Allison Ward Parsons

850 total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 547 citations indexed

About

Allison Ward Parsons is a scholar working on Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Allison Ward Parsons has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 547 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Education, 14 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 3 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Allison Ward Parsons's work include Reading and Literacy Development (9 papers), Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (7 papers) and Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (4 papers). Allison Ward Parsons is often cited by papers focused on Reading and Literacy Development (9 papers), Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (7 papers) and Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (4 papers). Allison Ward Parsons collaborates with scholars based in United States and Ireland. Allison Ward Parsons's co-authors include Seth A. Parsons, Margaret Vaughn, Roya Q. Scales, Melissa A. Gallagher, Melony Holyfield Allen, Jacquelynn A. Malloy, Amy Hutchison, Leigh A. Hall, Margret Hjalmarson and Anthony J. Applegate and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Review of Educational Research and Teaching and Teacher Education.

In The Last Decade

Allison Ward Parsons

21 papers receiving 497 citations

Hit Papers

Teachers’ Instructional A... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 50 100 150 200
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Teachers’ Instructional Adaptations: A Research Synthesis
    2017 213 citations Seth A. Parsons, Margaret Vaughn et al. Review of Educational Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Allison Ward Parsons United States 11 428 187 67 54 51 23 547
Lindy Crawford United States 13 366 0.9× 228 1.2× 70 1.0× 29 0.5× 22 0.4× 30 539
David C. Caverly United States 12 360 0.8× 255 1.4× 85 1.3× 62 1.1× 23 0.5× 59 544
Marjolein Deunk Netherlands 9 332 0.8× 159 0.9× 36 0.5× 25 0.5× 30 0.6× 30 467
Susan Chambers Cantrell United States 15 571 1.3× 302 1.6× 52 0.8× 95 1.8× 31 0.6× 31 706
Jan Eberhardt United States 10 490 1.1× 154 0.8× 34 0.5× 64 1.2× 42 0.8× 15 566
Gökhan Baş Türkiye 13 499 1.2× 100 0.5× 122 1.8× 50 0.9× 97 1.9× 82 667
Tanya Christ United States 18 498 1.2× 222 1.2× 109 1.6× 112 2.1× 29 0.6× 53 694
Tonya Tripp United States 6 474 1.1× 106 0.6× 32 0.5× 56 1.0× 45 0.9× 9 560
Eva Wennås Brante Sweden 11 362 0.8× 353 1.9× 96 1.4× 117 2.2× 32 0.6× 35 578
Roel van Steensel Netherlands 14 536 1.3× 511 2.7× 88 1.3× 44 0.8× 30 0.6× 44 765

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Allison Ward Parsons

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Parsons, Allison Ward, et al.. (2025). Teacher Autonomy in Text Choices for Elementary Reading Instruction. Reading Research Quarterly. 60(4).
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Kidd, Julie K., et al.. (2024). Conferencing: A Catalyst for Developing Children’s Writing. Early Childhood Education Journal. 53(6). 2023–2038.
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Parsons, Allison Ward, et al.. (2023). A Snapshot of Early Childhood Teachers’ Read-Aloud Selections. Early Childhood Education Journal. 52(7). 1433–1445. 3 indexed citations
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Parsons, Allison Ward, et al.. (2021). Facilitators’ Self-Study Of A Virtual Adjunct Faculty Self-Study Collaborative. Studying Teacher Education. 18(2). 197–218. 4 indexed citations
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Hjalmarson, Margret & Allison Ward Parsons. (2021). Conjectures, Cycles and Contexts: A Systematic Review of Design-based Research in Engineering Education. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(2). 142–142. 5 indexed citations
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Coogle, Christan Grygas, et al.. (2020). A Comparison of Dialogic Reading, Modeling, and Dialogic Reading Plus Modeling. Infants & Young Children. 33(2). 119–131. 6 indexed citations
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Parsons, Seth A., et al.. (2020). Documenting Adaptive Literacy Instruction: The Adaptive Teaching Observation Protocol (ATOP). Reading Psychology. 41(2). 71–86. 7 indexed citations
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Hutchison, Amy, et al.. (2019). Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies. 82(1). 6 indexed citations
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Parsons, Seth A., et al.. (2019). U.S. teachers’ perceptions of online professional development. Teaching and Teacher Education. 82. 33–42. 94 indexed citations
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Parsons, Allison Ward. (2018). Becoming a literacy specialist: Developing identities. Literacy Research and Instruction. 57(4). 387–407. 6 indexed citations
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Parsons, Allison Ward, Seth A. Parsons, Jacquelynn A. Malloy, et al.. (2018). Upper Elementary Students’ Motivation to Read Fiction and Nonfiction. The Elementary School Journal. 118(3). 505–523. 25 indexed citations
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Parsons, Allison Ward & Margret Hjalmarson. (2017). Study of Self: The Self as Designer in Online Teacher Education. Studying Teacher Education. 13(3). 331–349. 8 indexed citations
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Parsons, Seth A., Margaret Vaughn, Roya Q. Scales, et al.. (2017). Teachers’ Instructional Adaptations: A Research Synthesis. Review of Educational Research. 88(2). 205–242. 213 indexed citations breakdown →
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Malloy, Jacquelynn A., Allison Ward Parsons, Barbara A. Marinak, et al.. (2017). Assessing (and Addressing!) Motivation to Read Fiction and Nonfiction. The Reading Teacher. 71(3). 309–325. 13 indexed citations
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Parsons, Allison Ward, et al.. (2016). Deepening kindergarteners' science vocabulary: A design study. The Journal of Educational Research. 109(4). 375–390. 12 indexed citations
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Parsons, Allison Ward, et al.. (2016). Professional Development to Promote Teacher Adaptability. Theory Into Practice. 55(3). 250–258. 19 indexed citations
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Parsons, Seth A., et al.. (2016). Sixth-grade students’ engagement in academic tasks. The Journal of Educational Research. 111(2). 232–245. 18 indexed citations
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Parsons, Allison Ward, et al.. (2016). Barriers to Change: Findings From Three Literacy Professional Learning Initiatives. Literacy Research and Instruction. 55(4). 331–352. 14 indexed citations
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Parsons, Seth A., et al.. (2014). The ABCs of Student Engagement: Teachers Can Increase All-Important Student Engagement by Being Aware of Its Affective, Behavioral, and Cognitive Dimensions. Phi Delta Kappan. 95(8). 23. 1 indexed citations
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Parsons, Seth A., et al.. (2014). The ABCs of Student Engagement. Phi Delta Kappan. 95(8). 23–27. 40 indexed citations

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