Daniel H. Robinson, Ph.D.
Director, MCPER Dropout Prevention Institute
Professor,
Department of Educational Psychology:
Area I—Learning, Cognition, and Instruction program
Research Interests and Expertise
Like the rest of the Area I faculty, Robinson is involved in several research teams. His main research interests involve evaluating the use of technology to enhance learning (graphic organizers, simulations, etc.) and, particularly, team-based learning. Our published work can be viewed at Robinson’s personal Web site.
Boards, Committees, and Associations
- Editor: Educational Psychology Review
- Editorial Board Member: Educational Technology, Research, & Development; Journal of Experimental Education, Research in the Schools; Contemporary Educational Psychology
Representative Publications
Robinson, D. H., Levin, J. R., Thomas, G. D., Pituch, K. A., & Vaughn, S. R. (in press). The incidence of “causal” statements in teaching and learning research journals. American Educational Research Journal.
Robinson, D. H., Katayama, A. D., Odom, S., Beth, A., Hsieh, Y. P., & Vanderveen, A. (in press). Increasing text comprehension and graphic note-taking using a partial graphic organizer task. Journal of Educational Research.
Hsieh, P.-H., Hsieh, Y.-P., Chung, W.-H., Acee, T., Thoman, G. D., Kim, H.-J., You, J., Levin, J. R., & Robinson, D. H. (2005) Is educational intervention research on the decline? Journal of Educational Psychology, 97, 523-529.
Griffin, M. M., & Robinson, D. H. (2005). Does spatial or visual information in maps facilitate text recall? Reconsidering the conjoint retention hypothesis. Educational Technology Research & Development, 53, 23-36.
Robinson, D. H., Funk, D. C., Beth, A., & Bush, A. M. (2005). Changing beliefs about corporal punishment: Increasing knowledge about ineffectiveness to build more consistent moral and informational beliefs. Journal of Behavioral Education, 14, 117-139.