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Maureen A. Callanan

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Publications

53

Citations

5K

H-Index

35

Active since

1982

Affiliations

University of California, Santa Cruz(Current)

The University of Texas at Austin

California Polytechnic State University

New York Hall of Science

Maureen A. Callanan is an author at University of California, Santa Cruz specializing in education, child development, and cognitive development.

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Child DevelopmentEducationCognitive DevelopmentChild PsychologyDevelopmental PsychologySocial SciencesCognitive ScienceEarly Childhood DevelopmentChild LanguagePsychology

Publications per year

1982–2022

53

Publications

53

Parents Explain More Often to Boys Than to Girls During Shared Scientific Thinking

Kevin Crowley, Maureen A. Callanan, Harriet R. Tenenbaum et al. · Psychological Science · 2001 · 474 citations

Inquiry-based Learning, Science Education, Everyday Scientific Thinking +22

Shared scientific thinking in everyday parent‐child activity

Kevin Crowley, Maureen A. Callanan, Jennifer L. Jipson et al. · Science Education · 2001 · 388 citations

Inquiry-based Learning, Science Education, Education +18

Preschoolers' questions and parents' explanations: Causal thinking in everyday activity

Maureen A. Callanan, Lisa M. Oakes · Cognitive Development · 1992 · 359 citations

Early Education, Cognitive Science, Behavioral Sciences +14

Learning Words through Overhearing

Nameera Akhtar, Jennifer L. Jipson, Maureen A. Callanan · Child Development · 2001 · 323 citations

The Organization of Informal Learning

Barbara Rogoff, Maureen A. Callanan, Kris D. Gutiérrez et al. · Review of Research in Education · 2016 · 277 citations

Education, Learning-by-doing, Elementary Education +16

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