Melissa A. Gallagher

865 total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 461 citations indexed

About

Melissa A. Gallagher is a scholar working on Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Melissa A. Gallagher has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 461 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Education, 11 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Melissa A. Gallagher's work include Reading and Literacy Development (9 papers), Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (6 papers) and Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques (4 papers). Melissa A. Gallagher is often cited by papers focused on Reading and Literacy Development (9 papers), Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (6 papers) and Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques (4 papers). Melissa A. Gallagher collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and South Africa. Melissa A. Gallagher's co-authors include Seth A. Parsons, Margaret Vaughn, Allison Ward Parsons, Melony Holyfield Allen, Roya Q. Scales, Emad Habib, Ana Taboada Barber, Michelle M. Buehl, Jori S. Beck and David G. Tarboton and has published in prestigious journals such as Review of Educational Research, Remote Sensing and Educational Researcher.

In The Last Decade

Melissa A. Gallagher

27 papers receiving 435 citations

Hit Papers

Teachers’ Instructional Adaptations: A Research Synthesis 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 50 100 150 200
What are hit papers?

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

Melissa A. Gallagher
Roya Q. Scales United States
Melony Holyfield Allen United States
Ute Suhl Germany
Poonam Arya United States
Ulrike-Marie Krause Germany
Christoph Kulgemeyer Germany
Lynn Liao Hodge United States
Rona F. Flippo United States
Angela Chan Turrou United States
Stephanie Herppich Germany
Roya Q. Scales United States
Melissa A. Gallagher
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Melissa A. Gallagher

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All Works

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Gallagher, Melissa A., et al.. (2024). HydroLearn: Improving Students’ Conceptual Understanding and Technical Skills in a Civil Engineering Senior Design Course. 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings. 1 indexed citations
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Gallagher, Melissa A., et al.. (2023). Preservice teachers equitably attending to and interpreting multilingual students' mathematical thinking. School Science and Mathematics. 123(8). 447–460. 2 indexed citations
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Gallagher, Melissa A., et al.. (2021). Authentic Integration of Physical Education and Mathematics: The Geometry Racket. Strategies. 34(6). 18–26.
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Vaughn, Margaret, Seth A. Parsons, & Melissa A. Gallagher. (2021). Challenging Scripted Curricula With Adaptive Teaching. Educational Researcher. 51(3). 186–196. 25 indexed citations
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Gallagher, Melissa A., et al.. (2021). Engineering Students’ Perceptions of Mathematical Modeling in a Learning Module Centered on a Hydrologic Design Case Study. International Journal of Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education. 7(2). 351–377. 11 indexed citations
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Suh, Jennifer, et al.. (2021). Enhancing teachers' noticing around mathematics teaching practices through video-based lesson study with peer coaching. International Journal for Lesson and Learning Studies. 10(2). 150–167. 18 indexed citations
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Gallagher, Melissa A., et al.. (2021). Making Word Problems Meaningful. Mathematics Teacher Learning and Teaching PK-12. 114(8). 580–590.
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Lane, Belize, et al.. (2021). An open web‐based module developed to advance data‐driven hydrologic process learning. Hydrological Processes. 35(7). 9 indexed citations
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Gallagher, Melissa A., et al.. (2019). Responsive Professional Development for Vocabulary Instruction. Action in Teacher Education. 41(4). 361–378. 3 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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Parsons, Seth A. & Melissa A. Gallagher. (2016). A Content Analysis of Nine Literacy Journals, 2009-2014. Journal of Literacy Research. 48(4). 476–502. 21 indexed citations
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Parsons, Seth A., et al.. (2016). Striving to Enact the Professional Development School Philosophy: George Mason University's Elementary Education Program.. 9. 136–155. 5 indexed citations
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Gallagher, Melissa A., et al.. (2016). Get All “Jazzed Up” for Vocabulary Instruction: Strategies That Engage. The Reading Teacher. 70(3). 273–282. 9 indexed citations
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Barber, Ana Taboada, et al.. (2016). Examining Student Cognitive and Affective Engagement and Reading Instructional Activities: Spanish-Speaking English Learners’ Reading Profiles. Literacy Research and Instruction. 55(3). 209–236. 9 indexed citations
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Indulska, Jadwiga, et al.. (2002). Support for mobile computing in open distributed systems. 1. 3–6.
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Gallagher, Melissa A., et al.. (2002). An information model for nomadic environments. 400–405. 7 indexed citations

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