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59
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3661
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Overview

Carol McDonald Connor was affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research focused primarily on social sciences and psychology, with significant contributions in developmental and educational psychology as well as education. Their work involved statistical and probability methods, linguistics and language, and applications in computer science.

The main topics covered in their research included reading and literacy development, early childhood education and development, and parental involvement in education. They also addressed innovative teaching and learning methods, cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills, school choice and performance, and multilingual education and policy.

Connor published frequently in several academic venues, with multiple papers appearing in these journals:

  • Early Childhood Research Quarterly
  • Journal of Educational Psychology
  • The Elementary School Journal
  • Educational Research Review
  • Reading Research Quarterly

Among their recent papers are:

  • Writing instruction improves students' writing skills differentially depending on focal instruction and children: A meta-analysis for primary grade students, 2021, Educational Research Review
  • Bringing the Science of Reading to Preservice Elementary Teachers: Tools That Bridge Research and Practice, 2020, Reading Research Quarterly
  • Supporting language and literacy development with intensive small-group interventions: An early childhood efficacy study, 2021, Early Childhood Research Quarterly
  • Using Interactive E-Book User Log Variables to Track Reading Processes and Predict Digital Learning Outcomes, 2020, Assessment for Effective Intervention
  • The Effect of Peer-Assisted Mathematics Learning Opportunities in First Grade Classrooms: What Works for Whom?, 2020, Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness

Their frequent co-authors included:

  • Stephanie Day
  • Jin Kyoung Hwang
  • Elham Zargar
  • Ashley Adams
  • Young-Suk Grace Kim

Best Publications

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

    Megan M. McClelland;Claire E. Cameron;Carol Mc Donald Connor;Carrie L. Farris

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

    Claire E. Cameron Ponitz;Megan M. McClelland;Abigail M. Jewkes;Carol Mc Donald Connor

  • Preschool instruction and children's emergent literacy growth

    Carol Mc Donald Connor;Frederick J. Morrison;Lisa Slominski

  • 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?

    Carol Mc Donald Connor;Holly K. Craig;Stephen W. Raudenbush;Krista Heavner

  • Current state of knowledge: language and literacy of children with hearing impairment

    Mary Pat Moeller;J. Bruce Tomblin;Christine Yoshinaga-Itano;Carol Mc Donald Connor

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

    Carol McDonald Connor;Seung Hee Son;Annemarie H. Hindman;Frederick J. Morrison

  • The effects of teacher qualification, teacher self-efficacy, and classroom practices on fifth graders' literacy outcomes

    Ying Guo;Carol Mc Donald Connor;Yanyun Yang;Alysia D. Roehrig

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

    Carol McDonald Connor;Shayne B. Piasta;Barry J. Fishman;Stephanie Glasney

  • Beyond the reading wars: Exploring the effect of child-instruction interactions on growth in early reading.

    Carol Mc Donald Connor;Frederick J. Morrison;Leslie E. Katch

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

    Shayne B. Piasta;Carol Mc Donald Connor;Barry J. Fishman;Frederick J. Morrison

  • Untangling the Effects of Shared Book Reading: Multiple Factors and Their Associations with Preschool Literacy Outcomes.

    Annemarie H. Hindman;Carol M. Connor;Abigail M. Jewkes;Frederick J. Morrison

  • Speech, vocabulary, and the education of children using cochlear implants: oral or total communication?

    Carol Mc Donald Connor;Sara Hieber;H. Alexander Arts;Teresa A. Zwolan

  • EFFECTIVE READING COMPREHENSION INSTRUCTION: EXAMINING CHILD X INSTRUCTION INTERACTIONS

    Carol Mc Donald Connor;Frederick J. Morrison;Jocelyn N. Petrella

  • Algorithm-Guided Individualized Reading Instruction

    Carol Mc Donald Connor;Frederick J. Morrison;Barry J. Fishman;Christopher Schatschneider

  • Differentiated Instruction: Making Informed Teacher Decisions.

    Susan Watts-Taffe;B.P. Barbara Laster;Laura Broach;Barbara Marinak

  • Depressive Symptoms in Third‐Grade Teachers: Relations to Classroom Quality and Student Achievement

    Leigh McLean;Carol McDonald Connor

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

    Carol Mc Donald Connor;Teresa A. Zwolan

  • Effects of variation in teacher organization on classroom functioning

    Claire E. Cameron;Carol Mc Donald Connor;Frederick J. Morrison

  • Schooling effects on preschoolers' self-regulation, early literacy, and language growth.

    Lori E. Skibbe;Carol Mc Donald Connor;Frederick J. Morrison;Abigail M. Jewkes

  • Teacher quality moderates the genetic effects on early reading.

    J. Taylor;A. D. Roehrig;B. Soden Hensler;C. M. Connor

Frequent Co-Authors

Frederick J. Morrison
Frederick J. Morrison University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Stephanie Al Otaiba
Stephanie Al Otaiba Southern Methodist University
Christopher Schatschneider
Christopher Schatschneider Florida State University
Beth M. Phillips
Beth M. Phillips Florida State University
Michael P. Kaschak
Michael P. Kaschak Florida State University
Yaacov Petscher
Yaacov Petscher Florida State University
Christopher J. Lonigan
Christopher J. Lonigan Florida State University
Jeanne Wanzek
Jeanne Wanzek Vanderbilt University
Megan M. McClelland
Megan M. McClelland Oregon State University
Michèle M.M. Mazzocco
Michèle M.M. Mazzocco University of Minnesota

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