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Citations
9933
World Ranking
4932
National Ranking
2337

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association
  • 1984 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Alan M. Lesgold is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their scholarly activity includes contributions to psychology, with publications appearing in recognized academic venues.

One recent paper authored by Alan M. Lesgold is titled "James G. Greeno (1935-2020)." It was published in 2021 in the journal American Psychologist.

Frequent collaborators in their research include the following coauthors:

  • Vimla L. Patel (collaborated on 2 publications)
  • Guy André Boy (collaborated on 1 publication)
  • Kim J. Vicente (collaborated on 1 publication)

Their work has appeared in the following publication venues:

  • American Psychologist

Alan M. Lesgold has been recognized with the following awards:

  • Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), 1984
  • Fellow of the American Educational Research Association, 2008

Best Publications

  • Expertise in a complex skill: Diagnosing x-ray pictures.

    Alan Lesgold;Harriet Rubinson;Paul Feltovich;Robert Glaser

  • Discourse Comprehension and Sources of Individual Differences.

    Charles A. Perfetti;Alan M. Lesgold

  • Hierarchical retrieval schemes in recall of categorized word lists

    Gordon H. Bower;Michal C. Clark;Alan M. Lesgold;David Winzenz

  • Learning Issues for Intelligent Tutoring Systems

    Heinz Mandl;Alan Lesgold

  • Sherlock: A Coached Practice Environment for an Electronics Troubleshooting Job.

    Alan Lesgold;Susanne Lajoie;Marilyn Bunzo;Gary Eggan

  • Interactive Processes in Reading

    Alan M. Lesgold;Charles A. Perfetti

  • “Mapping to know”: The effects of representational guidance and reflective assessment on scientific inquiry

    Eva Erdosne Toth;Daniel D. Suthers;Alan M. Lesgold

  • On Pictures in Prose.

    Joel R. Levin;Alan M. Lesgold

  • Apprenticeship training in the workplace: computer-coached practice environment as a new form of apprenticeship

    Susanne P. Lajoie;Alan Lesgold

  • Diagnostic Monitoring of Skill and Knowledge Acquisition

    Norman Frederiksen;Robert Glaser;Alan Lesgold;Michael G. Shafto

  • Coding and Comprehension in Skilled Reading and Implications for Reading Instruction.

    Charles A. Perfetti;Alan M. Lesgold

  • Foregrounding effects in discourse comprehension

    Alan M. Lesgold;Steven F. Roth;Mary E. Curtis

  • Foundations for A Psychology of Education

    Alan M. Lesgold;Robert Glaser

  • Cognitive psychology and instruction

    Ziva R. Peleg;Alan M. Lesgold;James W. Pellegrino;Sipke D. Fokkema

  • Grouping operations in free recall

    Gordon H. Bower;Alan M. Lesgold;David Tieman

  • Improving Adult Literacy Instruction: Options for Practice and Research

    Alan M. Lesgold;Melissa Welch-Ross

  • Pictures and young children's learning from oral prose.

    Alan M. Lesgold;Joel R. Levin;Joseph Shimron;Joseph Guttmann

  • Computer software support for CSCL

    Patrick Jermann;Amy Soller;Alan Lesgold

  • Representational and advisory guidance for students learning scientific inquiry

    Dan Suthers;John Connelly;Alan Lesgold;Massimo Paolucci

  • Interactive Processes in Reading@@@Perception of Print: Reading Research in Experimental Psychology

    Dominic W. Massaro;Alan M. Lesgold;Charles A. Perfetti;Ovid J. L. Tzeng

  • Learning Issues for Intelligent Tutoring Systems

    Joseph Psotka;Heinz Mandl;Alan Lesgold

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Glaser
Robert Glaser University of Pittsburgh
Charles A. Perfetti
Charles A. Perfetti University of Pittsburgh
Gordon H. Bower
Gordon H. Bower Stanford University
Joel R. Levin
Joel R. Levin University of Arizona
James G. Greeno
James G. Greeno University of Pittsburgh
Heinz Mandl
Heinz Mandl Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Lauren B. Resnick
Lauren B. Resnick University of Pittsburgh
Morton Ann Gernsbacher
Morton Ann Gernsbacher University of Wisconsin–Madison
Susan R. Goldman
Susan R. Goldman University of Illinois at Chicago
Dedre Gentner
Dedre Gentner Northwestern University

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