Research

Publications

Wijekumar, K. (Kay), Lei, P., Rice, M., Beerwinkle, A., Zhang, S., & Meyer, B. J. F. (2024). A web-based intelligent tutoring system for reading comprehension delivered to fifth-grade students attending high-poverty schools: Results from a replication efficacy study. Journal of Educational Psychology, 116(8), 1333–1351. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000878

Marianne Rice, & Kausalai Wijekumar. (2024). Inference Skills for Reading: A Meta-Analysis of Instructional Practices. Journal of Educational Psychology, 116(4), 569–589. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000855

Marianne Rice, Kausalai Wijekumar, Kacee Lambright, & Ashley Stack. (2024). Promoting Inference Generation: Using Questioning and Strategy Instruction to Support Upper Elementary Students. Reading Teacher, 78(2), 121–130. https://doi.org/10.1002/trtr.2353

Tan, S. C., Wijekumar, K., Hong, H., Olmanson, J., Twomey, R., & Sinha, T. (2024). Guest Editorial Education in the World of ChatGPT and Generative AI. IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, Learning Technologies, IEEE Transactions on, IEEE Trans. Learning Technol, 17, 2008–2010. https://doi.org/10.1109/TLT.2024.3451050

Wijekumar, K. (Kay), Zhang, S., & McKeown, D. (2024). Introduction to the Special Issue: Misalignment, Misinterpretation, and Misappropriation of Literacy Research to Practice and Policy. Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10758-023-09725-y

Zhang, S., & Wijekumar, K. K. (2024). Teacher Professional Development and Student Reading Comprehension Outcomes: The Heterogeneity of Responsiveness to Text Structure Instruction in Grade 2. Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 29(3), 1331–1345. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10758-023-09693-3

Marianne Rice, Kacee Lambright, & Kausalai Wijekumar. (2024). Professional Development in Reading Comprehension: A Meta-Analysis of the Effects on Teachers and Students. Reading Research Quarterly, 59(3), 424–447. https://doi.org/10.1002/rrq.546

Zhang, S., Mckeown, D., Wijekumar, K. (Kay), & Owens, J. (2024). Dimensionality of writing attitude, strategic use, and confidence: an investigation on Grade 4 students in a largely Hispanic setting. Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 37(10), 2859–2881. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-023-10499-z

Stack, A. M., Wijekumar, K. (Kay), & Cárdenas-Hagan, E. (2024). Parent and Family Support of Knowledge Acquisition in Reading Comprehension through Podcasts in English and Spanish. Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 29(3), 1347–1358. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10758-024-09727-4

Zhihong Xu, Kausalai Wijekumar, Qing Wang, Robin Irey, & Hua Liang. (2024). The Effects of Web-Based Text Structure Strategy Instruction on Adult Chinese ELLs’ Reading Comprehension and Reading Strategy Use. Language Teaching Research, 28(4), 1288–1310. https://doi.org/10.1177/13621688211022308

Camping, A., Stack, A., Bristow, A., Wijekumar, K., McKeown, D., Sierra, P., & Hotcaveg, S. (2024). An Analysis of Student Skills and Teacher Practices Across Writing Textbooks in Grades 4 and 5. Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10758-023-09691-5

Hudson, A. K., Lambright, K., Zhang, S., Wijekumar, K., Owens, J., & McKeown, D. (2023). Professional development in a pandemic: transforming teacher knowledge of reading comprehension instruction. Educational Technology Research and Development: A Bi-Monthly Publication of the Association for Educational Communications & Technology, 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-023-10267-4

Rice, M., Wijekumar, K., Lambright, K., & Bristow, A. (2023). Inferencing in Reading Comprehension: Examining Variations in Definition, Instruction, and Assessment. Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10758-023-09660-y

McKeown, D., Wijekumar, K., Owens, J., Harris, K., Graham, S., Lei, P., & FitzPatrick, E. (2023). Professional development for evidence-based SRSD writing instruction: Elevating fourth grade outcomes. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 73.