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Deborah C. Simmons

Deborah C. Simmons

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Psychology

D-Index
38
Citations
9783
World Ranking
8731
National Ranking
4645

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1998 - Palmer O. Johnson Memorial Award, American Educational Research Association

Overview

Deborah C. Simmons is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within psychology, with a focus on developmental and educational psychology. Simmons has contributed to studies in artificial intelligence, general health professions, nutrition and dietetics, and physiology.

Their main topics of research include reading and literacy development, Indigenous studies and ecology, child nutrition and water access, asthma and respiratory diseases, respiratory and cough-related research, school health and nursing education, and second language acquisition and learning.

Simmons has authored or coauthored several recent papers, including:

  • Development of the Asthma Impairment and Risk Questionnaire (AIRQ): A Composite Control Measure, 2020, published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice
  • Effects of Technology-Mediated Vocabulary Intervention for Third-Grade Students with Reading Difficulties, 2020, published in Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness
  • Drinking water perception and consumption in Canadian subarctic Indigenous communities and the importance for public health, 2022, published in FACETS
  • A Randomized Controlled Trial of Tutor- and Computer-Delivered Inferential Comprehension Interventions for Middle School Students with Reading Difficulties, 2024, published in Scientific Studies of Reading
  • Contents, 2022, published in McGill-Queen's University Press eBooks

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Leon Andrew
  • Melissa Fogarty
  • Leslie E. Simmons
  • Mylène Ratelle
  • Brian Laird

The primary publication venues where Simmons's work appears are:

  • The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice
  • Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness
  • FACETS
  • Scientific Studies of Reading
  • McGill-Queen's University Press eBooks

In recognition of their research contributions, Simmons received the Palmer O. Johnson Memorial Award from the American Educational Research Association in 1998.

Best Publications

  • Direct instruction reading

    Edward j. Kameenui;Deborah C. Simmons;David Chard;Shirley Dickson

  • Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies: Making Classrooms More Responsive to Diversity:

    Douglas Fuchs;Lynn S. Fuchs;Patricia G. Mathes;Deborah C. Simmons

  • The importance and decision-making utility of a continuum of fluency-based indicators of foundational reading skills for third-grade high-stakes outcomes.

    Roland H. Good;Deborah C. Simmons;Edward J. Kame'enui

  • Teaching Vocabulary During Shared Storybook Readings: An Examination of Differential Effects

    Michael D. Coyne;Deborah C. Simmons;Edward J. Kame'enui;Michael Stoolmiller

  • Effective Academic Interventions in the United States: Evaluating and Enhancing the Acquisition of Early Reading Skills

    Roland H. Good;Deborah C. Simmons;Sylvia B. Smith

  • Indexing Response to Intervention A Longitudinal Study of Reading Risk From Kindergarten Through Third Grade

    Deborah C. Simmons;Michael D. Coyne;Oi-man Kwok;Sarah McDonagh

  • Improving reading comprehension and social studies knowledge in middle school

    Sharon Vaughn;Elizabeth Swanson;Gregory J Roberts;Jeanne Wanzek

  • Effects of Explicit Teaching and Peer Tutoring on the Reading Achievement of Learning-Disabled and Low-Performing Students in Regular Classrooms

    Deborah C. Simmons;Lynn S. Fuchs;Douglas Fuchs;Patricia Mathes

  • What Reading Research Tells Us About Children With Diverse Learning Needs : Bases and Basics

    Deborah C. Simmons;Edward J. Kameenui

  • Beginning Reading Intervention as Inoculation or Insulin First-Grade Reading Performance of Strong Responders to Kindergarten Intervention

    Michael D. Coyne;Edward J. Kame'enui;Deborah C. Simmons;Beth A. Harn

  • Prevention and Intervention in Beginning Reading: Two Complex Systems

    Michael D. Coyne;Edward J. Kame'enui;Deborah C. Simmons

  • The Effects of an Intensive Shared Book-Reading Intervention for Preschool Children at Risk for Vocabulary Delay

    Sharolyn D. Pollard-Durodola;Jorge E. Gonzalez;Deborah C. Simmons;Oiman Kwok

  • Literacy and Text Reading in Middle and High School Social Studies and English Language Arts Classrooms

    Elizabeth Swanson;Jeanne Wanzek;Lisa McCulley;Stephanie Stillman-Spisak

  • Enhancing preschool children's vocabulary: Effects of teacher talk before, during and after shared reading

    Jorge E. Gonzalez;Sharolyn Pollard-Durodola;Deborah C. Simmons;Aaron B. Taylor

  • Introduction to This Special Issue: The DNA of Reading Fluency

    Edward J. Kame'enui;Deborah C. Simmons

  • Developing Low-Income Preschoolers’ Social Studies and Science Vocabulary Knowledge Through Content-Focused Shared Book Reading

    Jorge E. Gonzalez;Sharolyn Pollard-Durodola;Deborah C. Simmons;Aaron B. Taylor

  • Attributes of Effective and Efficient Kindergarten Reading Intervention An Examination of Instructional Time and Design Specificity

    Deborah C. Simmons;Edward J. Kame'enui;Beth Harn;Michael D. Coyne

  • Using Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) in an Outcomes-Driven Model: Steps to Reading Outcomes.

    Roland H. Good;Ruth A. Kaminski;Deborah Simmons;Edward J. Kame'enui

  • The Adequacy of Tools for Assessing Reading Competence: A Framework and Review:

    Edward J. Kame’enui;Lynn Fuchs;David J. Francis;Roland Good

  • Improving Beginning Reading Instruction and Intervention for Students with LD Reconciling “All” with “Each”

    Michael D. Coyne;Edward J. Kame'enui;Deborah C. Simmons

  • What Reading Research Tells Us about Children with Diverse Learning Needs: Bases and Basics. The LEA Series on Special Education and Disability.

    Deborah C. Simmons;Edward J. Kameenui

Frequent Co-Authors

Oi-Man Kwok
Oi-Man Kwok Texas A&M University
Sharon Vaughn
Sharon Vaughn The University of Texas at Austin
Lynn S. Fuchs
Lynn S. Fuchs Vanderbilt University
Jeanne Wanzek
Jeanne Wanzek Vanderbilt University
Douglas Fuchs
Douglas Fuchs Vanderbilt University
Scott K. Baker
Scott K. Baker Southern Methodist University
Steve Graham
Steve Graham Arizona State University
Mike Stoolmiller
Mike Stoolmiller University of Oregon
H. Lee Swanson
H. Lee Swanson University of New Mexico
David J. Francis
David J. Francis University of Houston

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