Explaining achievement gaps in kindergarten and third grade: The role of self-regulation and executive function skills

JK Finders, MM McClelland, GJ Geldhof… - Early Childhood …, 2021 - Elsevier
The present study examines whether teacher-rated self-regulation skills exhibited within the
classroom context and directly assessed individual executive function abilities at …

The effects of a science and social studies content rich shared reading intervention on the vocabulary learning of preschool dual language learners

JE Gonzalez, H Kim, J Anderson… - Early Childhood …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study examined the effects of a content-based shared book reading (SBR) intervention
on receptive and expressive vocabulary outcomes of dual language learner (DLL) preschool …

Direct and indirect effects of executive functions, reading engagement, and higher order strategic processes in the reading comprehension of dual language learners …

AT Barber, KB Cartwright, LM Stapleton… - Contemporary …, 2020 - Elsevier
Given concerns about the reading achievement of Dual Language Learners (DLLs) in
comparison to English Monolinguals (EMs), this study examined individual difference …

Executive functions and English reading comprehension growth in Spanish-English bilingual adolescents

MJ Kieffer, J Mancilla-Martinez, JK Logan - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - Elsevier
This longitudinal study investigated whether and, if so, how executive functions predict
English reading comprehension development among Spanish-English bilingual …

Contributions of oral narrative skills to English reading in Spanish–English Latino/a dual language learners

BH Huang, LM Bedore, R Ramírez, N Wicha - Journal of Speech, Language …, 2022 - ASHA
Purpose: The study examined the contributions of Spanish and English oral narrative skills
to English reading among 95 early elementary dual language learners (DLLs) from Spanish …

Elementary schoolteachers' bilingual development beliefs and English learners' English reading comprehension achievement

MH Oh, J Mancilla-Martinez - The Elementary School …, 2021 - journals.uchicago.edu
Research on elementary schoolteachers' beliefs about dual language development and its
relation to English learners'(ELs) achievement is scant, despite the increasing …

How vocabulary breadth and depth influence bilingual reading comprehension: Direct and indirect pathways

X Tong, SX Tong - Learning and Individual Differences, 2022 - Elsevier
This study examined the links between two aspects of vocabulary knowledge (ie, breadth
and depth) and reading comprehension, and the mediating impact of word reading on these …

Understanding and supporting literacy development among English learners: A deep dive into the role of language comprehension

J Mancilla-Martinez - AERA Open, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
A distinguishing feature of English learners (ELs) centers on coming from homes in which a
language other than or in addition to English is used, but bilingualism itself is not a risk factor …

Revisiting the traditional conceptualizations of vocabulary knowledge as predictors of dual language learners' English reading achievement in a new destination state

MH Oh, J Mancilla-Martinez, JK Hwang - Applied psycholinguistics, 2023 - cambridge.org
The unprecedented growth of Spanish-English dual language learners (DLLs) in new
destination states (eg, Georgia, Indiana, South Carolina, Tennessee) calls for better …

Patterns of development in Spanish–English conceptually scored vocabulary among elementary-age dual language learners

J Mancilla-Martinez, JK Hwang, MH Oh… - Journal of Speech …, 2020 - ASHA
Purpose Elementary-age dual language learners (DLLs) from Spanish-speaking homes in
the United States are often characterized as at risk for low vocabulary in both Spanish and …