Research

Recent Publications

Journal Articles

Alexander, P. A., Fusenig, J., Schoute, E. C., Singh, A., Sun, Y., & van Meerten, J. E. (2023). Confronting the challenges of undergraduates’ argumentation writing in a “Learning How to Learn” course. Written Communication. https://doi.org/10.1177/07410883221148468 

Singh, A. & Alexander, P.A. (2022). Audiobooks, print and comprehension: What we know and what we need to know. Educational Psychology Review, 34, 677–715. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-021-09653-2

Singh, A., Wang, M., & Faroqui-Shah, Y. (2022). The influence of romanizing a non-alphabetic L1 on L2 reading: The case of Hindi-English visual word recognition. Reading and Writing, 35, 1475–1496. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-021-10241-7  

Bharaj, P.K. & Singh, A. (2021). Fold the eggs…fold the eggs…: Experiences of educational stakeholders during COVID-19.  Frontiers in Education. 6:727494. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2021.727494 

 

Chapters in Edited Volumes

Alexander, P. A., & The Disciplined Reading and Learning Research Lab. (2019). Relational reasoning: The bedrock of integration within multi-representational texts, contexts, and perspectives. In D. Lombardi, P. van Meter, A. List, & P. Kendeou (Eds.), Handbook of learning from multiple representations and perspectives (pp. 401–424). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429443961-26 

Lin, C., Wang, M., & Singh, A. (2018). Introduction to script processing in Chinese and cognitive consequences for bilingual reading. In H. Pae (Ed.), Writing systems, reading processes, and cross- linguistic influences: Reflections from the Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Languages (pp. 25–48). John Benjamins. 


Conference presentations

National and International

Zhao, H.Z., Sayers, R., Singh, A., Chow, J.C. (2023, August 3–5). Empirically based mean effect size distributions for writing interventions. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC, United States.

Singh, A. & Alexander, P.A. (2023, May 4–5). Test comprehension across print and audio: A person-centered study. [Poster presentation]. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Virtual.

Schoute, E.C., van Meerten, J.E., Sun, Y., & Singh, A. (2023, April 13–16). Validating students’ behavioral profiles in classroom-based multiple source use tasks: Lessons learned, remaining challenges. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, United States.

Sayers, R., Chow, J.C., Morse, A.*, Singh, A.*, Burrows-Doerr, M.*, (2022, August). Drawings of teacher-child relationships for children at risk for language and behavior disorders. [Poster presentation]. The American Psychological Association, Minneapolis, MN, United States. (Authors with * equally contributed)

Singh, A. & Alexander, P.A. (2021, April). Audiobooks, print and comprehension: What we know and what we need to know. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Virtual.

Piety, P.J., Singh, A., Makowski, T., Mir, D., & Balzotti, J. (2021, April). Textual ecology, collaborative tasks, and genre systems: Using Productive Disciplinary Engagement to Teach STEM career awareness and intent. In A. Singh (Chair), Promoting Productive Disciplinary Engagement through textual practices. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Virtual.

Singh, A., Liu, C., Naik, R., & Piety, P.J. (2021, April). Developing effective visualizations to understand and scaffold collaborative textual practices. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference, Society for Learning Analytics Research, Virtual.

Schoute, E.C., van Meerten, J.E., Sun, Y., & Singh, A. (2021, April). Search logs, argumentative essays, and performance profiles: Positioning multiple source use in a classroom context. In J.Braasch (Chair), Synergy of reading and writing within multiple source tasks: Novel approaches and innovative techniques. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Virtual. PsychArchives. https://dx.doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.8170 

Singh, A. (2021, April) (Co-Chair). Educational innovation in times of crisis. Presidential session at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Virtual.

Singh, A. (2021, April) (Chair). International student experiences during COVID-19. Invited speaker session at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Virtual.

Sun, Y., Alexander, P. A., Singh, A., & Zhao, H. (2020, August). Characterizing college students multiple source use in an argumentative essay task: A profile analysis. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.

Singh, A., Wang, M., & Faroqi-Shah, Y. (2017, July). Cross-language phonological priming in different scripts: Hindi-English bilinguals. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading conference, Halifax, Canada.

Singh, A., Sun, Y., Alexander, P.A., & Zhao, H. (2019, April). Defining and assessing integration in the context of argumentative essays based on multiple sources. In L. M. S. Trakhman (Chair), Integration: A critical competency for the digital age. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Toronto, Canada.

Singh, A. (2015, March). Foreign educational institutions in India: Regulation and expansion. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society Conference, Washington, DC.

Singh, A. (2015, March). PISA problem solving: An assessment of 21st century skills. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society Conference, Washington, DC.


Working Papers

Singh, A., Bharaj, P.K., & Alexander, P. A. (in preparation). Reading and digital listening habits of college students.

Singh, A., Sun, Y., Alexander, P.A., & Zhao, H. (in preparation). Modeling argumentative essay writing in a multiple source use task using Bayesian Networks