- Patricia Alexander
Patricia A. Alexander is an educational psychologist who has conducted notable research on the role of individual difference, strategic processing and interest in students' learning (Alexander, 1998; 2000). She is currently Professor and Distinguished Scholar/Teacher in the Department of
Human Development in the Faculty of Education at the University of Maryland.Alexander has been a featured speaker at major research conferences, including the annual meetings of the
National Reading Conference , theAmerican Psychological Association , and theAmerican Educational Research Association . She has authored an educational psychology textbook (Alexander, 2005), and has served as editor of prominent research journals and books in educational psychology (e.g., Alexander & Winne, 2006).ee also
Reading Motivation Karen R. Harris References
* Alexander, P. A. (2000). Toward a model of academic development: Schooling and the acquisition of knowledge: The sequel. "Educational Researcher".
* Alexander, P. A., & Winne, P. H. (Eds.) (2006). "Handbook of educational psychology". Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
* Alexander, P. A. (2005). "Psychology in Learning and Instruction (Educational Psychology)". Prentice Hall.
* Alexander, P. A. (1998). The nature of disciplinary and domain learning: The knowledge, interest, and strategic dimensions of learning from subject-matter text. In C. Hynd (Ed.), "Learning from text across conceptual domains" (pp. 263-287). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.External links
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