Jessica Lawson-Adams

Biographic Data

ID9285032
NAMEJessica Lawson-Adams
GIVEN NAMESJessica
FAMILY NAMELawson-Adams
SIGNATURELAWSON-ADAMS J
AFFILIATIONSVanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS3
TOTAL CITATIONS2
WORKS AS AUTHOR3
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • For preschoolers, word knowledge falls on a continuum

    Open AccessRebecca A Dore, Molly Scott et al.ARTICLEJournal of Child Language2025

    In gaining word knowledge, children’s semantic representations are initially imprecise before becoming gradually refined. We developed and tested a framework for a digital receptive vocabulary assessment that captured varied levels of representation as children learn words. At pre-test and post-test, children selected one of four images to match a word’s meaning: a correct target, a conceptually-related foil, a thematically-related foil, and a ph…

  • Nonverbal supports for word learning

    Open AccessErica M Barnes, Elizabeth Burke Hadley et al.ARTICLEEarly Childhood Research Quarterly2023Cited by: 2References: 4

  • Education in the app store

    Rebecca A Dore, Marcia Shirilla et al.ARTICLEJournal of Children and Media2019

    Despite the prevalence of educational apps for children, there is little evidence of their effectiveness for learning. Here, children were asked to learn ten new words in a narrative mobile game that requires children use knowledge of word meanings to advance the game. Study 1 used a lab-based between-subjects design with middle-SES 4-year-olds and used a receptive vocabulary test to examine whether children learned the game’s words. Children who…