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  1. Behavioral engagement and reading achievement in elementary-school-age children: A longitudinal cross-lagged analysis.

    Article • Journal of Educational Psychology, May 2015, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  2. Individual Differences in Fifth Graders’ Literacy and Academic Language Predict Comprehension Monitoring Development: An Eye-Movement Study

    Article • Scientific Studies of Reading, August 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  3. Comprehension Tools for Teachers: Reading for Understanding from Prekindergarten Through Fourth Grade

    Article • Educational Psychology Review, May 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  4. Capturing the complexity: Content, type, and amount of instruction and quality of the classroom learning environment synergistically predict third graders’ vocabulary and reading comprehension outcomes.

    Article • Journal of Educational Psychology, January 2014, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  5. Commentary on two classroom observation systems: Moving toward a shared understanding of effective teaching.

    Article • School Psychology Quarterly, December 2013, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  6. Relative Contributions of Prekindergarten and Kindergarten to Children's Literacy and Mathematics Skills

    Article • Early Education and Development, July 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  7. Technologies That Support Students’ Literacy Development

    Article • May 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  8. Differentiated Instruction: Making Informed Teacher Decisions

    Article • The Reading Teacher, November 2012, Wiley

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  9. Child Characteristics by Science Instruction Interactions in Second and Third Grade and Their Relation to Students' Content-Area Knowledge, Vocabulary, and Reading Skill Gains

    Article • The Elementary School Journal, September 2012, University of Chicago Press

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  10. The Effects of Teacher Qualification, Teacher Self-Efficacy, and Classroom Practices on Fifth Graders' Literacy Outcomes

    Article • The Elementary School Journal, September 2012, University of Chicago Press

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  11. Preventing retention: First grade classroom instruction and student characteristics

    Article • Psychology in the Schools, May 2012, Wiley

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  12. Changing Nonmainstream American English Use and Early Reading Achievement From Kindergarten to First Grade

    Article • American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, February 2012, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  13. Dialect Variation and Reading: Is Change in Nonmainstream American English Use Related to Reading Achievement in First and Second Grades?

    Article • Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, February 2012, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor, Dr. Catherine R Conlin

  14. Teachers’ Use of Assessment to Instruction (A2i) Software and Third Graders’ Reading Comprehension Gains

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  15. Children's early literacy growth in relation to classmates' self-regulation.

    Article • Journal of Educational Psychology, January 2012, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  16. Effective Classroom Instruction: Implications of Child Characteristics by Reading Instruction Interactions on First Graders’ Word Reading Achievement

    Article • Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, July 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  17. Assessment Data–Informed Guidance to Individualize Kindergarten Reading Instruction: Findings from a Cluster-Randomized Control Field Trial

    Article • The Elementary School Journal, June 2011, University of Chicago Press

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor, Dr Jessica Sidler Folsom

  18. Classroom Quality and Student Engagement: Contributions to Third-Grade Reading Skills

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, January 2011, Frontiers

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  19. Schooling effects on preschoolers’ self-regulation, early literacy, and language growth

    Article • Early Childhood Research Quarterly, January 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  20. First graders' literacy and self-regulation gains: The effect of individualizing student instruction

    Article • Journal of School Psychology, October 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  21. Content Area Literacy: Individualizing Student Instruction in Second-Grade Science

    Article • The Reading Teacher, March 2010, Wiley

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  22. Examining Relationships Among Dialect Variation, Literacy Skills, and School Context in First Grade

    Article • Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, February 2010, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  23. Master lecture: Effective instruction: It depends on children's language and literacy skills

    Article • January 2010, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  24. Early Schooling and Growth of Literacy in the Transition to School

    Article • October 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  25. Examining the core: Relations among reading curricula, poverty, and first through third grade reading achievement

    Article • Journal of School Psychology, June 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  26. Teachers' Knowledge of Literacy Concepts, Classroom Practices, and Student Reading Growth

    Article • Scientific Studies of Reading, May 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  27. Schooling and growth of literacy skills: The causal contribution of instruction

    Article • January 2009, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  28. The transition to school: Child-instruction transactions in learning to read.

    Article • January 2009, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  29. Implementing response to intervention: The synergy of beginning reading instruction and early intervening services

    Article • Advances in Learning and Behavioral Disabilities, January 2009, Emerald

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor, Dr Jessica Sidler Folsom

  30. Instruction, Student Engagement, and Reading Skill Growth in Reading First Classrooms

    Article • The Elementary School Journal, January 2009, University of Chicago Press

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  31. Individualizing Student Instruction Precisely: Effects of Child × Instruction Interactions on First Graders’ Literacy Development

    Article • Child Development, January 2009, Wiley

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  32. Modeling oral reading fluency development in Latino students: A longitudinal study across second and third grade.

    Article • Journal of Educational Psychology, January 2009, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  33. Language and Literacy Connections for Children Who are African American

    Article • Perspectives on Communication Disorders and Sciences in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations, July 2008, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  34. Untangling the effects of shared book reading: Multiple factors and their associations with preschool literacy outcomes

    Article • Early Childhood Research Quarterly, July 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  35. Reading First kindergarten classroom instruction and students' growth in phonological awareness and letter naming–decoding fluency

    Article • Journal of School Psychology, June 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  36. Effects of classroom organization on letter–word reading in first grade

    Article • Journal of School Psychology, April 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  37. Touch your toes! Developing a direct measure of behavioral regulation in early childhood

    Article • Early Childhood Research Quarterly, April 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  38. Current State of Knowledge: Language and Literacy of Children with Hearing Impairment

    Article • Ear & Hearing, December 2007, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  39. A Second Chance in Second Grade: The Independent and Cumulative Impact of First- and Second-Grade Reading Instruction and Students' Letter-Word Reading Skill Growth

    Article • Scientific Studies of Reading, June 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  40. Links between behavioral regulation and preschoolers' literacy, vocabulary, and math skills.

    Article • Developmental Psychology, January 2007, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  41. The Age at Which Young Deaf Children Receive Cochlear Implants and Their Vocabulary and Speech-Production Growth: Is There an Added Value for Early Implantation?

    Article • Ear & Hearing, December 2006, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  42. African American Preschoolers' Language, Emergent Literacy Skills, and Use of African American English: A Complex Relation

    Article • Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, August 2006, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  43. Preschool instruction and children's emergent literacy growth.

    Article • Journal of Educational Psychology, January 2006, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  44. Teacher qualifications, classroom practices, family characteristics, and preschool experience: Complex effects on first graders' vocabulary and early reading outcomes

    Article • Journal of School Psychology, October 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  45. Improving Literacy in America

    Article • May 2005, Yale University Press

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  46. Effects of variation in teacher organization on classroom functioning

    Article • Journal of School Psychology, January 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  47. Beyond the Reading Wars: Exploring the Effect of Child-Instruction Interactions on Growth in Early Reading

    Article • Scientific Studies of Reading, October 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  48. Examining Multiple Sources of Influence on the Reading Comprehension Skills of Children Who Use Cochlear Implants

    Article • Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, June 2004, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  49. Effective Reading Comprehension Instruction: Examining Child x Instruction Interactions.

    Article • Journal of Educational Psychology, January 2004, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  50. Early Positive Predictors of Later Reading Comprehension for African American Students

    Article • Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools, January 2003, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  51. Understanding Schooling Effects on Early Literacy: A Working Research Strategy

    Article • Journal of School Psychology, November 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor

  52. Speech, Vocabulary, and the Education of Children Using Cochlear Implants

    Article • Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, October 2000, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

    Dr Carol McDonald Connor