O’Donnell
1
VITA
ANGELA O'DONNELL
Department of Educational Psychology, 76 Sapphire Lane,
Graduate School of Education, Franklin Park, NJ 08823
10, Seminary Place, (732) 940-9785
New Brunswick, NJ 08903
Telephone: (848) 932-0830; Fax: (732) 932-6829
E-mail: [email protected]
Homepage: http://gse.rutgers.edu/angela_odonnell
EDUCATIONAL HISTORY
Ph.D. 1986 Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX.
Experimental Psychology (Cognition).
M.S. 1984 Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX.
Experimental Psychology (Cognition).
M.Ed. 1982 Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX, Special Education.
B.Ed. 1977 Carysfort College, Dublin, Ireland, Education, English Literature.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2002- Rutgers University, Professor
2002-2005 Director of the Ph.D. program in Education
1994-2002 Rutgers University, Associate Professor
1988-1994 Rutgers University, Assistant Professor
1987-1988 Gallaudet University, Assistant Professor of Educational Research.
1986-1987 Post-doctoral Research Scientist: Research contract funded by the Army
Research Institute, "Strategy-based technical instruction Development and
evaluation."
1982-1986 Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, Texas Christian University.
1979-1981 Teacher, self-contained class for students with mild intellectual disabilities in St.
John Vianney primary school.
1977-1979 Teacher, second and third grade classes in St. John Vianney primary school.
Honors/Awards
Inaugral Fellow of the American Educational Research Association 2008.
Outstanding Career Contributions to Cooperative Learning, AERA, 2008.
Scholar-Teacher Award, 2007, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Presidential Fellow 2006-2009.
Fellow of the American Psychological Association, January 2002
Graduate School Alumni Award for Outstanding Faculty Service, 2002
New Jersey Psychological Association Distinguished Teacher Award, 2001.
Senior Faculty Fellow, Teaching Excellence Center, New Brunswick, 1997-1998
Early Career Research Award, Division 15, American Psychological Association, 1995.
Graduate School Alumni Award for Research, 1995.
Faculty Fellow, National Institute for Science Education, University of Wisconsin at Madison, July/August
1995.
Outstanding External Collaborator Award, Gallaudet University Council on Graduate Education, 1994.
Faculty Initiate to Mu Rho Chapter of Kappa Delta PI, 1994.
Pauline P. French Excellence in Teaching Award, GSE Alumni Association, 1994
Faculty Fellowship, New Brunswick Teaching Excellence Center, 1993-1994.
O’Donnell
2
Research Grants
National Science Foundation (2007-2008). “Understanding the nature of learning in technology-supported
environments: Building capacity”. ($51,590, Principal Investigator, DRL Award # 0720728).
National Science Foundation (2003-2008). "ITWF: The Influence of gender, university majors, and work
experiences on perceptions and choice of IT careers." ($505,000, Principal Investigator; CNS Award # 0305146).
National Science Foundation (2000-2002). "Promoting understanding and knowledge acquisition through
effective collaboration " ($79,747) Principal Investigator ; DRL Award # 0720728).
Spencer Foundation (2000-2001) “What is learned from cases by preservice teachers." ($27,000). Principal
Investigator
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (2000-2004) "Cost-effectiveness study of instructional technology
initiatives" ($500,000). Co-director with Gary Gigliotti.
Principal Investigator for the following:
SROA (1998-1999) Reinvest in Rutgers "A virtual learning center.” ($14,000)
Research Council. "Reasoning about classrooms." 1998-1999. ($1,700).
J. M. Huber Corporation. " Developing a plan for the J.M. Huber Center for the Learning
Sciences." Fall 1996 - Sept, 1997. ($35,000).
Faculty Research Scholar Award GSE. "Influences on learning from peers: A meta-analysis."
Spring, 1995. ($1,000).
Office of the Vice President of Undergraduate Education. "Computerizing a teaching
portfolio." Spring 1995. ($3,100).
Research Council Grant. "Interaction in cooperative groups" (1993-1994). ($1, 500).
Faculty Research Scholar Award GSE. "Effects of explicit rewards and scripted cooperation on
student interaction in small groups." (1993)
Research Council. "Predicting the choice of college major." 1992-1993. ($1, 200).
Faculty Research Scholar Award GSE. "Interactive effects of explicit Rewards and scripted
cooperation on task performance under conditions of cooperative success or failure." Faculty
Research Scholar Award, Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University, Spring, 1992.
($1,400).
Faculty Research Scholar Award GSE. "The effects of scripted cooperation, explicit incentives,
and the unit of rewarded performance on achievement." Faculty Research Scholar Award,
Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University, Spring, 1991. ($900).
Faculty Research Scholar Award GSE. "Situation assessment: An evaluation of process and
Outcomes, Spring, 1990. ($2,600).
Research Council. “Learning from lectures: Applications of cognitive psychology". New Faculty
Award, Spring, 1989. ($1,000).
Faculty Research Scholar Award GSE. "Information Processing or Utilization". Spring, 1989.
($1,500).
O’Donnell
3
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Journal Articles
Swan, A., & O’Donnell, A. M. (2009). The contribution of a virtual biology laboratory to college students’
learning . Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 46, 405-419.
McInerney, C. R., DiDonato, N. C., Giagnacova, R., & O’Donnell, A. M. (2008). Students’ choice of
information technology majors and careers: A qualitative study. Information Technology,
Learning, and Performance Journal, 24(2), 35-52.
Coté, C., & O’Donnell, A. M. (2007). Field dependence and stimulus complexity in a figure copying task.
Perceptual and Motor Skills, 105, 1159-1170.
O’Donnell, A. M. (2004). A commentary on design research Educational Psychologist, 39, 255-260.
O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., & Hall, R. H. (2002). Knowledge maps as scaffolds for cognitive
processing. Educational Psychology Review, 14, 71-86.
Foley, K., & O'Donnell, A. M. (2002). Cooperative learning and visual organizers: Effects on learning to
solve mole problems in high school chemistry. Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 22, 38-50.
Hirsch, L. S., & O'Donnell, A. M. (2001). Representativeness in statistical reasoning: Identifying and
assessing misconceptions. Journal of Statistics Education, 9(2). Available at
http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v9n2/hirsch.html
O'Donnell, A. M., & Levin, J. R. (2001). Educational psychology's healthy growing pains. Educational
Psychologist, 36, 73-82.
Last, D. A., O'Donnell, A. M., & Kelly, A. E. (2001). The effects of prior knowledge and goal strength on
the use of hypertext. Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 10, 3-25.
Levin, J. R., & O'Donnell, A. M. (2000). Three more cheers for credible educational research. Issues in
Education, 6, 181-185.
Chinn, C. A., O'Donnell, A. M., & Jinks, T. S. (2000). The structure of discourse in collaborative learning.
Journal of Experimental Education, 69, 77-97.
O’Donnell, A. M., & Dansereau, D. F. (2000). Interactive effects of prior knowledge and material format on
cooperative teaching. Journal of Experimental Education, 68, 101-118.
Levin, J. R., & O’Donnell, A. M. (1999). What to do with educational research’s credibility gaps? Issues in
Education, 5, 177-229.
Reprinted in the peer-reviewed journal of the International Association for Cognitive Education,
Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, 1(2) 201-254.
Levin, J. R., & O’Donnell, A. M. (1999). Educational research's credibility gaps, in closing. Issues in
Education, 5, 279-293.
Sutyak, J. P., Lebeau, R. B., O’Donnell, A.M., & Mehne, P. R. (1998). Career preference & case structure
impacts case-based learning: Implications for the generalist curriculum. American Journal of
Surgery, 175, 503-507.
Derry, S., DuRussel, L., & O’Donnell, A. M. (1998). Individual and distributed cognition in
interdisciplinary teamwork: A developing case study and emerging theory. Educational
Psychology Review, 10, 25-56.
O'Donnell, A. M. (1996). The effects of explicit incentives on scripted and unscripted cooperation.
Journal of Educational Psychology, 88, 74-86.
Sutyak, J. P., Lebeau, R., Spotnitz, A., O'Donnell, A. M., & Mehne, P. (1996). Role of case structure and
prior experience in a case-based surgical clerkship. American Journal of Surgery, 172, 286-290.
Hall, R. H., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1996). Cognitive and affective outcomes of learning from knowledge
maps. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 21, 94-101.
Morrow, L. M., Rand, M. K., Young, J. W., & O’Donnell, A. M. (1996). Social and literacy behaviors of
first, second, and third graders in social collaborative literacy settings. In D. J. Leu, C. K. Kinzer,,
& K. A. Hinchman (Eds)., Literacies for the 21st century: Research and practice: 45
th yearbook of
the National Reading Conference (pp. 205-218).. Chicago: National Reading Association.
Rocklin, T. R., O'Donnell, A. M., & Holst, P. M. (1995). The effects and underlying mechanisms of self-
adapted testing. Journal of Educational Psychology, 87, 103-116.
O'Donnell, A. M., & O'Kelly, J. (1994). Learning from peers: Beyond the rhetoric of positive results.
Educational Psychology Review, 6, 321-349.
