| What’s past is prologue: Relations between early mathematics knowledge and high school achievement TW Watts, GJ Duncan, RS Siegler, PE Davis-Kean Educational Researcher 43 (7), 352-360, 2014 | 780 | 2014 |
| Revisiting the marshmallow test: A conceptual replication investigating links between early delay of gratification and later outcomes TW Watts, GJ Duncan, H Quan Psychological science 29 (7), 1159-1177, 2018 | 565 | 2018 |
| Which preschool mathematics competencies are most predictive of fifth grade achievement? T Nguyen, TW Watts, GJ Duncan, DH Clements, JS Sarama, C Wolfe, ... Early childhood research quarterly 36, 550-560, 2016 | 526 | 2016 |
| Children’s organized activities S YOUTH, LOATO CHILD Handbook of child psychology and developmental science, ecological settings …, 2015 | 365 | 2015 |
| Mathematics content coverage and student learning in kindergarten M Engel, A Claessens, T Watts, G Farkas Educational researcher 45 (5), 293-300, 2016 | 149 | 2016 |
| What is the long‐run impact of learning mathematics during preschool? TW Watts, GJ Duncan, DH Clements, J Sarama Child development 89 (2), 539-555, 2018 | 145 | 2018 |
| State and trait effects on individual differences in children’s mathematical development DH Bailey, TW Watts, AK Littlefield, DC Geary Psychological science 25 (11), 2017-2026, 2014 | 137 | 2014 |
| Risky business: Correlation and causation in longitudinal studies of skill development. DH Bailey, GJ Duncan, T Watts, DH Clements, J Sarama American Psychologist 73 (1), 81, 2018 | 136 | 2018 |
| The Chicago School Readiness Project: Examining the long-term impacts of an early childhood intervention TW Watts, J Gandhi, DA Ibrahim, MD Masucci, CC Raver PloS one 13 (7), e0200144, 2018 | 132 | 2018 |
| Do high-quality kindergarten and first-grade classrooms mitigate preschool fadeout? JM Jenkins, TW Watts, K Magnuson, ET Gershoff, DH Clements, J Sarama, ... Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness 11 (3), 339-374, 2018 | 112 | 2018 |
| The role of mediators in the development of longitudinal mathematics achievement associations TW Watts, GJ Duncan, M Chen, A Claessens, PE Davis‐Kean, ... Child development 86 (6), 1892-1907, 2015 | 93 | 2015 |
| Differential effects of the classroom on African American and non-African American’s mathematics achievement. K Schenke, T Nguyen, TW Watts, J Sarama, DH Clements Journal of educational psychology 109 (6), 794, 2017 | 67 | 2017 |
| Academic achievement and economic attainment: Reexamining associations between test scores and long-run earnings TW Watts Aera Open 6 (2), 2332858420928985, 2020 | 65 | 2020 |
| Does early mathematics intervention change the processes underlying children's learning? TW Watts, DH Clements, J Sarama, CB Wolfe, ME Spitler, DH Bailey Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness 10 (1), 96-115, 2017 | 61 | 2017 |
| Preschool executive function and adult outcomes: A developmental cascade model. SF Ahmed, M Kuhfeld, TW Watts, PE Davis-Kean, DL Vandell Developmental Psychology 57 (12), 2234, 2021 | 46 | 2021 |
| Aiming further: Addressing the need for high-quality longitudinal research in education TW Watts, DH Bailey, C Li Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness 12 (4), 648-658, 2019 | 45 | 2019 |
| The effect of the COVID‐19 pandemic on infant development and maternal mental health in the first 2 years of life JF Sperber, ER Hart, SV Troller‐Renfree, TW Watts, KG Noble Infancy 28 (1), 107-135, 2023 | 35 | 2023 |
| The effects of two mindset interventions on low-income students’ academic and psychological outcomes J Gandhi, TW Watts, MD Masucci, CC Raver Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness 13 (2), 351-379, 2020 | 27 | 2020 |
| Preventing preschool fadeout through instructional intervention in kindergarten and first grade JM Jenkins, TW Watts, K Magnuson, D Clements, J Sarama, CB Wolfe, ... Graduate School of Education, University of California, Irvine, 2015 | 25 | 2015 |
| Understanding heterogeneity in the impact of public preschool programs TW Watts, JM Jenkins, KA Dodge, RC Carr, M Sauval, Y Bai, M Escueta, ... Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development 88 (1), 7-182, 2023 | 21 | 2023 |