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Latest papers
Putting research into context: A paradigm shift in conceptualizing executive functions in classroom learning.
Trends in neuroscience and education · 2026 · first author
Co-developmental trajectories of comparison, ordering, and arithmetic skills for children in grade 2 to grade 4.
Child development · 2026
Enhancing children's numeracy and executive functions via their explicit integration.
NPJ science of learning · 2025
Latest funding
- $63,151
Enhancing Cybercrime Responses in the Digital Era: The Critical Role of Communication in Crisis Management
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $41,413
It Starts with One: Pedagogical Pathways to Children's Unitizing
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $44,984
Connecting Research and Practice in Early Math: Sharing Successes and Forging New Ground
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
10 publications.
Putting research into context: A paradigm shift in conceptualizing executive functions in classroom learning.
Merkley R, Miller-Cotto D, Miller Singley AT, Brunner ME, Bryck RL, Buschkuehl M, Jaeggi SM, Mills C, Francisco AT, Uncapher MR
Co-developmental trajectories of comparison, ordering, and arithmetic skills for children in grade 2 to grade 4.
Yu S, Douglas H, Susperreguy MI, Merkley R, Chitranshi A, Kahwaji L, Marshall L, Rice J, Vellan JE, LeFevre JA
Enhancing children's numeracy and executive functions via their explicit integration.
Scerif G, Sučević J, Andrews H, Blakey E, Gattas SU, Godfrey A, Hawes Z, Howard SJ, Kent L, Merkley R, O'Connor R, O'Reilly F, Simms V
Executive functioning skills and their environmental predictors among pre-school aged children in South Africa and The Gambia.
Milosavljevic B, Cook CJ, Fadera T, Ghillia G, Howard SJ, Makaula H, Mbye E, McCann S, Merkley R, Mshudulu M, Saidykhan M, Touray E, Tshetu N, Elwell C, Moore SE, Scerif G, Draper CE, Lloyd-Fox S
Risk and Protective Factors for Executive Function in Vulnerable South African Preschool-Age Children.
Cook CJ, Howard SJ, Makaula H, Merkley R, Mshudulu M, Tshetu N, Scerif G, Draper CE
Child exposure to violence and self-regulation in South African preschool-age children from low-income settings.
Cook CJ, Howard SJ, Cuartas J, Makaula H, Merkley R, Mshudulu M, Tshetu N, Scerif G, Draper CE
Children's attention to numerical quantities relates to verbal number knowledge: An introduction to the Build-A-Train task.
Sokolowski HM, Merkley R, Kingissepp SSB, Vaikuntharajan P, Ansari D
Integrating numerical cognition research and mathematics education to strengthen the teaching and learning of early number.
Hawes Z, Merkley R, Stager CL, Ansari D
The "Inferior Temporal Numeral Area" distinguishes numerals from other character categories during passive viewing: A representational similarity analysis.
Yeo DJ, Pollack C, Merkley R, Ansari D, Price GR
Investigating the visual number form area: a replication study.
Merkley R, Conrad B, Price G, Ansari D
Enhancing Cybercrime Responses in the Digital Era: The Critical Role of Communication in Crisis Management
Principal investigators: Ivanov, Ivan Emilov
Keywords: Cyberattacks; Crisis Management; Strategic Communication; Stakeholder Interactions; Enhanced Practices; Airports; Hospitals; Government Institutions
It Starts with One: Pedagogical Pathways to Children's Unitizing
Principal investigators: Osana, Helena P.
Connecting Research and Practice in Early Math: Sharing Successes and Forging New Ground
Principal investigators: Osana, Helena P.
Keywords: mathematics achievement; early numeracy; assessment; instruction; interventions; professional development; researcher-practitioner collaboration
Connecting to advance Assessment and Intervention in Math education: The AIM Summit
Principal investigators: Merkley, Rebecca M.
Keywords: cognitive development; math cognition; early childhood education
Assessment and Intervention for Mathematics (AIM)
Principal investigators: LeFevre, Jo-Anne
Keywords: assessment tools for mathematics; intervention approaches for mathematics; partnerships with school districts to support assessment and interventions
Assessment and Intervention for Mathematics (AIM)
Principal investigators: LeFevre, Jo-Anne
Keywords: assessment tools for mathematics; intervention approaches for mathematics; partnerships with school districts to support assessment and interventions
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Daniel Ansari and Rebecca Merkley: 4 shared papers
- Jo-Anne LeFevre and Rebecca Merkley: 1 shared paper
- Science, Mathematics
- Psychology
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