Lauren Resnick

Lauren B. Resnick is an educational psychologist who has made notable contributions to the cognitive science of learning and instruction. She is a professor of psychology at the University of Pittsburgh, and was previously director of the University's Learning Research and Development Center. In 1986-1987, Resnick was the president of the American Educational Research Association. She received the 1998 E. L. Thorndike Award from the American Psychological Association.

In her book "Education and Learning to Think" (The National Academies Press, 1987) and the 1987 Presidential address she proposed that the concept of out of school learning is very beneficial for children and young adults. In her address she stated: "Because they are continuously engaged with objects and situations that make sense to them, people do not fall into the trap of forgetting what their calculation or their reasoning is about".

See also

Alan Lesgold

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Educational offices
Preceded by
David Berliner
President of the

American Educational Research Association
1986-1987

Succeeded by
Richard Shavelson


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