Alejandra Meneses

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

Academic Language as a Predictor of Reading Comprehension in Monolingual Spanish‐Speaking Readers: Evidence From Chilean Early Adolescents

Alejandra Meneses, Paola Uccelli, María Verónica Santelices et al. · Reading Research Quarterly · 2017 · 81 citations

Second Language Learning, Multilingualism, Language Development +23

The effects of multimodal texts on science reading comprehension in Chilean fifth-graders: text scaffolding and comprehension skills

Alejandra Meneses, José‐Pablo Escobar, Soledad Véliz · International Journal of Science Education · 2018 · 46 citations

Science Education, Text Structure, Education +19

Academic language and the quality of written arguments and explanations of Chilean 8th graders

Javiera Figueroa, Alejandra Meneses, Eugenio Chandía · Reading and Writing · 2017 · 27 citations · Full text

Argumentation Analysis, Argumentation Framework, Chilean 8Th +8