Publications

In Prep and Submitted Papers

*mentored undergraduate student

1. Qiu, F. W., Cox, J.*, Moll, H. (submitted) What makes a good question? Children's judgments of pedagogical questions

2. Qiu, F. W., Cox, J.*, Shtulman, A., Moll, H. (submitted) Teaching by principle: How pedagogy can be harnessed to promote innovation in young children

3. Dinkel, C.*, Qiu, F. W., Moll, H. (in prep) Children's selective help-seeking from human vs. technological agents

4. Qiu, F.W. & LaTourrette, A. (in prep) Young children's learning and teaching in semi-supervised settings

Journal Papers and Book Chapters

*mentored undergraduate student

1. Qiu, F.W. & Moll, H. (in press) Children contribute to cultural evolution beyond peer culture.

Brain and Behavioral Sciences

2. Ye, N.N, Williams-Grant, A., Chodes, A., Suarez, S.,  Qiu, F.W., Corriveau, K. (2026) Learning from non-explanations: Children prefer Socratic over authoritarian responses. Child Development

3. Moll, H., Qiu, F.W., Bazhydai, M., Frye, D. (2026) Introduction to the Research Topic “Children’s Teaching”. 

Frontiers in Developmental Psychology

4. Qiu, F. W., Gottesman, E.*, Cox, J.*, Moll, H. (2025) Young children teach objective facts as opposed to subjective opinion.

Developmental Psychology (pdf)

5. Qiu, F. W., Park, J.*, Vite, A., Patall, E. and Moll, H. (2025). Children's selective teaching and informing: A meta-analysis. 

Developmental Science, 28: e13576. (pdf)

6. Qiu, F. W., Ipek, C., & Moll, H. (2024b). Children teach sensational information – as long as it is true. 

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 242, 105895. (pdf) 

7. Qiu, F. W., Gottesman, E.*, & Moll, H. (2024a). Know thy audience: Children teach basic or complex facts depending on the learner’s maturity. 

Child Development, (pdf)

8. Qiu, F. W., & Moll, H. (2022). Children’s pedagogical competence and child-to-child knowledge transmission: Forgotten factors in theories of cultural evolution. 

Journal of Cognition and Culture, 22(5), 421-435. (pdf)

9. Renninger, A.K, Qiu, F. W., Hidi, S. (2022). Curiosity and/or Interest? What Should Educators Know and Consider? 

The International Encyclopedia of Education, (pdf)

Conference Papers

1. Qiu, F.W., Leong, O. (2026, July). Feature, Alignment, and Supervision in Category Learning: A Comparative Approach with Children and Neural Networks. Cognitive Science Society

2. Qiu, F.W., Leong, O., LaTourrette, A. (2026, July). What Makes a Good Example? Modeling Exemplar Selection with Neural Network Representations. Cognitive Science Society

3. Qiu, F.W., Dinkel, C*., Moll, H. (2026, July). Children Seek Help from Technological and Human Agents Depending on Domain. Cognitive Science Society

Conference Presentations

Qiu, F.W., Cox, J.*, Shtulman, A., Moll, H. (2025, May). How Pedagogy Can be Harnessed to Promote Innovation.

Talk presented at the Southern California Meeting for Investigations in Developmental Science, San Diego, CA.

Qiu, F.W., Cox, J.*, Moll, H. (2025, May). Children's Understanding of Teaching. 

Paper Symposium chaired at the Biennial Conference of Society of Research for Child Development, Minneapolis, MN.

Qiu, F. W., Gottesman, E.*, Cox, J.*, Moll, H. (2024, June) Children Selectively Teach Objective Information.

Paper presented at the Jean Piaget Society, Toronto, Canada.

Gottesman, E*., Qiu, F.W., Moll, H. (2024, March). Children Selectively Teach Objective Information.

Poster presented at the Biennial Conference of Cognitive Development Society, Pasadena, CA. 

Qiu, F. W., Patall., E., Park, J.*, Moll, H. (2024, March). Children's Selective Information Transmission: A Meta-Analysis. 

Poster presented at the Biennial Conference of Cognitive Development Society, Pasadena, CA. 

Qiu, F.W., Ipek, C., Moll, H. (2023, June). Young Children Teach Sensational Information -- As Long As It Is True. 

Talk presented at the Jean Piaget Society, Madrid, Spain.

Qiu, F.W., Ipek, C., Gottesman, E.*, Moll, H. (2023, March). Know Thy Audience: Children Teach Basic or Complex Facts Depending on Their Listener’s Maturity. Flash talk presented at the Biennial Conference of Society of Research for Child Development, Salt Lake City, UT.

Qiu, F.W., Ipek, C., Moll, H. (2023, March). Young Children’s Preference for Teaching Sensationalized Information. 

Poster presented at the Biennial Conference of Society of Research for Child Development, Salt Lake City, UT.

McLoughlin, N., Davoodi, T., Cui, Y. K., Clegg, J., Qiu, F. W., Harris, P. L., & Corriveau, K. H. (2021, April). The Power of Testimony and Culture in Children’s Developing Beliefs about the Invisible and Impossible. 

Poster presented at the Biennial Conference of Society of Research for Child Development, Minneapolis, MN.

Ma, S., Cui, Y.K., Munoz, M., Qiu, F. W., Suaraz, S., Chen, E.E., Corriveau, K.H. (2021, April). Examining the Relationship Between Parental Authoritarianism and Children’s Trusting Preferences in China and the U.S. 

Poster presented at the Biennial Conference of Society of Research for Child Development, Minneapolis, MN. (abstract)