Home > Research > Researchers > Professor Kate Cain > Publications

Professor Kate Cain

Professor, Research Group Lead: Language and Literacy

  1. 2017
  2. 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

  3. Published

    Oral language and listening comprehension: same or different constructs?

    Language and Reading Research Consortium, 1/05/2017, In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 60, 5, p. 1273-1284 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  4. Published

    Pressure points in reading comprehension: a quantile multiple regression analysis

    Language and Reading Research Consortium, 05/2017, In: Journal of Educational Psychology. 109, 4, p. 451-464 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  5. Published

    Understanding the semantic functions of but in middle childhood: the role of text- and sentence-level comprehension abilities

    Florit, E., Cain, K. & Levorato, M. C., 1/04/2017, In: First Language. 37, 2, p. 109-129 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Assessing school-aged children’s inference making: the effect of test story format in listening comprehension

    Freed, J. & Cain, K. E., 01/2017, In: International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders. 52, 1, p. 95-105 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. 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

  8. 2016
  9. Published

    Investigating profiles of lexical quality in preschool and their contribution to first grade reading

    Murphy, K., Language and Reading Research Consortium (LARRC) & Farquharson, K., 11/2016, In: Reading and Writing. 29, 9, p. 1745-1770 26 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Children's processing and comprehension of complex sentences containing temporal connectives: the influence of memory on the time course of accurate responses

    Blything, L. P. & Cain, K. E., 1/10/2016, In: Developmental Psychology. 52, 10, p. 1517-1529 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Predicting second grade listening comprehension using prekindergarten measures

    Alonzo, C., Yeomans-Maldonado, G., Murphy, KI., Bevens, B. & Language and Reading Research Consortium, 1/10/2016, In: Topics in Language Disorders. 36, 4, p. 312-333 22 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. Published

    A multi-site review of policies affecting opportunities for children with developmental disabilities to become bilingual

    Pesco, D., MacLeod, A. A. A. N., Kay-Raining Bird, E., Cleave, P., Trudeau, N., de Valenzuela, J. S., Cain, K., Marinova-Todd, S. H., Colozzo, P., Stahl, H., Segers, E. & Verhoeven, L., 1/09/2016, In: Journal of Communication Disorders. 63, p. 15-31 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  13. Published

    Access to opportunities for bilingualism for individuals with developmental disabilities: key informant interviews

    Scherba de Valenzuela, J., Kay-Raining Bird, E., Parkington, K., Mirenda, P., Cain, K., MacLeod, A. & Segers, E., 1/09/2016, In: Journal of Communication Disorders. 63, p. 32-46 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Professional practices and opinions about services available to bilingual children with developmental disabilities: an international study

    Marinova-Todd, S. H., Colozzo, P., Mirenda, P., Stahl, H., Kay-Raining Bird, E., Parkington, K., Cain, K. E., Scherba de Valenzuela, J., Segers, E., MacLeod, A. A. N. & Genesee, F., 1/09/2016, In: Journal of Communication Disorders. 63, p. 47-62 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. Published

    iPads and the use of “Apps” by children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: do they promote learning?

    Allen, M. L., Hartley, C. K. & Cain, K. E., 30/08/2016, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 7, 7 p., 1305.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    Lexical prosody beyond first-language boundary: Chinese lexical tone sensitivity predicts English reading comprehension

    Choi, W., Tong, X. & Cain, K. E., 08/2016, In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 148, p. 70-86 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. 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

  18. Published

    Ten steps to conducting a large, multi-site, longitudinal investigation of language and reading in young children

    Language and Reading Research Consortium, Farquharson, K. & Murphy, K. A., 30/03/2016, In: Frontiers in Developmental Psychology. 7, p. 1-16 16 p., 419.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published

    Understanding of idiomatic expressions in context in skilled and less-skilled comprehenders: online processing and interpretation

    Oakhill, J., Cain, K. & Nesi, B., 03/2016, In: Scientific Studies of Reading. 20, 2, p. 124-139 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  20. Published

    Use of the curriculum research framework (CRF) for developing a reading-comprehension curricular supplement for the primary grades

    Language and Reading Research Consortium, 03/2016, In: Elementary School Journal. 116, 3, p. 459-486 28 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  21. Published

    A pilot study of the impact of double-dose robust vocabulary instruction on children’s vocabulary growth

    Language and Reading Research Consortium, Arthur, A. & Davis, D., 2016, In: Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness. 9, 2, p. 173-200 28 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  22. 2015
  23. Published

    Inferential revision in narrative texts: an ERP study

    Perez, A., Cain, K., Castellanos, M. & Bajo, T., 11/2015, In: Memory and Cognition. 43, 8, p. 1105-1135 31 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  24. Published

    The dimensionality of language ability in young children

    Language and Reading Research Consortium, 11/2015, In: Child Development. 86, 6, p. 1948-1965 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  25. Published

    Young children’s comprehension of temporal relations in complex sentences: the influence of memory on performance

    Blything, L., Davies, R. & Cain, K., 11/2015, In: Child Development. 86, 6, p. 1922-1934 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  26. Published

    Children’s inference generation: the role of vocabulary and working memory

    Currie, N. & Cain, K., 09/2015, In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 137, p. 57-75 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  27. Published

    Children’s reading comprehension and comprehension difficulties

    Oakhill, J., Berenhaus, M. S. & Cain, K., 18/08/2015, The Oxford handbook of reading. Pollatsek, A. & Treiman, R. (eds.). New York: Oxford University Press, (Oxford Library of Psychology).

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

  28. Published

    The dimensionality of Spanish in young Spanish-English dual language learners

    Language and Reading Research Consortium, 06/2015, In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 58, p. 754-766 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

Back to top