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Dr. Thomas Andre
Iowa State University

Thomas Andre, Iowa State University, member of the Iowa Academy of EducationDr. Thomas Andre is Professor of Curriculum and Instruction and of Psychology at Iowa State University. He received his doctorate in educational psychology from the University of Illinois, Urbana in 1971.

Andre's research has focused on the role of students' cognitive activity in learning. His early work focused on the role of questions in learning from text. Since the mid 1980s, his work has been primarily in the area of science learning. This work has examined instructional activities designed to promote the cognitive processing needed for conceptual change, the role of interest and beliefs in conceptual change, the use of electronic digital technology in facilitating the learning science concepts, principles, and theories, and how to help teachers learn to promote effective science learning. His work has been supported by Regent's Eisenhower Program Funding, Qwest, the U.S. Department of Education, and the National Science Foundation. Co-edited books include Current Research on Instruction and Cognitive Classroom Learning, Understanding, Thinking, Problem-solving. Recent chapters include: "Selected Microinstructional Methods to Facilitate Knowledge Construction: Implications for Instructional Design" in Instructional Design: International Perspectives, Vol. I., Theory and Research, and "Interest, Epistemology and Intentional Conceptual Change", in Intentional Conceptual Change.


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