Merle Taimalu

482 total citations
19 papers, 294 citations indexed

About

Merle Taimalu is a scholar working on Education, Social Psychology and Clinical Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Merle Taimalu has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 294 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Education, 3 papers in Social Psychology and 3 papers in Clinical Psychology. Recurrent topics in Merle Taimalu's work include Teacher Professional Development and Motivation (7 papers), Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (7 papers) and Gender and Technology in Education (3 papers). Merle Taimalu is often cited by papers focused on Teacher Professional Development and Motivation (7 papers), Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (7 papers) and Gender and Technology in Education (3 papers). Merle Taimalu collaborates with scholars based in Estonia and Finland. Merle Taimalu's co-authors include Piret Luik, Anja Riitta Lahikainen, Karin Täht, Jari Kukkonen, Karin Naruskov, Äli Leijen and Margus Pedaste and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Teaching and Teacher Education and Social Indicators Research.

In The Last Decade

Merle Taimalu

17 papers receiving 263 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Merle Taimalu Estonia 8 216 77 42 31 31 19 294
Susie Gronseth United States 7 212 1.0× 83 1.1× 38 0.9× 41 1.3× 39 1.3× 22 321
Wenwei Luo China 9 151 0.7× 84 1.1× 38 0.9× 34 1.1× 49 1.6× 23 287
Gregory M. Francom United States 8 214 1.0× 108 1.4× 37 0.9× 50 1.6× 30 1.0× 15 328
Enilda Romero‐Hall United States 11 145 0.7× 81 1.1× 22 0.5× 50 1.6× 51 1.6× 37 279
Sue Trinidad Australia 8 190 0.9× 39 0.5× 29 0.7× 28 0.9× 22 0.7× 33 247
Lise Øen Jones Norway 8 131 0.6× 116 1.5× 31 0.7× 49 1.6× 20 0.6× 29 256
Gülfidan Can Türkiye 7 216 1.0× 68 0.9× 61 1.5× 72 2.3× 49 1.6× 11 328
Rafiu Ademola Olatoye Nigeria 11 225 1.0× 39 0.5× 15 0.4× 47 1.5× 22 0.7× 35 306
Candace Figg Canada 11 323 1.5× 104 1.4× 18 0.4× 82 2.6× 63 2.0× 43 422
Ercan Kiraz Türkiye 9 284 1.3× 38 0.5× 38 0.9× 32 1.0× 52 1.7× 31 359

Countries citing papers authored by Merle Taimalu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Merle Taimalu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Merle Taimalu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Merle Taimalu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Merle Taimalu based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Merle Taimalu. Merle Taimalu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Luik, Piret, et al.. (2024). Does knowledge according to the TPACK framework have an impact on student teachers’ beliefs? A path analysis. Education and Information Technologies. 29(17). 23027–23048. 4 indexed citations
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Luik, Piret & Merle Taimalu. (2023). Professional Knowledge Clusters of Student Teachers Based on the TPACK Framework. 433–437. 1 indexed citations
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Taimalu, Merle, et al.. (2021). WHY THEY CHOOSE A TEACHING CAREER? FACTORS MOTIVATING CAREER CHOICE AMONG ESTONIAN AND FINNISH STUDENT TEACHERS. Trames Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences. 25(1). 19–35. 6 indexed citations
4.
Luik, Piret & Merle Taimalu. (2021). Predicting the Intention to Use Technology in Education among Student Teachers: A Path Analysis. Education Sciences. 11(9). 564–564. 24 indexed citations
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Taimalu, Merle. (2020). Mida räägib meile TALIS 2018 uuring õpetaja ja koolijuhi karjääriteest?. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(1). 217–220.
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Taimalu, Merle, et al.. (2020). Eesti keele ja matemaatika õppevara valiku põhimõtted ja eesmärgid lasteaia- ja klassiõpetajate hinnangul. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(2). 164–191.
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Taimalu, Merle, et al.. (2020). Õpetajad ja koolijuhid väärtustatud professionaalidena. DSpace repository (University of Tartu). 2 indexed citations
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Taimalu, Merle, et al.. (2019). Õpetajad ja koolijuhid elukestvate õppijatena. DSpace repository (University of Tartu). 1 indexed citations
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Luik, Piret, et al.. (2019). The characteristics of students, blog groups and blogging that predict reflection in blogs during teaching practice and induction year. Teaching and Teacher Education. 86. 102900–102900. 7 indexed citations
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Luik, Piret & Merle Taimalu. (2018). Preschool teachers’ and Early Years Teacher curriculum student teachers’ assessments of content, pedagogy and technology knowledge and integration of this knowledge. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(1). 136–156. 1 indexed citations
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Taimalu, Merle & Piret Luik. (2018). The impact of beliefs and knowledge on the integration of technology among teacher educators: A path analysis. Teaching and Teacher Education. 79. 101–110. 125 indexed citations
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Luik, Piret & Merle Taimalu. (2016). Factors of Participants and Blogs that Predict Blogging Activeness During Teaching Practice and Induction Year. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning. 17(1). 5 indexed citations
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Luik, Piret, et al.. (2014). VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF TWO INSTRUMENTS TO MEASURE REFLECTION: A CONFIRMATORY STUDY; pp. 121–134. Trames Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences. 18(2). 121–134. 36 indexed citations
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Luik, Piret, et al.. (2013). Factors motivating the choice of teaching as a career among student teachers and first-year teachers. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1. 97–123. 1 indexed citations
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Luik, Piret, et al.. (2011). On the use of student teacher blogs during teaching practice. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences. 11. 165–169. 12 indexed citations
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Taimalu, Merle, et al.. (2006). Self-Reported Fears as Indicators of Young Children’s Well-Being in Societal Change: A Cross-Cultural Perspective. Social Indicators Research. 80(1). 51–78. 16 indexed citations
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Lahikainen, Anja Riitta, et al.. (2006). Child-Parent Agreement in the Assessment of Young Children's Fears. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 37(1). 100–119. 13 indexed citations
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Taimalu, Merle, et al.. (2005). ESTONIAN TEACHERS’ BELIEFS ON TEACHER EFFICACY AND INFLUENCING FACTORS. Trames Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences. 9(2). 177–191. 18 indexed citations
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Lahikainen, Anja Riitta, et al.. (2003). Studying Fears in Young Children. Childhood. 10(1). 83–104. 22 indexed citations

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