Betty Jane Wagner

673 total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 403 citations indexed

About

Betty Jane Wagner is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Education and Visual Arts and Performing Arts. According to data from OpenAlex, Betty Jane Wagner has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 403 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Language and Linguistics, 4 papers in Education and 4 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts. Recurrent topics in Betty Jane Wagner's work include EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (5 papers), Theatre and Performance Studies (3 papers) and Education and Technology Integration (3 papers). Betty Jane Wagner is often cited by papers focused on EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (5 papers), Theatre and Performance Studies (3 papers) and Education and Technology Integration (3 papers). Betty Jane Wagner collaborates with scholars based in United States. Betty Jane Wagner's co-authors include James Moffett, Michael Scriven, Stephen P. Witte and Lester Faigley and has published in prestigious journals such as Evaluation and Program Planning, Theory Into Practice and College English.

In The Last Decade

Betty Jane Wagner

12 papers receiving 225 citations

Hit Papers

Dorothy Heathcote: Drama as a Learning Medium 1976 2026 1992 2009 1976 40 80 120
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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. Dorothy Heathcote: Drama as a Learning Medium
    1976 147 citations Betty Jane Wagner profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Betty Jane Wagner United States 8 208 193 59 53 48 16 403
Sue Dymoke United Kingdom 11 276 1.3× 60 0.3× 144 2.4× 47 0.9× 47 1.0× 21 391
Brian Edmiston United States 10 158 0.8× 85 0.4× 58 1.0× 22 0.4× 27 0.6× 24 255
Janet C. Richards United States 11 239 1.1× 38 0.2× 72 1.2× 31 0.6× 84 1.8× 71 347
Andrew Lambirth United Kingdom 12 233 1.1× 23 0.1× 109 1.8× 39 0.7× 84 1.8× 33 320
Arthur A. Hyde France 4 271 1.3× 18 0.1× 30 0.5× 19 0.4× 77 1.6× 7 350
Sofia Jusslin Finland 8 66 0.3× 38 0.2× 33 0.6× 23 0.4× 40 0.8× 19 192
Terrell A. Young United States 11 187 0.9× 22 0.1× 114 1.9× 71 1.3× 118 2.5× 62 344
Michèle Anstey Australia 10 173 0.8× 38 0.2× 260 4.4× 68 1.3× 57 1.2× 19 396
Frank J. D’Angelo United States 10 95 0.5× 15 0.1× 111 1.9× 52 1.0× 30 0.6× 36 272
P. Bruce Uhrmacher United States 9 158 0.8× 50 0.3× 21 0.4× 5 0.1× 13 0.3× 27 233

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Fields of papers citing papers by Betty Jane Wagner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Betty Jane Wagner

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All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Wagner, Betty Jane. (1999). Building Moral Communities Through Educational Drama. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 13 indexed citations
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Wagner, Betty Jane, et al.. (1998). Educational drama and language arts : what research shows. Heinemann eBooks. 127 indexed citations
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Wagner, Betty Jane. (1994). The effects of role playing on persuasive letters of fourth and eighth graders. English in Australia. 29. 1 indexed citations
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Moffett, James & Betty Jane Wagner. (1993). What Works Is Play.. Language Arts. 70(1). 32–36. 1 indexed citations
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Moffett, James & Betty Jane Wagner. (1991). Student-centered language arts, K-12. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 20 indexed citations
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Moffett, James & Betty Jane Wagner. (1991). Student-Centered Reading Activities. The English Journal. 80(6). 70–70. 1 indexed citations
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Wagner, Betty Jane. (1991). The evaluation of composition instruction. Evaluation and Program Planning. 14(3). 199–200. 1 indexed citations
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Wagner, Betty Jane. (1988). Research Currents: Does Classroom Drama Affect the Arts of Language?. Language Arts. 65(1). 46–55. 19 indexed citations
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Wagner, Betty Jane. (1985). ERIC/RCS Report: Integrating the Language Arts. Language Arts. 62(5). 557–560. 2 indexed citations
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Wagner, Betty Jane. (1985). Elevating the written word through the spoken: Dorothy Heathcote and a group of 9‐ to 13‐year‐olds as monks. Theory Into Practice. 24(3). 166–172. 7 indexed citations
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Wagner, Betty Jane, et al.. (1984). The Evaluation of Composition Instruction. College English. 46(2). 133–133. 17 indexed citations
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Wagner, Betty Jane. (1982). Are We Romancing Writing?. The English Journal. 71(5). 22–22.
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Wagner, Betty Jane. (1979). Using Drama to Create an Environment for Language Development.. Language Arts. 56(3). 1 indexed citations
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Wagner, Betty Jane. (1978). The Use of Role.. Language Arts. 2 indexed citations
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Wagner, Betty Jane. (1976). Dorothy Heathcote: Drama as a Learning Medium. 147 indexed citations breakdown →
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Moffett, James & Betty Jane Wagner. (1976). Student-centered language arts and reading, K-13: A handbook for teachers. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 44 indexed citations

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