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Glaser, Robert

LRDC Emeritus Director and Senior Scientist
Emeritus University Professor of Psychology
PhD, Indiana University


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Research Interests: Cognitive processes in learning and instruction, nature of expertise, assessment of performance

Publications

• Glaser, R., & Baxter, G. P. (2002) Cognition and construct validity: Evidence for the nature of cognitive performance in assessment situations. A Festschrift in honor of Sam Messick. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• Pellegrino, James W., Chudowsky, Naomi, & Glaser R. (2001). Knowing what students know: The Science and Design of Educational Assessment. National Academy Press, Washington, DC.
• Glaser, R. (2000). Cognition and instruction: Mind, Development and Community. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology 21 (1): 123-127. (Abstract-pdf)
• Glaser, R. (Ed.), (2000). Advances in Instructional Psychology: Educational Design and Cognitive Science, Volume 5. Mahwah, NJ Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates.
• Raghavan, K., Sartoris, M. L., & Glaser, R. (1998). Why does it go up? The impact of the MARS curriculum as revealed through changes in student explanations of a helium balloon. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 35(5), 547-567.
• Raghavan, K., Sartoris, M. L., & Glaser, R. (1998). Impact of the MARS curriculum: The mass unit. Science Education, 82(1): 53-91.
• Raghavan, K., Sartoris, M. L., & Glaser, R. (1997). The impact of model-centered instruction on student learning: The area and volume units. Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 16: 362-404.
• Raghavan, K., Glaser, R., & Sartoris, M. L. (1995). MARS, a computer-supported middle-school science curriculum to foster model-based analytical reasoning. In Proceedings from the Working Conference on Applications of Technology in the Science Classroom (pp. 17-56). Columbus, OH: The National Center for Science Teaching and Learning.
• Raghavan, K & Glaser, R. (1995). Model-based analysis and reasoning in science: The MARS curriculum. Science Education, 79(1): 37-61
• Raghavan, K. & Glaser, R. (1994). Studying and teaching model-based reasoning in science. In S. Vosniadou, E. De Corte, & H. Mandl (Eds.), Technology-based learning environments: Psychological and educational foundations (pp. 104-111). Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
• Leinhardt, G. (1993). On teaching. In R. Glaser (Ed.), Advances in instructional psychology (Vol. 4, pp. 1-54). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• Raghavan, K., Schauble, L., & Glaser, R. (1991). A Graphic notation to support reflection in scientific reasoning. Proceedings of the International Conference on the Learning Sciences. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University.
• Schauble, L., Glaser, R., Raghavan, K., & Reiner, M. (1991). Causal models and experimentation strategies in scientific reasoning. The Journal of the Learning Sciences, 1(2), 201-238.

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Honors and Awards

• American Educational Research Association Presidential Citation Award (2003)
• Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa: McGill University, Montreal, Canada (2001)
• Chancellor's Distinguished Research Award, University of Pittsburgh (1995)
• Citation Classic Award for Chi, M.T.H., Feltovich, P.J., & Glaser, R. "Categorization and representation of physics problems by experts and novices", Cognitive Science, 5, 121-152, 1981 (1993
• American Psychologist Association's Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Psychology (1987)
• E.L. Thorndike Award for Distinguished Psychological Contributions to Education (1981)

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