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Citations
5273
World Ranking
11130
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5819

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association
  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1999 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Mary Gauvain is affiliated with the University of California, Riverside in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Social Sciences, with a focus on subfields such as Developmental and Educational Psychology, Education, Social Psychology, Language and Linguistics, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

Their work addresses several main topics including Child and Animal Learning Development, Language Development and Disorders, Early Childhood Education and Development, Language, Discourse, and Communication Strategies, Educational and Psychological Assessments, Higher Education Research Studies, and Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction.

Mary Gauvain has contributed recent research papers, including the following:

  • "Role Of Perceived Support From Parents and On- And Off-Campus Friends In First- And Non-First-Generation College Students' Life Satisfaction," 2020, UC Riverside Undergraduate Research Journal Submit
  • "Role of Formal Education in Understanding Contamination-Related Illnesses: A Study with Maasai Adolescents and Adults in Tanzania," 2024, Routledge Open Research

Their frequent co-authors include Robert L. Munroe, Ranko Richert, Dagoberto Partida, Yerom Cheong, and Heidi McLaughlin.

Mary Gauvain's work has been published in venues such as UC Riverside Undergraduate Research Journal Submit and Routledge Open Research. They have also authored a book titled Cognitive Development in Infancy and Childhood, published by Cambridge University Press in 2022, which has received citations over time.

Their academic recognition includes fellowship honors from several professional organizations:

  • Fellow of the American Educational Research Association (2008)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2007)
  • Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) (1999)

Best Publications

  • The social context of cognitive development

    Mary Gauvain

  • Collaborative problem solving and children's planning skills.

    Mary Gauvain;Barbara Rogoff

  • Readings on the Development of Children

    Mary Gauvain;Michael Cole

  • Thinking in Niches: Sociocultural Influences on Cognitive Development

    Mary Gauvain

  • Mother-Child Problem Solving: Continuity through the Early Childhood Years.

    Beverly I. Fagot;Mary Gauvain

  • The Development of Spatial Thinking in Everyday Activity

    Mary Gauvain

  • Postsecondary Education Among Mexican American Youth Contributions of Parents, Siblings, Acculturation, and Generational Status

    Maria T. Hurtado-Ortiz;Mary Gauvain

  • American and Chinese parental involvement in young children's mathematics learning

    Yingqiu Pan;Mary Gauvain;Zhengkui Liu;Li Cheng

  • Acculturation and planning for college among youth of Mexican descent.

    Maria T. Hurtado;Mary Gauvain

  • Cultural Tools, Social Interaction and the Development of Thinking

    Mary Gauvain

  • The role of age versus expertise in peer collaboration during joint planning

    Ruth T. Duran;Mary Gauvain

  • Parent–Student Communication About College and Freshman Grades in First-Generation and Non–First-Generation Students

    Julienne A. Palbusa;Mary Gauvain

  • Family interaction, parenting style, and the development of planning: A longitudinal analysis using archival data.

    Mary Gauvain;Ruth Duran Huard

  • Child Temperament as a Mediator of Mother‐Toddler Problem Solving*

    Mary Gauvain

  • Children’s Questions in Cross-Cultural Perspective: A Four-Culture Study

    Mary Gauvain;Robert L. Munroe;Heidi Beebe

  • SOCIAL AND CULTURAL INFLUENCES ON CHILDREN'S COLLABORATIVE INTERACTIONS

    Shari A. Ellis;Mary Gauvain

  • Instruction by mothers and fathers during problem solving with their young children.

    Mary Gauvain;Beverly I. Fagot;Craig Leve;Kate Kavanagh

  • Sociocultural approaches to educational psychology: Theory, research, and application.

    Artin Göncü;Mary Gauvain

  • Assessing the Social Environments of Sheltered Care Settings

    Rudolf H. Moos;Mary Gauvain;Sonne Lemke;Wendy Max

  • The Continuity of College Students' Autonomous Learning Motivation and Its Predictors: A Three-Year Longitudinal Study.

    Yingqiu Pan;Mary Gauvain

Frequent Co-Authors

Beverly I. Fagot
Beverly I. Fagot University of Oregon
Jeremy I. M. Carpendale
Jeremy I. M. Carpendale Simon Fraser University
Annette Karmiloff-Smith
Annette Karmiloff-Smith Birkbeck, University of London
Mark A. Sabbagh
Mark A. Sabbagh Queen's University
Barbara Rogoff
Barbara Rogoff University of California, Santa Cruz
Michael Cole
Michael Cole University of East London
Seth J. Schwartz
Seth J. Schwartz The University of Texas at Austin
Jennifer E. Lansford
Jennifer E. Lansford Duke University
Chandra A. Reynolds
Chandra A. Reynolds University of California, Riverside
Silvia Helena Koller
Silvia Helena Koller Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

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