About our authors
Jeanne Ellis Ormrod received her A.B. in psychology from Brown University and her M.S. and Ph.D. in educational psychology from The Pennsylvania State University. She earned licensure in school psychology through postdoctoral work at Temple University and the University of Colorado at Boulder and has worked as a middle school geography teacher and school psychologist. She was Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Northern Colorado until 1998; she is currently Professor Emerita there. She has published and presented extensively on cognition and memory, cognitive development, instruction, and related topics but is probably best known for this book and four others: Human Learning (currently in its 8th Edition); Essentials of Educational Psychology (now in its 6th Edition and now coauthored with Brett D. Jones); Child Development and Education (co-authored with Teresa McDevitt, now out in its 7th Edition); and Practical Research: Design and Process (recently released in its 13th Edition). She and her husband Richard live in New Hampshire, where (she is happy to report) she is within a 90-minute drive of her three young grandchildren.
Eric M. Anderman holds a B.S. degree from Tufts University, an Ed.M. from Harvard University, and a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from The University of Michigan. After completing his master's degree, he worked as a high school and middle school teacher for several years, before returning to graduate school. He is currently Professor of Educational Psychology and of Quantitative Research, Evaluation, and Measurement at The Ohio State University. His research focuses on (a) academic motivation, (b) academic cheating, (c) motivation and risky behavior during adolescence, and (d) violence perpetrated against educators. He is currently the editor of the journal Theory into Practice, and formerly was associate editor of the Journal of Educational Psychology. He has published over 100 articles and chapters. In addition to this book, he co-authors the textbook Adolescent Development for Educators, with Alison Ryan and Tim Urdan (also published by Pearson). He also is co-author with Lynley Anderman of Classroom Motivation: Linking Research to Teacher Practice (now in its 3rd Edition) and he co-edited the 3rd Edition of the Handbook of Educational Psychology with Lyn Corno and The Visible Learning Guide to Student Achievement with John Hattie. He also is the author of the book Sparking Student Motivation: The Power of Teachers to Rekindle a Love for Learning.
Lynley H. Anderman received her B.A. and M.A. (Hons.) in Education from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, and her Ph.D. from the Combined Program in Education and Psychology at The University of Michigan. A graduate of North Shore Teachers College (Auckland, New Zealand), she taught for several years in primary and intermediate schools in Auckland. Currently, she is Professor of Educational Psychology at The Ohio State University. She has published and presented extensively on academic motivation, particularly in relation to the roles of instructional and social-relational characteristics of classrooms that support students' motivation and engagement, including students' sense of belonging, teacher–student and peer relationships. She also has written and presented on the role of educational psychology in teacher education. Dr. Anderman is the former editor of the Journal of Experimental Education, and former associate editor of Theory into Practice. She is co-author of Classroom Motivation: Linking Research to Teacher Practice (now in its 3rd Edition), and has co-edited Psychology of Classroom Learning (published by Cengage) and Teaching to Prepare Advocates (published by Information Age).
