List of educational psychologists
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The following is a list of academician
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Academician
The title Academician denotes a Full Member of an art, literary, or scientific academy.In many countries, it is an honorary title. There also exists a lower-rank title, variously translated Corresponding Member or Associate Member, .-Eastern Europe and China:"Academician" may also be a functional...
s, both past and present, who are widely renowned for their groundbreaking contributions to the field of educational psychology
Educational psychology
Educational psychology is the study of how humans learn in educational settings, the effectiveness of educational interventions, the psychology of teaching, and the social psychology of schools as organizations. Educational psychology is concerned with how students learn and develop, often focusing...
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- Patricia AlexanderPatricia AlexanderPatricia A. Alexander is an educational psychologist who has conducted notable research on the role of individual difference, strategic processing, and interest in students' learning...
- John Robert Anderson (psychologist) (1947-)
- Richard C. AndersonRichard C. AndersonRichard C. Anderson is an American educational psychologist who has published influential research on children's reading, vocabulary growth, and story discussions that promote thinking. He is the director of the Center for the Study of Reading, and a professor of education and psychology at the...
(1934-) - Chris ArgyrisChris Argyris-Bibliography:* Chris Argyris: Personality and Organization, 1957* Chris Argyris: Some Limitations of the Case Method: Experiences in a Management Development Program.” Academy of Management Review 5: 291–298, 1980...
(1923-) - Elliot AronsonElliot AronsonElliot Aronson is an American psychologist. He is listed among the 100 most eminent psychologists of the 20th Century, best known for the invention of the Jigsaw Classroom as a method of reducing interethnic hostility and prejudice; cognitive dissonance research, and influential social psychology...
- Richard C. AtkinsonRichard C. AtkinsonRichard Chatham Atkinson is an American professor of psychology and academic administrator. He is the former president and regent of the University of California system, and former chancellor of U.C...
(1929-) - David AusubelDavid AusubelDavid Paul Ausubel was an American psychologist born in New York. His most significant contribution to the fields of educational psychology, cognitive science, and science education learning, was on the development and research on ....
(1918-)
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- Albert BanduraAlbert BanduraAlbert Bandura is a psychologist and the David Starr Jordan Professor Emeritus of Social Science in Psychology at Stanford University...
(1925-) - Russell BarkleyRussell BarkleyRussell A. Barkley, Ph.D., is a Research Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University...
- Carl BereiterCarl BereiterCarl Bereiter is an education researcher, professor emeritus at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto and co-director of the Education Commons at OISE/UofT, a division that integrates all information and technology services from this institute.His areas of research...
- David BerlinerDavid BerlinerDavid C. Berliner is an educational psychologist.After a BA in psychology from UCLA and an MA in psychology from California State University at Los Angeles, Berliner received a Ph.D in Educational Psychology from the Stanford University School of Education. He also was awarded a Doctorate of Humane...
- Ellen BialystokEllen BialystokEllen Bialystok is a Canadian psychologist who is currently a Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology at York University as well as an Associate Scientist at the Rotman Research Institute of the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care.She received her Ph.D...
- John B. BiggsJohn B. BiggsJohn B. Biggs , born in Hobart, Tasmania in 1934, is an Australian educational psychologist and novelist who developed the SOLO Taxonomy for assessing the quality of learning outcomes, and the model of constructive alignment for designing teaching and assessment...
- Alfred BinetAlfred BinetAlfred Binet was a French psychologist who was the inventor of the first usable intelligence test, known at that time as the Binet test and today referred to as the IQ test. His principal goal was to identify students who needed special help in coping with the school curriculum...
(1857-1911) - Benjamin BloomBenjamin BloomBenjamin Samuel Bloom was an American educational psychologist who made contributions to the classification of educational objectives and to the theory of mastery-learning...
(1913-1999) - Guy BondGuy BondGuy Loraine Bond was an educational psychologist who made significant contributions to research in reading and literacy. Bond's work with Robert Dykstra on The First Grade Studies is perhaps the most famous of his contributions...
