Kellie Rolstad

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 764 citations indexed

About

Kellie Rolstad is a scholar working on Linguistics and Language, Literature and Literary Theory and Language and Linguistics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kellie Rolstad has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 764 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Linguistics and Language, 14 papers in Literature and Literary Theory and 10 papers in Language and Linguistics. Recurrent topics in Kellie Rolstad's work include Multilingual Education and Policy (20 papers), Second Language Learning and Teaching (13 papers) and EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (9 papers). Kellie Rolstad is often cited by papers focused on Multilingual Education and Policy (20 papers), Second Language Learning and Teaching (13 papers) and EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (9 papers). Kellie Rolstad collaborates with scholars based in United States. Kellie Rolstad's co-authors include Gene V. Glass, Kate Mahoney, Jeff MacSwan, Jerome Alan Cohen, Enlli Thomas, Terrence G. Wiley, Marilyn S. Thompson, John E. Petrovic, Natalia Salas and Tom Haladyna and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Frontiers in Psychology and TESOL Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Kellie Rolstad

25 papers receiving 665 citations

Hit Papers

The Big Picture: A Meta-Analysis of Program Effectiveness... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 100 200 300
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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. The Big Picture: A Meta-Analysis of Program Effectiveness Research on English Language Learners
    2005 324 citations Kellie Rolstad, Kate Mahoney et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kellie Rolstad United States 12 453 309 298 271 253 25 764
Lisa Pray United States 11 339 0.7× 264 0.9× 287 1.0× 278 1.0× 271 1.1× 19 680
Kathy Escamilla United States 18 468 1.0× 283 0.9× 334 1.1× 390 1.4× 236 0.9× 55 809
Yvonne S. Freeman United States 14 374 0.8× 246 0.8× 351 1.2× 355 1.3× 350 1.4× 33 773
Anne H. Charity Hudley United States 13 334 0.7× 144 0.5× 172 0.6× 136 0.5× 185 0.7× 36 553
Eurydice Bauer United States 12 173 0.4× 313 1.0× 158 0.5× 319 1.2× 128 0.5× 47 570
Ilana M. Umansky United States 11 310 0.7× 112 0.4× 155 0.5× 417 1.5× 80 0.3× 26 604
N. Eleni Pappamihiel United States 10 105 0.2× 161 0.5× 166 0.6× 210 0.8× 267 1.1× 20 503
Ailie Cleghorn Canada 14 229 0.5× 77 0.2× 227 0.8× 199 0.7× 225 0.9× 39 489
Catherine Dorsey-Gaines United States 3 180 0.4× 281 0.9× 175 0.6× 486 1.8× 122 0.5× 6 712
C. Gordon Wells United Kingdom 2 121 0.3× 326 1.1× 163 0.5× 359 1.3× 150 0.6× 3 628

Countries citing papers authored by Kellie Rolstad

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kellie Rolstad

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kellie Rolstad

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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MacSwan, Jeff & Kellie Rolstad. (2024). (Un)grounded language ideologies: A brief history of translanguaging theory. International Journal of Bilingualism. 28(4). 719–743. 17 indexed citations
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Mahoney, Kate, et al.. (2022). Castañeda’s third prong redux : the achievement of Arizona’s english language learners after proposition 203. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. 25(9). 3199–3213. 2 indexed citations
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Rolstad, Kellie, et al.. (2020). “A Good Start”: A New Approach to Gauging Preservice Teachers’ Critical Language Awareness. Journal of Language Identity & Education. 21(6). 408–422. 10 indexed citations
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MacSwan, Jeff, et al.. (2017). Three Theories of the Effects of Language Education Programs: An Empirical Evaluation of Bilingual and English-Only Policies. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics. 37. 218–240. 30 indexed citations
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Rolstad, Kellie, Jeff MacSwan, & Natalia Salas. (2015). Bilingual Learners and the Purposes of Language Assessment. 207–224. 1 indexed citations
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Rolstad, Kellie. (2015). Second language instructional competence. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. 20(5). 497–509. 11 indexed citations
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Wiley, Terrence G. & Kellie Rolstad. (2014). The Common Core State Standards and the Great Divide. International Multilingual Research Journal. 8(1). 38–55. 15 indexed citations
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Rolstad, Kellie & Jeff MacSwan. (2014). The facilitation effect and language thresholds. Frontiers in Psychology. 5. 1197–1197. 8 indexed citations
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Rolstad, Kellie. (2014). Rethinking Language at School. International Multilingual Research Journal. 8(1). 1–8. 11 indexed citations
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Rolstad, Kellie, et al.. (2013). Unschooling, Then and Now. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7 indexed citations
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Rolstad, Kellie, Kate Mahoney, & Gene V. Glass. (2008). The Big Picture in Bilingual Education: A Meta-Analysis Corrected for Gersten's Coding Error.. 8(2). 1–15. 12 indexed citations
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Rolstad, Kellie. (2005). Rethinking Academic Language in Second Language Instruction. 10 indexed citations
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Spotti, Massimiliano, et al.. (2005). Bilingual Identities in Question : Social Identity Construction in a Dutch Islamic Primary Classroom. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 2165–2179. 1 indexed citations
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MacSwan, Jeff & Kellie Rolstad. (2005). Modularity and the Facilitation Effect: Psychological Mechanisms of Transfer in Bilingual Students. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences. 27(2). 224–243. 36 indexed citations
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Thomas, Enlli, et al.. (2005). Minority Language Survival: Input Factors Influencing the Acquisition of Welsh.. 852–874. 52 indexed citations
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Rolstad, Kellie, Kate Mahoney, & Gene V. Glass. (2005). Weighing the Evidence: A Meta-Analysis of Bilingual Education in Arizona. Bilingual Research Journal. 29(1). 43–67. 49 indexed citations
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MacSwan, Jeff, Kellie Rolstad, & Gene V. Glass. (2002). Do Some School-Age Children Have No Language? Some Problems of Construct Validity in the Pre-LAS Español. Bilingual Research Journal. 26(2). 395–420. 41 indexed citations
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Rolstad, Kellie. (2001). Language Death in Central Mexico: The Decline of Nahuatl and the New Bilingual Maintenance Programs. 26(1). 3. 7 indexed citations
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Rolstad, Kellie. (1997). Effects of Two Way Immersion on the Ethnic Identification of Third Language Students: An Exploratory Study. Bilingual Research Journal. 21(1). 43–63. 19 indexed citations

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