The following is a list of academicians, both past and present, who are widely renowned for their groundbreaking contributions to the field of educational psychology.

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Patricia Alexander 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. She is currently a university distinguished professor, Jean Mul ...

* John Robert Anderson (born 1947) *

Richard C. Anderson Richard C. Anderson (born 1934) is an American educational psychologist who has published influential research on children's reading, vocabulary growth, and story discussions that promote thinking. He is the director of the Center for the Study of ...

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Chris Argyris Chris Argyris (July 16, 1923 – November 16, 2013) was an American business theorist and professor emeritus at Harvard Business School. Argyris, like Richard Beckhard, Edgar Schein and Warren Bennis, is known as a co-founder of organization deve ...

(1923–2013) * Elliot Aronson *

Richard C. Atkinson Richard Chatham Atkinson (born March 19, 1929) is an American professor of psychology and cognitive science and an academic administrator. He is president emeritus of the University of California system, former chancellor of the University of Cali ...

(born 1929) * David Ausubel (1918–2008) * Abraham Harold Maslow

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* Albert Bandura (1925–2021) *

Russell Barkley Russell Alan Barkley (born December 27, 1949) is a clinical psychologist who is a clinical professor of psychiatry at the VCU Medical Center and an author of books on attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Involved in research since 1973 ...

Carl Bereiter Carl Edward Bereiter (born 1930) is an American education researcher, professor emeritus at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto known for his research into knowledge building. Biography He was born and raised in ...

David Berliner David C. Berliner is an educational psychologist. He was professor and dean of the Mary Lou Fulton Institute and Graduate School of Education. Biography After a B.A. in psychology from U.C.L.A. and an M.A. in psychology from California State Univ ...

Ellen Bialystok Ellen Bialystok, OC, FRSC (born 1948) is a Canadian psychologist and professor. She carries the rank of Distinguished Research Professor at York University, in Toronto, where she is director of the Lifespan Cognition and Development Lab, and i ...

John B. Biggs John Burville Biggs (born 25 October 1934) is an Australian educational psychologist and novelist who developed the SOLO taxonomy for assessing the quality of learning outcomes, and the model of constructive alignment for designing teaching a ...

* Alfred Binet (1857–1911) * Benjamin Bloom (1913–1999) * Guy Bond *

Hilda Borko Hilda Borko is an American educational psychologist who researches teacher cognition and changes in novice and experienced teachers' knowledge and beliefs.Her research explores teachers’ instructional practices, the process of learning to teach ...

Ann Brown Ann Lesley Brown (1943–1999) was an educational psychologist who developed methods for teaching children to be better learners. Her interest in the human memory brought Brown to focus on active memory strategies that would help enhance human mem ...

(1943–1999) * Jerome Bruner (1915–2016)

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Donald T. Campbell Donald Thomas Campbell (November 20, 1916 – May 6, 1996) was an American social scientist. He is noted for his work in methodology. He coined the term ''evolutionary epistemology'' and developed a selectionist theory of human creativity. A ''R ...

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Idit Harel Caperton Idit R. Harel (born Idit Ron; September 18, 1958) is an Israeli-American entrepreneur and CEO of Globaloria. She is a learning sciences researcher and pioneer of Constructionist learning-based EdTech interventions. Overview Harel researches and ...

(born 1958) * John Bissell Carroll (1916–2003) *

Nancy Cole Nancy may refer to: Places France * Nancy, France, a city in the northeastern French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle and formerly the capital of the duchy of Lorraine ** Arrondissement of Nancy, surrounding and including the city of Nancy ...

* Allan Collins *

Lee Cronbach Lee Joseph Cronbach (April 22, 1916 – October 1, 2001) was an American educational psychologist who made contributions to psychological testing and measurement. At the University of Illinois, Urbana, Cronbach produced many of his works: the "A ...

(1916–2001) * Carl Jung * DC Carp

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John Dewey John Dewey (; October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer whose ideas have been influential in education and social reform. He was one of the most prominent American scholars in the f ...

