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Professor Kate Cain

Professor, Research Group Lead: Language and Literacy

  1. Journal article
  2. 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

  3. Published

    Reading comprehension and vocabulary: is vocabulary more important for some aspects of comprehension?

    Cain, K. & Oakhill, J., 12/2014, In: L'année Psychologique. 114, 4, p. 647-662 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  4. 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

  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

    Reading and listening comprehension and their relation to inattention and hyperactivity

    Cain, K. & Bignell, S., 2014, In: British Journal of Educational Psychology. 84, 1, p. 108-124 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Morphological and syntactic awareness in poor comprehenders: another piece of the puzzle

    Tong, X., Deacon, H. & Cain, K., 2014, In: Journal of Learning Disabilities. 47, 1, p. 22-33 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. 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

  9. Published

    The precursors of reading ability in young readers: evidence from a four-year longitudinal study.

    Oakhill, J. & Cain, K., 03/2012, In: Scientific Studies of Reading. 16, 2, p. 91-121 31 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. 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

  11. Published

    Matthew effects in young readers: reading comprehension and reading experience aid vocabulary development

    Cain, K. & Oakhill, J., 09/2011, In: Journal of Learning Disabilities. 44, 5, p. 431-443 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. Published

    Morphological awareness: a key to understanding poor reading comprehension in English.

    Tong, X., Deacon, S. H., Kirby, J. R., Cain, K. & Parrila, R., 08/2011, In: Journal of Educational Psychology. 103, 3, p. 523-534 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  13. Published

    The influence of connectives on young readers' processing and comprehension of text.

    Cain, K. & Nash, H. M., 05/2011, In: Journal of Educational Psychology. 103, 2, p. 429-441 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. Published

    The development of idiom comprehension: an investigation of semantic and contextual processing skills.

    Cain, K., Towse, A. S. & Knight, R. S., 03/2009, In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 102, 3, p. 280-298 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Making sense of text : skills that support text comprehension and its development.

    Cain, K., 2009, In: Perspectives on Language and Literacy. 35, 2, p. 11-14 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal article

  16. Published

    To get hold of the wrong end of the stick: reasons for poor idiom understanding in children with reading comprehension difficulties.

    Cain, K. & Towse, A. S., 12/2008, In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 51, 6, p. 1538-1549 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. 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

  18. Published

    Pragmatic aspects of communication and language comprehension in groups of children differentiated by teacher ratings of inattention and hyperactivity.

    Bignell, S. & Cain, K., 11/2007, In: British Journal of Developmental Psychology. 25, 4, p. 499-512 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published

    Syntactic awareness and reading ability: is there any evidence for a special relationship?

    Cain, K., 28/09/2007, In: Applied Psycholinguistics. 28, 4, p. 679-694 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  20. 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

  21. Published

    Assessment matters: issues in the measurement of reading comprehension.

    Cain, K. & Oakhill, J., 12/2006, In: British Journal of Educational Psychology. 76, 4, p. 697-708 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  22. Published

    Profiles of children with specific reading comprehension difficulties.

    Cain, K. & Oakhill, J., 12/2006, In: British Journal of Educational Psychology. 76, 4, p. 683-696 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. 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

  24. Published

    Age- and ability-related differences in young readers’ use of conjunctions.

    Cain, K., Patson, N. & Andrews, L., 11/2005, In: Journal of Child Language. 32, 4, p. 877-892 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  25. Published

    The relation between children's reading comprehension level and their comprehension of idioms.

    Cain, K. E., Lemmon, K. & Oakhill, J., 1/01/2005, In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 90, p. 65-87 23 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  26. 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

  27. Published

    Children's reading comprehension ability: Concurrent prediction by working memory, verbal ability, and component skills.

    Cain, K. E., Bryant, P. E. & Oakhill, J., 03/2004, In: Journal of Educational Psychology. 96, 1, p. 31-42 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  28. Published

    Text comprehension and its relation to coherence and cohesion in children’s fictional narratives.

