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Email

frank.niklas@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary (Senior Fellow)
Faculty of Education - Centres and Institutes
ORCID

0000-0002-3777-7388

Mr Frank Niklas

Honorary (Senior Fellow)
Faculty of Education

105 Scholarly works
0 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2027

    Journal article

    TrainKids: App-based training of executive functions in children and insights into cognitive activities at home
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2026.106608
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Reading competencies in a digital age: new directions and challenges of digital approaches to support reading
    DOI: 10.1007/s10212-026-01165-3
  • 2026

    Journal article

    From norms to action: Exploring latent profile transitions of moral self-concept and normative stances in young children's sharing behavior.
    DOI: 10.1093/chidev/aacag140
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Digital Compensation? Investigating the Moderating Role of the Home Learning Environment in the Effectiveness of Learning Apps
    DOI: 10.3390/bs16081304
  • 2026

    Journal article

    The Role of Home and Child Characteristics in Children’s School Readiness
    DOI: 10.1007/s10643-026-02196-7
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Specific Contributions of Basic Numerical Skills and Working Memory to Mathematics Skills in Primary School
    DOI: 10.3390/jintelligence14070115
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Same Toy, Different Play: Investigating Adults’ Ratings of the Cognitive Benefits of Stereotypically Gendered Toys
    DOI: 10.31757/euer.913
Frank Niklas

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    The More, the Better? Quantitative and Qualitative Aspects of the Home Literacy Environment and Their Impact on Children’s Literacy Development
    DOI: 10.3390/educsci16020197
  • 2026

    Journal article

    The development of literacy self-concept in preschool children within the home literacy environment.
    DOI: 10.1007/s10212-026-01184-0
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Good child, bad child: the development of and relations between children’s socioemotional competencies and moral self-concept from kindergarten to the end of Grade 1
    DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2025.2491538

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