Manuscripts in Progress
Budding, D. E. & Shaw, L. F. (2019). Assessing executive function within the dynamic affordance landscape. In R. Booth, T. Murphy, & K. Zebracki (Eds), Paediatric neuropsychology within the multidisciplinary context: A guide for clinicians, academics and students. United Kingdom: Mac Keith Press. Manuscript under editorial review.
Shaw, L. F. & Budding, D. E. (2019) Decolonizing executive functions. Manuscript in preparation.
Shaw, L. F. & JohnBull, R. M. (2019) Exploration of normalization—A key construct of Montessori education through the lens of teacher efficacy. Submitted to AERA Montessori SIG.
Policy Position Papers and Briefs
Shaw, L. F. (2018). Gonski 2.0: Making Australia the world leader in education innovation. Position paper prepared for Montessori Australia. Retrieved from https://montessori.org.au/montessori-gonski-position-paper
Shaw, L. F. (2015). The assistant in the Montessori classroom. Brief prepared for the National Center for Montessori in the Public Sector (NCMPS). West Hartford, CT. Retrieved from https://www.public-montessori.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/The-Assistant-in-a-Montessori-Classroom.pdf
Shaw, L. F. (2015). Montessori as an intervention for children with dyslexia. Brief prepared for the National Center for Montessori in the Public Sector (NCMPS). West Hartford, CT. Retrieved from https://www.public-montessori.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Montessori-and-Dyslexia.pdf
Poster Presentation
Cunningham, S. T., Waldon, Z. O., Shaw, L. F., Bardo, M. T. (2005) Gender differences in response to stress after prenatal cocaine exposure. Bethesda, MD: NDA Re Monograph 185, pp. 175-195.
Montessori White Papers
Published by White Paper Press
Shaw, L. F. (2018). Guiding children in the digital society. The Montessori White Papers: Digital Technologies and Development, 4, 29-38.
Shaw, L. F. (2018). Digital technologies and well-being. The Montessori White Papers: Digital Technologies and Development, 4, 16-28.
Shaw, L. F. (2018). Violent video games and aggressive development. The Montessori White Papers: Digital Technologies and Development, 4, 15-27.
Shaw, L. F. (2018). Apps are not all that. The Montessori White Papers: Digital Technologies and Development, 4, 9-14.
Shaw, L. F. (2018). Does screen media wire young children’s brains for inattention? The Montessori White Papers: Digital Technologies and Development, 4, 1-8.
Shaw, L. F. (2016). What it means to “follow the child.” The Montessori White Papers: The Construction of the Self at School and at Home, 3, 33-38.
Shaw, L. F. (2016). Togetherness. The Montessori White Papers: The Construction of the Self at School and at Home, 3, 25-32.
Shaw, L. F. (2016). Fostering self-differentiation through emotion coaching. The Montessori White Papers: The Construction of the Self at School and at Home, 3, 17-24.
Shaw, L. F. (2016). Fostering self-differentiation through movement. The Montessori White Papers: The Construction of the Self at School and at Home, 3, 9-16.
Shaw, L. F. (2016). Montessori: Helping me to differentiate myself. The Montessori White Papers: The Construction of the Self at School and at Home, 3, 1-8.
Shaw, L. F. (2016). Reading and the brain, part 1: Developing the reading circuit. The Montessori White Papers, 2, 1-8.
Budding, D. E., & Shaw, L. F. (2016). Born to move, part 1: Movement and cognition. The Montessori White Papers, 2, 17-25.
Shaw, L. F. (2016). Montessori and play. The Montessori White Papers, 2, 26-34.
Shaw, L. F. (2016). Montessori and the systems worldview. The Montessori White Papers, 2, 35-41.
Shaw, L. F. (2015). Montessori and creativity. The Montessori White Papers, 1, 1-6.
Shaw, L. F. (2015). How do I know if my child is learning? The Montessori White Papers, 1, 20-25.
Hughes, S. & Shaw, L. F. (2015). Concentration: The key to building a better brain. The Montessori White Papers,1, 26-31.
Huffington Post Blog
The Real Reason Students Shouldn’t Sit In Class (2017)
The Faces Of ME: Missing 7 Years Of My Life (2016)
Give Parents Respect, Not Bad Interpretations of Neuroscience (2015)
Stop Using Neuroscience to Scare Parents (2014)