O’Donnell
4
O'Donnell, A. M. (1994). Learning from knowledge maps: The effects of map orientation. Contemporary
Educational Psychology, 19, 33-44.
Lawrence, M., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1994). Assessments in science: Development and implementation of video
assessments Educational Assessment 2, 275-293.
Kelly, A. E., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1994). Hypertext and the study strategies of preservice teachers: Issues in
instructional hypertext design. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 10, 373-387.
O'Donnell, A. M. (1993). Learning from lectures: Effects of cooperative review. Journal of Experimental
Education, 61, 116-125.
O'Donnell, A. M. (1993). Searching for information in knowledge maps and texts. Contemporary Educational
Psychology, 18, 222-239.
0'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., & Rocklin, T. R. (1991). Individual differences in the cooperative learning of
concrete procedures. Learning and Individual Differences, 3, 149-162.
O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., Hall, R. H., Skaggs, L. P., Hythecker, V. I., Peel, J. L., & Rewey, K. L.
(1990). Learning concrete procedures: The effects of processing strategies and cooperative learning.
Journal of Educational Psychology, 82, 171-177.
Skaggs, L. P., Rocklin, T. R., Dansereau, D. F., Hall, R. H., O'Donnell, A. M., Lambiotte, J. G., & Young, M. D.
(1990). Dyadic learning of technical material: Individual differences, social interaction, and recall.
Contemporary Educational Psychology, 15, 47-63.
Hall, R. H., Dansereau, D. F., O'Donnell, A. M., & Skaggs, L. P. (1989). The effects of textual errors on dyadic
and individual learning. Journal of Reading Behavior, 21, 127-140.
Hall, R. H., Dansereau, D. F., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1989). Subjective graphing of metacognitive, affective, and
social processing: A psychometric analysis. Journal of Experimental Education, 57, 271- 284.
O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., Hythecker, V. I., Hall, R. H., Skaggs, L. P., Lambiotte, J. G., & Young, M. D.
(1988). Cooperative procedural learning: The effects of prompting and pre- vs. distributed planning
activities. Journal of Educational Psychology, 80, 167-171.
O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., Rocklin, T. R., Hythecker, V. I., Hall, R. H., Young, M. D., & Lambiotte, J. G.
(1988). Promoting functional literacy through cooperative learning. Journal of Reading Behavior, 20,
339-356.
O'Donnell, A. M., Rocklin, T. R., Dansereau, D. F., Hythecker, V. I., Young, M. D., & Lambiotte, J. G. (1988).
Amount and accuracy of information recalled: The effects of summary type and alternation of roles.
Contemporary Educational Psychology, 12, 386-394.
Hall, R. H., Rocklin, T. R., Dansereau, D. F., Skaggs, L. P., O'Donnell, A. M., Lambiotte, J. G., & Young, M. D.
(1988). The role of individual differences in the cooperative learning of technical material. Journal of
Educational Psychology, 80, 172-178.
Lambiotte, J. G., Dansereau, D. F., O'Donnell, A. M., Young, M. D., Skaggs, L. P., Hall, R. H., & Rocklin, T. R.
(1988). Effects of script manipulations on initial learning and transfer. Cognition and Instruction, 5, 103-
121.
Spurlin, J. E., Dansereau, D. F., O'Donnell, A. M., & Brooks, L.W. (1988). Text processing: Effects of
summarization frequency on performance. Journal of Experimental Education, 56, 199-202.
O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., Rocklin, T. R., Larson, C. O., Young, M. D., & Lambiotte, J. G. (1987).
Effects of cooperation and individual re-writing on an instruction writing task. Written Communication, 4,
90-99.
O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., Hall, R. H., & Rocklin, T. R. (1987). Cognitive, social/affective, and
metacognitive outcomes in scripted cooperative learning. Journal of Educational Psychology, 79, 431-
437.
Rocklin, T. R., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1987). Self-adapted testing: A performance-improving variant of
computerized adaptive testing. Journal of Educational Psychology, 79, 315-319.
Lambiotte, J. G., Dansereau, D. F., Hythecker, V. I., O'Donnell, A. M., Young, M. D., & Rocklin, T. R. (1987).
Cooperative learning and test-taking: Transfer of skills. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 12, 52-
61.
Lambiotte, J. G., Dansereau, D. F., O'Donnell, A. M., Young, M. D., Skaggs, L. P., Hall, R. H., & Rocklin, T. R.
(1987). Manipulating cooperative scripts for teaching and learning. Journal of Educational Psychology,
79, 424-430.
O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., Hythecker, V. I., Rocklin, T. R., Lambiotte, J. G., & Young, M. D. (1986).
Effects of monitoring on cooperative learning. Journal of Experimental Education, 54, 169-173.
O’Donnell
5
O'Donnell, A. M., Larson, C. O., Dansereau, D. F., & Rocklin, T. R. (1986). Effects of cooperation and editing
on instruction writing performance. Journal of Experimental Education, 54, 207-210.
Larson, C. O., Dansereau, D. F., Hythecker, V. I., O'Donnell, A. M., Young, M. D., Lambiotte, J. G., & Rocklin, T.
R. (1986). Technical training: An application of a strategy for learning structural and functional
information. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 11, 217-228.
O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., Rocklin, T. R., Lambiotte, J.G., Larson, C. O., & Young, M. D. (1985).
Effects of elaboration frequency on cooperative learning. Journal of Educational Psychology, 77, 572-
580.
O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., Rocklin, T. R., Lambiotte, J. G., Hythecker, V. I., & Larson, C. O. (1985).
Cooperative writing: Direct effects and transfer. Written Communication, 2, 307-315.
Hythecker, V. I., Rocklin, T. R., Dansereau, D. F., Lambiotte, J. G., Larson, C. O., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1985). A
computer-based learning strategy module: Development and evaluation. Journal of Educational
Computing Research, 1, 275-283.
Larson, C. O., Dansereau, D. F., O'Donnell, A. M., Hythecker, V. I., Lambiotte, J. G., & Rocklin, T. R. (1985).
Effects of metacognitive and elaborative activity on cooperative learning and transfer. Contemporary
Educational Psychology, 10, 342-348.
Rocklin, T. R., O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., Hythecker, V.I., & Larson, C. O. (1985). Training learning
strategies with computer-aided cooperative learning. Computers and Education, 9, 67-71.
Larson, C. O., Dansereau, D. F., O'Donnell, A. M., Hythecker, V. I., Lambiotte, J. G., & Rocklin, T. R. (1984).
Verbal ability and cooperative learning: Transfer of effects. Journal of Reading Behavior, 16, 289-295.
Books
O’Donnell, A. M. (in preparation). Editor. Handboook of educational psychology. Oxford University Press.
Hmelo-Silver, C. E., Chinn, C. A., Chang, C., & O’Donnell, A. M. (2013). International handbook of collaborative
Learning. New York: Taylor & Francis.
O’Donnell. A. M., Reeve, J., & Smith, J. K. (2011). Educational psychology: Reflection for action (3rd ed).
Hoboken, N. J: John Wiley & Sons.
O’Donnell. A. M., Reeve, J., & Smith, J. K. (2009). Educational psychology: Reflection for action (2nd
ed).
Hoboken, N. J: John Wiley & Sons.
O’Donnell. A. M., Reeve, J., & Smith, J. K. (2007). Educational psychology: Reflection for action. Hoboken, N. J:
John Wiley & Sons.
O’Donnell, A. M., Hmelo-Silver, C., & Erkens, G. 2005). Collaborative learning, reasoning, and technology.
Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
O'Donnell, A. M., & King, A. (1999). Cognitive perspectives on peer learning. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum
Associates.
Book Chapters
O’Donnell, A. M. (2013). Introduction: What is collaborative learning? In C. E. Hmelo-Silver, C. A. Chinn,
C. Chan, & A. M. O’Donnell (Eds.), International handbook of collaborative learning (pp. 1-15).
New York: Taylor & Francis.
O’Donnell, A. M. (2013). Group processes. In International Encyclopedia of social and behavioral science
(2nd
ed). Amsterdam: Elsevier Science.
O’Donnell, A. M. (2012). Constructivism. In K. R. Harris, S. Graham, & T. Urdan (Eds.), Educational
psychology handbook: Vol. 1. Theories, constructs, and critical issue (pp. 61-84). Washington, D.
C.: American Psychological Association.
O’Donnell, A. M. (2008. Memory. In E. M. Anderman & L. Anderman (Eds.), Psychology of classroom
learning: An encyclopedia. Cengage: The Gayle Group.
O’Donnell, A. M. (2008 ) . Case-based learning. In E. M. Anderman & L. Anderman (Eds.), Psychology of
classroom learning: An encyclopedia. Cengage: The Gayle Group.
O’Donnell
6
O’Donnell, A. M. (2006). The role of peers and group learning. In P. Alexander & P. Winne (Eds.),
Handbook of educational psychology, 2nd edition. (pp. 781-802). New York: Macmillan.
Etkina, E., Mestre, J, & O’Donnell, A. M. (2005). The impact of the cognitive revolution on science
teaching and learning.. In J. Royer (Ed.) The cognitive revolution in educational psychology (pp.
