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Block play and spatial skills
Curiosity and science learning
Journal articles and book chapters
Jirout, J. Holmes, C. Ramsook, A. & Newcombe, N. (In review). Scaling up spatial development: A closer look at children's spatial scaling ability and its relation to number knowledge.
Jirout, J. & Newcombe, N. (2015). Building blocks for developing spatial skills: Evidence from a large representative U.S. sample. Psychological Science.
Jirout, J. (In review). Curiosity. To appear in Chrismen, J. & Couchenour, D. (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Contemporary Early Childhood Education. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Jirout, J. & Pace, A. (In press). Scientific concepts, development in children. To appear in J. D. Wright (Editor) International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2nd Edition. Oxford, UK: Elsevier Limited.
Jirout, J. & Zimmerman, C. (In press). Science process skills in young children. To appear in K. Trundle & M. Saçkes (Eds.), Research in Early Childhood Science Education. New York, NY: Springer.
Jirout, J. J., & Newcombe, N. S. (2014). Mazes and Maps: Can Young Children Find Their Way? Mind, Brain, and Education, 8(2), 89-96.
Klahr, D., Matlen, B. & Jirout, J. (2013). Children as scientific thinkers. In G. Feist & M. Gorman (Eds.), Handbook of the Psychology of Science. New York, NY: Springer.
Jirout, J. & Klahr, D. (2012). Children’s scientific curiosity: In search of an operational definition of an elusive concept. Developmental Review, 32 (2), 125-160.http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dr.2012.04.002
Klahr, D., Zimmerman, C. & Jirout, J. (2011). Educational interventions to enhance, enrich, and encourage children’s scientific thinking. Science, 333 (6045), 971-975. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1204528
Jirout, J. (2011). Curiosity and the development of question generation skills. Proceedings of the AAAI 2011 Fall Symposium on Question Generation. Menlo Park, CA: Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Press.
Greenfield, D. B., Jirout, J., Dominguez, X., Greenberg, A. Maier, M., Fuccillo, J. (2009). Science in the preschool classroom: A programmatic research agenda to improve science readiness. Early Education and Development, 20(2), 238-264. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10409280802595441
*Feel free to request copies of any texts!
Block play and spatial skills
Curiosity and science learning
Journal articles and book chapters
Jirout, J. Holmes, C. Ramsook, A. & Newcombe, N. (In review). Scaling up spatial development: A closer look at children's spatial scaling ability and its relation to number knowledge.
Jirout, J. & Newcombe, N. (2015). Building blocks for developing spatial skills: Evidence from a large representative U.S. sample. Psychological Science.
Jirout, J. (In review). Curiosity. To appear in Chrismen, J. & Couchenour, D. (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Contemporary Early Childhood Education. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Jirout, J. & Pace, A. (In press). Scientific concepts, development in children. To appear in J. D. Wright (Editor) International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2nd Edition. Oxford, UK: Elsevier Limited.
Jirout, J. & Zimmerman, C. (In press). Science process skills in young children. To appear in K. Trundle & M. Saçkes (Eds.), Research in Early Childhood Science Education. New York, NY: Springer.
Jirout, J. J., & Newcombe, N. S. (2014). Mazes and Maps: Can Young Children Find Their Way? Mind, Brain, and Education, 8(2), 89-96.
Klahr, D., Matlen, B. & Jirout, J. (2013). Children as scientific thinkers. In G. Feist & M. Gorman (Eds.), Handbook of the Psychology of Science. New York, NY: Springer.
Jirout, J. & Klahr, D. (2012). Children’s scientific curiosity: In search of an operational definition of an elusive concept. Developmental Review, 32 (2), 125-160.http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dr.2012.04.002
Klahr, D., Zimmerman, C. & Jirout, J. (2011). Educational interventions to enhance, enrich, and encourage children’s scientific thinking. Science, 333 (6045), 971-975. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1204528
Jirout, J. (2011). Curiosity and the development of question generation skills. Proceedings of the AAAI 2011 Fall Symposium on Question Generation. Menlo Park, CA: Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Press.
Greenfield, D. B., Jirout, J., Dominguez, X., Greenberg, A. Maier, M., Fuccillo, J. (2009). Science in the preschool classroom: A programmatic research agenda to improve science readiness. Early Education and Development, 20(2), 238-264. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10409280802595441
*Feel free to request copies of any texts!