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Resnick, Lauren B.

Senior Scientist, Project Director
Distinguished University Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science
EdD Harvard University


Contact:
824 LRDC
412-624-7485
412-624-3051
resnick@pitt.edu

 

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Summary:

Research Interests: Learning and development, scientific understanding in children, socially shared cognition

Projects/Labs

• Institute for Learning (IFL)
• Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center (PSLC)
• Learning Policy Center

Publications

• Resnick, L.B., Michaels, S., & O’Connor, C. (in press). How (well structured) talk builds the mind. In R. Sternberg & D. Preiss (Eds.), From Genes to Context: New Discoveries about Learning from Educational Research and Their Applications. New York: Springer.
• Resnick, L.B., Wiliam, D., Apodaca, R., & Rangel, E. (in press). The relationship between assessment and the organization and pratice of teaching. In B. McGaw, P. Peterson, & E. Baker (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Education, 3rd Edition. London: Elsevier.
• Sohmer, R., Michaels, S., O’Connor, M.C., & Resnick, L.B. (2009). Guided construction of knowledge in the classroom: The Troika of well-structured talk, tasks, and tools. In B. Schwarz & T. Dreyfus (Eds.), Advances in Learning and Instruction. (pp. 105-129) London: Elsevier.
• Resnick, L.B., Stein, M.K., & Coon, S.E. (2008). Standards-based reform: A powerful idea unmoored. In R. Kahlenberg (Ed.), Going back to basics on standards-based reform. New York: The Century Foundation.
• Michaels, S., O’Connor, C., & Resnick, L.B.(2007). Deliberative discourse idealized and realized: Accountable talk in the classroom and in civic life. Studies in Philosophy and Education. (Abstract-pdf)
• Resnick, L.B., Besterfield-Sacre, M., Mehalik, M.M., Sherer, J.Z. & Halverson, E.R. (2007). A framework for effective management of school system performance. In P.A. Moss(Ed.). Evidence and Decision Making. The 106th Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education (NSS), Part 1, pp. 155-185. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers. (Abstract-pdf)
• Resnick, L.B., & Matsumura, L.C. (Winter, 2007). Academic proficiency: Bright hopes, blurry vision. Voices in education (14).
• Clark, R. M., Sherer, J. Z., Besterfield-Sacre, M., & Resnick, L. (2007) Combining expert directed graphs of the K-12 educational system. American Educational Research Association Meeting. Chicago, Illinois.
• Resnick, L.B., & Spillane, J. P. (2006). “From Individual Learning to Organizational Designs for Learning.” In Verschaffel, L., Dochy, F., Boekaerts, M., & Vosniadou, S. (Eds). Instructional psychology: Past, present and future trends. Sixteen essays in honor of Erik De Corte (Advances in Learning and Instruction Series). Oxford: Pergamon.
• McConachie, S., Hall, M., Resnick, L., Ravi, A.K., Bill, V.L., Bintz, J., & Taylor, J.A. (2006). Task, Text, and Talk: Literacy for All Subjects. Educational Leadership, 64(2), 8-14. (Abstract-pdf)
• Resnick, L.B. (2006) Making Accountability Really Count. Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 25(1), 33-37. (Abstract-pdf)
• Resnick, L.B. (2006). Giving psychology away: From individual learning to learning organizations. In Jing, Q., Rosenzweig, M.R., d'Ydewalle , G., Zhang, H., Chen, H., & Zhang, K. (Eds.). Progress in psychological science around the world. Volume 2: Social and applied issues. Proceedings of the 28th International Congress of Psychology. London: Taylor & Francis Group, Psychology Press. (Abstract-pdf)
• Resnick, L. B., & Zurawsky, C. (2005). Getting Back on Course: Fixing Standards-Based Reform and Accountability. American Educator, 29(1), 8-46. (Abstract-html)
