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133
Citations
71803
World Ranking
150
National Ranking
92

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Psychology in United States Leader Award

Overview

Jack M. Fletcher is affiliated with the University of Houston in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Medicine, Psychology, and Neuroscience, with a significant focus on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Statistics and Probability.

The scientist's primary research topics include:

  • Reading and Literacy Development
  • Spinal Dysraphism and Malformations
  • Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus
  • Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders
  • Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
  • Hearing Impairment and Communication
  • Language Development and Disorders

Among the recent publications authored or co-authored by Fletcher are:

  • "The Critical Role of Instructional Response for Identifying Dyslexia and Other Learning Disabilities" (2020), published in Journal of Learning Disabilities
  • "Prenatal Repair of Myelomeningocele and School-age Functional Outcomes" (2020), published in PEDIATRICS
  • "Prenatal Repair and Physical Functioning Among Children With Myelomeningocele" (2021), published in JAMA Pediatrics
  • "Early Detection of Dyslexia Risk: Development of Brief, Teacher-Administered Screens" (2020), published in Learning Disability Quarterly
  • "A Commentary on Bowers (2020) and the Role of Phonics Instruction in Reading" (2020), published in Educational Psychology Review

Frequently publishing venues include:

  • Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
  • Neuropsychology
  • Journal of Learning Disabilities
  • PEDIATRICS
  • JAMA Pediatrics

Fletcher collaborates frequently with several researchers in related fields. Notable co-authors include:

  • Jeremy Miciak
  • Amy J. Houtrow
  • Cora MacPherson
  • Sharon Vaughn
  • Nalin Gupta

Best Publications

  • Specific reading disability (dyslexia): what have we learned in the past four decades?

    Frank R. Vellutino;Jack M. Fletcher;Margaret J. Snowling;Donna M. Scanlon

  • Learning Disabilities : From Identification to Intervention

    Jack M. Fletcher

  • Sex differences in the functional organization of the brain for language

    Bennett A. Shaywitz;Sally E. Shaywltz;Kenneth R. Pugh;Kenneth R. Pugh;R. Todd Constable

  • The Role of Instruction in Learning To Read: Preventing Reading Failure in At-Risk Children.

    Barbara R. Foorman;David J. Francis;Jack M. Fletcher;Christopher Schatschneider

  • Disruption of posterior brain systems for reading in children with developmental dyslexia.

    Bennett A Shaywitz;Sally E Shaywitz;Kenneth R Pugh;Kenneth R Pugh;W.Einar Mencl;W.Einar Mencl

  • Prevalence of reading disability in boys and girls. Results of the Connecticut Longitudinal Study.

    Sally E. Shaywitz;Bennett A. Shaywitz;Jack M. Fletcher;Michael D. Escobar

  • Functional disruption in the organization of the brain for reading in dyslexia

    S E Shaywitz;B A Shaywitz;K R Pugh;R K Fulbright

  • Developmental Lag versus Deficit Models of Reading Disability: A Longitudinal, Individual Growth Curves Analysis.

    David J. Francis;Sally E. Shaywitz;Karla K. Stuebing;Bennett A. Shaywitz

  • Kindergarten Prediction of Reading Skills: A Longitudinal Comparative Analysis

    Christopher Schatschneider;Jack M. Fletcher;David J. Francis;Coleen D. Carlson

  • Cognitive profiles of reading disability: Comparisons of discrepancy and low achievement definitions.

    Jack M. Fletcher;Sally E. Shaywitz;Donald P. Shankweiler;Leonard Katz

  • Evidence That Dyslexia May Represent the Lower Tail of a Normal Distribution of Reading Ability

    Sally E. Shaywitz;Michael D. Escobar;Bennett A. Shaywitz;Jack M. Fletcher

  • Why IQ is not a covariate in cognitive studies of neurodevelopmental disorders.

    Maureen Dennis;David J. Francis;Paul T. Cirino;Russell Schachar

  • Subcortical brain volume differences in participants with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children and adults: a cross-sectional mega-analysis

    Martine Hoogman;Janita Bralten;Derrek P. Hibar;Maarten Mennes

  • Developmental changes in performance on tests of purported frontal lobe functioning

    Harvey S. Levin;Kathleen A. Culhane;Joel Hartmann;Karen Evankovich

  • Development of left occipitotemporal systems for skilled reading in children after a phonologically- based intervention.

    Bennett A Shaywitz;Sally E Shaywitz;Benita A Blachman;Kenneth R Pugh;Kenneth R Pugh

  • Cerebral organization of component processes in reading

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  • The cognitive correlates of third-grade skill in arithmetic, algorithmic computation, and arithmetic word problems

    Lynn S. Fuchs;Douglas Fuchs;Donald L. Compton;Sarah R. Powell

  • Response to Intervention: Preventing and Remediating Academic Difficulties

    Jack M Fletcher;Sharon Vaughn

  • Persistence of dyslexia: the Connecticut Longitudinal Study at adolescence.

    Sally E. Shaywitz;Jack M. Fletcher;John M. Holahan;Abigail E. Shneider

  • A Phase II Study of Moderate Hypothermia in Severe Brain Injury

    Guy L. Clifton;Steven Allen;Patricia Barrodale;Patrick Plenger

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul T. Cirino
Paul T. Cirino University of Houston
David J. Francis
David J. Francis University of Houston
Karla K. Stuebing
Karla K. Stuebing University of Houston
Sharon Vaughn
Sharon Vaughn The University of Texas at Austin
Maureen Dennis
Maureen Dennis University of Toronto
Linda Ewing-Cobbs
Linda Ewing-Cobbs The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Sally E. Shaywitz
Sally E. Shaywitz Yale University
Carolyn A. Denton
Carolyn A. Denton The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Panagiotis G. Simos
Panagiotis G. Simos University of Crete
Lynn S. Fuchs
Lynn S. Fuchs Vanderbilt University

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