- Hilda BorkoHilda BorkoHilda Borko is an educational psychologist who researches teacher cognition and changes in novice and experienced teachers' knowledge and beliefs. Her work has identified factors that affect teachers' learning of reform-based practices...
- Ann BrownAnn BrownAnn Leslie Brown was an educational psychologist who developed methods for teaching children to be better learners. Her interest in the human memory brought Brown to focus on active memory strategies that would help enhance human memory and developmental differences in memory tasks...
(1943-1999) - Jerome BrunerJerome BrunerJerome Seymour Bruner is an American psychologist who has contributed to cognitive psychology and cognitive learning theory in educational psychology, as well as to history and to the general philosophy of education. Bruner is currently a senior research fellow at the New York University School...
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- Donald T. CampbellDonald T. CampbellDonald Thomas Campbell was an American social scientist. He is noted for his work in methodology. He coined the term "evolutionary epistemology" and developed a selectionist theory of human creativity.- Biography :...
(1916-1996) - Idit Harel CapertonIdit Harel CapertonIdit Harel Caperton, Ph.D. is an educational psychologist and epistemologist specializing in the study of the impact of computer-based new media technology on the social and academic development of children...
(1958-) - John Bissell CarrollJohn Bissell CarrollJohn Bissell Carroll was an American psychologist known for his contributions to psychology, educational linguistics and psychometrics.- Early years :...
(1916-2003) - Nancy ColeNancy ColeNancy Cole is an educational psychologist and expert on educational assessment. Cole is past president of the American Educational Research Association and the Educational Testing Service, and former Dean of Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She earned her Ph.D. in...
- Allan CollinsAllan M. CollinsAllan M. Collins is an American cognitive scientist and Professor Emeritus of Learning Sciences at Northwestern University's School of Education and Social Policy...
- Lee CronbachLee CronbachLee Joseph Cronbach was an American educational psychologist who made significant contributions to psychological testing and measurement. Born in Fresno, California, Cronbach was selected as a child to participate in Lewis Terman's long-term study of talented children...
(1916-2001)
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- Robert L. EbelRobert L. EbelRobert Ebel was an American educational psychologist who specialized in educational measurement. He was on the staff of Educational Testing Service in Princeton, NJ, where he served as Vice President from 1957-1963. While on the ETS staff, Ebel was president of the National Council on...
(1942-) - Kieran Egan
- Noel EntwistleNoel EntwistleNoel Entwistle is a UK educational psychologist who has made significant contributions to theories of student learning in higher education. He is particularly known for identifying the characteristics associated with deep and surface approaches to learning. Entwistle was formerly editor of the...
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- Nathaniel GageNathaniel GageNathaniel Lees Gage was an educational psychologist who made significant contributions to a scientific understanding of teaching. He conceived and edited the first Handbook of Research on Teaching , led the Stanford Center for Research and Development of Teaching, and served as president of the...
(1917) - Robert M. GagnéRobert M. GagnéRobert Mills Gagné was an American educational psychologist best known for his "Conditions of Learning". Gagné pioneered the science of instruction during WWII for the air force with pilot training...
(1916-2002) - Howard GardnerHoward GardnerHoward Earl Gardner is an American developmental psychologist who is a professor of Cognition and Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education at Harvard University, Senior Director of Harvard Project Zero and author of over twenty books translated into thirty languages. Since 1995, he has...
(1943-) - David C. GearyDavid C. GearyDavid C. Geary is a notable United States cognitive developmental and evolutionary psychologist with interests in mathematical learning and sex differences...
- Robert GlaserRobert GlaserRobert Glaser is an American educational psychologist, who has made significant contributions to theories of learning and instruction...
- Ernst von GlasersfeldErnst von GlasersfeldErnst von Glasersfeld was a philosopher, and Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of Georgia, Research Associate at the Scientific Reasoning Research Institute, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst...
