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Professor Kate Cain

Professor, Research Group Lead: Language and Literacy

  1. Published

    Comprehension problems in children with specific language impairment: does mental imagery training help?

    Joffe, V., Cain, K. & Maric, N., 11/04/2007, In: International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders. 42, 6, p. 648-664 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  2. Published

    Comprehension skill and inference making ability: issues of causality

    Cain, K. & Oakhill, J., 1998, Reading and spelling: development and disorders. Hulme, C. & Joshi, R. M. (eds.). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, p. 329-342 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  3. Published

    Comprehension skill, inference making ability and their relation to knowledge.

    Cain, K., Barnes, M. A., Bryant, P. E. & Oakhill, J. V., 1/09/2001, In: Memory and Cognition. 29, 6, p. 850-859 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  4. Published

    Cross-sectional Study of the Contribution of Rhetorical Competence to Children’s Expository Text Comprehension between Third- and Sixth-Grade

    Garcia, J. R., Sanchez, E., Cain, K. & Montoya, J. M., 1/04/2019, In: Learning and Individual Differences. 71, p. 31-42 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  5. Published

    Decoding and reading comprehension: a meta-analysis to identify which reader and assessment characteristics influence the strength of the relationship in English

    Garcia, J. R. & Cain, K., 03/2014, In: Review of Educational Research. 84, 1, p. 74-111 38 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Deeper learning in reading comprehension

    Kirby, J. R., Cain, K. & White, B., 2012, Enhancing the quality of learning: dispositions, instruction, and learning processes . Kirby, J. R. & Lawson, M. J. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 315-338 24 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  7. Published

    Deriving word meanings from context: does explanation facilitate contextual analysis?

    Cain, K., 11/2007, In: Journal of Research in Reading. 30, 4, p. 347-359 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Development of comprehension monitoring in beginner readers

    Language and Reading Research Consortium & Yeomans-Maldonado, G., 11/2017, In: Reading and Writing. 30, 9, p. 2039-2067 29 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Developmental differences in children’s generation of knowledge-based inferences

    Currie, N. & Cain, K., 30/09/2023, In: Discourse Processes. 60, 6, p. 440-456 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Differential contributions of home literacy, vocabulary and grammar on narrative production and comprehension

    Silva, M. & Cain, K., 1/06/2024, In: European Journal of Psychology of Education. 39, p. 1229–1259

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Discourse Rules: The Effects of Clause Order Principles on the Reading Process

    Scholman, M., Blything, L., Cain, K., Hoek, J. & Evers-Vermeul, J., 30/11/2022, In: Language, Cognition and Neuroscience. 37, 10, p. 1277-1291 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. Published

    Do iPads promote symbolic understanding and word learning in children with autism?

    Allen, M., Hartley, C. & Cain, K., 12/02/2015, In: Frontiers in Educational Psychology. 6, 9 p., 138.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  13. Published

    Early narrative skills in Chilean preschool: questions scaffold the production of coherent narratives

    Silva, M., Strasser, K. & Cain, K., 2014, In: Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 29, 2, p. 205-213 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Effect of imagery training on children's comprehension of pronouns

    Francey, G. & Cain, K., 2/01/2015, In: The Journal of Educational Research. 108, 1, p. 1-9 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. Published

    English and Spanish predictors of grade 3 reading comprehension in bilingual children

    Language and Reading Research Consortium (LARRC), Mesa, C. & Yeomans-Maldonado, G., 17/03/2021, In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 64, 3, p. 889-908 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    From words to text: Inference making mediates the role of vocabulary in children's reading comprehension

    Daugaard, H., Cain, K. & Elbro, C., 10/2017, In: Reading and Writing. 30, 8, p. 1773-1788 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. Published

    Going beyond children’s single-text comprehension: The role of fundamental and higher–level skills in 4th graders’ multiple-document comprehension

    Florit, E., Cain, K. & Mason, L., 9/05/2019, In: British Journal of Educational Psychology. 90, 2, p. 449-472 24 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  18. Published

    How natural are conceptual anaphors?

    Oakhill, J., Garnham, A., Gernsbacher, M. A. & Cain, K., 1992, In: Language and Cognitive Processes. 7, 3-4, p. 257–280 24 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published

    Impacts of the Let’s Know! Curriculum on the Language and Comprehension-Related Skills of Prekindergarten and Kindergarten Children

    Language and Reading Research Consortium, Lo, M-T. & Xu, M., 31/08/2022, In: Journal of Educational Psychology. 114, 6, p. 1205–1224 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  20. Published

    Improving language-focused comprehension instruction in primary-grade classrooms: impacts of the Let’s Know! experimental curriculum

    Language and Reading Research Consortium, Pratt, A. & Logan, J., 09/2014, In: Educational Psychology Review. 26, 3, p. 357-377 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  21. Published

    Improving reading comprehension in the primary grades: Mediated effects of a language-focused classroom intervention

    Language and Reading Research Consortium, Jiang, H. & Logan, J., 15/08/2019, In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 62, 8, p. 2812-2828 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  22. Published

    Improving the language skills of Pre-Kindergarten students: Preliminary impacts of the Let’s Know! experimental curriculum.

    Language and Reading Research Consortium (LARRC), Johanson, M. & Arthur, A., 06/2016, In: Child and Youth Care Forum. 45, 3, p. 367–392 26 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. Published

    Increasing higher level language skills to improve reading comprehension.

    Hogan, T. P., Bridges, M. S., Justice, L. M. & Cain, K., 11/2011, In: Focus on Exceptional Children. 44, 3, p. 1-19 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  24. Published

    Individual differences in children's memory and reading comprehension : an investigation of semantic and inhibitory deficits.

    Cain, K., 07/2006, In: Memory. 14, 5, p. 553 -569

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  25. Published

    Individual differences in the inference of word meanings from context: the influence of reading comprehension, vocabulary knowledge, and memory capacity.

    Cain, K., Lemmon, K. & Oakhill, J., 12/2004, In: Journal of Educational Psychology. 96, 4, p. 671-681 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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