(1859–1952) * Andrea diSessa * Stewart Donaldson

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* Robert L. Ebel (born 1942) * Kieran Egan *

Noel Entwistle Noel Entwistle (born in 1936) is a UK educational psychologist who has made significant contributions to theories of student learning in higher education. He is particularly known for identifying the characteristics of, and influences on, deep a ...

Dorothy Espelage Dorothy Espelage is an American psychologist. She is the William C. Friday Distinguished Professor of Education at the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), and an international expert in bullying, youth aggression, and teen dating violence ...

(born 1968)

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Charles Ferster Charles Bohris Ferster (1 November 1922 – 3 February 1981) was an American behavioral psychologist. A pioneer of applied behavior analysis, he developed errorless learning and was a colleague of B.F. Skinner's at Harvard University, co-authorin ...

(1922–1981) * Reuven Feuerstein (1921–2014) *

John H. Flavell John H. Flavell (born August 9, 1928 in Rockland, Massachusetts) is an American developmental psychologist specializing in children's cognitive development. Education After serving in The United States Army for two years from 1945 to 1947, John ...

(born 1928)

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Nathaniel Gage Nathaniel Lees Gage (August 1, 1917 – August 17, 2008) was an American educational psychologist who made significant contributions to a scientific understanding of teaching. He conceived and edited the first ''Handbook of Research on Teaching'' ...

(1917–2008) * Robert M. Gagné (1916–2002) * Howard Gardner (born 1943) *

David C. Geary David Cyril Geary (born June 7, 1957, in Providence, Rhode Island) is a United States cognitive developmental and evolutionary psychologist with interests in mathematical learning and sex differences. He is currently a Curators’ Professor and T ...

Robert Glaser Robert Glaser (January 18, 1921 – February 4, 2012) was an American educational psychologist, who has made significant contributions to theories of learning and instruction. The key areas of his research focused on the nature of aptitudes and ind ...

Gene V. Glass Gene V Glass (born June 19, 1940) is an American statistician and researcher working in educational psychology and the social sciences. According to the science writer Morton Hunt, he coined the term "meta-analysis" and illustrated its first us ...

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Anthony Gregorc Anthony F. Gregorc is an American who has taught educational administration. He is best known for his disputed theory of a Mind Styles Model and its associated ''Style Delineator''. The model tries to match education to particular learning style ...

Loren Grey Loren Grey (1915–2007; born Middletown, New York) was an American novelist and educational psychologist who attended the USC Rossier School of Education. He was the son of the writer Zane Grey Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23 ...

(1915–2007)

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G. Stanley Hall Granville Stanley Hall (February 1, 1846 – April 24, 1924) was a pioneering American psychologist and educator. His interests focused on human life span development and evolutionary theory. Hall was the first president of the American Psy ...

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Diane F. Halpern Diane F. Halpern is an American psychologist and former president of the American Psychological Association (APA). She is Dean of Social Science at the Minerva Schools at KGI ( Keck Graduate Institute) and also the McElwee Family Professor of Psy ...

* Karen R. Harris *

Michael Hogg Michael A. Hogg (born 1954) is a British psychologist, and Professor of Social Psychology in the Department of Psychology at Claremont Graduate University in Los Angeles. He is also an honorary Professor of Social Psychology at the University ...

John L. Holland John Lewis Holland"Award for distinguished scientific applications of psychology: John L. Holland." ''American Psychologist'', Vol 63(8), Nov 2008, 672-674. (October 21, 1919 – November 27, 2008) was an American psychologist and Professor Eme ...

Klaus Holzkamp Klaus Holzkamp (30 November 1927, Berlin – 1 November 1995, Berlin) was a German psychologist. Research Klaus Holzkamp worked as a professor at the Free University of Berlin. He took a central role in defining critical psychology based on the ...

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Lois Holzman Lois Holzman is director and co-founder of the East Side Institute in New York, New York, where she developed social therapy methods with Fred Newman (philosopher), Fred Newman. She is known for her research and work on play therapy, social therap ...

J. McVicker Hunt Joseph McVicker Hunt (March 19, 1906 – January 9, 1991) was a prominent American educational psychologist and author. He promoted and researched concepts related to the malleable nature of child intelligence (also promulgated by Benjamin Bloom) ...

