Representative Publications

Refereed Journals and Edited Books:

Kirby, J. R., Ball, A., Geier, B. K., Parrila, R. & Wade-Woolley, L. (submitted). The development of reading interest and its relation to reading ability.

Cheng, L., Li, M., Kirby, J. R., Qiang, H., & Wade-Woolley, L. (submitted). English language immersion and students’ academic success in English, Chinese, and mathematics

MacCoubrey, S.J., Wade-Woolley, L. & Kirby, J.R. (submitted). Effective phonemic awareness intervention for at-risk children in French Immersion. Canadian Modern Language Review.

Goodman, I., Libenson, A. & Wade-Woolley, L. (in press). Sensitivity to linguistic stress, phonological awareness and early reading ability in preschoolers. Journal of Research in Reading.

Wood, C., Wade-Woolley, L. & Holliman, A. (2009). Phonological awareness: Beyond phonemes. In C. Wood & V. Connelly (Eds.) The Development of Reading and Spelling: Contemporary Perspectives, (pp. 7 -23). London: Routledge.

Clin, E. M., Wade-Woolley, L. & Heggie, L. (2009). Prosodic sensitivity and morphological awareness in children’s reading. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 104, 197-213.

Deacon, S. H., Wade-Woolley, L. & Kirby, J. R. (2009). Flexibility in young second-language learners: Examining the language-specificity of orthographic knowledge. Journal of Research in Reading, 32, 215-229.

Roman, A., Kirby, J. R., Parrila, R. & Wade-Woolley, L., & Deacon, S. H. (2008). Towards a comprehensive view of the skills involved in word reading in Grades 4, 6 and 9. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology.

David, D., Wade-Woolley, L., Kirby, J. R. & Smithrim, K. (2007). Rhythm and reading development in school-age children: A longitudinal study. Journal of Research in Reading, 30, 169-183.

Deacon, S. H., Wade-Woolley, L. & Kirby, J. R. (2007). Cross-over: The role of morphological awareness in French immersion children’s reading. Developmental Psychology, 43, 732-746.

Goetry, V., Kolinsky, R. Wade-Woolley, L. & Mousty, P. (2006). The role of prosody processing abilities in the development of bilingual reading. Journal of Research in Reading, 29, 349-362.

Wade-Woolley, L. & Wood, C. P. (2006). Prosody and speech rhythm in reading: Introduction to the special issue. Journal of Research in Reading, 29, 253-257.

Non-Refereed Publications

Barnes, M. A. & Wade-Woolley, L. (2007). Where there’s a will, there are ways to close the achievement gap for children with learning difficulties. Orbit, 37, 9-13.

Technical Reports

Audet, W., Barnes, M. A., Clegg, M., Jamieson, D. G., Klinger, D. A., Waese, M., & Wade-Woolley, L. (2007). The impact of the Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat: Changes in Ontario’s education system. Report on Phase One.

Glickman, V., Klinger, D. A., Wade-Woolley, L., & Clegg, M. (2005). A report on the findings on CASI/DRA Data Analysis: Report A. Technical report prepared for the junior reading assessment data for learning project. Ontario Ministry of Education and Avon Maitland School Board.

Klinger, D. A., Glickman, V., Wade-Woolley, L., & Clegg, M. (2005). Analysis of the EQAO results in relation to the CASI/ DRA scores and other predictors of achievement: Report C. Technical report prepared for the junior reading assessment data for learning project. Ontario Ministry of Education and Avon Maitland School Board.

Wade-Woolley, L., Glickman, V., Klinger, D. A., & Clegg, M. (2005). CASI/DRA with regard to instruction for reading in the junior grades: Report B. Technical report prepared for the junior reading assessment data for learning project. Ontario Ministry of Education and Avon Maitland School Board.

Presentations at Refereed Conferences:

Barnes, M. A., Martinussen, R., Swanson, L. & Wade-Woolley, L. (2008, June). Combining Response-to-Intervention and norm-referenced approaches to learning disability identification in international research forums: Yay or Nay? Roundtable at the International Association for Research on Learning Disabilities, Toronto, ON.

