| Children’s scientific curiosity: In search of an operational definition of an elusive concept J Jirout, D Klahr Developmental review 32 (2), 125-160, 2012 | 459 | 2012 |
| Science in the preschool classroom: A programmatic research agenda to improve science readiness DB Greenfield, J Jirout, X Dominguez, A Greenberg, M Maier, J Fuccillo Early education and development 20 (2), 238-264, 2009 | 438 | 2009 |
| Building blocks for developing spatial skills: Evidence from a large, representative US sample JJ Jirout, NS Newcombe Psychological science 26 (3), 302-310, 2015 | 361 | 2015 |
| Educational interventions to advance children’s scientific thinking D Klahr, C Zimmerman, J Jirout Science 333 (6045), 971-975, 2011 | 247 | 2011 |
| How lifestyle factors affect cognitive and executive function and the ability to learn in children J Jirout, J LoCasale-Crouch, K Turnbull, Y Gu, M Cubides, S Garzione, ... Nutrients 11 (8), 1953, 2019 | 130 | 2019 |
| Development of science process skills in the early childhood years J Jirout, C Zimmerman Research in early childhood science education, 143-165, 2015 | 119 | 2015 |
| Supporting early scientific thinking through curiosity JJ Jirout Frontiers in Psychology 11, 539140, 2020 | 87 | 2020 |
| Curiosity in schools JJ Jirout, VE Vitiello, SK Zumbrunn The new science of curiosity 1 (1), 243-266, 2018 | 74 | 2018 |
| Mazes and maps: Can young children find their way? JJ Jirout, NS Newcombe Mind, Brain, and Education 8 (2), 89-96, 2014 | 39 | 2014 |
| Curiosity and the development of question generation skills JJ Jirout 2011 AAAI Fall Symposium Series, 2011 | 31 | 2011 |
| Questions–and some answers–about young children’s questions J Jirout, D Klahr Journal of Cognition and Development 21 (5), 729-753, 2020 | 28 | 2020 |
| Children’s question asking and curiosity: A training study J Jirout, D Klahr Society for Research in Educational Effectiveness, 2011 | 24 | 2011 |
| Using self report surveys to measure PreK children’s academic orientations: A psychometric evaluation E Ruzek, J Jirout, K Schenke, V Vitiello, JV Whittaker, R Pianta Early Childhood Research Quarterly 50, 55-66, 2020 | 19 | 2020 |
| Children as Scientific Thinkers D Klahr, B Matlen, J Jirout Feist, G. J., & Gorman, M. (2012). Handbook of the psychology of science., 2012 | 17 | 2012 |
| Scaling up spatial development: a closer look at children's scaling ability and its relation to number knowledge JJ Jirout, CA Holmes, KA Ramsook, NS Newcombe Mind, Brain, and Education 12 (3), 110-119, 2018 | 14 | 2018 |
| Parents' and children's gendered beliefs about toys and screen media S Eisen, SE Matthews, J Jirout Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology 74, 101276, 2021 | 12 | 2021 |
| Development and testing of the curiosity in classrooms framework and coding protocol JJ Jirout, S Zumbrunn, NS Evans, VE Vitiello Frontiers in Psychology 13, 875161, 2022 | 10 | 2022 |
| How much as compared to what: Relative magnitude as a key idea in mathematics cognition J Jirout, NS Newcombe Visualizing mathematics: The role of spatial reasoning in mathematical …, 2018 | 6 | 2018 |
| Investigating the relation between curiosity and creativity NS Evans, JJ Jirout Journal of Creativity 33 (1), 100038, 2023 | 5 | 2023 |
| Digital assessment and promotion of children's curiosity G Gordon, J Jirout, S Engel, A Chang Proceedings of the 14th international conference on interaction design and …, 2015 | 4 | 2015 |
David KlahrProfessor of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon UniversityVerified email at cmu.edu
