About our authors
Paul Eggen has worked in higher education for nearly 40 years. He is a consultant for public schools and colleges in his university area and has provided support to teachers in 12 states. Paul has also worked with teachers in international schools in 23 countries in Africa, South Asia, the Middle East, Central America, South America and Europe. He has published several articles in national journals, is the co-author or co-editor of six other books, and presents regularly at national and international conferences. Paul is strongly committed to public education. His wife is a middle school teacher in a public school, and his two children are graduates of public schools and state universities.
Don Kauchak has taught and worked in schools and in higher education in nine states for over 40 years. He has published in a number of scholarly journals, including the Journal of Educational Research, Journal of Experimental Education, Journal of Research in Science Teaching, Teaching and Teacher Education, Phi Delta Kappa and Educational Leadership. In addition to this text, he has co-authored or co-edited six other books on education. He has also been a principal investigator on federal and state grants examining teacher development and evaluation practices and presents regularly at the American Educational Research Association. He currently volunteer-tutors first, second and third graders in a local elementary school. These students have taught him a lot about educational psychology.
Matt McCrudden is a professor of education at Penn State University. He received his Ph.D. in Learning and Technology in 2005 from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. He has taught at the University of North Florida (2005-2008) and Victoria University of Wellington (Te Herenga Waka), New Zealand (2008-2018). He teaches courses in educational psychology and research methods. He has worked in schools and in higher education in several states and internationally. Much of his research is focused on how instructional tasks and materials can be used to support student learning. He has published over 40 articles in international, peer-reviewed journals, co-edited five books, authored/co-authored 27 chapters, and presents regularly at national and international conferences. Matt has served as Associate Editor of Contemporary Educational Psychology from 2014-2019 and as Associate Editor of the Journal of Educational Psychology from 2020 to present. He has also served as an editorial board member of six refereed international journals.