(1917-) - Gene V. GlassGene V. GlassGene V Glass is an American statistician and researcher working in educational psychology and the social sciences. He coined the term "meta-analysis" and illustrated its use in 1976 while a faculty member at the University of Colorado Boulder...
(1940-) - Anthony GregorcAnthony GregorcAnthony F. Gregorc is best known for his theory of aMind Styles Model and its associatedStyle Delineator.-Career:Gregorc obtained a B.S. degree from Miami University and an M.S. degree and a Ph.D. degree from Kent State University. He has taught mathematics and biology and has been principal of a...
- Loren GreyLoren GreyLoren Grey was an educational psychologist and author of several books in that field. He also managed the legacy of his father, western author Zane Grey....
(1915-2007)
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- G. Stanley HallG. Stanley HallGranville Stanley Hall was a pioneering American psychologist and educator. His interests focused on childhood development and evolutionary theory...
(1844-1924) - Diane F. HalpernDiane F. HalpernDiane F. Halpern is an American psychologist and past-president of the American Psychological Association .Halpern received her B.A. from University of Pennsylvania and an M.A. from Temple University. She then received an M.A., from University of Cincinnati, followed by a Ph.D. from that...
- Karen R. HarrisKaren R. HarrisKaren R. Harris is an educational psychologist who has researched the development of learning strategies and self-regulation among students with learning challenges such as learning disabilities and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder....
- Michael HoggMichael HoggMichael Hogg is a Professor of Social Psychology in the at Claremont Graduate University.-Biography:Hogg was born in Calcutta, India, where his parents were employed at the time of his birth. When he was a child, his family moved to Sri Lanka where he lived until leaving for college in England...
- John L. HollandJohn L. HollandJohn Luther Holland was an American psychologist who created the career development model known as the Holland Occupational Themes. It is often referred to as the Holland Codes....
- Klaus HolzkampKlaus HolzkampKlaus Holzkamp was a German psychologist. He worked as a professor at the Free University of Berlin. He took a central role in defining critical psychology based on the works of Karl Marx...
(1927-1995) - Lois HolzmanLois HolzmanLois Holzman is a cofounder with Fred Newman of the East Side Institute for Group and Short Term Psychotherapy and the Institute's current director...
- J. McVicker HuntJ. McVicker HuntJ. McVicker Hunt was a prominent American educational psychologist and author. He promoted and researched pioneering concepts related to the malleable nature of child intelligence that eventual led to the theory of learning centered on the concept an information-processing system.- References :*...
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- William JamesWilliam JamesWilliam James was a pioneering American psychologist and philosopher who was trained as a physician. He wrote influential books on the young science of psychology, educational psychology, psychology of religious experience and mysticism, and on the philosophy of pragmatism...
(1842-1910) - Arthur JensenArthur JensenArthur Robert Jensen is a Professor Emeritus of educational psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. Jensen is known for his work in psychometrics and differential psychology, which is concerned with how and why individuals differ behaviorally from one another.He is a major proponent...
(1923-) - Joseph RenzulliJoseph RenzulliJoseph Renzulli is an American educational psychologist. He developed the three-ring model of giftedness, which promoted a broadened conception of giftedness. He also developed the "Schoolwide Enrichment Model" for developing children's talents in schools. Renzulli is known for his contributions...
(1936-) - Charles Hubbard JuddCharles Hubbard JuddCharles Hubbard Judd was an American educational psychologist who played an influential role in the formation of the discipline. Part of the larger scientific movement of this period, Judd pushed for the use of scientific methods to the understanding of education and, thus, wanted to limit the use...
(1873-1946)
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- Alan S. KaufmanAlan S. KaufmanAlan S. Kaufman is an American psychology professor known for his work on intelligence testing.- Early life and career :Born in Brooklyn and raised on Long Island, Kaufman earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1965; M.A. in Educational Psychology from Columbia...
