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

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October 25, 2022

“Let’s Read Together”: A Parent-Focused Intervention on Dialogic Book Reading to Improve Early Language and Literacy Skills in Preschool Children→

October 25, 2022/ ScienceSites

R. Dicataldo, M.L. Rowe, and M. Roch (2022). Children, 9.

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2022, articles
October 25, 2022

Parents’ Talk About Conceptual Categories With Infants: Stability, Variability and Implications for Expressive Language Development→

October 25, 2022/ ScienceSites

R. Wei, A. Kirby, L. Naigles, and M.L. Rowe (2022). Journal of Child Language, 1-22.

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2022, articles
October 25, 2022

Small Moments, Big Impact: Pilot Evaluation of a Relational Health App for Primary Care→

October 25, 2022/ ScienceSites

B. Zuckerman, K. Edson, L. Mesite, C. Hatcher, and M.L. Rowe (2022). Academic Pediatrics.

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October 25, 2022

Features of Communication in Norwegian Parent-Child Play Interactions→

October 25, 2022/ ScienceSites

H. Roe-Indregard, M.L. Rowe, V. Rydland, and I. Zambrana (2022). First Language, 42(3)

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October 25, 2022

Music Uses in Preschool Classrooms in the U.S.: A Multiple-Methods Study→

October 25, 2022/ ScienceSites

A.L. Kirby, M. Dahbi, S. Surrain, M.L. Rowe, and G. Luk (2022). Early Childhood Education Journal, 1-15.

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November 11, 2021

Exploring Opportunities for Math Learning Within Parent–Infant Interactions→

November 11, 2021/ ScienceSites

K.A. Leech, K. Herbert, Q.T. Yang, and M.L. Rowe (2021). Infant and Child Development, e2271.

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2021, articles
October 01, 2021

Avenues for Increasing Parenting Knowledge: Interviewing Parents about Preferred Information Sources

October 01, 2021/ ScienceSites

J. McCatharn, K. Herbert, R. Wei, and M.L. Rowe (2021). Journal of Child and Family Studies.

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2021, articles
September 01, 2021

Can Interactive Apps Promote Parent-Child Conversations and Child Language Development in Low-Income Families?→

September 01, 2021/ ScienceSites

M.L. Rowe, R. Guzman Turco, and J. Blatt (2021). Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology.

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July 07, 2021

A Parent Gesture Intervention as a Means to Increase Declarative Pointing and Child Language Comprehension→

July 07, 2021/ ScienceSites

A.B. Choi and M.L. Rowe (2021). Infancy.

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2021, articles
June 22, 2021

Neuroplasticity Associated With Conversational Turn-Taking Following a Family-Based Intervention→

June 22, 2021/ ScienceSites

R.R. Romeo, J.A. Leonard, H.M. Grotzinger, S.T. Robinson, M. Takada, A.P. Mackey, E. Scherer, M.L. Rowe, M.R. West, and J.D.E. Gabrieli (2021). Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience.

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2021, articles
May 05, 2021

Parental Language Input Predicts Neuroscillatory Patterns Associated With Language Development in Toddlers at Risk of Autism→

May 05, 2021/ ScienceSites

R.R. Romeo, B. Choi, L.J. Gabard-Durnam, C.L. Wilkinson, A.R. Levin, M.L. Rowe, H. Tager-Flusberg, and C.A. Nelson (2021). Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

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2021, articles
April 20, 2021

Show, Give and Point Gestures Across Infancy Differentially Predict Language Development→

April 20, 2021/ ScienceSites

A. Choi, R. Wei, and M.L. Rowe (2021). Developmental Psychology.

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2021, articles
March 03, 2021

Parents’ Declarative Use of Deictic Gestures Predict Vocabulary Development in Infants at High and Low Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder→

March 03, 2021/ ScienceSites

B. Choi, L. Castlebaum, R. McKechnie, M.L. Rowe, C.A. Nelson, and H. Tager-Flusberg (2021). Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

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2021, articles
February 02, 2021

Examining the Linguistic, Cognitive, and Social Skills Underlying Lexical Processing Efficiency as Measured By the Looking-While-Listening Paradigm→

February 02, 2021/ ScienceSites

S. Ronfard, R. Wei, and M.L. Rowe (2021). Journal of Child Language, 1-24.

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January 23, 2021

A Longitudinal Study of Parent Gestures, Infant Responsiveness, and Vocabulary Development in Infants at Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder→

January 23, 2021/ ScienceSites

B. Choi, P. Shah, M.L. Rowe, C.A. Nelson, and H. Tager-Flusberg (2021). Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

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2021, articles
January 11, 2021

Early Gesture Predicts Later Language Development

January 11, 2021/ ScienceSites

M.L. Rowe, R. Wei, and V. Salo (2021). In A. Morgenstern & S. Goldin-Meadow (Eds.) Gesture in Language. De Gruyter Mouton.

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Book Chapter, 2021
December 18, 2020

Decontextualized Language Use During Chinese and American Caregiver-Child Interactions→

December 18, 2020/ ScienceSites

R. Wei, K.A. Leech, and M.L. Rowe (2020). Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology.

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2020, articles
December 16, 2020

Language Development in Context→

December 16, 2020/ ScienceSites

M.L. Rowe and A. Weisleder (2020). Annual Review of Developmental Psychology, 2.

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December 14, 2020

Examining Relations Between Parent-Child Narrative Talk and Children’s Episodic Foresight and Theory of Mind→

December 14, 2020/ ScienceSites

S.Y. Shin, K. Leech, and M.L. Rowe (2020). Cognitive Development.

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2020, articles
September 11, 2020

An Intervention to Increase Conversational Turns Between Parents and Young Children→

September 11, 2020/ ScienceSites

K.A. Leech and M.L. Rowe (2020). Journal of Child Language.

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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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