026 · DOI

  • Future researchers are encouraged to develop this research by involving broader research subjects. Future researchers are encouraged to conduct studies over a longer period. Future researchers are encouraged to use additional research instruments, such as more detailed field notes and other supporting documentation.

    Implementation of the Deep Learning Approach to Develop Elementary School Students' Curiosity · 2026 · DOI

  • The curiosity of Grade IV students at UPTD SDN 1 Kapringan has not developed optimally. There is a need to develop innovative, active, collaborative, and student-centered learning strategies, including the Deep Learning approach.

    Implementation of the Deep Learning Approach to Develop Elementary School Students' Curiosity · 2026 · DOI

  • The dynamic labour market and its changing demands require individuals to engage in lifelong learning. The development of soft skills is often neglected by formal systems. There are barriers to participation in lifelong learning, such as lack of time.

    From Curiosity to Competences: Lifelong Learning as an Instrument of Self-Realization and Professional Development · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a need to examine the demographic variables, barriers, and educational motivation that affect participation in lifelong learning.

    From Curiosity to Competences: Lifelong Learning as an Instrument of Self-Realization and Professional Development · 2026 · DOI

  • The mechanisms underlying the curiosity-learning relationship are not fully understood. The role of knowability in predicting curiosity and learning is not well-studied.

    Knowability predicts curiosity and learning · 2026 · DOI

  • Despite its importance, DSUN remains underexplored in terms of conceptualization, measurement, and its relationship to curiosity and learning achievement.

    Development and Validation of a Scale to Measure Student Dispositions Toward Scientific Uncertainty Navigation · 2026 · DOI

  • This study only relied on self-reported questionnaires, lacking cross-validation with objective assessments, and the reliability of the data was affected by social desirability bias.

    The roles of challenge and curiosity in deep learning and creative tendencies among Chinese medical undergraduates · 2026 · DOI

  • ChatGPT, a generative artificial intelligence (GAI) tool, has gained recognition as a valuable educational technology (EdTech) resource, yet its impact on students' academic outcomes in Ghana remains unclear.

    Modelling economics students’ use of ChatGPT and academic performance: insights from self-determination theory and epistemic curiosity · 2025 · DOI

  • The study contributes to SLA motivation research by highlighting LLC as an under-explored construct and integrating both positive and negative factors in a multidimensional framework.

    The effect of learners’ psychological factors on motivational intensity in English language learning · 2025 · DOI

  • Furthermore, little is known about the extent to which community experts involved in early childhood care and education (ECCE) value different early developmental skills.

    Overcoming the streetlight effect: Qualitative examination of community experts’ perceptions of foundations of learning and development (FOLD) skills · 2024 · DOI

  • To address this gap in the literature, we sought to determine the psychometric properties of the Curiosity and Exploration Inventory-II (CEI-II), a measure for trait curiosity, to provide evidence of validity for its use in research among populations in sub-Saharan Africa.

    Psychometric properties of the Curiosity and Exploration Inventory-II among Kenyan adolescents · 2023 · DOI

  • There is a need for programs that promote reading among tweens. There is a lack of opportunities for students to work together with teen volunteers and use technology.

    Be Creative! The In Be-Tween Trailer Team · 2016 · DOI

  • Affective dimensions are often ignored in reading development. There is a lack of research on the role of interest and attitude in reading development.

    Interest and attitude: Affective connections for gifted and talented readers · 1984 · DOI

  • Future research should explore the challenges and rewards of fieldwork in more depth. Future research should investigate the role of self-awareness and self-reflection in fieldwork.

    Self-deception and self-discovery in fieldwork · 1983 · DOI

  • Relatively little focus has been placed on the learning experiences associated with mathematical modelling. The study aims to explore the relationships between students' motivational constructs and emotional responses during the mathematical modelling process.

    Motivation and epistemic emotions in mathematical modelling · 2026 · DOI

  • Adapting to individual learners' needs and abilities in real-time.

    AI-Based Temporal-Causal Modeling of Educational Curiosity through Novelty and Uncertainty Dynamics · 2026 · DOI

  • The model's behavior depends on specific parameter choices, although sensitivity analysis shows that the qualitative behavior of the system remains stable. The simulation horizon of 800 discrete time steps does not correspond to a fixed real-world temporal unit. Empirical calibration would be required to map simulation steps onto concrete instructional time units.

    AI-Based Temporal-Causal Modeling of Educational Curiosity through Novelty and Uncertainty Dynamics · 2026 · DOI

  • The project was limited to fifty students. The project was only offered four times during the grant period. The project was only open to students in grades four through six.

    Be Creative! The In Be-Tween Trailer Team · 2016 · DOI

  • Investigate the role of curiosity in other domains, - Examine the relationship between curiosity and confidence in different contexts, - Explore the neural mechanisms underlying…

    Knowability predicts curiosity and learning · 2026 · DOI

  • The complexity of defining and measuring IPC - The need to develop effective strategies for harnessing the potential of IPC to foster quality connection and safer relational spaces - The challenge of making IPC knowledge accessible and actionable for readers working in relational fields or public…

    Interpersonal curiosity as a tool to foster safe relational spaces: a narrative literature review · 2024 · DOI

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Open questions raised by papers listed on this page include: (1) The lack of effective programs to develop curiosity skills in students (“Development of Teachers’ Potential to Enhance Students’ Curiosity Skills”, 2026); (2) The lack of laboratory resources in schools hinders the implementation of effective science learning (“Enhancing Students' Curiosity using e-Atlas PBL Integrated with Yogyakarta's…”, 2026); (3) The lack of practical clarity and guidance for educators on how to promote active learning (“Interdisciplinary perspective on the role of active learning in enhancing memory”, 2026); (4) There is a need to develop innovative, active, collaborative, and student-centered learning strategies, including the Deep Learning approach (“Implementation of the Deep Learning Approach to Develop Elementary School…”, 2026); (5) There are barriers to participation in lifelong learning, such as lack of time (“From Curiosity to Competences: Lifelong Learning as an Instrument of…”, 2026). 132 gap statements have been mined from Psychological and Educational Research Studies papers in our 4.5M-paper local library, which holds 886 papers on the topic; the gaps come from whichever of those papers state one. They are mostly the research gaps the authors state and the papers' abstracts, plus future-work, limitations and challenges passages. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one, so you can read the original claim in context.

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