Publications

Selected research on adolescent literacy, academic vocabulary, reading comprehension, assessment, and multilingual learning.

Featured Work
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Estimating the effect of structured vocabulary review: an experimental evaluation

Lawrence, J. F., Galloway, E. P., & Hsu, J. Y. L

The Elementary School Journal
2025
Open
Featured

The language of learning: Academic vocabulary development and reading comprehension

Lawrence, J., Knoph, R., & Hagen, Å

2025
Open
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The Dimensionality of Lexical Features in General, Academic, and Disciplinary Vocabulary

Knoph, R. E., Lawrence, J. F., & Francis, D. J

Scientific Studies of Reading: The Official Journal of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading
2024
Open

Estimating the effect of structured vocabulary review: an experimental evaluation

The Elementary School Journal | 2025

Lawrence, J. F., Galloway, E. P., & Hsu, J. Y. L

Open

The language of learning: Academic vocabulary development and reading comprehension

| 2025

Lawrence, J., Knoph, R., & Hagen, Å

Open

Chinese mothers use idioms in shared book reading: A predictor for children’s Chinese vocabulary growth?

Journal of Child Language | 2024

Yang, J., Grøver, V., & Lawrence, J. F

Open

The Dimensionality of Lexical Features in General, Academic, and Disciplinary Vocabulary

Scientific Studies of Reading: The Official Journal of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading | 2024

Knoph, R. E., Lawrence, J. F., & Francis, D. J

Open

What else will I do when I start school? Preschoolers’ wh-questions in dinnertime conversations and their language development.

First Language | 2024

Yang, J., Lawrence, J. F., & Grøver, V

Open

Opportunities to learn and intersubjectivity

In O. Erstad (Ed.), Education and Dialogue in Polarized Societies. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.‍ | 2024

Snow, C., & Lawrence, J.F

Open

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

Journal of Research in Childhood Education | 2022

Yang, J., Lawrence, J. F., & Grøver, V

Open

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

Leseforståelse i skolen: Utfordringer og muligheter | 2022

Lawrence, J. F., & Thorbjørnsen, J. M

Multimodal literacies at home: A survey study of Chinese-Norwegian bilingual children

Multimodal Literacies in Young Emergent Bilinguals: Beyond Print-Centric Practices (Vol. 105) | 2022

Yang, J.,& Lawrence, J.F

Multimodal Literacies at Home: A Survey Study of Chinese-Norwegian Bilingual Children. Multimodal Literacies in Young Emergent Bilinguals: Beyond Print-Centric Practices

Multimodal Literacies in Young Emergent Bilinguals: Beyond Print-Centric Practices105 | 2022

Yang, J., & Lawrence, J

Measuring Listening Comprehension and Predicting Language Development in At-Risk Preschoolers

Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research | 2021

Hagen, Å., Knoph, R., Hjetland, H. N., Rogde, K., Lawrence, J. F., Lervåg, A., & Melby-Lervåg, M

Open

Reading comprehension and academic vocabulary: Exploring relations of item features and reading proficiency

Reading Research Quarterly57 | 2021

Lawrence, J. F., Knoph, R., McIlraith, A., Kulesz, P. A., & Francis, D. J

Open

Word Generation: A research-based program for academic language

In Handbook of Reading Research, Vol. V | 2019

Snow, C. E., Lawrence, J. F., & White, C.

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

Reading and Writing | 2018

Lawrence, J. F., Hagen, Å.M., Hwang, J.K., Lin, G., & Lervåg, A

Open

Different Patterns of Reading Growth Trajectories among Adolescent Dual Language Learners and English-Only Students

Second Language Acquisition: Methods, Perspectives and Challenges | 2018

Hwang, J. K., & Lawrence, J.F

Defying expectations: Vocabulary growth trajectories of high performing language minority students

Reading and Writing | 2017

Hwang, J. K., Lawrence, J. F., & Snow, C. E

Open

The potential and challenges of learning words from peers in preschool. A longitudinal study of second language learners in Norway.

| 2014

Rydland, V., Grøver, V., & Lawrence, J. F

Bridging content and literacy knowledge and instruction: A framework for supporting secondary teachers and students.

| 2013

Ippolito, J., & Lawrence, J. F

Research in digital literacy: Tools to support learning across the disciplines.

| 2013

Lawrence, J. F., Warschauer, M., Zheng, B.,& Mullins, D

Research in vocabulary: Word power for content-area learning

In J. Ippolito, J. F. Lawrence, C. Zaller (Eds.), Adolescent Literacy in the Era of the Common Core: From Research into Practice. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press.‍ | 2013

Lawrence, J. F., Maher, B., & Snow, C. E

Technology-enhanced reading environments

In M. Thomas, H. Reinders,& M. Warschauer (Eds.), Contemporary Computer-Assisted Language Learning. New York: Bloomsbury Academic. | 2012

Park, Y., Zheng, B., Lawrence, J. F.,& Warschauer, M

Oral discourse and reading.

| 2010

Lawrence, J. F.,& Snow, C. E