Merrie Blunk

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 992 citations indexed

About

Merrie Blunk is a scholar working on Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Statistics and Probability. According to data from OpenAlex, Merrie Blunk has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 992 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Education, 2 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 2 papers in Statistics and Probability. Recurrent topics in Merrie Blunk's work include Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques (2 papers), Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (2 papers) and Statistics Education and Methodologies (2 papers). Merrie Blunk is often cited by papers focused on Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques (2 papers), Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (2 papers) and Statistics Education and Methodologies (2 papers). Merrie Blunk collaborates with scholars based in United States. Merrie Blunk's co-authors include Heather C. Hill, Deborah Loewenberg Ball, Jennifer M. Lewis, Geoffrey Phelps, Laurie Sleep, Charalambos Y. Charalambous, Magdalene Lampert, Barbara A. Crawford, Joseph Krajcik and Phyllis C. Blumenfeld and has published in prestigious journals such as Cognition and Instruction, The Elementary School Journal and Journal of Curriculum Studies.

In The Last Decade

Merrie Blunk

7 papers receiving 865 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching and the Mathematical Quality of Instruction: An Exploratory Study

2008 629 citations Heather C. Hill, Merrie Blunk et al. Cognition and Instruction profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Merrie Blunk United States	7	914	311	192	71	64	8	992
Laurie Sleep United States	8	1.1k 1.2×	327 1.1×	229 1.2×	90 1.3×	74 1.2×	8	1.2k
Amy Roth McDuffie United States	18	1.0k 1.1×	168 0.5×	299 1.6×	33 0.5×	37 0.6×	62	1.1k
Gwendolyn M. Lloyd United States	16	975 1.1×	243 0.8×	193 1.0×	51 0.7×	32 0.5×	44	1.1k
Alwyn Olivier South Africa	8	715 0.8×	325 1.0×	257 1.3×	18 0.3×	66 1.0×	16	828
Charles Hohensee United States	15	418 0.5×	172 0.6×	160 0.8×	62 0.9×	41 0.6×	44	548
Kristin Lesseig United States	15	622 0.7×	104 0.3×	181 0.9×	38 0.5×	43 0.7×	36	754
Olive Chapman Canada	15	677 0.7×	205 0.7×	147 0.8×	15 0.2×	108 1.7×	57	755
Máiréad Hourigan Ireland	14	517 0.6×	199 0.6×	91 0.5×	19 0.3×	50 0.8×	51	633
John K. Lannin United States	13	650 0.7×	237 0.8×	109 0.6×	23 0.3×	103 1.6×	32	731
Despina Potari Greece	16	664 0.7×	133 0.4×	279 1.5×	21 0.3×	43 0.7×	64	781

Countries citing papers authored by Merrie Blunk

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Fields of papers citing papers by Merrie Blunk

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Merrie Blunk

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Merrie Blunk. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Merrie Blunk 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 Merrie Blunk. Merrie Blunk is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Blunk, Merrie, et al.. (2025). Beyond Technical Fixes: Reconsidering Equity Sticks and Expanding Notions of Equitable Teaching. Urban Education. 61(4). 706–735.

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Blunk, Merrie, et al.. (2020). I think I made a mistake: How do prospective teachers elicit the thinking of a student who has made a mistake?. Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education. 24(4). 335–359. 23 indexed citations

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Lewis, Jennifer M. & Merrie Blunk. (2012). Reading between the lines: Teaching linear algebra. Journal of Curriculum Studies. 44(4). 515–536. 10 indexed citations

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Hill, Heather C., Merrie Blunk, Charalambos Y. Charalambous, et al.. (2008). Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching and the Mathematical Quality of Instruction: An Exploratory Study. Cognition and Instruction. 26(4). 430–511. 629 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hill, Heather C., et al.. (2007). Validating the Ecological Assumption: The Relationship of Measure Scores to Classroom Teaching and Student Learning. Measurement Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives. 5(2-3). 107–118. 72 indexed citations

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Schilling, Stephen, Merrie Blunk, & Heather C. Hill. (2007). Test Validation and the MKT Measures: Generalizations and Conclusions. Measurement Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives. 5(2-3). 118–128. 28 indexed citations

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Lampert, Magdalene & Merrie Blunk. (1998). Talking Mathematics in School. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 109 indexed citations

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Marx, Ronald W., et al.. (1994). Enacting Project-Based Science: Experiences of Four Middle Grade Teachers. The Elementary School Journal. 94(5). 517–538. 121 indexed citations

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