Patricia Alexander
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Patricia A. Alexander is an educational psychologist who has conducted notable research on the role of individual difference, strategic processing and interest in students' learning (Alexander, 1998; 2000). She is currently Professor and Distinguished Scholar/Teacher in the Department of Human Development in the Faculty of Education at the University of Maryland.
Alexander has been a featured speaker at major research conferences, including the annual meetings of the National Reading Conference, the American Psychological Association, and the American Educational Research Association. She has authored an educational psychology textbook (Alexander, 2005), and has served as editor of prominent research journals and books in educational psychology (e.g., Alexander & Winne, 2006).
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- Alexander, P. A. (2000). Toward a model of academic development: Schooling and the acquisition of knowledge: The sequel. Educational Researcher.
- Alexander, P. A., & Winne, P. H. (Eds.) (2006). Handbook of educational psychology. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
- Alexander, P. A. (2005). Psychology in Learning and Instruction (Educational Psychology). Prentice Hall.
- Alexander, P. A. (1998). The nature of disciplinary and domain learning: The knowledge, interest, and strategic dimensions of learning from subject-matter text. In C. Hynd (Ed.), Learning from text across conceptual domains (pp. 263-287). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