119-164). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishers.
O’Donnell, A. M. (2005). Learning with technology. In A. M. O’Donnell, C. Hmelo-Silver, and G. Erkens
(Eds.), Collaborative learning, reasoning, and technology (pp. 1-12). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence
Erlbaum Associates.
O’Donnell, A. M. (2005). Experimental classroom research. In G. Phye, D. Robinson, and J. R. Levin
(Eds.). Experimental methods for educational intervention (pp. 213-233). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier
Press.
O’Donnell, A. M., & Derry, S. D. (2005). Cognitive processes in interdisciplinary groups: Problems and
possibilities. In S. J. Derry, C. Shunn, & M.Gernsbacher (Eds.) Interdisciplinary collaboration: An
emerging cognitive science (pp. 51-82 Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
O’Donnell, A. M. (2005). The No Child Left Behind Act: What if it worked? In J. Carlson & J. R. Levin
(Eds.), Scientifically based education research and federal funding agencies: The case of the No
Child Left Behind legislation, (pp. 97-102). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.
O'Donnell, A. M. (2004). Shared and unshared knowledge: The collaborative analysis of a classroom case
by preservice teachers. In J. van der Linden & P. Renshaw (Eds.), Dialogic learning: Shifting
perspectives to learning, instruction, and teaching (pp. 233-250). Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic
Press.
Levin, J. R., O’Donnell, A. M., & Kratochwill, T. R.(2003). A case for enhancing the credibility of
educational/psychological intervention research. In W. M. Reynolds & G. E. Miller (Eds.),
Comprehensive handbook of psychology, Volume 7: Educational Psychology (pp. 557-581). New
York: Wiley.
O'Donnell, A. M. (2002). Cooperative and collaborative learning. The encyclopedia of education (2nd
ed.),
(pp. 489-492). New York: Macmillan
O'Donnell, A. M. (2002). Cooperative/collaborative learning. Encyclopedia of cognitive science. New
York: Macmillan.
O'Donnell, A. M. (2001). Group processes in the classroom. In N. J. Smelser & P. B. Bales (Editors). 2001
International encyclopedia for the social and behavioral sciences (pp. 6413-6417). Amsterdam:
Elsevier Science.
O’Donnell, A. M. (1999). Structuring dyadic interaction through scripted cooperation In A. O’Donnell & A. King
(Eds.), Cognitive perspectives on peer learning (pp. 179-196). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum
Associates.
O’Donnell, A. M., & Topping, K. (1998). Peers assessing peers: Possibilities and problems. In K. Topping & S.
Ehly (Eds.), Peer assisted learning (pp. 255-278). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Morrow, L. M., Rand, M., Young, J. W., & O’Donnell, A. M. (1996). Social and literacy behaviors of first, second,
and third graders in social collaborative literacy settings. In D. Leau, C. K. Kinzer, and K. A. Hinchman
(Eds.), Literacies for the 21st Century: Research and practice (pp. 205-218). National Reading
Conference, Inc.
O'Donnell, A. M. (1992). Commentary on cooperative writing: Direct effects and transfer. In J. R. Hayes (Ed.),
Reading empirical research studies: The rhetoric of research, (pp. 374-384). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence
Erlbaum Associates.
O'Donnell, A. M., & Dansereau, D. F. (1992). Scripted cooperation in student dyads: A method for analyzing and
enhancing academic learning and performance. In Rachel Hertz-Lazarowitz and Norman Miller (Eds.),
Interaction in cooperative groups: The theoretical anatomy of group learning (pp. 120-141). New York:
Cambridge University Press.
O'Donnell, A. M., & Moores, D. F., & Kluwin, T. N. (1992). Identifying the contribution of school factors to the
success of deaf students in public school. In T. N. Kluwin, D. F. Moores, and M. G. Gaustad (Eds.),
Effective public school programs for the hearing- impaired student. (pp. 194-216). New York: Teachers
College Press.
O'Donnell, A. M., & Adenwalla, D. (1991). Using cooperative learning and concept maps with deaf college
students. In D. S. Martin (Ed.), Advances in cognition, education, and deafness, (pp. 348-355).
Washington, D. C.: Gallaudet University Press.
O’Donnell
7
Book Reviews
O’Donnell, A. M. (2014). [Review of Learning through visual displays (eds. G. Schraw, M. T. McCrudden, & D.
Robinson]. Teachers College Record.
O’Donnell, A. M. (1998). The complexity of “constructive” school learning. [Review of Handbook of academic
learning: Constructing knowledge] Contemporary Psychology, 43, 512-514.
O’Donnell, A. M. (1997). Constructivism by design and in practice: A Review. Issues in Education, 3(2), 285-
293.
O'Donnell, A. M. (1993). Thinking skills instruction: Where we are and where we are going. [Review of
Enhancing learning and teaching] Contemporary Psychology, 38, 381-383.
O'Donnell, A. M. (1992). The return of "thinking skills" to the schools [Review of Teaching thinking: An agenda
for the 21st century]. Contemporary Psychology, 37, 1300-1301.
Proceedings, Abstracts, and Technical Reports.
O’Donnell, A. M., & DiDonato, N. C. (2007). A tale of two formats. Proceedings of the 8th
Computer Supported
Collaborative Learning Conference.
DiDonato, N. C., & O’Donnell, A. M. (2007). Factors that influence students’ choices of technology majors and
careers. Self-concept, motivation, social, and personal identity for the 21st Century. Proceedings of the
Fourth International Biennial SELF Research Conference. SELF Research Centre, University of Western
Sydney.
Last, D., O’Donnell, A. M., & Kelly, A. E. (1998). Using hypermedia: Effects of prior knowledge and goal
strength. Technology and Teacher Education Annual (proceedings of SITE98), (pp. 476-479). Mahwah,
NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
O’Donnell, A. M., DuRussel, L. A., & Derry, S. J. (1997). Cognitive processes in interdisciplinary groups:
Problems and possibilities. (Research Monograph No. 5: National Institute for Science Education,
University of Wisconsin-Madison, National Center for Improving Science Education).
Derry, S. J., DuRussel, L. A., & O’Donnell, A. M. (1997). Individual and distributed cognitions in
interdisciplinary teamwork: A developing case study and emerging theory. (Research Monograph No. 7:
National Institute for Science Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison, National Center for
Improving Science Education).
Brown, V. L., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1994). Translating research into practice: The expansion of a drama/sign
language program for low-income preschool children. In Annotated bibliography of Head Start research
and evaluation 1985-1994. Head Start Bureau.
O'Donnell, A. M. (1994). Facilitating scripted cooperation through the use of knowledge maps. Cooperative
Learning and College Teaching, 4(2), 7-10.
Brown, V. L., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1994, November). Translating research into practice: The expansion of a
drama/sign language program for low-income preschool children. In Summary of Conference
Proceedings: ACYF Research Conference (p. 253). Administration on Children, You, and Families:
Department of Health and Human Services.
O'Donnell, A. M. (1992). Searching for information in knowledge maps and texts. International Journal of
Psychology, 27, Abstract No. IN023.8.
Ramaswamy, R., O'Donnell, A. M., Holton, B. (1992). Gender differences in choice of college majors.
International Journal of Psychology, 27, Abstract No. IN033.4.
O'Donnell, A. M., & Brown, V. (1992). Improving language acquisition for low income children. Report to the
Wolftrap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts, Vienna, VA.
Kluwin, T. N., Blennerhasset, L., King, C., Woodward, J., Gaustad, M. G., Stinson, M., O'Donnell, A. M., Stewart,
D., & King, S. (1991). Longitudinal study of three cohorts of hearing impaired students in public school
programs. Technical Report: Gallaudet University, November, 1991.
Dansereau, D. F., Rocklin, T. R., O'Donnell, A. M., Hythecker, V.I., Larson, C. O., Lambiotte, J. G., Young, M. D.,
& Flowers, L. E. (1984). Development and evaluation of computer-based learning strategy training
modules. Final report, Contract MDA-903-82-C-0169, InterAmerica Research Associates, Inc., August.
O’Donnell
8
Instructional Development/Publication
O’Donnell, A. M. (2004). Instructor's guide for A. E. Woolfolk Educational psychology (9th
edition). Needham
Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
O'Donnell, A. M. (2000). Instructor's guide for A. E. Woolfolk Educational psychology (8th
edition). Needham
Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
O'Donnell, A. M. (1997). Instructor's guide for A. E. Woolfolk Educational psychology (7th
edition). Needham
Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (Reviewed, Invited)
Lee, A., & O’Donnell, A. M. (2014, August). Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the American
Psychological Association, Washington, D. C.
Manente, C.J., Wichtel, S., & O’Donnell, A.M. (2014, April). Is collaboration a necessary component of
problem-based learning? Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the American
Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA.
O’Donnell, A. M. (2014, January). Learning from cases in differently structured groups. Paper presented at the 12th
Annual Meeting of the Hawaii International Conference, Honolulu, HI.
