Wendy Ostroff
Department Chair and Professor of Cognitive & Developmental Science
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Degree Institution Ph.D., Psychological Science / Developmental Psychology Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University M.S., Psychological Science / Developmental Psychology Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Selected Publications & Presentations
Books
Empowering Young Children: How to Nourish Deep, Transformative Learning for Social Justice Routledge, 2022
Cultivating Curiosity in K–12 Classrooms: How to Promote and Sustain Deep Learning ASCD, 2016
Understanding How Young Children Learn: Bringing the Science of Child Development to the Classroom ASCD, 2012
Child and Adolescent Development (Contributing Author) Pearson / Allyn & Bacon, 2012
Academic Articles & Book Chapters
Plasticity in Older Infants' Perception of Phonetic Contrasts: The Role of Selective Attention in Context (co-author) Infancy 2024
Empowering Ideas: Philosophy Dialogue Project Routledge 2024
Growing Prosocial Brains: How to Fine-Tune Challenging Behavior and Encourage Responsibility and Agency in Our Students Educational Leadership 2023
The Embodied Nature of Mathematical Learning Exchange 2022
Losing Track of Time: The Young Child's Meandering Path to Deep Learning Exchange 2021
Teaching Young Children Remotely Educational Leadership 2020
Empowering Children Through Dialogue and Discussion Educational Leadership 2020
The Cognitive Science and Neuroscience of Young Children's Curiosity Exchange 2020
The Art and Science of Transformation in the Hutchins Seminar Education for an Engaged Citizenry 2019
Asking to Learn Educational Leadership 2015
Don't Just Sit There: Pay Attention! Educational Leadership 2014
Creative Writing
Needing to Believe (That Life Was Worth Living) (2025)
Published in The Brussels Review: Collected Works in Contemporary Art and Literature.