Josh
Lawrence

My mission is to empower middle and high school students to reach their full literacy and learning potential.

I strive to achieve this through my teaching, instructional leadership, research, and active participation in research/practice collaborations.

Josh
Lawrence

My mission is to empower middle and high school students to reach their full literacy and learning potential.

I strive to achieve this through my teaching, instructional leadership, research, and active participation in research/practice collaborations.

About

Blog Posts

Teaching Academic Vocabulary Words

In a recent study in Reading Research Quarterly, we examine what features make words harder for adolescent learners. In this post, I show how teaching connections between words can help students master academic vocabulary.

September 7, 2022

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Traveling from Research to Practice

We discuss some of the barriers that prevent teachers from applying research to practice and what resources you, as an instructional leader, can use to bridge the gap.

January 10, 2023

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Supporting Critical Thinking with Rich Academically Productive Talk in Middle and High Schools

The term critical thinking evokes images of the ancient town-squares of Athens or the salons of the Enlightenment. In our increasingly digital "town squares," we may have limited contact with those who hold opposing views from our own or even be oblivious to the existence of dive

January 10, 2023

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Recent Works

Lawrence, J. F.,  & Thorbjørnsen, J. M. (2022). Leseforståelse i skolen: Å utvikle elevers  kritiske tenkning gjennom lesing, argumentasjon og debatt. In V. Grøver I.  Bråten (Eds.), Leseforståelse i skolen: Utfordringer og muligheter (pp. 130-142). Oslo, Norway: Cappelen  Damm Akademisk.

Leseforståelse i skolen: Å utvikle elevers  kritiske tenkning gjennom lesing, argumentasjon og debatt

Leseforståelse i skolen: Å utvikle elevers  kritiske tenkning gjennom lesing, argumentasjon og debatt

Yang, J., Lawrence, J. F., & Grøver, V. (2022). Parental expectations and home literacy environment: A questionnaire study of Chinese-Norwegian dual language learners. Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 37(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/02568543.2022.2098427

Parental Expectations and Home Literacy Environment: A Questionnaire Study of Chinese-Norwegian Dual Language Learners

Parental Expectations and Home Literacy Environment: A Questionnaire Study of Chinese-Norwegian Dual Language Learners

Lawrence, J. F., Hagen, Å.M., Hwang, J.K., Lin, G., & Lervåg, A. (2019). Academic vocabulary and reading comprehension: exploring the relationships across measures of vocabulary knowledge. Reading and Writing, 32(2), 285–306. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-018-9865-2

Academic vocabulary and reading comprehension: exploring the relationships across measures of vocabulary knowledge

Academic vocabulary and reading comprehension: exploring the relationships across measures of vocabulary knowledge

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