Christina L. Dobbs

Beyond Vocabulary: Exploring Cross-Disciplinary Academic-Language Proficiency and Its Association With Reading Comprehension

Paola Uccelli, Emily Phillips Galloway, Christopher D. Barr et al. · Reading Research Quarterly · 2015 · 283 citations · Full text

Second Language Learning, Multilingualism, Text Structure +23

Core academic language skills: An expanded operational construct and a novel instrument to chart school-relevant language proficiency in preadolescent and adolescent learners

Paola Uccelli, Christopher D. Barr, Christina L. Dobbs et al. · Applied Psycholinguistics · 2014 · 211 citations

Language Development, School-relevant Language Proficiency, Education +20

Mastering Academic Language

Paola Uccelli, Christina L. Dobbs, Jessica Scott · Written Communication · 2012 · 162 citations · Full text

Second Language Writing, Multilingualism, Language Education +25

Signaling organization and stance: academic language use in middle grade persuasive writing

Christina L. Dobbs · Reading and Writing · 2013 · 38 citations

Writing Instruction, Academic Language Use, Persuasive Technology +7

Layering Intermediate and Disciplinary Literacy Work: Lessons Learned From a Secondary Social Studies Teacher Team

Christina L. Dobbs, Jacy Ippolito, Megin Charner‐Laird · Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy · 2016 · 37 citations

Abstract Secondary Teachers, Disciplinary Literacy Work, Education +24