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Patricia Ganea

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ProfessorDepartment of Applied Psychology and Human DevelopmentUniversity of Toronto

Patricia Ganea

Professor

Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development

Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Principal investigator on 8 research grants (7 SSHRC, 1 NSERC), most recently in 2022.

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The role of counterfactual reasoning in children's learning of science
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$57,520
The role of counterfactual reasoning in children's learning of science
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$59,843
Motivational and cognitive aspects of common ground in collaborative communication
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$58,758

All 10 grants and awards

The role of counterfactual reasoning in children's learning of science

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Ganea, Patricia A.

Keywords: children; scientific reasoning; education; counterfactual reasoning; science; imagination

$57,520

The role of counterfactual reasoning in children's learning of science

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Ganea, Patricia A.

Keywords: children; scientific reasoning; education; counterfactual reasoning; science; imagination

$59,843

Motivational and cognitive aspects of common ground in collaborative communication

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Ganea, Patricia

Keywords: (1) language development; (2) communication; (3) children; (4) collaboration; (5) perspective taking; (6) common ground; (7) mental representation

$58,758

Changing science misconceptions in early childhood

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Ganea, Patricia A.

Keywords: science learning; physics learning; misconceptions; conceptual change; picture books; inquiry-based learning; kindergarten

$222,480

The influence of fantastical discourse context on young children's on-line sentence comprehension

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Ganea, Patricia

$186,000

Interdisciplinary workshop on counterfactual thinking

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Buchsbaum, Daphna

Keywords: workshop; counterfactual thinking; imagination; causality; interdisciplinary

$8,754

Developmental Pathways to Health and Disease: Fetal Programming and Protection

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Foundation Grant

Principal investigators: Matthews, Stephen G

Keywords: Blood-Brain-Barrier; Fetus; Glucocorticoids; Human Development; Maternal/Child Health; Neuroendocrinology; Perinatal; Pregnancy; Programming; Stress Physiology

$4,094,169

An examination of the educational potential of interactive touch screen media for young children

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Ganea, Patricia

Keywords: young children; learning; digital media; symbolic development

$75,000

Young children's learning via picture books

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012

Principal investigators: Ganea, Patricia A.

Keywords: symbolic development; learning; picture books

$68,813

Toddlers' use of language to update mental representations

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012

Principal investigators: Ganea, Patricia A.

Keywords: language development; communicative development; learning; updating mental representation;

$263,192

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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