Publications

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

Featured Work
Featured

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

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

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

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

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

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

Oral discourse and reading.

| 2010

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