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
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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

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

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

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

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