Angela O'Donnell

Angela M. O'Donnell is an American educational psychologist and a professor at Rutgers University, who has contributed to the understanding of collaborative learning (O'Donnell, Hmelo-Silver, & Erkens, 2006), and is the co-author of a widely used introductory textbook (O'Donnell, Reeve, & Smith, 2007). She is a member of the editorial review boards of Contemporary Educational Psychology, Educational Psychologist, Educational Psychology Review, the Journal of Experimental Education, and the Journal of Educational Psychology. She is a past special interest group (SIG) chair in the American Educational Research Association (AERA).

Publications

Textbooks 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. O'Donnell, A. M., & King, A. (1999). Cognitive perspectives on peer learning. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Articles and chapters

"Scripted Cooperation in Student Dyads: A Method for Analyzing and Enhancing" (1992, with Donald F. Dansereau) "Learning from peers: Beyond the rhetoric of positive results" (1994, with James O'Kelly) "The Structure of Discourse in Collaborative Learning" (2000, with Clark A. Chinn and Theresa S. Jinks) "Knowledge Maps as Scaffolds for Cognitive Processing" (2002, with Donald F. Dansereau and Richard H. Hall)