Heggie, L., Wade-Woolley, L. & Clin, E. M. (2008, July). Linguistic prosody and morphological awareness in the developing reading of children in grades 3, 5, and 7. Presented at the Society for Scientific Studies of Reading, Asheville, NC.

Li, M., Kirby, J. R., Cheng, L., Qiang, H. & Wade-Woolley, L. (2008, July). Predictors of reading comprehension in Chinese English-immersion students. Presented at the Society for Scientific Studies of Reading, Asheville, NC.

Sparks, E. & Wade-Woolley, L. (2008, July). Investigating the role of prosodic sensitivity and morphological awareness in children’s vowel spelling. Presented at the Society for Scientific Studies of Reading, Asheville, NC.

Wade-Woolley, L. & Mattatall, C. A. (2008, July). Morphoprosodic sensitivity and reading in elementary school children. Presented at the Society for Scientific Studies of Reading, Asheville, NC.

Clin, E. M., Heggie, L. & Wade-Woolley, L. (2008, March). Count on reading: Phonological awareness’ role in the literacy and numeracy of preschoolers. Poster presented at the 40^th Banff International Conference on Behavioural Science, Banff, AB.

Clin, E. M. & Wade-Woolley, L. (2007, July). Investigating the role of prosody in the development of fluent reading. Presented at the Society for Scientific Studies of Reading, Prague.

Cormier, P. & Wade-Woolley, L. (2007). A test of cross linguistic transfer: Training phonological awareness in French immersion children. Presented at the Society for Scientific Studies of Reading, Prague.

Goodman, I., Wade-Woolley, L. & Libenson, A. (2007, July). Sensitivity to lexical and metrical stress in early reading development. Poster presented at the Society for Scientific Studies of Reading, Prague.

Wade-Woolley, L. (2007, July). Stress assignment and derivational morphology in skilled reading. Paper presented at the Society for Scientific Studies of Reading, Prague.

Conod, J., Wade-Woolley, L. & Cormier, P. (2007, June). Learner characteristics of poor responders: A grade 1 French Immersion study. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network, Calgary, AB.

Clin, E., Wade-Woolley, L. & MacCoubrey, S. (2006, July). What predicts growth in L2 alphabet knowledge in French Immersion kindergarten students? Poster presented at the Society for Scientific Studies of Reading, Vancouver, BC.

David, D. & Wade-Woolley, L. (2006, July). Lexical stress and early reading skills in preschool children. Poster presented at the Society for Scientific Studies of Reading, Vancouver, BC.

Heggie, L., Wade-Woolley, L., Sabourin, C. & Goetry, V. (2006, July). Children’s use of orthographic rime and syllable as reading units in English. Poster presented at the Society for Scientific Studies of Reading, Vancouver, BC.

Yuen, Y., & Wade-Woolley, L. (2006, July). Influence of nonlinguistic factors on Chinese and English reading. Poster presented at the Society for Scientific Studies of Reading, Vancouver, BC.

Wade-Woolley, L. & Akaoka, E. (2006, July). Using linguistic stress information in reading. Poster presented at the Society for Scientific Studies of Reading, Vancouver, BC.

Selected Recent Presentations to Practitioner Meetings:

Wade-Woolley, L. (2008). A research-informed reading program for prevention and early intervention. Presented to the Managing Information for Student Achievement – Eastern Ontario Regional Symposium. May 8, 2008.

Wade-Woolley, L. & Barnes, M. A. (2007). Prevention and responding to intervention in literacy. Presented to the Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board. November 23, 2007.

Wade-Woolley, L., Barnes, M. & Martinussen, R. (2007). Response to intervention. Presented to the Hamilton Wentworth District School Board. August 22, 2007.

Wade-Woolley, L. (2006). Early intervention for students at-risk for reading difficulties in French immersion. Presented to the Ontario-Buffalo branch of the International Dyslexia Association, Toronto, ON. May 13, 2006.

Wade-Woolley, L. (2006). Differentiated instruction and universal design: What it means for literacy in the regular classroom. Presented to Limestone District School Board special education conference, Kingston, ON. May 5, 2006.

Wade-Woolley, L. (2006). Early literacy: For all children in the regular classroom. Presented to Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board kindergarten conference, Peterborough, ON. February 2, 2006.