Lynn Okagaki

Lynn Okagaki was appointed Commissioner of Education Research in the Institute of Education Sciences in December, 2005. She heads the National Center for Education Research, one of four centers within the Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education. [http://ies.ed.gov/ncer/aboutus/commissioner.asp Lynn Okagaki Commissioner of the National Center for Education Research] ]

Like many researchers in her field, Okagaki holds that views on intelligence may vary in different cultures, the majority of these views may not match Western views. ["Directors of Development CL: Influences on the Development of Children's Thinking" By Lynn Okagaki, Robert J. Sternberg. ISBN 0805806288]

Okagaki has served as associate dean of the School of Consumer and Family Science and professor of Child Development and Family Studies at Purdue University. She has held appointments at Yale University, Cornell University, and the University of Houston...]

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