David H Uttal
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Sheehan K, Ferguson B, Msall C, Uttal D
J Exp Child Psychol
. 2020 Jan;
192:104744.
PMID: 31916984
To use a symbol, children must understand that the symbol stands for something in the world. This development has often been investigated in the model-room task in which children use...
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Marcus M, Haden C, Uttal D
J Exp Child Psychol
. 2018 Jul;
175:80-95.
PMID: 30025257
This study investigated ways to support young children's science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning and transfer of knowledge across informal learning experiences in a museum. Participants were 64 4-...
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Miller D, Nolla K, Eagly A, Uttal D
Child Dev
. 2018 Mar;
89(6):1943-1955.
PMID: 29557555
This meta-analysis, spanning 5 decades of Draw-A-Scientist studies, examined U.S. children's gender-science stereotypes linking science with men. These stereotypes should have weakened over time because women's representation in science has...
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Yuan L, Uttal D
Top Cogn Sci
. 2017 May;
9(3):738-757.
PMID: 28481471
We argue that analogical reasoning, particularly Gentner's (1983, 2010) structure-mapping theory, provides an integrative theoretical framework through which we can better understand the development of symbol use. Analogical reasoning can...
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Sheehan K, Uttal D
Front Psychol
. 2016 Aug;
7:1220.
PMID: 27570516
Parents and educators often expect that children will learn from touch screen devices, such as during joint e-book reading. Therefore an essential question is whether young children understand that the...
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Uttal D, Yuan L
Wiley Interdiscip Rev Cogn Sci
. 2015 Aug;
5(3):295-304.
PMID: 26308564
Unlabelled: The frequent and fluent use of symbols is a distinguishing characteristic of human thought and communication. Symbols free us from the bounds of our own direct experience and allow...
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Jant E, Haden C, Uttal D, Babcock E
Child Dev
. 2014 Apr;
85(5):2029-45.
PMID: 24773335
The effects of parent-child conversation and object manipulation on children's learning, transfer of knowledge, and memory were examined in two museum exhibits and conversations recorded at home. Seventy-eight children (Mage ...
18.
Jee B, Uttal D, Spiegel A, Diamond J
Public Underst Sci
. 2013 Aug;
24(2):241-56.
PMID: 23959975
Humans are exposed to viruses everywhere they live, play, and work. Yet people's beliefs about viruses may be confused or inaccurate, potentially impairing their understanding of scientific information. This study...
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Jee B, Uttal D, Gentner D, Manduca C, Shipley T, Sageman B
Cogn Process
. 2013 Feb;
14(2):175-87.
PMID: 23436210
A central issue in education is how to support the spatial thinking involved in learning science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). We investigated whether and how the cognitive process of...
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Uttal D, Meadow N, Tipton E, Hand L, Alden A, Warren C, et al.
Psychol Bull
. 2012 Jun;
139(2):352-402.
PMID: 22663761
Having good spatial skills strongly predicts achievement and attainment in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields (e.g., Shea, Lubinski, & Benbow, 2001; Wai, Lubinski, & Benbow, 2009). Improving spatial skills...