(1944-) - Kenneth KoedingerKenneth koedingerKenneth R. Koedinger is a professor of human-computer interaction and psychology at Carnegie Mellon University . He is founding and current director of the Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center . He is widely known for his role in the development of the Cognitive Tutor software...
(1962-) - Lawrence KohlbergLawrence KohlbergLawrence Kohlberg was a Jewish American psychologist born in Bronxville, New York, who served as a professor at the University of Chicago, as well as Harvard University. Having specialized in research on moral education and reasoning, he is best known for his theory of stages of moral development...
(1927-1987) - David A. KolbDavid A. KolbDavid A. Kolb is an American educational theorist whose interests and publications focus on experiential learning, the individual and social change, career development, and executive and professional education...
(1939-) - David KrathwohlDavid KrathwohlDavid R. Krathwohl has served education in a multitude of settings: he was the director of the Bureau of Educational Research at Michigan State University and was also a past president of the American Educational Research Association where he served in multiple capacities, as a member of the...
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- Nadine LambertNadine LambertNadine Lambert was an American psychology and education professor.She received her Ph.D. in psychology from University of Southern California, with a specialty in psychometrics. She taught at University of California, Berkeley and founded the school psychology program at the education school in...
(1926-2006) - Jean LaveJean LaveJean Lave, PhD, is a social anthropologist and social learning theorist.She completed her doctorate in Social Anthropology at Harvard University in 1968...
- Aleksei N. Leontiev (1903-1979)
- Alan LesgoldAlan LesgoldAlan M. Lesgold is an educational psychologist who has made notable contributions to the cognitive science of learning and its application to instructional technology. Lesgold received his PhD in psychology from Stanford University , where his doctoral advisor was Gordon Bower...
- Lilli NielsenLilli NielsenDr. Lilli Nielsen is a Danish psychologist in the field of teaching blind children and those with multiple disabilities. She has written several books on the subject....
(1926-) - Robert L. LinnRobert L. LinnRobert L. Linn is an educational psychologist who has made notable contributions to the understanding of educational assessments. He has studied technical and policy issues relating to the application of test data, and the effects of high-stakes testing on teaching and learning...
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- Roger SäljöRoger SäljöRoger Säljö is a Swedish educational psychologist whose research presents a socio-cultural perspective on human learning and development. Säljö is a professor of education and educational psychology at Göteborg University and was president of the European Association for Research on Learning and...
(1948) - Gavriel SalomonGavriel SalomonGavriel Salomon is an Israeli educational psychologist who has conducted research on cognition and instruction, in particular the cognitive effects of media's symbol systems, transfer of learning, and the design of cognitive tools and technology-afforded learning environments...
- Marlene ScardamaliaMarlene ScardamaliaMarlene Scardamalia is an education researcher, professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.-Contributions:She is considered one of the pioneers in Computer-supported collaborative learning...
- Dale SchunkDale SchunkDale H. Schunk is an educational psychologist, former Dean and current professor in the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He has researched the effects of social and instructional variables on cognition, learning, self-regulation and motivation...
- Michael ScrivenMichael ScrivenMichael Scriven is a British-born academic, with a first degree in mathematics and a doctorate in philosophy. He has made significant contributions in the fields of philosophy, psychology, critical thinking, and, most notably, evaluation .He has produced over 400 scholarly publications and has...
(1928) - Carl SeashoreCarl SeashoreCarl Emil Seashore was a prominent American psychologist.-Background:Seashore was born in Mörlunda, Hultsfred Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden to Carl Gustav and Emily Sjöstrand. He emigrated with his family to the United States in 1870 and settled in Iowa. The name “Seashore” is a...
(1866-1949) - Marilyn Mailman SegalMarilyn Mailman SegalMarilyn Mailman Segal is an American developmental psychologist, author and educator specializing in early childhood. She is the founder and dean emeritus of the Family Center at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Her numerous books include the five volume "Your Child at...