Lee, A., & O’Donnell, A. M. (2013, August). Socially shared regulation in online groups. Paper presented
at the biennial meeting of the European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction,
Munich, Germany.
Manente, C., & O’Donnell, A. M. (2012, August). What do preservice teachers think about instruction? Paper
presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Orlando, Fl.
O’Donnell, A. M. (2011, April). Learning from cases. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American
Educational Research Association, New Orleans. LA.
Lee, A., & O’Donnell, A. M. (2011, April). The effect of peer interaction on pedagogical knowledge in online
discussion boards: The case method. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational
Research Association, New Orleans. LA.
O’Donnell, A. M. (2010, August). Acquiring knowledge from scientific texts through graphic organizers and
question generation. Paper presented at the Biennial meeting of the Special Interest Group,
Comprehension of Text and Graphics, Tubingen, Germany.
O’Donnell, A. M. (2010, June). Bridging the gap between declarative and procedural knowledge of
teaching. Paper presented at the 14th
World Congress of Comparative Education Societies,
Istanbul, Turkey.
O’Donnell, A. M., & Schramm-Possinger, M. (2008, August). Developing consensus on the quality of
teaching. Paper presented at the Biannual Meeting of the SIG on Teaching and Teacher Education
of the European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction. Fribourg, Switzerland.
O’Donnell, A. M., & Lee, A. (2008). Individual and collaborative responses to classrooms cases. Paper
presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, New York.
DiDonato, N. C., & O’Donnell, A. M. (2008). Information technology students' expectancies and values: A
structural approach. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological
Association, New York.
O'Donnell, A. M. & DiDonato, N. C. (2007, August). Influences on choice of a major in information technology.
Paper presented at the 12th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Learning and Instruction,
Budapest.
O’Donnell, A. M. (2007, August). Discussions about classrooms Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of
the American Psychological Association, San Francisco.
Swan, A., & O’Donnell, A. M. (2007, August). An evaluation of a university geography department
instructional technology initiative. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American
Psychological Association, San Francisco.
DiDonato, N., & O’Donnell, A. M. (2007, August). Students’ career beliefs and their subsequent
experiences in information technology careers. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
American Psychological Association, San Francisco.
O’Donnell
9
Swan, A., O’Donnell, A.M., & Nagarajan, A. (2007, April). The contribution of virtual biology
laboratories to student learning. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the American
Educational Research Association, ,Chicago.
O’Donnell, A. M. (2007, April). Acquiring knowledge from scientific texts through graphic organizers and
question generation. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research
Association, ,Chicago.
DiDonato, N. C., & O’Donnell, A. M. (2007, February). Students’ perceptions of information technology careers.
Poster presented at the 2007 Harvard Student Research Conference, Cambridge, MA.
O’Donnell, A. M. (2006, August). What preservice teachers learn from cases. Presidential Address, Division 15,
American Psychological Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans.
Bitterman, A., & O’Donnell, A. M. (2006, August). Impact of source credibility on belief change. Paper
presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, New Orleans.
DiDonato, N., & O’Donnell, A. M. (2006, August). Factors that influence students’ choices of technology
majors and careers. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological
Association, New Orleans.
O’Donnell, A. M. (2006, August). Developing potential to learn through the use of cases. Paper presented at the
SIG II-Earli Teacher Education Conference, Garryvoe, Co. Cork, Ireland.
DiDonato, N., & O’Donnell, A. M. (2006, July). Factors that influence students’ choices of technology majors
and careers. Paper presented at the 4th
International Biennial SELF Research Conference, University of
Michigan.
O’Donnell, A. M. (2006, June). Did I hear what you said or what I thought?: Influences of peers on thinking.
Paper presented at the 7th
International Conference on the Learning Sciences, Bloomington, Indiana.
O’Donnell, A. M., & DiDonato, N. (2005, October). Teaching online and in class. Paper presented at the 2006 E-
Learn Conference, Vancouver, Canada.
O’Donnell. A. M. (2005, July). Perspectives on learning with WebCT from students and instructors. Paper
presented at the 5th
Annual WebCT Users’s Conference, IMPACT 20053, San Diego.
O’Donnell, A. M. (2004, April). Experimental classroom research. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
American Educational Association, San Diego, CA,
O’Donnell, A. M. (2003, August). Preservice teachers use of a classroom case. Paper presented at the Bi-
Annual Meeting of the European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction, Padua,
Italy.
De Lisi, R., & O’Donnell, A. (2003, August). Collaborative learning online: Fostering effective groups. Paper
presented at the Bi-Annual Meeting of the European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction,
Padua, Italy.
O’Donnell, A. M. (2003, August). Promoting understanding through collaborative questioning and use of
graphic organizers Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association.
Nagarajan, A., & O’Donnell, A. M. (2003, August). The contribution of a virtual biology lab to student
learning. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association.
O’Donnell, A. M., & De Lisi, R. (2003, April). A comparison of hybrid versus complete face-to-face instruction
on student performance Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational
Research Association.
O’Donnell, A. M. (2003, April). Synthesizing cognitive and social perspectives in educational research: Progress
and possibilities. Invited panelist. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association.
O’Donnell, A. M. (2002, April). Developing a model for evaluating the impact of technology on student learning.
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.
Deng, W., & O’Donnell, A. M. (2002, April). Predicting student success in technology enhanced college courses.
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.
O'Donnell, A. M. (2001, August). Collaborative and individual reasoning about classrooms Paper presented at
the European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Gigliotti, G., O'Donnell, A. M., Devanas, M., & Delaney, J. (2001, August). Teaching and learning in a technology
assisted environment: Learning outcomes and cost effectiveness of instructional technology initiatives at
Rutgers University. Paper presented at the 9th
International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction,
New Orleans.
O’Donnell
10
O'Donnell, A. M, Cozine, J. J., & Yang, E. (2001, June). Words and images in Romeo and Juliet: Effects of
different film versions. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Society,
Toronto, Canada.
O'Donnell, A. M. (2001, April). Cooperation. Paper presented as part of a symposium " Concepts in
Modern Teaching Revisited" at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research
Association, Seattle.
Brecher, A., & O'Donnell, A. M. (2001, April). The influence of personal experience on preservice
teachers' thinking about teaching. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American
Educational Research Association, Seattle.
O'Donnell, A. M. (2001, March). Learning outcomes from the use of technology. Presentation at the Annual
Meeting of the American Association for Higher Education, Washington, D. C.
O'Donnell, A. M. (2000, April). Did I hear what you said or what I thought? Paper presented the Annual Meeting
of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.
O’Donnell, A. M. (2000, April). Working together alone: Group processes and interdisciplinary teams. Paper
presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.
Chinn, C. A., O'Donnell, A. M., & Jinks, T. (2000, April). Structural analysis: An approach to analyzing
discourse. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association,
New Orleans.
O’Donnell, A. M. (1999, September). Invited discussant for an invited symposium, “The collaborative classroom
as a context for development” at the 9th
European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Island of
Spetses, Greece.
O’Donnell, A. M., & Hirsch, L. S. (1999, April). Understanding students’ choice of college majors. Paper
presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal,
Canada.
O’Donnell, A. M.. (1998, September). Educational psychology in the U.S: Past and present Invited
presentation at the Educational Psychology Seminar, Beijing Normal University, sponsored by the
Ministry of Education, Beijing China.
Lebeau, R. B., Sutyak, J., & O’Donnell, A. M. (1998, August). Structuring case-based learning for
students of diverse interests and experience. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
American Psychological Association, San Francisco.
Last, D., O’Donnell, A. M., & Kelly, A. E. (1998, March). Using hypermedia: Effects of prior knowledge
and goal strength. Paper presented at SITE ‘98 Technology and Teacher Education Conference,
Washington, D. C.
Sutyak, J. P., Lebeau, R. B., O’Donnell, A.M., & Mehne, P. R. (1997, April). Career preference & case
structure impacts case-based learning: Implications for the generalist curriculum. Paper to be
presented at the American Surgical Education conference.
Lebeau, R. B., & O’Donnell, A. M. (1997, March). Self-reflective teaching and learning in informal
science education. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association for
Research in Science Teaching, Chicago.
O’Donnell, A. M. (1997, March). Self-adapted testing: Fitting the test to oneself. Paper presented at the Annual
Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.
O’Donnell, A. M. (1997, February). Looking inside and outside: Individuals in social contexts for learning.
INVITED. Paper presented to the Doctoral Residency Seminar, Fordham University.
O’Donnell, A. M. (1996, November). Cognitive processes in interdisciplinary teams. INVITED. Paper to
be presented at the "Understanding Interdisciplinary Teamwork" symposium, Madison, WI.
O’Donnell, A. M. (1996, November). Distributed cognition and peer learning. INVITED. Paper to be
presented to the faculty of education, Concordia University, Montreal, CA.
O’Donnell, A. M. (1996, November). Structuring dyadic interaction through scripted cooperation. Paper
presented at the 10th
Rutgers Invitational Symposium in Education, Cognitive perspectives on peer
learning. New Brunswick, NJ.
