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2 unusual facts about educational psychology


Educational Psychology: A Century of Contributions

A committee of eight educational psychologists (David Berliner, Anita Woolfolk Hoy, Richard Mayer, Wilbert J. McKeachie, Michael Pressley, Richard Snow, Claire Ellen Weinstein, and Joanna Williams) selected the following biographical subjects.

is a book edited by Barry Zimmerman and Dale Schunk in which each chapter presents a biography of an eminent scholar whose work has had a significant influence on the field of educational psychology.


Doris Piserchia

She served in the United States Navy from 1950 to 1954 and after that received her Master's in educational psychology.

Robert M. Gagné

Robert Mills Gagné (August 21, 1916 – April 28, 2002) was an American educational psychologist best known for his "Conditions of Learning".


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David Berliner

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 Graduate School of Education.

Jacci Turner

She later earned her Masters of Counseling and Educational Psychology from University of Nevada, Reno.

James C. Kaufman

He is a Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut.

John Prevas

Prevas was born in Baltimore, Maryland and received his undergraduate degree in history from the University of Maryland, a masters degree in educational psychology from Johns Hopkins University, a masters degree in political science from the University of Maryland and a law degree from Antioch School of Law, Washington, D.C.

Ruth A. Lucas

She received a master’s degree in educational psychology from Columbia University in 1957 and moved to the Washington, D.C. area in the early 1960s.

University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Education

U.S. News & World Report ranked the overall graduate program seventh in the country (tied with the University of Pennsylvania), with three departments—Curriculum & Instruction, Educational Psychology and Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis—receiving the number one ranking in 2006.