P. David Pearson

18.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
205 papers, 10.0k citations indexed

About

P. David Pearson is a scholar working on Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Language and Linguistics. According to data from OpenAlex, P. David Pearson has authored 205 papers receiving a total of 10.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 109 papers in Education, 108 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 17 papers in Language and Linguistics. Recurrent topics in P. David Pearson's work include Reading and Literacy Development (81 papers), Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (40 papers) and Education and Critical Thinking Development (33 papers). P. David Pearson is often cited by papers focused on Reading and Literacy Development (81 papers), Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (40 papers) and Education and Critical Thinking Development (33 papers). P. David Pearson collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Netherlands. P. David Pearson's co-authors include Margaret C. Gallagher, Dale D. Johnson, Georgia Earnest García, Nell K. Duke, Barbara M. Taylor, Janice A. Dole, Jane Hansen, Elfrieda H. Hiebert, S. Jay Samuels and Frank Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Educational Psychology.

In The Last Decade

P. David Pearson

192 papers receiving 7.5k citations

Hit Papers

The instruction of reading comprehension 1972 2026 1990 2008 1983 1972 1979 2009 2016 200 400 600

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
P. David Pearson United States 44 6.8k 5.7k 1.4k 1.4k 764 205 10.0k
Carl Bereiter Canada 41 6.2k 0.9× 6.8k 1.2× 956 0.7× 1.1k 0.8× 250 0.3× 139 10.4k
John T. Guthrie United States 54 7.5k 1.1× 6.7k 1.2× 768 0.6× 934 0.7× 1.1k 1.4× 190 11.7k
Karen R. Harris United States 63 9.7k 1.4× 10.3k 1.8× 2.2k 1.6× 2.0k 1.5× 905 1.2× 212 13.8k
Marlene Scardamalia Canada 44 6.7k 1.0× 7.0k 1.2× 1.0k 0.8× 1.2k 0.9× 170 0.2× 135 10.7k
Scott G. Paris United States 40 6.5k 1.0× 5.1k 0.9× 699 0.5× 426 0.3× 636 0.8× 120 9.1k
Susan R. Goldman United States 45 4.2k 0.6× 3.1k 0.5× 342 0.2× 488 0.4× 629 0.8× 156 6.5k
S. Jay Samuels United States 27 5.0k 0.7× 2.4k 0.4× 589 0.4× 348 0.3× 1.3k 1.7× 92 6.5k
Annemarie Sullivan Palincsar United States 38 3.7k 0.6× 5.3k 0.9× 422 0.3× 419 0.3× 293 0.4× 115 7.6k
Lauren Β. Resnick United States 40 3.1k 0.5× 5.3k 0.9× 356 0.3× 312 0.2× 1.5k 1.9× 148 7.5k
Russell Gersten United States 56 6.8k 1.0× 7.1k 1.2× 475 0.3× 339 0.3× 4.0k 5.3× 239 11.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of P. David Pearson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Duke, Nell K., et al.. (2021). The Science of Reading Comprehension Instruction. The Reading Teacher. 74(6). 663–672. 55 indexed citations
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Pearson, P. David, et al.. (2020). Modeling question-answer relations: the development of the integrative inferential reasoning comic assessment. Reading and Writing. 33(8). 1971–2000. 6 indexed citations
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Pearson, P. David, et al.. (2018). School Culture and Its Impact on Special Education Practices in Bangalore, India.. 18(1). 49–63. 1 indexed citations
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Ferdig, Richard E., Laura R. Roehler, & P. David Pearson. (2014). Scaffolding Preservice Teacher Learning through Web-Based Discussion Forums: An Examination of Online Conversations in the Reading Classroom Explorer. Journal of Computing in Teacher Education. 18(3). 87–94. 3 indexed citations
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Pearson, P. David, et al.. (2013). Literacy in the disciplines. 21(1). 25. 4 indexed citations
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Hiebert, Elfrieda H. & P. David Pearson. (2013). What Happens to the Basics. Educational leadership. 70(4). 48–53. 5 indexed citations
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Hiebert, Elfrieda H., et al.. (2011). The effects of syntactic and lexical complexity on the comprehension of elementary science texts. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 50 indexed citations
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Pearson, P. David, et al.. (2010). Teaching reading in middle school : a strategic approach to teaching reading that improves comprehension and thinking. 9 indexed citations
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Pearson, P. David. (2003). The Role of Professional Knowledge in Reading Reform.. Language Arts. 81(1). 14–15. 10 indexed citations
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Pearson, P. David, et al.. (2003). NAEP Validity Studies: Improving the Information Value of Performance Items in Large Scale Assessments. Working Paper No. 2003-08.. National Center for Education Statistics. 2 indexed citations
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Taylor, Barbara M., et al.. (1999). Effective Schools/Accomplished Teachers.. The Reading Teacher. 53(2). 31 indexed citations
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Diez, Mary E., Virginia Richardson‐Koehler, & P. David Pearson. (1994). Setting standards and educating teachers : a national conversation : a report from the Wingspread conference, November 1-4, 1993. 1 indexed citations
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Fielding, Linda G. & P. David Pearson. (1994). Reading comprehension: what works.. Educational leadership. 51(5). 62–68. 73 indexed citations
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Pearson, P. David. (1993). Teaching and Learning Reading: A Research Perspective (Focus on Research).. Language Arts. 70(6). 15 indexed citations
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Stallman, Anne C., et al.. (1989). Are “new” words really new?. Reading Research and Instruction. 29(2). 12–29. 8 indexed citations
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Pearson, P. David & David Dunning. (1985). The Impact of Assessment on Reading Instruction.. 13(2). 19–29. 3 indexed citations
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Pearson, P. David. (1985). Changing the face of reading comprehension instruction. The Reading Teacher. 38(8). 112 indexed citations
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Raphael, Taffy E. & P. David Pearson. (1982). The Effect of Metacognitive Training on Children's Question-Answering Behavior.. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 7. 257–257. 17 indexed citations
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Kamil, Michael L. & P. David Pearson. (1979). Theory and Practice in Teaching Reading.. 10(2). 10–16. 12 indexed citations
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Pearson, P. David & Michael L. Kamil. (1974). Word Recognition Latencies as a Function of Form Class, Stem Length, and Affix Length.. Visible Language. 2 indexed citations

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