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Nicholas E. Waters

Social Sciences · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Early Childhood Education and DevelopmentParental Involvement in EducationReading and Literacy DevelopmentChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentInfant Development and Preterm Care

Publications

26

Citations

838

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

17

Publishing since 2010

Research summary
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Nicholas E. Waters studies how young children develop thinking and self-control skills (often called executive functions) and how these relate to early academic achievement in areas like reading and math. Much of the work examines how family background, such as parents' education and socioeconomic status, and preschool teaching approaches shape children's learning from early childhood into the school years.

Executive function in early childhoodSocioeconomic status and academic achievementParenting and child developmentEarly literacy and reading developmentPreschool teacher professional learning

Publication activity was modest and steady through most of the decade but has grown sharply in 2025 and 2026.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.2/year recently
172018: 2 publications182019: 1 publication192020: 4 publications202021: 1 publication212022: 1 publication222023: 1 publication232024: 1 publication242025: 8 publications8252026: 5 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Early Childhood Research Quarterly×2
  • Journal of Experimental Child Psychology×2
  • Elsevier eBooks×2
  • Journal of Educational Psychology×1
  • Current Directions in Psychological Science×1

This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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