- Richard ShavelsonRichard ShavelsonRichard J. Shavelson is an educational psychologist who has published over 100 research articles and books in the fields of educational assessment, cognitive psychology, and science education. He is a professor in the Stanford University School of Education and a past president of the American...
- Michael Shonrock (1957- )
- Lee ShulmanLee ShulmanLee S. Shulman is an educational psychologist who has made notable contributions to the study of teacher education, assessment of teaching, and education in the fields of medicine, science and mathematics...
- Herbert SimonHerbert SimonHerbert Alexander Simon was an American political scientist, economist, sociologist, and psychologist, and professor—most notably at Carnegie Mellon University—whose research ranged across the fields of cognitive psychology, cognitive science, computer science, public administration, economics,...
- B. F. SkinnerB. F. SkinnerBurrhus Frederic Skinner was an American behaviorist, author, inventor, baseball enthusiast, social philosopher and poet...
- Robert SlavinRobert SlavinRobert "Bob" Slavin is an American psychologist who studies educational and academic issues. He founded the Success for All reform program for primary and middle schools....
- Catherine E. SnowCatherine E. SnowCatherine Elizabeth Snow is an educational psychologist who has contributed significantly to theories of bilingualism and language acquisition through parent-child interaction. More recently, Snow's research has focused on early childhood literacy, investigating linguistic and social factors that...
- Charles SpearmanCharles SpearmanCharles Edward Spearman, FRS was an English psychologist known for work in statistics, as a pioneer of factor analysis, and for Spearman's rank correlation coefficient...
- Julian StanleyJulian StanleyDr. Julian Cecil Stanley was a psychologist, an educator, and an advocate of accelerated education for academically gifted children...
- Robert SternbergRobert SternbergRobert Jeffrey Sternberg , is an American psychologist and psychometrician and Provost at Oklahoma State University. He was formerly the Dean of Arts and Sciences at Tufts University, IBM Professor of Psychology and Education at Yale University and the President of the American Psychological...
- Deborah J. StipekDeborah J. StipekDeborah J. Stipek is the dean of the Stanford University School of Education. She was appointed dean in 2001. She holds a PhD in Developmental Psychology from Yale University and a BS in Psychology from the University of Washington.-External links:*...
- Patrick SuppesPatrick SuppesPatrick Colonel Suppes is an American philosopher who has made significant contributions to philosophy of science, the theory of measurement, the foundations of quantum mechanics, decision theory, psychology, and educational technology...
- John SwellerJohn SwellerJohn Sweller is an Australian educational psychologist who is best known for formulating an influential theory of cognitive load.He has a Ph.D. from the University of Adelaide's Department of Psychology — his thesis was titled "Effects of initial discrimination training on subsequent shift learning...
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- David WechslerDavid WechslerDavid "Wex" Wechsler was a leading American psychologist. He developed well-known intelligence scales, such as the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children .-Biography:...
- Bernard WeinerBernard WeinerBernard Weiner is a cognitive psychologist who is known for developing a form of attribution theory that explains the emotional and motivational entailments of academic success and failure. Bernard Weiner got interested in the field of attribution after first studying achievement motivation...
- Cassandra B. WhyteCassandra B. WhyteCassandra Bolyard Whyte is an American higher education administrator, teacher, and educational researcher. She is recognized for publication and leadership in the areas of higher education management, improving academic performance of students, campus planning and safety, predicting educational...
- William WinnWilliam WinnWilliam David "Bill" Winn was an educational psychologist who made notable contributions to the understanding of how people learn from diagrams, and on how cognitive and constructivist theories of learning can help instructional designers select effective teaching strategies.His areas of teaching...
- Philip WinnePhilip WinnePhilip H. Winne is a professor of educational psychology and Canada Research Chair in Self-Regulated Learning and Learning Technologies at Simon Fraser University. Winne has made significant contributions to research on self-regulated learning...