Arthur C. Graesser

Dr. Arthur C. Graesser
Residence Memphis, TN
Citizenship USA
Nationality USA
Fields Cognitive psychology, Educational psychology, Educational data mining
Institutions University of Memphis, University of Oxford
Alma mater University of California, San Diego (PhD)

Arthur C. Graesser (born 1950) is a professor of psychology and intelligent systems at the University of Memphis [1] [2] and is an honorary research fellow in education at the University of Oxford.[3]

He has served as the editor of the Journal of Educational Psychology [4] and Discourse Processes, has been president of four scientific societies, and has published over 600 scientific articles and three books, garnering over 30,000 citations .[5]

He is widely known for his role in the development of a range of intelligent tutoring systems, including the AutoTutor platform, and Operation ARA, co-developed with Diane F. Halpern and distributed by Pearson Education .[6] He also co-led the development of Coh-Metrix computational tool that produces linguistic, coherence, and discourse measures on texts.

Graesser has been awarded the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the Society for Text and Discourse [7] and the Distinguished Contributions of Applications of Psychology to Education and Training Award from the American Psychological Association. [8]

Graesser received his Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of California, San Diego. He has graduated 32 doctoral students .[9]

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References

  1. ↑ "IIS webpage". 2016. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
  2. ↑ "Bloomberg Business Executive Profile". 2016. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
  3. ↑ "OUCEA webpage". 2016. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
  4. ↑ Graesser, Arthur (2009). "Inaugural editorial for Journal of Educational Psychology". Journal of Educational Psychology. American Psychological Association. 101 (2): 259–261. doi:10.1037/a0014883.
  5. ↑ "Google Scholar A. Graesser". 2016. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
  6. ↑ "Operation ARA webpage". 2016. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
  7. ↑ "ST&D awards webpage". 2016. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
  8. ↑ "APA awards webpage". 2016. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
  9. ↑ "Arthur Graesser CV". 2016. Retrieved 2016-01-07.

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