• Resnick, L.B., Lesgold, A., & Hall, M.W. (2005). Technology and the new culture of learning: Tools for education professionals. In P. Gardenfors & P. Johansson (Eds.), Cognition, education, and communication technology (pp. 77-107). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Perret-Clermont, A.-N., Pontecorvo, C., Resnick, L. B., Zittoun, T., & Burge, B. (2004). Joining society: Social interaction and learning in adolescence and youth. Cambridge, UK; New York: Cambridge University Press.
• Glennan, T.K., Jr., & Resnick, L. (2004). "School Districts as Learning Organizations: A Strategy for Scaling Education Reform." In T.K. Glennan, Jr., S.J. Bodilly, J. Galegher, and K. Kerr, (Eds.) Expanding the Reach of Education Reforms: Collected Essays by Leaders in the Scale-up of Educational Interventions. Santa Monica, CA: RAND, MG-177-FF.
• Resnick, L. B., Rothman R., Slattery, J. B, & Vranek, J. L. (2003). Benchmarking and alignment of standards and testing. Educational Assessment, 9(1 & 2), 1–27.
• Resnick, L. B., & Glennan, J. T. (2002). “Leadership for learning: A theory of action for urban school districts,” In Hightower, A. M., M. S. Knapp, J. A. Marsh, and M. W. McLaughlin, (Eds.), School Districts and Instructional Renewal, New York: Teachers College Press, pp. 160-172. (Abstract-pdf)
• Collins, A., Greeno, J. G. & Resnick, L. B. (2001) Education Learning Theories. In: Smelser, N. J.,Baltes, P. B. (Eds.) The International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford.
• Resnick, L. B. (2001). The mismeasure of learning [Review of books: Will standards save public education, One size fits few: The folly of educational standards, The schools our children deserve: Moving beyond traditional classrooms and tougher standards, Standardized minds: The high price of America's testing culture and what we can do to change it, The big test: The secret history of the American meritocracy]. Education Next, 1(3), 78-83). (Abstract-pdf)
• Fink, E., & Resnick, L. B. (2001). Developing principals as instructional leaders. Phi Delta Kappan, 82, 598-606. (Abstract-pdf)
• Resnick, L. B. (2001). Making America smarter: The real goal of school reform. In A. L. Costa (Ed.), Developing Minds: A Resource Book for Teaching Thinking (3rd Ed.). Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. (Abstract-pdf)
• Briars, D., & Resnick, L. (2000). Standards, Assessments – and What Else? The Essential Elements of Standards-Based School Improvement. Los Angeles, CA: The National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing.
• Keefer, M. W., Zeitz, C. M., & Resnick, L. B. (2000). Judging the quality of peer-led student dialogues. Cognition and Instruction, 18, 53-81. (Abstract-pdf)
• Reiner, M., Slotta, J. D., Chi, M. T. H., & Resnick, L. B. (2000). Naïve physics reasoning: A commitment to substance-based conceptions. Cognition and Instruction, 18, 1-34.
• Resnick, L. B. (2000). Developing mathematical knowledge. In P. K. Smith & A. D. Pelligrini (Eds.), Psychology of education: Major themes (Vol. 3, pp. 223-238). London/New York: Routledge. (Abstract-pdf)
• Resnick, L. B. (2000). From aptitude to effort: A new foundation for our schools. In L. Abbeduto (Ed.), Taking sides: Clashing views on controversial issues in educational psychology (pp. 206-210). Guilford, CT: Dushkin/McGraw-Hill. (Abstract-pdf)
• Resnick, L. B. (2000). Literacy in school and out. In M. A. Gallego & S. Hollingsworth (Eds.), What counts as literacy: Challenging the school standard (pp. 27-41). New York: Teachers College Press. (Abstract-pdf)
• Resnick, L.B. (2000). Changing Knowledge Changing Schools: Creating Intellegence for the 21st Century. Presented at the Textos da Conferecia Internacional Noo Conhemcimento Nova Aprendizagem, Outubro de 2000. (Abstract-pdf)
• Resnick, L. B. (1999). From aptitude to effort: A new foundation for our schools. American Educator, 23, 14-17. (Abstract-pdf)
• Resnick, L. B. (1999, June 16). Making America smarter. Education Week, pp. 38-40. (Abstract-pdf)
• Nelson-Le Gall, S., & Resnick, L. B. (1998). Help seeking, achievement motivation, and the social practice of intelligence in school. In S. A. Karabenick (Ed.), Strategic help seeking: Implications for learning and teaching (pp. 39-60). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. (Abstract-pdf)
