Angela O'Donnell
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Angela M. O'Donnell is an educational psychologist
at Rutgers University
who has made substantial contributions to the understanding of collaborative learning
(O'Donnell, Hmelo-Silver, & Erkens, 2006), and is the co-author of a widely used introductory textbook (O'Donnell, Reeve, & Smith, 2007). She is a member of the editorial review boards of Contemporary Educational Psychology, Educational Psychologist, Educational Psychology Review, the Journal of Experimental Education, and the Journal of Educational Psychology.
Educational psychology
Educational psychology is the study of how humans learn in educational settings, the effectiveness of educational interventions, the psychology of teaching, and the social psychology of schools as organizations. Educational psychology is concerned with how students learn and develop, often focusing...
at Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
who has made substantial contributions to the understanding of collaborative learning
Collaborative learning
Collaborative learning is a situation in which two or more people learn or attempt to learn something together. Unlike individual learning, people engaged in collaborative learning capitalize on one another’s resources and skills...
(O'Donnell, Hmelo-Silver, & Erkens, 2006), and is the co-author of a widely used introductory textbook (O'Donnell, Reeve, & Smith, 2007). She is a member of the editorial review boards of Contemporary Educational Psychology, Educational Psychologist, Educational Psychology Review, the Journal of Experimental Education, and the Journal of Educational Psychology.