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Saul Zaentz Professor of Early Learning and Development | Harvard Graduate School of Education

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January 11, 2020

Analyzing Input Quality Along Three Dimensions: Interactive, Linguistic, and Conceptual→

January 11, 2020/ ScienceSites

M.L. Rowe and C.E. Snow (2020). Journal of Child Language, 47(1), 5-21.

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January 23, 2019

Does Intention Matter?: Relations Between Parent Pointing, Infant Pointing, and Developing Language Ability→

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V. Salo, B. Reeb-Sutherland, T. Frenkel, L. Bowman, and M.L. Rowe (2019). Journal of Cognition and Development, 20(5), 635-655.

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January 10, 2019

Shared Reading with Preverbal Infants and Later Language Development→

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A. Muhinyi and M.L. Rowe (2019). Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 64, 101053.

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2019, articles
January 09, 2019

Teaching a Novel Word: Parenting Styles and Toddlers’ Word Learning→

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R. Wei, S. Ronfard, D. Leyva, and M.L. Rowe (2019). Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 187, 104639.

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2019, articles
January 07, 2019

Language Intervention Research in Early Childhood Care and Education: A Systematic Survey of the Literature→

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D. Walker, S. Sepulveda, E. Hoff, M.L. Rowe, et al. (2019). Early Childhood Research Quarterly.

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January 02, 2019

Conversation About the Future-Self Improves Preschoolers’ Prospection Abilities→

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K. Leech, K. Leimgruber, F. Warneken, and M.L. Rowe (2019). Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 181, 110-120.

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January 02, 2019

Language Matters: Denying the Existence of the 30-Million-Word Gap Has Serious Consequences→

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R. Golinkoff, E. Hoff, M.L. Rowe, C. Tamis-LeMonda, and K. Hirsh-Pasek (2019). Child Development, 90(3) 985-992.

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December 10, 2018

A Parent Intervention With a Growth Mindset Approach Improves Children’s Early Gesture and Vocabulary Development→

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M.L. Rowe and K.A. Leech (2018). Developmental Science.

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articles, 2018
December 07, 2018

How Reading and Writing Support Each Other Across a School Year in Primary School Children→

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S.C. Andersen, M.V. Christensen, H.S. Nielsen, M.K. Thomsen, T. Østerbye, and M.L. Rowe (2018). Contemporary Educational Psychology.

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December 03, 2018

Exploring Infant Gesture and Joint Attention as Related Constructs and as Predictors of Later Language→

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V.C. Salo, M.L. Rowe, and B. Reeb-Sutherland (2018). Infancy 23(3), 432-452

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August 21, 2018

Language Exposure Relates to Structural Neural Connectivity in Childhood→

August 21, 2018/ ScienceSites

R.R. Romeo, J. Segaran, J.A. Leonard, S.T. Robinson, M.R. West, A.P. Mackey, A. Yendiki, M.L. Rowe, and J.D.E. Gabrieli (2018). Journal of Neuroscience, 38(36) 7870-7877.

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October 27, 2017

Beyond the “30 Million Word Gap:” Children’s Conversational Exposure Is Associated With Language-Related Brain Function→

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R.R. Romeo, J.A. Leonard, S.T. Robinson, M.R. West, A.P. Mackey, M.L. Rowe, and J.D.E. Gabrieli (2018). Psychological Science, 29(5), 700-710.

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October 27, 2017

Children’s Early Decontextualized Talk Predicts Academic Language Proficiency in Mid-Adolescence→

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P. Uccelli, E. Demir, M.L. Rowe, S. Levine, and S. Goldin-Meadow (2018). Child Development.

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October 27, 2017

Understanding Socioeconomic Differences in Parents’ Speech to Children→

October 27, 2017/ ScienceSites

M.L. Rowe (2018). Child Development Perspectives, 12(2), 122-127.

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October 26, 2017

Towards Creativity: Do Theatrical Experiences Improve Preschoolers’ Pretend Play and Cooperation?→

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M.L. Rowe, V. Salo, and K.H. Rubin (2018). American Journal of Play, 10(2), 193-207.

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October 24, 2017

Fathers’ Repetition of Words is Coupled With Children’s Vocabularies→

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J.F. Schwab, M.L. Rowe, N.J. Cabrera, and C. Lew-Williams (2018). Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 166, 437-450.

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October 24, 2017

A Brief Parent-Focused Intervention to Improve Preschoolers’ Conversational Skills and School Readiness→

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K.A. Leech, R. Wei, J. Harring, and M.L. Rowe (2018). Developmental Psychology, 54, 15-28.

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October 23, 2017

Young Children Communicate Their Ignorance and Ask Questions→

October 23, 2017/ ScienceSites

P.L. Harris, D.T. Bartz, and M.L. Rowe (2017). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114, 7884-7891.

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March 08, 2017

Training Preschoolers' Prospective Abilities Through Conversation About the Extended Self  →

March 08, 2017/ ScienceSites

N. Chernyak, K.A. Leech, and M.L. Rowe (2017). Developmental Psychology. doi: 10.1037/dev0000283.

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March 07, 2017

Exploring Socioeconomic Differences in Syntactic Development Through the Lens of Real-Time Processing→

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Y.T. Huang, K.A. Leech, and M.L. Rowe (2017). Cognition, 159, 61-75.

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From the “Here and Now” to the “There and Then”: How Parent–Child Decontextualized Conversations Support Early Development

R. Wei, P.L. Harris, C.E. Snow, and M.L. Rowe (2025). Developmental Review, 77, 101217.

American and Chinese Parents’ Math Talk During Numeracy and Routine Activities: Do Parental Beliefs Matter?

Q.T. Yang, I. Jeffries, Z. Xie, J.R. Star, P.L. Harris, and M.L. Rowe (2025). Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 72, 284-294.

Surveying Autistic Mothers About Their Parenting Practices Related to Children’s Early Language Development

P. Trunk, B. Choi, and M.L. Rowe (2024). Autism in Adulthood.

The Role of Gesture in Language Development for Neurotypical Children and Children with or at Increased Likelihood of Autism

B. Choi and M.L. Rowe (2024). Topics in Cognitive Science.

In The News

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Researchers Find Parents Talk More About Math With Baby Boys Than Girls

- WBUR, NPR
December 30, 2021

Word by Word: Reach Every Reader Offers Fun New Apps, a Home Screening Tool and More

- Early Learning Nation
October 6, 2021

Running Out of Things to Talk With Your Toddler About? These Apps Can Help

- The Boston Globe
April 30, 2021

Talk With Me!: A Learning Sciences Exchange Fellows’ Project

- New America
August 26, 2020

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