• American Educational Research Association (AERA) Minority Dissertation Fellowship (1995-1997)
• American Psychological Association (APA) Dissertation Research Award (1996)

McGill-Franzen, A., Allington, R.L., Yokoi, L., & Brooks, G. (1999). Putting books in the classroom seems necessary but not sufficient. Journal of Educational Research, 93(2), 67-74.

Pressley, M., Yokoi, L., Rankin, J., Wharton-McDonald, R., & Mistretta, J. (1997). A survey of the instructional practices of grade 5 teachers nominated as effective in promoting literacy. Scientific Studies of Reading, 1(2), 145-160.

Pressley, M., Yokoi, L, Van Meter, P., Van Etten, S., & Freebern, G. (1997). Some of the reasons why preparing for exams is so hard: What can be done to make it easier? Educational Psychology Review, 9, 1-38.

Wharton-McDonald, R., Pressley, M., Rankin, J., Mistretta, J., Yokoi, L, & Ettenberger, S. (1997). Excellent primary-grades literacy instruction = Balanced literacy instruction. The Reading Teacher, 50, 518-521.

Jones, M., Yokoi, L, Johnson, D., Cafaro, T., & Kee, D.W. (1996). Sex differences in the effectiveness of elaborative strategy use: Knowledge access comparisons. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 62, 401-409.

Pressley, M., Rankin, J., & Yokoi, L. (1996). A survey of instructional practices of primary teachers nominated as effective in promoting literacy. Elementary School Journal, 96, 363-384.

Van Meter, P., Yokoi, L., & Pressley, M. (1994). College students' theory of note-taking derived from their perceptions of note-taking. Journal of Educational Psychology, 86, 323-338.

Pressley, M., & Yokoi, L. (1994). Motion for a new trial on transfer. Educational Researcher, 23, 36-38.

Pressley, M., Van Etten, S., Yokoi, L., Freebern, G., & Van Meter, P. (1998). The metacognition of college studentship: A grounded theory approach. In D. Hacker & A Graesser (Eds.), Metacognition in Educational Theory and Practice. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum and Associates.

Pressley, M., Wharton-McDonald, R., Rankin, J., El-Dinary, P., Brown, R., Afflerback, P., Mistretta, J., & Yokoi, L. (1997). Elementary reading instruction. In G.D. Phye (Ed.), Handbook of Academic Learning. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

Pressley, M., Wharton-McDonald, R., Rankin, J., Mistretta, J., Yokoi, L., & Ettenberger, S. (1996). The nature of outstanding primary-grades literacy instruction. In E. McIntyre & M. Pressley (Eds.), Balanced Instruction: Strategies and Skills in Whole Language. Norwood, MA: Christopher-Gordon Publishers, Inc.

Yokoi, L. (1995). Instructor's Manual and Test Bank to accompany M. Pressley's Cognition, Teaching, and Assessment. New York, NY: Harper Collins.
Editor's comment: "The copy editor ...said it was one of the best written Instructor's Manuals she has seen..."

Echevarria, M., Yokoi, L., & Cronin, J. (1997, March). A model of secodary teachers' perceptions of student notetaking. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

McGill-Franzen, A., Allington, R., & Yokoi, L. (1997, March). Children's literacy learning from a theory of access. In S.B. Neuman (Chair), Theoretical perspectives on early literacy learning. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Yokoi, L. (1997, March). The developmental context of notetaking: A qualitative examination of notetaking at the secondary level. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Yokoi, L. (1996, June). A qualitative examination of secondary student notetaking. In M. Pressley (Chair), Understanding students' understanding of academic demands. Symposium conducted at the annual conference on Ethnographic Research in Education, Amherst, MA.

Pressley, M., & Yokoi, L. (1995, August). Why is self-regulated studying for a test so challenging? In P.H. Winne (Chair), Becoming a strategic learner: From knowledge to self-regulation. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, New York City, NY.

Van Meter, P., Yokoi, L., & Pressley, M. (1993). College students' perceptions of notetaking: An interview study. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Atlanta, GA.

Jones, M., Johnson, D., Yokoi, L., Cafaro, T., & Kee, D.W. (1993). Gender differences in children's knowledge-base access. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Phoenix, AZ.

Guthrie, J.T., Sammons, R., Van Meter, P., & Yokoi, L. (1992). Search and comprehension of text and multiple representations. Paper presented at the National Reading Conference, San Antonio, TX.

Kee, D.W., Yokoi, L., & Cafaro, T. (1991, April). Knowledge-base accessibility effects: Boys and girls show different patters of elaboration effort. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA.

Yokoi, L. A qualitative examination of notetaking at the junior high and high school levels.

Yokoi, L. College student notetaking behaviors: Are there developmental differences?

Yokoi, L., Cronin, J., & Echevarria, M. Secondary teacher perceptions of student notetaking.

Last updated: 1999