O’Donnell, A. M. (1996, October). Cooperative learning models. INVITED. Paper to be presented at the
Lilly Teaching Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.
O'Donnell, A. M. (1996, August). Whose idea is it anyway? A key issue in peer learning and educational
psychology. INVITED ADDRESS, Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto,
Canada.
O’Donnell
11
Barrerra, M., O'Donnell, A. M., & Ramaswamy, R. (1996, August). Motivational and cognitive influences in
second language proficiency. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological
Association, Toronto, Canada.
O’Donnell, A. M. (1996, July). Cognitive perspectives on learning from peers. Paper presented at the
International Conference for the International Association for the Study of Cooperation in Education,
Columbus, OH.
O’Donnell, A. M. (1996, June). The use of cases in teacher education. Paper presented at the First Division 15
Conference on Issues in Educational Psychology, Scottsdale, AZ.
O'Donnell, A. M. (1996, April). An introduction to distributed cognition. Paper presented at the
Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York.
O'Kelly, J. B., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1996, April). Arousing the curiousity of kindergarten children with
informational storybooks. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational
Research Association, New York.
Cooper, M., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1996, April). Innovation and persistence: Thoughts from the evaluation of
the CUPLE studio physics course. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational
Research Association, New York.
Foley, K. E., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1996, April). Mole problems in chemistry: Effects of cooperative learning and
visual organizers. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research on
Science Teaching, St. Louis, MO.
Derry, S. & O'Donnell, A. M. (1996, April). Distributed and individual cognitions in interdisciplinary
collaboration.. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research
Association, New York.
O'Donnell, A. M. (1995, August). Effects of reward in scripted and unscripted cooperation. Paper presented at
the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, New York.
Sutyak, J. P., Lebeau, R., Spotnitz, A., O'Donnell, A. M., & Mehne, P. (1995, May). Role of case structure and
prior experience in a case-based surgical clerkship. Paper presented at the Association for Surgical
Education, Tucson, AZ
O'Donnell, A. M. (1995, April). Scripted cooperation and reward. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.
O'Donnell, A. M. (1994, June). Integrating declarative and procedural knowledge through videotape production.
Paper presented at the 1st American Psychological Society Institute on the Teaching of Psychology,
Washington, D.C.
O'Donnell, A. M. (1994, April). Effects of incentives on outcomes from initial and subsequent task performance.
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.
O'Donnell, A. M., & Kelly, A. E. (1994, April). Going beyond the information given in student evaluations: A
computerized teaching portfolio system. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American
Educational Research Association, New Orleans.
Hall, R. H., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1994, April). Alternative materials for learning: Cognitive and affective
outcomes of learning from knowledge maps. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American
Educational Research Association, New Orleans.
Brown, V. L., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1993, October). Translating research into practice: The expansion of a
drama/sign language program for low income school children. Paper presented at the 2nd National Head
Start Research Conference, Washington, D.C.
Hirsch, L. S., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1993, August). An evaluation of instructional interventions to eradicate the
misconception of representativeness. Paper presented at the Third International Seminar on
Misconceptions and Educational Strategies in Science and Mathematics, Cornell University
Garrison, S. D., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1993, August). Effects of feedback and performance conditions on task
evaluations. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association,
Toronto, Canada.
Hirsch, L. S., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1993, August). Teaching probability: A test to identify misconceptions of
representativeness. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association,
Toronto, Canada.
Zuber, R. L., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1992, August). Mathematical problem-solving: Effects of scripted and
unscripted cooperation. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological
Association, Washington, D. C.
O’Donnell
12
Holst, P. M., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1992, August). Task structure and paired interaction: Effects on recall
performance of 2nd graders. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological
Association, Washington, D. C.
O'Donnell, A. M. (1992, July). The effects of explicit rewards on cognitive and affective outcomes from scripted
cooperation. Paper presented at the 1992 International Convention on Cooperative Learning, Utrecht,
The Netherlands.
O'Donnell, A. M. (1992, July). Learning from lectures through scripted cooperation. Paper presented at the 1992
International Convention on Cooperative Learning, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
O'Donnell, A. M. (1992, July). Searching for information in knowledge maps and texts. Paper presented at the
25th International Congress of Psychology, Brussels, Belgium.
Ramaswamy, R., O'Donnell, A. M., & Holton, B. (1992, July). Gender differences in choice of college majors.
Paper presented at the 25th International Congress of Psychology, Brussels, Belgium.
Kelly, A. E., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1992, April). Using HyperCard as a research tool for instruction in
introductory educational psychology courses. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern
Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
Hertz-Lazarowitz, R., Miller, N., O'Donnell, A. M., & Kirkus, V. (1992, April). Interaction in cooperative
groups: Cognitive, social, contextual, and developmental perspectives. Paper presented at the Annual
Meeting of the American Educational Research Association,
Holst, P. M., O'Donnell, A. M., & Rocklin, T. R. (1992, April). Effects of feedback during self-adapted testing
on estimates of ability. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research
Association, San Francisco.
Kelly, A. E., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1992, April). Hypertext and the study strategies of pre-service teachers. Paper
presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.
O'Donnell, A. M. (1992, April). Searching for information: The role of prior knowledge, verbal ability, and
material format. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research
Association, San Francisco.
Hirsch, L. S., Kelly, A. E., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1992, March). Improving understanding of measurement and
testing through the use of computer-based instruction. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
Eastern Educational Research Association, Hilton Head, N. Carolina.
Holst, P. M., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1992, March). Knowledge maps: The effect of map orientation on learning.
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Educational Research Association, Hilton Head, N.
Carolina.
O'Donnell, A. M., & Woolfolk, A. E. (1991, August). Elementary and secondary teachers' beliefs about testing
and grading. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, San
Francisco.
Kelly, A. E., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1991, August). Computer-assisted lesson design and student learning in the
teaching of psychology. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological
Association, San Francisco.
Moody-Robinson, A., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1991, April). The effects of expectations of review conditions and
test type on test performance. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological
Association, New York.
O'Donnell, A. M. (1991, April). Adapting cooperative learning scripts for use with procedural texts/tasks. Paper
presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.
Rocklin, T. R., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1991, April). An empirical comparison of self-adapted and maximum
information item selection. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research
Association, Chicago.
O'Donnell, A.M. (1991, April). A comparison of examinee-chosen item order and fixed-item order. Paper
presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.
O'Donnell, A. M., & Dansereau, D. F. (1990, August). Interactive effects of cooperative teaching and material
format. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
O'Donnell, A. M., & Dansereau, D. F. (1990, August). Using knowledge maps to facilitate the search for
information. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston,
MA.
O'Donnell, A. M., & Dansereau, D. F. (1990, April). Learning from lectures: The effects of cooperative review.
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Boston, MA.
O’Donnell
13
O'Donnell, A. M. (1989, October). Enhancing reading comprehension and metacognition: The effects of scripted
cooperation. Paper presented at the 7th Eastern IRA Regional Conference, Wilmington, DE.
O'Donnell, A. M., & Rocklin, T. R. (1989, October). The impact of examinee choice of item difficulty on test
performance. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research
Association, Nevelle, NY.
O'Donnell, A. M., & Adenwalla, D. (1989, July). Scripted cooperation and concept maps: Applications to deaf
education. Paper presented at the 2nd International Symposium on Cognition, Education, & Deafness.
Gallaudet University, Washington, D. C.
Lambiotte, J. G., Dansereau, D. F., O'Donnell, A. M., & Pitre, U. (1989, April). Lights, camera, cooperate! A
closer look at cooperative learning scripts. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southwestern
Psychological Association, Houston, TX.
Hall, R. H., Dansereau, D. F., Lambiotte, J. G., O'Donnell, A. M., O'Donnell, A. M., Skaggs, L. P., & Pitre, U.
(1988, August). Knowledge map-processing: Differential roles of spatial and verbal abilities. Paper
presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Atlanta, GA.
O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., Lambiotte, J. G., Hall, R. H., Skaggs, L. P., Rewey, K. R., & Peel, J. L.
(1988, August). Concept mapping: Impact on text recall and procedure performance. Paper presented at
the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Atlanta, GA.
Dansereau, D. F., O'Donnell, A. M., & Lambiotte, J. G. (1988, April). Concept maps and scripted cooperation:
Interactive tools for improving science and technical education. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of
the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.
Hall, R. H., Dansereau, D. F., Lambiotte, J. G., O'Donnell, A. M., Skaggs, L. P., & Pitre, U. (1988, April).
Individual differences in the use of scripted cooperation and concept maps. Paper presented at the Annual
Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.
Lambiotte, J. G., Dansereau, D. F., O'Donnell, A. M., Young, M. D., Skaggs, L. P., & Hall, R. H. (1988, April).
Effects of cooperative script manipulations on initial learning and transfer. Paper presented at the Annual
Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.
O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., Hall, R. H., Skaggs, L. P., Hythecker, V. I., Peel, J. L., & Rewey, K. L.
(1988, April). Learning concrete procedures: The effects of processing strategies and cooperative
learning. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association,
New Orleans.
