Table 1
Top-ten-cited studies about cooperative learning in physical education.
| Author(s), year and country | Title | Journal (rank*) | Type | Citations | |
| Total | Average per year | ||||
| Dyson et al. 2004 USA | Sport education, tactical games, and cooperative learning: Theoretical and pedagogical considerations | Quest (JCR-Q2) | Theoretical approach | 172 | 9.11 |
| Casey & Goodyear 2015 England | Can cooperative learning achieve the four learning outcomes of physical education? A review of literature | Quest (JCR-Q2) | Review study | 100 | 12.5 |
| Dyson 2002 USA | The implementation of cooperative learning in an elementary physical education program | Journal of Teaching in Physical Education (JCR-Q1) | Intervention study | 99 | 4.71 |
| Dyson 2001 USA | Cooperative learning in an elementary physical education program | Journal of Teaching in Physical Education (JCR-Q1) | Intervention study | 93 | 4.23 |
| Dyson et al. 2010 USA | The ecology of cooperative learning in elementary physical education classes | Journal of Teaching in Physical Education (JCR-Q1) | Intervention study | 65 | 5 |
| Casey & Dyson 2009 England | The implementation of models-based practice in physical education through action research | European Physical Education Review (JCR-Q1) | Intervention study | 62 | 10.33 |
| Fernandez-Rio et al. 2017 Spain | Impact of a sustained cooperative learning intervention on student motivation | Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy (JCR-Q1) | Intervention study | 61 | 4.43 |
| Barret 2005 USA | Effects of cooperative learning on the performance of sixth-grade physical education students | Journal of Teaching in Physical Education (JCR-Q1) | Intervention study | 56 | 3.11 |
| Goudas & Magotsiou 2009 Greece | The effects of a cooperative physical education program on students’ social skills | Journal of Applied Sport Psychology (JCR-Q1) | Intervention study | 54 | 3.86 |
| Bodsworth & Goodyear 2017 England | Barriers and facilitators to using digital technologies in the cooperative learning model in physical education | Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy (JCR-Q1) | Intervention study | 47 | 8 |
| Note: *Rank quartile (Q) at Journal Citation Reports (JCR) last edition (2020). | |||||
