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43
Citations
11471
World Ranking
7133
National Ranking
3855

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Angeline S. Lillard is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Social Sciences and Psychology, with a particular focus on Education and Developmental and Educational Psychology.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics including:

  • Education Methods and Practices
  • Diverse Education Studies and Reforms
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Child and Animal Learning Development
  • Educational Environments and Student Outcomes
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Reading and Literacy Development

Frequent publication venues for this researcher include:

  • Frontiers in Developmental Psychology
  • Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
  • Early Child Development and Care
  • Journal of Cognition and Development
  • Developmental Review

Some of the recent papers by Angeline S. Lillard are:

  • "How does play foster development? A new executive function perspective," 2022, Developmental Review
  • "Investigating the Structure of the Children's Concentration and Empathy Scale Using Exploratory Graph Analysis," 2021, Psychological Test Adaptation and Development
  • "The Magic School Bus dilemma: How fantasy affects children's learning from stories," 2021, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
  • "Montessori education's impact on academic and nonacademic outcomes: A systematic review," 2023, Campbell Systematic Reviews
  • "Montessori as an alternative early childhood education," 2020, Early Child Development and Care

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Jessica Taggart
  • Lee LeBoeuf
  • Ian Becker
  • Dermina Vasc
  • Xin Tong

Angeline S. Lillard has been recognized as a Fellow by major scientific organizations including the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2020 and the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2011.

Best Publications

  • The impact of pretend play on children's development: a review of the evidence.

    Angeline S. Lillard;Matthew D. Lerner;Emily J. Hopkins;Rebecca A. Dore

  • Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius

    Angeline Stoll Lillard

  • Ethnopsychologies: cultural variations in theories of mind.

    Angeline Lillard

  • Pretend Play Skills and the Child's Theory of Mind.

    Angeline S. Lillard

  • Evaluating Montessori Education

    Angeline Lillard;Nicole Else-Quest

  • Synchrony in the Onset of Mental-State Reasoning: Evidence From Five Cultures

    Tara Callaghan;Philippe Rochat;Angeline Lillard;Mary Louise Claux

  • The Immediate Impact of Different Types of Television on Young Children's Executive Function

    Angeline S. Lillard;Jennifer Peterson

  • Young children's conceptualization of pretense: action or mental representational state?

    Angeline S. Lillard

  • Playful Learning and Montessori Education.

    Angeline S. Lillard

  • Preschool children's development in classic Montessori, supplemented Montessori, and conventional programs

    Angeline S. Lillard

  • Pretend Play as Twin Earth: A Social-Cognitive Analysis☆

    Angeline Lillard

  • Pretend Play and Cognitive Development

    Angeline Lillard;Ashley M. Pinkham;Eric Smith

  • Mothers' behavior modifications during pretense and their possible signal value for toddlers.

    Angeline S. Lillard;David C. Witherington

  • Further examination of the immediate impact of television on children's executive function.

    Angeline S. Lillard;Marissa B. Drell;Eve M. Richey;Katherine Boguszewski

  • Making sense of pretence.

    Angeline Lillard

  • Montessori Preschool Elevates and Equalizes Child Outcomes: A Longitudinal Study

    Angeline S. Lillard;Megan J. Heise;Eve M. Richey;Xin Tong

  • Body or Mind: Children's Categorizing of Pretense

    Angeline S. Lillard

  • Other Folks' Theories of Mind and Behavior

    Angeline S. Lillard

  • Young children's understanding of different mental states

    Angeline S. Lillard;John H. Flavell

  • Children's racial bias in perceptions of others' pain

    Rebecca A. Dore;Kelly M. Hoffman;Angeline S. Lillard;Sophie Trawalter

  • Wanting to Be It: Children's Understanding of Intentions Underlying Pretense

    Angeline S. Lillard

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew D. Lerner
Matthew D. Lerner Stony Brook University
David M. Sobel
David M. Sobel Brown University
John H. Flavell
John H. Flavell Stanford University
Sophie Trawalter
Sophie Trawalter University of Virginia
Shigehiro Oishi
Shigehiro Oishi University of Chicago
Eric Turkheimer
Eric Turkheimer University of Virginia
Lori E. Skibbe
Lori E. Skibbe Michigan State University
Amrisha Vaish
Amrisha Vaish University of Virginia
Patricia A. Ganea
Patricia A. Ganea University of Toronto
Shoji Itakura
Shoji Itakura Kyoto University

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