O'Donnell, A. M., & Dansereau, D. F. (1988, April). Learning concrete procedures: Cooperative planning and
prompting. Paper presented at the symposium of the Special Interest Group on Text design and learner
strategies, as part of the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New
Orleans.
Skaggs, L. P., Dansereau, D. F., Hall, R. H., O'Donnell, A. M., Pitre, U., Lambiotte, J. G., Peel, J. L., & Rewey,
K. L. (1988, April). Using cooperative learning in an academic setting as a vehicle for influencing recall,
attitudes, and beliefs about alcohol-related information. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.
Dees, S. M., Dansereau, D. F., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1988, April). An analysis of subjective reactions during the
learning of a concrete procedure. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southwestern
Psychological Association, Tulsa, OK.
O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., & Pitre, U. (1988, April). The effects of exposure to knowledge maps.
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Tulsa, OK.
O'Donnell, A. M., & Dansereau, D. F. (1988, February). Predicting the performance of concrete procedures.
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Educational Research Association, Miami, FL.
Hall, R. H., Dansereau, D. F., O'Donnell, A. M., & Skaggs, L. P.(1987, August). The effects of textual disruption
on dyadic and individual learning. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological
Association, New York, NY.
Hall, R. H., Rocklin, T. R., Dansereau, D. F., Skaggs, L. P., O'Donnell, A. M., Lambiotte, J. G., & Young, M. D.
(1987, April). Individual differences in the learning of structural/functional and procedural information.
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington,
D.C.
Lambiotte, J. G., Dansereau, D. F., O'Donnell, A. M., Young, M. D., Skaggs, L. P., & Hall, R. H. (1987, April).
Manipulating cooperative scripts for teaching and learning. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
American Educational Research Association, Washington, D. C.
O’Donnell
14
O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., Hall, R. H., & Rocklin, T. R. (1987, April). Cognitive, social/affective, and
metacognitive outcomes of scripted cooperative learning. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
American Educational Research Association, Washington, D. C.
O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., Rocklin, T. R., Hythecker, V.I., Hall, R. H., Young, M. D., Skaggs, L. P., &
Lambiotte, J. G. (1987, April). Procedure/skill acquisition in cooperative dyads. Paper presented at the
Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, D. C.
O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., Rocklin, T. R., Hythecker, V.I., Hall, R. H., Young, M. D., Skaggs, L. P., &
Lambiotte, J. G. (1987, April). The role of individual differences in procedure/skill acquisition. Paper
presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, D. C.
Skaggs, L. P., Rocklin, T. R., Dansereau, D. F., O'Donnell, A. M., Lambiotte, J. G., Young, M. D., & Hall, R. H.
(1987, April). Dyadic learning: Individual differences, interaction, and performance. Paper presented at
the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, D. C.
Young, M. D., Dansereau, D. F., O'Donnell, A. M., Hythecker, V. I., Lambiotte, J. G., Skaggs, L. P., Hall, R. H.,
& Rocklin, T. R. (1987, April). Effects of cooperative compare/contrast and review strategies on the
acquisition of technical information. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational
Research Association, Washington, D. C.
O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., Hall, R. H., Hythecker, V. I., Skaggs, L. P., Lambiotte, J. G., & Young, M. D.
(1987, January). Cooperative procedure acquisition: The effects of planning and prompting activities.
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Educational Research Association, Dallas,
TX.
Skaggs, L. P., Rocklin, T. R., Dansereau, D. F., O'Donnell, A. M., Lambiotte, J. G., & Young, M. D. (1987,
January). The implications of individual differences and social interaction variables for cooperative
learning. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Educational Research Association,
Dallas, TX.
Hall, R. H., Rocklin, T. R., Dansereau, D. F., Skaggs, L. P., O'Donnell, A. M., Young, M. D., & Lambiotte, J. G.
(1986, April). Individual differences in cooperative learning. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of
the Southwestern Psychological Association, Fort Worth, TX.
Harris, P. H., O'Donnell, A. M., Smith, S., & Rocklin, T. R. (1986, April). Effects of perceptual unitization on
affective evaluation following behavior analysis. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
Southwestern Psychological Association, Fort Worth, TX.
Hythecker, V. I., Dansereau, D. F., Rocklin, T. R., O'Donnell, A. M., Young, M. D., & Lambiotte, J. G. (1986,
April). The development and evaluation of a modified procedure learning strategy. Paper presented at the
Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Fort Worth, TX.
Lambiotte, J. G., Dansereau, D. F., Hythecker, V. I., O'Donnell, A. M., Young, M. D., & Rocklin, T. R. (1986,
April). Technical learning strategies: Acquisition of structural and functional information. Paper
presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Fort Worth, TX.
O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., Rocklin, T. R., Larson, C.O., Hythecker, V. I., Young, M. D., & Lambiotte, J.
G. (1986, April). Individual editing or cooperation: Effects on an instruction writing task. Paper
presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Fort Worth, TX.
Young, M. D., Dansereau, D. F., O'Donnell, A. M., Hythecker, V. I., Lambiotte, J. G., Skaggs, L. P., & Hall, R.
H. (1986, April). Cooperative integration and review of technical procedures. Paper presented at the
Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Fort Worth, TX.
O'Donnell, A. M., Larson, C. O., Dansereau, D. F., & Rocklin, T. R. (1986, April). Effects of cooperation and
editing on instruction writing performance. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American
Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.
O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., Hythecker, V. I., Larson, C. O., Rocklin, T. R., Lambiotte, J. G., & Young, M.
D. (1986, April). Effects of various cooperative scenarios on amount and accuracy of text recall: Two's
company, three's a crowd. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research
Association, San Francisco, CA.
O'Donnell, A. M., Rocklin, T. R., Dansereau, D. F., Hythecker, V.I., Young, M. D., & Lambiotte, J. G. (1986,
April). Amount and accuracy of information recalled by cooperative dyads: The effects of summary type
and alternation. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research
Association, San Francisco, CA.
O’Donnell
15
Hall, R. H., Rocklin, T. R., Dansereau, D. F., Skaggs, L. P., O'Donnell, A. M., Lambiotte, J. G., & Young, M. D.
(1986, August). Comparison of individual and dyadic learning: The role of induction. Paper presented at
the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D. C.
Rocklin, T. R., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1986, August). Self-adapted testing: A performance improving variant of
computerized adaptive testing. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological
Association, Washington, D. C.
O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., Rocklin, T. R., Hythecker, V.I., Young, M. D., Skaggs, L. P., Hall, R. H., &
Frysinger, J. H. (1986, January). Reading for action: A conceptual analysis of procedural learning.
Paper presented at the 14th Southwestern Regional Conference, International Reading Association, San
Antonio, TX.
Hythecker, V. I., Dansereau, D. F., O'Donnell, A. M., Larson, C. O., Lambiotte, J. G., Rocklin, T. R., & Young, M.
D. (1985, April). The development and evaluation of a strategy for procedure learning. Paper presented
at the Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Austin, TX.
Larson, C. O., Dansereau, D. F., O'Donnell, A. M., Young, M. D., Lambiotte, J. G., & Rocklin, T. R. (1985,
April). Technical training: An application of a strategy for learning structural and functional information.
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.
O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., Rocklin, T. R., Lambiotte, J.G., Hythecker, V. I., & Larson, C. O. (1985,
April). Cooperative writing: Direct effects and transfer. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
American Educational Research Association, Chicago.
O'Donnell, A. M., Dansereau, D. F., Hythecker, V. I., Larson, C. O., Rocklin, T. R., Lambiotte, J. G., & Young, M.
D. (1985, April). Effects of monitoring on cooperative learning. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting
of the Southwestern Psychological Association, Austin, TX.
Hythecker, V. I., Dansereau, D. F., Rocklin, T. R., Lambiotte, J.G., Larson, C. O., & O'Donnell, A. M. (1984,
April). The development and evaluation of a computer-based learning strategy module:
Paraphrase/Imagery. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research
Association, New Orleans.
Lambiotte, J. G., Dansereau, D. F., Rocklin, T. R., Fletcher, B., Larson, C. O., Hythecker, V. I., & O'Donnell, A.
M. (1984, April). Cooperative learning and test-taking: Transfer of skills. Paper presented at the
Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.
Larson, C. O., Dansereau, D. F., O'Donnell, A. M., Hythecker, V.I., Lambiotte, J. G., & Rocklin, T. R. (1984,
April). Effects of metacognitive and elaborative activity on cooperative learning and transfer. Paper
presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.
Larson, C. O., Dansereau, D. F., O'Donnell, A. M., Hythecker, V. I., Lambiotte, J. G., & Rocklin, T. R. (1984,
April). Verbal ability and cooperative learning: Transfer of effects. Paper presented at the Annual
Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.
Other Conference Contributions
Discussant of Symposium "Peer interaction and collaboration in educational settings." April 2001,
American Educational Research Conference, Seattle.
Discussant of Symposium "Education and the world wide web", April 2000, American
Educational Research Conference, New Orleans. Discussant. "Effective collaboration for learning." April 2000, American Educational Research
Conference, New Orleans. Chair of Symposium . “Using faculty development with educational technology to foster institutional
transition to the learning paradigm.” (1998, April). Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research
Association, San Diego, CA.
