"My research explores the significance of peers in the learning process. Most people really learn what they want to know from asking other people. The ability to recognize and effectively use peers is especially important to those who feel they have few resources."

Title(s): Professor

Education: Ph.D., Texas Christian University

Affiliations:

       Professional Memberships

• Fellow,  American Psychological Association
• Member,  American Educational Research Association
• Member,  American Psychological Society
• Member,   EARLI
• Member, Cognitive Science Society
• Member, International Society for Learning Sciences

       Memberships on Editorial Boards

•  Contemporary Educational Psychology
• Educational Psychologist
• Educational Psychology Review
• Journal  of Experimental Education
• Irish Educational Studies

Research interests:

My research interests include cooperative and collaborative learning, text processing, and learning strategies. I am interested in understanding the conditions in which students learn best from one another. My research focuses on how and what students learn from one another and what teachers can do to support this kind of learning.

Recent publications:

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

O'Donnell, A. M. (2004). A commentary on design research. Educational Psychologist, 39, 255-260.

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 ., 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.

Books

O'Donnell, A. M., Reeve, J. M., & Smith, J. K. (2007). Educational psychology: Reflection for action. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.

O'Donnell, A. M., Hmelo-Silver, C., & Erkens, G. (2006). Collaborative learning, reasoning, and technology. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Book Chapters

O'Donnell, A. M. (2006). The role of peers and group learning. In P. Alexander & P. Winne (Eds)., Handbook of educational psychology, 2nd Edition. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

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).  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 technolog (pp. 1-12). Mahwah, NJ: LawrenceErlbaum 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.