Scientific Publications on PLL

Shivaram, A., Chavez, Y., Anderson, E., Fritz, A., Jackson, R., Edwards, L., Powers, S., Libertus, M., & Hespos, S. (2021). Brief Interventions Influence the Quantity and Quality of Caregiver-Child Conversations in an Everyday Context. Frontiers in psychology, 12, 645788. [PDF Link] [Online link]

Hadani, H. S., Winthrop, R., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2021). Playful Learning Landscapes: Convergence of education and city planning. In S. Ra, S. Jagannathan, & R. Maclean (Eds.), Powering a Learning Society During an Age of Disruption (pp. 151–164). Springer Singapore. [Online link]

Gaudreau, C., Bustamante, A. S., Hirsh-Pasek, K., & Golinkoff, R. M. (2021). Questions in a life-sized board game: Comparing caregivers’ and children’s question-asking across STEM museum exhibits. Mind, Brain, and Education. [PDF Link] [Online link]

Bustamante, A. S., Schlesinger, M., Begolli, K. N., Golinkoff, R. M, Shahidi, N., Zonji, S., Riesen, C., Evans, N. & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2020). More than just a game: Transforming social interaction and STEM play with Parkopolis. Developmental Psychology, 56(6), 1041-1056. [PDF Link] [Online link]

Hassinger-Das, B., Palti, I., Golinkoff, R. M., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2020). Urban Thinkscape: Infusing public spaces with STEM conversation and interaction opportunities. Journal of Cognition and Development, 21(1), 125-147. [PDF Link] [Online Link]

Hassinger-Das, B., Zosh, J. M., Hansen, N., Talarowski, M., Zmich, K., Golinkoff, R. M., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2020). Play-and-learn: Leveraging library spaces to promote caregiver and child interaction. Library and Information Science Research, 42(1). [PDF Link] [Online link]

Schlesinger, M. A., Hassinger-Das, B., Zosh, J. M., Sawyer, J., Evans, N., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2020). Cognitive behavioral science behind the value of play: Leveraging everyday experiences to promote play, learning, and positive interactions. Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy, 19(2), 202-216. [PDF Link] [Online link]

Schlesinger, M. A., Sawyer, J., Hirsh-Pasek, K., & Fabiano, R. (2020). Play Captains on Play Streets: A community-university playful learning and teen leadership collaboration. Collaborations: A Journal of Community-Based Research and Practice, 3(1), 1-13. [PDF Link] [Online Link]

Bustamante, A. S., Hassinger-Das, B., Hirsh-Pasek, K., & Golinkoff, R. M. (2019). Learning Landscapes: Where the science of learning meets architectural design. Child Development Perspectives13(1), 34–40. [PDF Link] [Online link]

Schlesinger, M. A., Hassinger-Das, B., Zosh, J. M., Golinkoff, R. M., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2019). “When I was little, I loved to play”. Describing play experiences using a community-based lens. Scottish Educational Review, 51(2), 90-107. [PDF Link]

Bustamante, A. S. (2018). Preliminary results from Parkopolis: The life-size STEM board game. Poster presented at the The Administration for Children and Families National Research Conference on Early Childhood, Arlington, VA. [PDF Link]

Hassinger-Das, B., Bustamante, A., Hirsh-Pasek, K., & Golinkoff, R. (2018). Learning Landscapes: Playing the way to learning and engagement in public spaces. Education Sciences, 8(2), 74. [PDF Link] [Online link]

Hassinger‐Das, B., Bustamante, A. S., Hirsh‐Pasek, K., Golinkoff, R. M., Magsamen, S., Pearlman‐Robinson, J., & Winthrop, R. (2018). Learning Landscapes: Can urban planning and the learning sciences work together to help children? Brookings Institution Policy Report. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution. [PDF Link] [Online link]

Yogman, M., Garner, A., Hutchinson, J., Hirsh-Pasek, K., Golinkoff, R. M., & Committee on Psychosocial Aspects of Child and Family Health. (2018). The power of play: A pediatric role in enhancing development in young children. Pediatrics142(3), e20182058.

Grob, R., Schlesinger, M., Pace, A., Golinkoff, R. M., & Hirsh-Pasek, K. (2017). Playing with ideas: Evaluating the impact of the Ultimate Block Party, a collective experiential intervention to enrich perceptions of play. Child Development88(5), 1419–1434. [PDF Link] [Online link]

Ridge, K. E., Weisberg, D. S., Ilgaz, H., Hirsh-Pasek, K. A., & Golinkoff, R. M. (2015). Supermarket Speak: Increasing talk among low-socioeconomic status families. Mind, Brain, and Education9(3), 127–135. [PDF Link] [Online link]

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