Chair of Symposium. "Swimming against the tide of individualism." (July, 1992). International
Convention on Cooperative Learning, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Chair/Discussant of Symposium: "Knowledge Mapping: Applications to learning and personal problem
solving." (August, 1991). Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association.
Chair of Symposium: "Affective Costs of Mainstreaming for the Hearing-Impaired Adolescent." (April,
1991). Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Boston.
O’Donnell
16
Presentations/Lectures
O’Donnell, A. M. (2006, February). A comparison of hybrid and face-to-face instructional settings. Presentation to
the faculty in the Department of Educational Psychology, Arizona State University and the University of
Arizona.
O’Donnell, A. M. (2002, November). Distributing learning: A comparison of a hybrid versus a face-to-face
format. Presentation to the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s CEUTT Meeting, Evanston, IL.
O’Donnell, A. M. (2002, October). Teachers’ beliefs and their influence on teaching. Presentation to the
Department of Education, St. Patrick’s College, Dublin, Ireland.
O’Donnell, A. M. (2002, July). Using groups effectively. Presentation to teachers involved in the NSF
funded project “Building a Learning Community in Science and Mathematics through Educational
Partnerships" directed by Dr. K. Scott.
O'Donnell, A. M. (2000, October). Learning to learn from peers. Northeast Regional Teaching
Workshop, North Brunswick, NJ.
O’Donnell, A. M. (1998, December). Cooperative learning. Presentation to the students and parents of Upward
Bound, Livingston College, New Brunswick.
O’Donnell, A. M. (1998, April). Active learning and college teaching. Faculty of the Business School, Rider
University, NJ.
O’Donnell, A. M. (1998, February). Peer tutoring: A review of the research on an enduring instructional
strategy,” CAIR Colloquium Series, Fordham University, New York.
O’Donnell, A. M. (1998, January). Why does cooperation work? Presentation to NSF/HER program directors,
Washington, D. C.
O’Donnell, A. M. (1997, November). Small group learning in college classrooms. Presentation to the Academic
Forum, Cook College, New Brunswick, NJ.
O’Donnell, A. M. (1997, October). Active and cooperative learning. Presentation to the GE and Rutgers
University Teaching Fellows, Teaching Excellence Center, New Brunswick, NJ.
O’Donnell, A. M. (1997, September). The psychology of the individual in a social world: Distributing cognition.
Presentation to the Department of Educational Psychology, Pennsylvania State University.
O’Donnell, A. M., & Lebeau, R. B. (1996, April). Developing a research agenda on the use of cases in teacher
education. Presentation at the Invisible College Annual Meeting, New York.
O'Donnell, A. M. (1995, August). Status in the classroom. Roundtable discussion at the Eighth Annual Group
Processes Conference, Washington, D. C.
O'Donnell, A. M. (1995, March). Considerations in college teaching. Presentation made as part of the Lilly
Fellows Program at the Teaching Excellence Center, Rutgers University.
O'Donnell, A. M. (1994, November). Cooperative learning research. Presentation at the Department of
Psychology, Texas Christian University.
O'Donnell, A. M. (1994, November). Using peer learning in classrooms: Implications of various theoretical
perspectives. Presentation at the College of Education, University of Iowa.
O'Donnell, A. M. (1994, October). Scripted cooperation: A research program. Presentation at the Department of
Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin at Madison.
O'Donnell, A. M. (1994, October). Using groups effectively in college teaching. Presentation made as part of the
Great Teachers Lecture Series, Teaching Excellence Center, Rutgers University.
O'Donnell, A. M. (1994, April). Using group learning with college students. Presentation to the Annual
Conference of the New Jersey Educational Opportunity Fund Professional Association, East Brunswick,
NJ.
O'Donnell, A. M. (1994, April). Implications of inquiry teaching for assessment and instruction. New Jersey
School Development Council, Somerset, NJ.
O'Donnell, A.M. (1994, March). Improving learning from lectures. Presentation to the coadjutant faculty of
Union County College, Cranford, NJ.
O'Donnell, A. M. (1993, March). Accessing cognitive opportunities in cooperative learning. Presentation to the
GSE Board of Trustees Advisory Committee.
O'Donnell, A. M. (1991, July). The uses of statistics in educational research. Presentation to the Collaborative
Leadership Project in the Teaching of Probability and Statistics in the Schools, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey.
O’Donnell
17
O'Donnell, A. M. (1990, July). INVITED PRESENTATION. Analyzing and enhancing learning and
performance through scripted cooperation. Paper presented at the International Convention on
Cooperative Learning, sponsored by the International Association for the Study of Cooperation in
Education, Baltimore, MD.
O'Donnell, A. M. (1989, May). Elements of least restrictive environments. A preliminary report. Presentation to
the National Advisory Board, Center for Studies in Education and Human Development, Gallaudet
University, Washington, D.C.
O'Donnell, A. M. (1988, December). Information processing: The effects of form and function. INVITED
ADDRESS. Cognition Research Group, Department of Psychology, Texas Christian University.
O'Donnell, A. M. (1986, November). The development and evaluation of cooperative strategies for procedure
learning. INVITED ADDRESS. Department of Educational Psychology, University of Texas, Austin,
TX.
TEACHING
Graduate Courses Taught:
Basic Inferential Statistics Cognition and Memory Learning Strategies
Advanced Inferential Statistics Cooperative and Collaborative
Learning
Social Psychology of
Classrooms
Introduction to Research Methods Memory Systems and Processes Psychology of Instruction
Teacher as Researcher Advanced Educational Psychology
Teaching Educational
Psychology
Independent Research Theories of Cognition and
Instruction
Learning Disabilities
Undergraduate Courses
Introduction To Educational
Psychology
Independent Research Honors Seminar In "Social And
Cognitive Learning Processes."
First year seminar: Collaboration
for learning and performance
SERVICE
Professional Community
Test Administration
Examiner for the North Texas calibration study for the fourth revision the Stanford-Binet
intelligence scale. (January - August, 1982).
Editorships
Executive Editor for the Journal of Experimental Education, 1997-2003
Editorial Board Member of the Following Journals
\
Education Research International 2012-present.
Journal of Educational Psychology, 1991-2007
Educational Psychology Review. 1996-2001; 2006-present.
Journal of Experimental Education, 1988-1993; 1994-1997; 2000-present.
Educational Psychologist 1997-present.
Issues in Education, 2001-2004.
Contemporary Educational Psychology, 2005-2008
American Journal of Educational Research, 2008-present.
O’Donnell
18
Teacher Education, 2008-present.
Guest Editor
Special Issue of Educational Psychology Review (1997) on distributed cognition.
Special Issue of Theory into Practice (2002). Promoting thinking through peer learning.
Special Issue of Journal of Experimental Education (2000). "Learning from peers: Multiple perspectives on
collaboration."
Reviewer
Review Board member for NSF grant [Watkins, S. (PI), Belarbi, A., Chandrashekhara, K., Hall,
R.H., & Nanni, A. (1998). Advanced Materials for Civil Infrastructures: Multidisciplinary Curriculum
Development. National Science Foundation ($400,000)]
Ad Hoc Reviewer for the Following Journals
American Educational Research Journal; Cognition and Instruction.
Contemporary Educational Psychology; Discourse Processes;
Journal of Educational Computing Research; Journal of Reading
Learning and Instruction; Reading Research Quarterly.
British Journal of Educational Psychology Developmental Psychology
Instructional Science Computers and Human Behavior
Reviewer of Conferences Submissions
2nd International Symposium on Cognition, Education, and Deafness (1989);
AERA Special Interest Group on the Education of Deaf Persons (1990-1993);
Division 15, American Psychological Association Annual Meeting (1990-present);
American Educational Research Association (1992 to present);
Cognitive Science Annual Meeting, (1998-present).
International Conference of the Learning Sciences (2014).
Research Grant Proposal Reviewer
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (1992, 1994),
National Science Foundation (1998-1999, 2001-present
Spencer Foundation (1997)
Office of Education, Teacher Quality program, 1999, 2006
Professional Affiliations
American Psychological Association.
American Educational Research Association.
American Psychological Society.
Cognitive Science Association
International Society for the Learning Sciences
International Association for the Study of Cooperation in Education.
AERA Special Interest Groups on cooperative learning, deaf education, text design and learner strategies.
EARLI European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction.
O’Donnell
19
Leadership Positions
Chair, Special Interest Group, Teaching of Educational Psychology, American Educational Research
Association, 2013-2014.
President. Division 15, American Psychological Association 2005-2006
Member at Large, Division 15 Executive Committee, 2003-2006
Secretary, Division C, American Educational Research Association, 2003-2006.
Program Chair, Division C, American Educational Research Association, 2002-2004
Chair, Committee on Standards for Psychology in Teacher Education, Division 15, 2001-
Division 15 representative to APA's Committee on Women in Psychology, 2001-
Member, Executive Board, International Association for the Study of Cooperation in Education. 1998-
2002
Member-at-Large, Division 15, American Psychological Association, 1997-2000.
