Robert J. Tierney

2.8k citations
82 papers · 1.8k indexed · h-index 20

Impact in

    • Reading and Literacy Development
    • Educational Strategies and Epistemologies
    • Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
    • Second Language Acquisition and Learning
  • Education top 0.5%
    • Writing and Handwriting Education
    • Education and Critical Thinking Development

Papers in

    • Reading and Literacy Development 21
    • Educational Strategies and Epistemologies 8
    • Education and Critical Thinking Development 11
    • Global Education and Multiculturalism 7
    • Education Systems and Policy 7

Robert J. Tierney

73 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers

Robert J. Tierney
Comparison fields: 5 of 96
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology 981
  • Education 1.1k
  • Literature and Literary Theory 384
  • Language and Linguistics 298
  • Linguistics and Language 63
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 20202
2 201719
3 20171
4 20142
5
Understanding readers' understanding : theory and practice
201316
6 20112
7 200447
8
An Ethical Chasm: Jurisdiction, Jurisprudence, and the Literacy Profession.
20023
9
Snippets: How Will Literacy Be Assessed in the Next Millennium?
20000
10
Literacy Assessment Reform: Shifting Beliefs, Principled Possibilities, and Emerging Practices (Distinguished Educator Series).
199811
11
Assessing the Impact of Hypertext on Learners' Architecture of Literacy Learning Spaces in Different Disciplines: Follow-Up Studies.
19978
12
Portfolios: Windows on Learning. Setting a New Agenda for Assessment.
19922
13
Redefining Reading Comprehension.
19908
14
Reading Strategies and Practices.
198769
15
What Is the Value of Connecting Reading and Writing? Reading Education Report No. 55.
19845
16 19844
17
Learning to Read in American Schools: Basal Readers and Content Texts
1984152
18
Two studies of writing in high school science
19818
19
Learning from Expository Text: The Interaction of Text Structure with Reader Characteristics.
198010
20
Con: Minimal Competency Testing Won't Do It
19781

About Robert J. Tierney

Robert J. Tierney is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Education, Literature and Literary Theory, Linguistics and Language and Endocrinology, having authored 82 papers that have together received 1.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Reading and Literacy Development (21 papers), Education and Critical Thinking Development (11 papers), Literacy, Media, and Education (9 papers), Educational Methods and Media Use (8 papers), Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (8 papers), Global Education and Multiculturalism (7 papers), Education Systems and Policy (7 papers) and Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Developmental and Educational Psychology (981 citations), Education (1.1k citations), Literature and Literary Theory (384 citations), Language and Linguistics (298 citations) and Linguistics and Language (63 citations). Robert J. Tierney has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Frequent co-authors include P. David Pearson, James W. Cunningham, John E. Readence, David A. Hayes, Richard C. Anderson, Jean Osborn, William McGinley, Connie A. Bridge, Anna O. Söter and Timothy Shanahan. Their work appears in journals such as Reading Research Quarterly, Journal of Literacy Research, The Reading Teacher, Theory Into Practice and Biologicals.

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