• Resnick, L. B., & Hall, M. W. (1998). Learning organizations for sustainable education reform. Daedalus, 127, 89-118. (Abstract-html)
• Resnick, L. B., Saljo, R., Pontecorvo, C., & Burge, B. (Eds.). (1997). Discourse, tools, and reasoning: Essays on situated cognition. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
• Resnick, L. B. (1997). Getting to work: Thoughts on the function and form of the school-to-work transition. In A. Lesgold, M. J. Feuer, & A. M. Black (Eds.), Transitions in work and learning: Implications for assessment (pp. 249-263). Washington, DC: National Academy Press. (Abstract-pdf)
• Resnick, L. B. (1997). It's learning all the way down—and up! Some thoughts on systemic reform in math and science education. In W. H. Clune, S. B. Millar, S. A. Raizen, N. L. Webb, D. C. Bowcock, E. D. Britton, R. L. Gunter, & R. Mesquita, Research on systemic reform: What have we learned? What do we need to know? Synthesis of the Second Annual National Institute for Science Education Forum. Vol. 2: Proceedings of the panel on The Role of Teaching and Learning in Systemic Reform (pp. 62-64). Madison: University of Wisconsin.
• Resnick, L. B. (1997). Research and public policy activism: What relationship? "The vision thing": Educational research and AERA in the 21st century. Part 2: Competing visions for enhancing the impact of educational research [Presidents' Essay Series]. Educational Researcher, 26(5), 12-27.
• Resnick, L. B. (1997). Student performance portfolios. In H. J. Walberg & G. D. Haertel (Eds.), Psychology and educational practice (pp. 158-175). Berkeley, CA: McCutchan
• Resnick, L. B., & Nelson-Le Gall, S. (1997). Socializing intelligence. In L. Smith, J. Dockrell, & P. Tomlinson (Eds.), Piaget, Vygotsky and beyond (pp. 145-158). London/New York: Routledge. (Abstract-pdf)
• Singer, J. A., Kohn, A. S., & Resnick, L. B. (1997). Knowing about proportions in different contexts. In T. Nunes & P. Bryant (Eds.), Learning and teaching mathematics: An international perspective (pp. 115-132). Hove, England: Psychology Press.
• Pontecorvo, C., Orsolini, M., & Burge, B., & Resnick, L. B. (Eds.). (1996). Children's early text construction. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Resnick, L. B., & Wirt, J. (Eds.). (1996). Linking school and work: Roles for standards and assessment. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
• Greeno, J. G., Collins, A., & Resnick, L. B. (1996). Cognition and learning. In D. C. Berliner & R. C. Calfee (Eds.), Handbook of educational psychology (pp. 15-46). New York: Macmillan. (Abstract-pdf)
• Resnick, D. P., & Resnick, L. B. (1996). Performance assessment and the multiple functions of educational measurement. In M. B. Kane & R. Mitchell (Eds.), Implementing performance assessment: Promises, problems, and challenges (pp. 23-38). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Resnick, L. B. (1996). Schooling and the workplace: What relationship? Paper prepared for The Aspen Institute's Congressional Program, Preparing Youth for the 21st Century, February 16-29, Palm Beach, FL. (Abstract-pdf)
• Resnick, L. B. (1996). Situated learning. In E. De Corte & F. E. Weinert (Eds.), International encyclopedia of developmental and instructional psychology (pp. 341-347). Oxford, England: Elsevier Science.
• Resnick, L. B. (1996). Situated rationalism: The biological and cultural foundations for learning. Prospects [UNESCO], 26, 37-53. Also published in French as Le rationalisme situe: Les fondements biologiques et culturels de l'apprentissage. Perspectives, 26, 39-58; and in Spanish as El racionalismo situado: Los fundamentos biologicos y culturales del aprendizaje. Perspectivas, 26, 39-57.
• Resnick, L. B., Nolan, K. J., & Resnick, D. P. (1996). Caution heeded--A response to "High standards and cultural diversity: Cautionary tales of comparative research." Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 18(3), 262-264.
