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What educational psychology means to me: The journey of a reading researcher by Williams, Joanna P.

“…This article was adapted from the E. L. Thorndike Address that I delivered at the August, 2019 meeting of the American Psychological Association in Chicago. I…”
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Text structure instruction: the research is moving forward by Williams, Joanna P.

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The fine line of defensive medicine by Williams, Preston L., Williams, Joanna P., Williams, Bryce R.

“…Defensive medicine is a practice that has been utilized by clinicians in efforts of preventing patient dissatisfaction and malpractice claims and may be done…”
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Close Analysis of Texts With Structure (CATS): An Intervention to Teach Reading Comprehension to At-Risk Second Graders by Williams, Joanna P, Kao, Jenny C, Pao, Lisa S, Ordynans, Jill G, Atkins, J. Grant, Cheng, Rong, DeBonis, Daniel

“…We developed and evaluated an intervention that teaches reading comprehension via expository text structure training to second graders in urban public schools…”
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An Intervention to Improve Comprehension of Cause/Effect Through Expository Text Structure Instruction by Williams, Joanna P., Pollini, Simonne, Nubla-Kung, Abigail M., Snyder, Anne E., Garcia, Amaya, Ordynans, Jill G., Atkins, J. Grant

“…This study evaluated the effectiveness of an intervention for second graders at risk for academic failure, which taught reading comprehension embedded in…”
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Embedding Reading Comprehension Training in Content-Area Instruction by Williams, Joanna P, Stafford, K. Brooke, Lauer, Kristen D, Hall, Kendra M, Pollini, Simonne

“…This study evaluated the effectiveness of comprehension training embedded in a program that taught science content to 2nd graders. The program included…”
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Teaching reading comprehension strategies to students with learning disabilities: A review of research by Gersten, Russell, u.a

“…[The authors, first] describe the factors that lead to the comprehension difficulties of [learning disabled] students. Next they describe the procedures used…”
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Instruction in Reading Comprehension for Primary-Grade Students: A Focus on Text Structure by Williams, Joanna P.

“…The studies described here are designed to teach reading comprehension to at-risk students in the second and third grades. The focus is on text structure…”
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Samuel Ball (1933-2009) by Williams, Joanna P, Spearritt, Don

“…This obituary describes the life achievements of educational psychologist Samuel Ball, who lived from 1933 to 2009. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all…”
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Expository Text Comprehension in the Primary Grade Classroom by Williams, Joanna P, Hall, Kendra M, Lauer, Kristen D, Stafford, K. Brooke, DeSisto, Laura A, deCani, John S

“…This study investigates the effectiveness of an instructional program designed to teach 2nd graders how to comprehend compare-contrast expository text. Along…”
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Teaching Cause—Effect Text Structure Through Social Studies Content to At-Risk Second Graders by Williams, Joanna P., Nubla-Kung, Abigail M., Pollini, Simonne, Stafford, K. Brooke, Garcia, Amaya, Snyder, Anne E.

“…This study evaluated the effectiveness of a comprehension program integrated with social studies instruction designed for at-risk second graders. The program…”
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Handbook of Metacognition in Education by Hacker, Douglas J., Ed, Dunlosky, John, Ed, Graesser, Arthur C., Ed

“…Providing comprehensive coverage of the theoretical bases of metacognition and its applications to educational practice, this compendium of focused and…”
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Students With Severe Learning Disabilities Can Learn Higher Order Comprehension Skills by Wilder, Alice A, Williams, Joanna P

“…An instructional program designed to help middle-school students with severe learning disabilities learn about story themes, and focused on enhancing ability…”
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Stories, Studies, and Suggestions About Reading by Williams, Joanna P.

“…This article is based on the presidential address I delivered at the 12th annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, held in June 2005…”
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Teachers College: An Early Focus on Instruction by Williams, Joanna P.

“…What an attractive opportunity that was - to work in a new field that offered both challenging questions for research and a chance to help a group of children…”
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Teaching Elementary School Students to Identify Story Themes by Williams, Joanna P, Lauer, Kristen D, Hall, Kendra M, Lord, Kathleen M, Gugga, S. Sonia, Bak, Sung-Jee, Jacobs, Pamela R, deCani, John S

“…An instructional program focused on story theme was administered to 2nd and 3rd graders (high-, average-, and low-achieving students, including some with…”
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Comprehension of Students With and Without Learning Disabilities: Identification of Narrative Themes and Idiosyncratic Text Representations by Williams, Joanna P

“…In an interview organized around the comprehension of a story adapted from a natural text and the identification of story theme, adolescent students with…”
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Introduction to the Special Issue on Reading by Vaughn, Sharon, Williams, Joanna P.

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Teaching children to identify the main idea of expository texts by Williams, J P

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Improving the Comprehension of Disabled Readers by Williams, Joanna P.

“…Students with learning disabilities (LD) often have difficulty comprehending what they read. Although reading comprehension problems frequently are associated…”
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