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William James William James (January 11, 1842 – August 26, 1910) was an American philosopher, historian, and psychologist, and the first educator to offer a psychology course in the United States. James is considered to be a leading thinker of the lat ...

(1842–1910) * Arthur Jensen (1923–2012) *

Charles Hubbard Judd Charles Hubbard Judd (February 20, 1873 – July 18, 1946) was an American educational psychologist who played an influential role in the formation of the discipline. Part of the larger scientific movement of this period, Judd pushed for the us ...

(1873–1946)

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Alan S. Kaufman Alan S. Kaufman (born April 1944) is an American psychologist and writer known for his work on intelligence testing. Early life and career Born in Brooklyn and raised on Long Island, Kaufman earned his bachelor's degree from the University of ...

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Kenneth Koedinger Kenneth R. Koedinger (born 1962 in Wisconsin) is a professor of human–computer interaction and psychology at Carnegie Mellon University. He is the founding and current director of the Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center. He is widely known f ...

(born 1962) * Lawrence Kohlberg (1927–1987) *

David A. Kolb David Allen Kolb (born December 12, 1939, in Moline, Illinois) is an American educational theorist whose interests and publications focus on experiential learning, the individual and social change, career development, and executive and professi ...

(born 1939) * David Krathwohl

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Nadine Lambert Nadine Murphy Lambert (October 21, 1926 – April 26, 2006) was an American psychologist and educator. She founded the school psychology program at the University of California, Berkeley, created new instruments for school psychology use, and stud ...

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Jean Lave Jean Lave is a social anthropologist who theorizes learning as changing participation in on-going changing practice. Her lifework challenges conventional theories of learning and education. Education and career Lave received a Bachelor's from S ...

Aleksei N. Leontiev Alexei Nikolaevich Leontiev ( rus, Алексе́й Никола́евич Лео́нтьев, p=lʲɪˈonʲtʲjɪf; February 18, 1903 – January 21, 1979), was a Soviet Union, Soviet developmental psychology, developmental psychologist and philos ...

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Alan Lesgold Alan M. Lesgold, an Educational psychology, educational psychologist, is professor of psychology and Dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Education. He received a Doctor of Philosophy, PhD in psychology from Stanford University, where h ...

Robert L. Linn Robert Lee Linn (June 29, 1938 – December 8, 2015) was an American educational psychologist who has made notable contributions to the understanding of educational assessments. He studied technical and policy issues relating to the applicatio ...

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* Herbert W. Marsh * Ferenc Marton (born 1939) * Richard Mayer * Maria Montessori (1870 - 1952)

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Lilli Nielsen Dr. Lilli Nielsen (''née'' Reker) (born December 21, 1926, Rønne, Bornholm;About Dr. Lilli N ...

(1926–2013)

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* Angela O'Donnell *

Joy Osofsky Joy D. Osofsky is a clinical and developmental psychologist, known for her research on infant mental health, how parents nurture their infants and children, and the repercussions that follow exposure to traumatic events and violence. Some of ...

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* Gordon Pask (1928–1996) *

Roy Pea Roy D. Pea is David Jacks Professor of Learning Sciences and Education at the Stanford Graduate School of Education. He has extensively published works in the field of the Learning Sciences and on learning technology design and made significant co ...

* Eva Bendix Petersen * Jean Piaget (1896-1980) * Paul Pintrich (1953–2003)

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Joseph Renzulli Joseph Renzulli (born July 7, 1936) is an American educational psychologist. He is the Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor at the University of Connecticut's Neag School of Education. Early life Renzulli graduated with a bachelor's degree f ...

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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 Univers ...

* James Rest *

Cecil Reynolds Cecil Randy Reynolds (born February 7, 1952) is an American psychology professor best known for his work in psychological testing and assessment. Early life Reynolds was born on February 7, 1952, at the US Naval Hospital in Camp Lejeune, North C ...

* Carl Rogers (1902–1987)

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Roger Säljö Roger Säljö (born 2 April 1948) is a Swedish educational psychologist whose research presents a socio-cultural perspective on human learning and development. Säljö is a professor of education and educational psychology at Göteborg University a ...

