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D-Index
54
Citations
30697
World Ranking
2076
National Ranking
996

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association
  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Pam Grossman is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States and conducts research within the social sciences, with a focus on education and related subfields. Their work spans key areas including education, developmental and educational psychology, and sociology and political science.

The researcher's scholarly contributions emphasize the following main topics:

  • Problem and Project Based Learning
  • Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
  • Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
  • Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy
  • Evaluation of Teaching Practices

Grossman has published recent papers addressing these themes, including:

  • "Core practices for project-based learning: Learning from experienced practitioners in the United States," 2023, published in Teaching and Teacher Education
  • "Making the Complex Work of Teaching Visible," 2020, published in Phi Delta Kappan

Frequent collaborators in their research include Christopher Dean, Lisette Enumah, Zachary Herrmann, Sarah Schneider Kavanagh, and John L. Jackson. These partnerships reflect a collaborative approach across different aspects of education research and practices.

Grossman's publications appear in scholarly venues such as Teaching and Teacher Education and Phi Delta Kappan. This presence highlights engagement with journals that address teacher education, pedagogy, and educational practice.

Recognition for Grossman's contributions includes being named a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association in 2017 and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in the same year.

Best Publications

  • The Making of a Teacher: Teacher Knowledge and Teacher Education

    Pamela L. Grossman

  • Redefining teaching, re‐imagining teacher education

    Pam Grossman;Karen Hammerness;Morva McDonald

  • Toward a Theory of Teacher Community

    Pamela Grossman;Samuel Wineburg;Stephen Woolworth

  • Teaching Practice: A Cross-Professional Perspective

    Pamela Grossman;Christa Compton;Danielle Igra;Matthew Ronfeldt

  • How Changes in Entry Requirements Alter the Teacher Workforce and Affect Student Achievement

    Donald Boyd;Pamela Grossman;Hamilton Lankford;Susanna Loeb

  • Teachers of Substance: Subject Matter Knowledge for Teaching

    Pamela L. Grossman;Suzzane M. Wilson;Lee S. Shulman

  • Teacher Preparation and Student Achievement

    Donald J. Boyd;Pamela L. Grossman;Hamilton Lankford;Susanna Loeb

  • The Influence of School Administrators on Teacher Retention Decisions

    Donald Boyd;Pamela Grossman;Marsha Ing;Hamilton Lankford

  • Back to the Future: Directions for Research in Teaching and Teacher Education

    Pam Grossman;Morva McDonald

  • Who Leaves? Teacher Attrition and Student Achievement

    Donald Boyd;Pam Grossman;Hamilton Lankford;Susanna Loeb

  • Appropriating Tools for Teaching English: A Theoretical Framework for Research on Learning to Teach

    Pamela L. Grossman;Peter Smagorinsky;Sheila Valencia

  • Research on Pedagogical Approaches in Teacher Education

    Pamela Grossman

  • Who Leaves? Teacher Attrition and Student Achievement. NBER Working Paper No. 14022.

    Donald Boyd;Pam Grossman;Hamilton Lankford;Susanna Loeb

  • Content as Context: The Role of School Subjects in Secondary School Teaching:

    Pamela L. Grossman;Susan S Stodolsky

  • Measure for Measure: The Relationship between Measures of Instructional Practice in Middle School English Language Arts and Teachers’ Value-Added Scores

    Pamela Grossman;Susanna Loeb;Julia Cohen;James Wyckoff

  • Complex Interactions in Student Teaching: Lost Opportunities for Learning

    Sheila W. Valencia;Susan D. Martin;Nancy A. Place;Pam Grossman

  • Measure for Measure: The relationship between measures of instructional practice in middle school English Language Arts and teachers' value-added scores

    Pam Grossman;Susanna Loeb;Julia Cohen;Karen Hammerness

  • Transitions into Teaching: Learning to Teach Writing in Teacher Education and Beyond

    Pamela L. Grossman;Sheila W. Valencia;Kate Evans;Clarissa Thompson

  • The Impact of Subject Matter on Curricular Activity: An Analysis of Five Academic Subjects

    Susan S. Stodolsky;Pamela L. Grossman

  • A Study in Contrast: Sources of Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Secondary English.

    Kenneth R. Howey;Pamela L. Grossman

  • Toward a Theory of Teacher Community

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Susanna Loeb
Susanna Loeb Brown University
James Wyckoff
James Wyckoff University of Virginia
Sam Wineburg
Sam Wineburg Stanford University
Lee S. Shulman
Lee S. Shulman Stanford University
Peter Smagorinsky
Peter Smagorinsky University of Georgia
Heather C. Hill
Heather C. Hill Harvard University
Deborah Loewenberg Ball
Deborah Loewenberg Ball University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Michael W. Kirst
Michael W. Kirst Stanford University

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