Treasurer, Division 15, American Psychological Association, 1994-1997.
Chair, Special Interest Group on Text, Technology, and Learning Strategies, American
Educational Research Association, 1996-2000.
Other Service
Member, Paul Pintrich Dissertation Award Committtee, Division 15, 2012-2014.
Chair, Graduate Seminar 2001 Organizing Committee, Division C.
Mentor for graduate students, Division C, AERA Annual Meeting, 1999.
Mentor for graduate students of Division 15, APA Annual Meeting, 1999.
Program Chair, Section 6, Division C, American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting,
2000.
Program Chair, Special Interest Group on Text, Technology, and Learning Strategies, American
Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, 2000.
Member, Graduate Student Committee, Division 15, American Psychological Association. 1997-
1998.
Chair, Ad Hoc Conference Committee, Division 15, APA 1996-1999.
Member, Division K AERA Awards Committee, 1994-1995.
Member, Committee on Graduate and Continuing Education, Division 2, American Psychological
Association.
Member, Committee on Awards for Outstanding Articles in Educational Psychology, Division 15,
APA, 1992-1995.
Service to the University/Campus
Member, Faculty Council of the Civic Engagement and Service Education Partnerships,
2009-present
Member, Academic Integrity Committee 2008-present
Member, Advisory Council for College Student Affairs 2008-2010.
Member, Executive Council on Assessment, 2008 to present.
Chair, Search committee for faculty in College Student Affairs, 2008-2009.
Member, Steering Committee for Implementation of Undergraduate Taskforce
Recommendations. 2006-2008
Chair, Subcommittee on Assessment and Accountability. 2006-2009
Member, Subcommittee on the Assessment of Student Learning, Middle States Accreditation
Committee, 2006-.2008
Chair, Dean’s Evaluation Committee for GSAPP, 2005-2006.
Member, Search Committee for Dean of the GSE, 2003-2004.
Member, Information Technology Strategic Planning Committee 2004-2006.
O’Donnell
20
Member, Steering Committee of the Taskforce on Undergraduate Education, 2004-2006.
Chair, Subcommittee of the Undergraduate Taskforce on the Student Experience, 2004-2006.
Member, Executive Council of the Graduate School, 2004-2007.
Member, Judicial Affairs Board, 2004-present.
Member, Task Force on Undergraduate Education, 2004-2006
Chair, Advisory Committee on Instructional Computing, 2003-2005.
Member, Advisory Committee on Instructional Computing, 2000 – 2003.
Member, Nominating Committee of the Graduate School-New Brunswick, 2000-2003
Chair, Subcommittee on Undergraduate Teaching, Faculty Council, 1997-2000.
Member, Instructional Technology Faculty Support Committee, 1999-present.
Faculty Adviser to the Gaelic Club, 2000 -
Member, RUNet 2000 Video Content Committee, 1998-1999.
Member, Budget and Policy Panning Committee, Faculty Council,, 1997-1999.
Member, Faculty Council, 1995-2001.
Member, Institutional Review Board, 1996-2000
Member, Electronic Teaching and Faculty Development Task Force, Rutgers University,
1997 –1998.
Faculty Adviser, Rutgers University Students in Education Association, 1993-present.
Faculty Adviser, International Soccer Club, 1991-1995.
Faculty Adviser, B'ahai Club, 1989-1995.
Member, Faculty Advisory Committee, Teaching Excellence Center, 1993.
Member, Committee on Teaching, Faculty Council, 1995-1996
Member, President's Task Force on Disabilities, 1991
Service to the Graduate School of Education
Chair, Special Education Search Committee, 2013.
Chair, Teacher Education Committee 2007-2013.
Member, Ph.D evaluation committee, 2012-2013.
Member, Faculty Search in Special Education, 2012-2013.
Member, A & P Committee, 2008-2009, 2011-2014
Member, A & P Committee, Spring 2006.
Member, Student Grievance Committee, 2005-2007.
Member, Appointments and Promotions Committee, 2004-2005
Member, Planning and Resource Committee, 2004-2005.
Member, Dean’s Search Committee, 2003-2004.
Member, Planning and Resource Committee, 2002-2003.
Member, Science Education Search Committee, 2000-2001.
Member, Planning and Resources committee, 1999-2000
Chair, Committee to evaluate the 5 –year teacher education program.
Member, Combined Search Committee for Science Education and Instructional Technology, 1997-
1998.
Member, Combined Search Committee for Science Education and Instructional Technology, 1996-
1997.
Chair, Information Technologies Committee, GSE, 1995-1997.
Chair, Student Grievance Committee, GSE, 1995-1996
Chair, Committee to develop course “Teacher as Researcher,” Teacher Education Faculty, 1996-
1997.
Chair, Coordinating Committee for Teacher as Researcher Course, 1997-1998.
Member, Doctoral Admissions Committee, Doctoral Faculty , GSE, 1996-1997.
Member, Internal Allocations Committee, GSE, 1995-1996.
Committee on Student Teaching, GSE, 1995-1997.
O’Donnell
21
Committee to Review Standards, GSE., 1995,
Member, Elementary Education Search Committee, 1994-1995.
Member, Information Technologies Committee, GSE 1991-1994.
Member, Master's Admission Committee, 1993-1994
Chair, Ad-hoc Committee on Teaching Portfolios, GSE 1994.
Member, Science Education Search Committee, GSE, 1992-1993.
Member, Doctoral Admissions Committee, GSE, 1991-1992.
Member, Doctoral Faculty 1989-present.
Member, Teacher Education Faculty 1993-present.
Member, Affirmative Action Committee, GSE, 1992-1993
Member, Doctoral Admissions Committee, GSE, 1991-1992
Member, Scholarships and Fellowships Committee, GSE, 1990
Service to the Department of Educational Psychology
Member, Search Committee for Special Education, 2012-2013.
Chair, Search Committee for College Student Affairs, 2008-2009.
Member, Search Committee in Educational Psychology, 2005-2006.
Chair, Courses and Program Planning Committee, 1996-2004.
Chair, Admissions Committee, 2002-present.
Member, Admissions Committee, 2001-2002.
Member, Course and Program Planning Committee, 1998-1999.
Chair, Search Committee in LCD, 1997-1998
Coordinator of LCD program, 1995- 2000.
Chair, Human Subjects Committee, 1989-1998.
Member, Human Subjects Committee, 1998-2003.
Chair, Search Committee in LCD program, 1995-1996.
Member, Admissions Committee, 1996.
Member, Publicity and Recruitment Committee, Department of Educational Psychology, 1991-1994
Under Review
O’Donnell, A. M. (under review). Effects of different film versions on recall from "Romeo and Juliet.”
In Preparation
O'Donnell, A. M. (in preparation). Characteristics of discussions of a classroom case by preservice teachers.
O'Donnell, A. M. (in preparation). Choosing a college major: Distinctions among disciplines.
O'Donnell, A. M. (in preparation). Collaborative and individual reasoning about cases: Initial and transfer effects.
O’Donnell
22
Dissertations Directed
Year Student Title
1992 Randi Zuber
“Cooperative learning by fifth grade students: Effects of scripted and
unscripted techniques.” [Winner of the 1993 GSE Alumni Award for
Outstanding Dissertation]
1993 Linda Hirsch
An examination of the misconception of “representativeness” in learning
about probability.
1994 Lynn Kalustian
Peer learning and status characteristics: Potential inequality of cognitive
opportunity in problem-solving groups
1995 Marbella Barrerra Motivational and cognitive influences in second language proficiency.
1995 Sr. Marie Cooper
An evaluation of the implementation of an integrated learning system for
introductory college physics.
1995 Kathy Foley
Cooperative learning and visual organizers: Effects on students’ solving
mole problems in chemistry.
1996 Karen Stern
Scripted cooperation and explicit incentives: Impact on cognitive and
affective outcomes.
1997 Robert Lebeau
Breaking the routine: Case-based learning and the development of
clinical reasoning. [Winner of the 1998 GSE Alumni Award for
outstanding dissertation]
1999 James O’Kelly
Children’s learning of science through literature.[Winner of the 2000
GSE Alumni Award for Excellence in Dissertation
2001 Mary E. Gribbin A study of the development of collaborative explanations in molecular
genetics by secondary science students.
2004 Timothy Steele-Dadzie Relationships among teacher self-efficacy, student self-efficacy, and
student performance
2006 Gwen G. Williams Note-taking from text with middle school students: Process, product, and
practice.
2006 Melissa Medina The influence of the format for case response on thinking about a case
2008 Carol Coté Field dependence and working memory capacity in children’s ability
to copy figures within a misleading context
2009 Nicole DiDonato Promoting self- and coregulation through small group problem-solving
of authentic tasks in a low SES urban environment.
2009
2014
2014
Aubrie Swan
Anna Lee
Christopher J. Manente
The transformation of undergraduate education at Rutgers University:
An evaluation
Socially-shared regulation in computer supported collaborative
learning.
Is collaboration a necessary component of problem-based learning?