• Schwarz, B. B., Nathan, M. J., & Resnick, L. B. (1996). Acquisition of meaning for arithmetic structures with The Planner. In S. Vosniadou, E. De Corte, R. Glaser, & H. Mandl (Eds.), International perspectives on the design of technology-supported learning environments (pp. 61-80). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. (Abstract-pdf)
• Hill, C. A., & Resnick, L. B. (1995). Creating opportunities for apprenticeship in writing. In J. Petraglia (Ed.), Reconceiving writing, rethinking writing instruction (pp. 145-158). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Joram, E., Resnick, L. B., & Gabriele, A. J. (1995). Numeracy as cultural practice: An examination of numbers in magazines for children, teenagers, and adults. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 26, 346-361.
• Nathan, M. J., & Resnick, L. B. (1995). Less can be more: Unintelligent tutoring based on psychological theories and experimentation. In S. Vosniadou, E. De Corte, & H. Mandl (Eds.), Technology-based learning environments: Psychological and educational foundations (pp. 183-192). (NATO ASI Series F, Computer and Systems Sciences, Vol. 137, Subseries on Advanced Educational Technology). New York: Springer.
• Resnick, L. B. (1995). From aptitude to effort: A new foundation for our schools. Daedalus, 124, 55-62. (Abstract-pdf)
• Resnick, L. B. (1995). Inventing arithmetic: Making children's intuition work in school. In C. A. Nelson (Ed.), Basic and applied perspectives on learning, cognition, and development (pp. 75-101). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum. Also published as Inventer l'arithmetique: Faire appel a l'intuition des enfants a l'ecole. Actes des entretiens Nathan: "Savoirs et savoir-faire" (pp. 41-71). Paris: Nathan.
• Resnick, L. B. (1995). Making high school count. In M. Higginbotham (Ed.), What governors need to know about education reform (pp. 85-89). Washington, DC: National Governors' Association.
• Resnick, L. B., & Nolan, K. J. (1995). Standards for education. In D. Ravitch (Ed.), Brookings dialogues on public policy (pp. 94-119). Washington, DC: Brookings Institution.
• Resnick, L. B., & Nolan, K. (1995). Where in the world are world-class standards? Educational Leadership, 52(6), 6-10.
• Resnick, L. B., Nolan, K. J., & Resnick, D. P. (1995). Benchmarking education standards. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 17, 438-461.
• Resnick, L. B., Levine, J. M., & Teasley, S. D. (Eds.). (1991). Perspectives on socially shared cognition. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
• Resnick, L. B. (Ed.). (1989). Knowing, learning, and instruction: Essays in honor of Robert Glaser. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Resnick, L. B., & Klopfer, L. E. (Eds.). (1989). Toward the thinking curriculum: Current cognitive research (ASCD Yearbook). Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Also in Spanish: Curriculum y cognicion. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Aique.
• Resnick, L. B. (1987). Education and learning to think. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
• Resnick, L. B., & Ford, W. W. (1981). The psychology of mathematics for instruction. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Resnick, L. B., & Weaver, P. A. (Eds.). (1979). Theory and practice of early reading (Vols. 1-3). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Resnick, L. B. (Ed.). (1976). The nature of intelligence. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

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Honors and Awards

• European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, Oeuvre Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Science of Learning and Instruction (1999)
• Edward L. Thorndike Award for Distinguished Psychological Contributions to Education, American Psychological Association (1998)

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