Patricia A. Alexander

General Research Area:

Academic Development, Learning, Literacy and Reading Comprehension, Knowledge and Epistemic Beliefs, Motivation to Learn

Honors and Awards:

Visiting Scholar, Israel, New Zealand, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, and Singapore

Outstanding Scholarship Award, College of Education, University of Maryland, 2007

Sylvia Scribner Award, Division C, American Educational Research Association, 2007

Fellow, American Educational Research Association, 2008

E. L. Thorndike Award for Career Achievement in Educational Psychology, Division 15, American Psychological Association, 2006

Oscar S. Causey Award for Outstanding Contributions, National Reading Conference, 2001

Recent Publications:

Books and Book Chapters

Mayer, R. E., & Alexander, P. A. (Eds.) (2011). Handbook of research on learning and instruction. New York: Routledge.

Alexander, P. A., Winters, F., Dinsmore, D. L., & Parkinson, M. (2011). The role of domain knowledge in self-regulated learning. In B. Zimmerman & D. Schunk (Ed.), Handbook of self-regulation of learning and performance. New York: Routledge.

Mayer, R. E., & Alexander, P. A. (2011). Introduction to research on learning. In R. E. Mayer & P. A. Alexander (Eds.), Handbook of research on learning and instruction (pp. 3-6). New York: Routledge.

Alexander, P. A., & Mayer, R. E. (2011). Introduction to research on instruction. In R. E. Mayer & P. A. Alexander (Eds.), Handbook of research on learning and instruction (pp. 245-248). New York: Routledge.

Fox, E., & Alexander, P. A. (2011). Learning to read. In R. E. Mayer & P. A. Alexander (Eds.), Handbook of research on learning and instruction (pp. 7-31). New York: Routledge.

Alexander, P. A., & Fox, E. (2011). Adolescent reading. In M. L. Kamil, P. D. Pearson, E. B. Moje, & P. Afflerbach (Eds.), Handbook of reading research, Vol. IV (pp. 157-176). New York: Routledge.

Journal Articles

Alexander, P. A. (2010). Through myth to reality: Reframing education as academic development [Special Issue on Overlaps between socio-emotional and academic development]. Early Education and Development, 21, 633-651.

Fox, E., Dinsmore, D. L., & Alexander, P. A. (2010). Reading competence, interest, and reading goals in three gifted young adolescent readers [Special Issue on Motivation and Giftedness]. High Ability Studies, 21, 165-178.

Kulikowich, J. M., & Alexander, P. A. (2010). Intentionality to learn in an academic domain. [Special Issue on Overlaps between socio-emotional and academic development] Early Education and Development. 21, 724-743.

Alexander, P. A., Winters, F. I., Loughlin, S. M., & Grossnickle, E. M. (in press). Students' conceptions of knowledge, information, and truth. Learning and Instruction. DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2011.05.004?

Winters, F. I., & Alexander, P. A. (in press). Peer collaboration: The relation of regulatory behaviors to learning with hypermedia. Instructional Science. DOI: 10.1007/s11251-010-9134-5

Professional Activities:

Senior Editor, Contemporary Educational Psychology

Series Editor, The Psychological Foundations of Teaching and Learning Series, Taylor & Francis

Associate Editor, American Educational Research Journal, Teaching, Learning, and Human Development Section, 2008-2010

Editor, Instructional Science, 1995-2007

Vice-President, Division C, American Educational Research Association, 2002-2004

President, Division 15, American Psychological Association, 2000-2001

Links:

Curriculum Vitae
Alexander Research Lab

Email:

palexand@umd.edu
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