    Cain, K., 09/2003, In: British Journal of Developmental Psychology. 21, 3, p. 335-351 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  29. Published

    The ability to learn new word meanings from context by school-age children with and without language comprehension difficulties

    Cain, K., Oakhill, J. V. & Elbro, C., 08/2003, In: Journal of Child Language. 30, 3, p. 681-694 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  30. Published

    The dissociation of word reading and text comprehension: Evidence from component skills.

    Oakhill, J. V., Cain, K. & Bryant, P. E., 2003, In: Language and Cognitive Processes. 18, 4, p. 443-468 26 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  31. 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

  32. Published

    Phonological skills and comprehension failure: a test of the phonological processing deficit hypothesis

    Cain, K., Oakhill, J. & Bryant, P. E., 09/2000, In: Reading and Writing. 13, 1-2, p. 31-56 26 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  33. Published

    Investigating the causes of reading comprehension failure: the comprehension-age match design.

    Cain, K., Oakhill, J. V. & Bryant, P. E., 03/2000, In: Reading and Writing. 12, 1-2, p. 31-40 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  34. Published

    Children’s difficulties in text comprehension: assessing causal issues

    Oakhill, J. & Cain, K., 2000, In: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. 5, 1, p. 51-59 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  35. Published

    Inference making ability and its relation to comprehension failure

    Cain, K. & Oakhill, J., 12/1999, In: Reading and Writing. 11, 5-6, p. 489-503 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  36. Published

    Ways of reading: how knowledge and use of strategies are related to reading comprehension

    Cain, K., 06/1999, In: British Journal of Developmental Psychology. 17, 2, p. 293-309 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  37. Published

    Selective retention of information about the superficial form of text: ellipses with antecedents in main and subordinate clause

    Garnham, A., Oakhill, J. & Cain, K., 1998, In: Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Series a Human Experimental Psychology. 51, 1, p. 19-39 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  38. Published

    The interpretation of anaphoric noun phrases: time course, and effects of overspecificity

    Garnham, A., Oakhill, J. & Cain, K., 1997, In: Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Series a Human Experimental Psychology. 50, 1, p. 149-162 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  39. Published

    The nature of the relationship between comprehension skill and the ability to tell a story

    Cain, K. & Oakhill, J., 06/1996, In: British Journal of Developmental Psychology. 14, 2, p. 187-201 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  40. Published

    The use of stereotypical gender information in constructing a mental model: evidence from English and Spanish

    Carreiras, M., Garnham, A., Oakhill, J. & Cain, K., 1996, In: Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Series a Human Experimental Psychology. 49, 3, p. 639-663 25 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  41. 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

  42. Literature review
  43. Published

    The simple view of reading: is it valid for different types of alphabetic orthographies?

    Florit, E. & Cain, K., 12/2011, In: Educational Psychology Review. 23, 4, p. 553-576 24 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineLiterature reviewpeer-review

  44. Editorial
  45. Published

    Introduction to the Special Issue: Integration: The Keystone of Comprehension

    Cain, K. & Oakhill, J., 3/02/2021, In: Discourse Processes. 58, 1

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineEditorial

  46. Published

    2018 Society for Text and Discourse Annual Meeting: Introduction to the Special Issue

    Oakhill, J. & Cain, K., 4/07/2019, In: Discourse Processes. 56, 5-6, p. 385-385 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineEditorialpeer-review

  47. Published

    What we have learned from 'learning to read in more than one language'.

    Deacon, H. & Cain, K., 02/2011, In: Journal of Research in Reading. 34, 1, p. 1-5 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineEditorialpeer-review

  48. Book
  49. Published

    Theories of reading development

    Cain, K. (ed.), Compton, D. L. (ed.) & Parrila, R. K. (ed.), 2017, John Benjamins Publishers. 534 p. (Studies in Written Language and Literacy; vol. 15)

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  50. Published

    Understanding and teaching reading comprehension: a handbook

    Oakhill, J., Cain, K. & Elbro, C., 25/08/2014, London: Routledge. 144 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  51. Published

    Reading development and difficulties: an introduction.

    Cain, K., 2010, Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. 260 p. (BPS Textbooks in Psychology)

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  52. Published

    Children's Comprehension Problems in Oral and Written Language: A Cognitive Perspective.

    Cain, K. & Oakhill, J., 2007, New York: Guilford Press. 302 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

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