(born 1948) * Gavriel Salomon *

Marlene Scardamalia Marlene Scardamalia is an education researcher, professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. Contributions She is considered one of the pioneers in computer-supported collaborative learning. Other areas of r ...

Dale Schunk Dale H. Schunk is an educational psychologist, former Dean and current professor in the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He has researched the effects of social and instructional variables on cognition, learni ...

Michael Scriven Michael John Scriven (; born 1928) is a British-born Australian polymath and academic philosopher, best known for his contributions to the theory and practice of evaluation. Biography Scriven was born in the UK and grew up in Melbourne, Austra ...

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Carl Seashore Carl Emil Seashore, born Sjöstrand (January 28, 1866 – October 16, 1949) was a prominent American psychologist and educator. He was the author of numerous books and articles principally regarding the fields of speech–language pathology, music ...

(1866–1949) * Marilyn Mailman Segal *

Richard Shavelson Richard J. Shavelson is an educational psychology, educational psychologist who has published over 100 research articles and books in the fields of educational assessment, psychology, and science education. He is an emeritus professor in the Stanfor ...

Michael Shonrock Michael D. Shonrock (born August 6, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American academic and former administrator. He was the President (education), president of Lindenwood University, located in St. Charles, Missouri, June 2015 to February 2019. Sh ...

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Lee Shulman Lee S. Shulman (born September 28, 1938) is an American educational psychologist and reformer. He has made notable contributions to the study of teaching, assessment of teaching, and the fields of medicine, science, and mathematics. Backgroun ...

Herbert A. Simon Herbert Alexander Simon (June 15, 1916 – February 9, 2001) was an American political scientist, with a Ph.D. in political science, whose work also influenced the fields of computer science, economics, and cognitive psychology. His primary ...

B. F. Skinner Burrhus Frederic Skinner (March 20, 1904 – August 18, 1990) was an American psychologist, behaviorist, author, inventor, and social philosopher. He was a professor of psychology at Harvard University from 1958 until his retirement in 1974. ...

* Victor Skumin (born 1948) * Robert Slavin *

Catherine E. Snow Catherine Elizabeth Snow (born December 14, 1945) is an educational psychologist and applied linguist. In 2009 Snow was appointed to the Patricia Albjerg Graham Professorship in the Harvard Graduate School of Education, having previously held ...

* Charles Spearman *

Julian Stanley Julian Cecil Stanley (July 9, 1918 – August 12, 2005) was an American psychologist. He was an advocate of accelerated education for academically gifted children. He founded the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth (CTY), as wel ...

Robert Sternberg Robert J. Sternberg (born December 8, 1949) is an American psychologist and psychometrician. He is Professor of Human Development at Cornell University. Sternberg has a BA from Yale University and a PhD from Stanford University, under advisor ...

* Deborah J. Stipek * Patrick Suppes *

John Sweller John Sweller (born 1946) is an Australian educational psychologist who is best known for formulating an influential theory of cognitive load. He is currently (i.e., 2020) Professor Emeritus at the University of New South Wales. Education Sweller ...

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* Lewis Terman *

Edward Thorndike Edward Lee Thorndike (August 31, 1874 – August 9, 1949) was an American psychologist who spent nearly his entire career at Teachers College, Columbia University. His work on comparative psychology and the learning process led to the theory o ...

Robert L. Thorndike Robert Ladd Thorndike (September 22, 1910 – September 21, 1990) was an American psychometrician and educational psychologist who made significant contributions to the analysis of reliability, the interpretation of error, cognitive ability, and ...

* David Tzuriel

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Ernst von Glasersfeld Ernst von Glasersfeld (March 8, 1917, Munich – November 12, 2010, Leverett, Franklin County, Massachusetts) was a philosopher, and emeritus professor of psychology at the University of Georgia, research associate at the Scientific Reasoni ...

(1917–2010) * Lev Vygotsky

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David Wechsler David Wechsler (; January 12, 1896 – May 2, 1981) was a Romanian-American psychologist. He developed well-known intelligence scales, such as the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC). A ...

* Bernard Weiner * Cassandra B. Whyte * William Winn * Philip Winne

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