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Educational Psychology and Special Education

Karen M. Zabrucky, Ph.D.

Professor

Room: 864 COE
Phone: (404) 413-8339
Email: zabrucky@gsu.edu

 

Department of Educational Psychology & Special Education
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 3979
Atlanta, GA 30302-3979

 

EDUCATION:

  • Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Wayne State University, 1980-82
  • Ph.D., University of Toledo, 1980
  • M.A., University of Toledo, 1977
  • B.A., Kent State University, 1973 

 

MAJOR AREAS OF INTEREST:

  • Metacognition
  • Text comprehension and memory
  • Memory in the real world

 

AWARDS:

Outstanding Faculty Achievement Award
     Award at the university level for outstanding achievements in research, teaching and service.

 

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Bays, R.B., Zabrucky, K. M., & Gagne, P.  (in press).  When manipulations work:  An examination of their role in the development of false beliefs and memories.  Memory.

Zabrucky, K.M., & Commander, N.E.  (in press).  Theories of learning and the real world:  An integrated teaching technique using empirical research and film. Networks:  An On-Line Journal for Teacher Research.

Commander, N. E., Ward, T., & Zabrucky, K.M.  (in press). Theory and practice:  How filming in the real world helps students make the connection:.  International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.

Zabrucky, K.M., Moore, D., & Agler, L. L. (in press). Metacomprehension across the lifespan: Influence of education and instructional support. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences.

Johnson, B. E.,  & Zabrucky, K.M.  (2011). Improving Middle and High School Students' Comprehension of Science Texts. International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education , 4, 19-32.

Zabrucky, K.M.  (2011).  Reading comprehension: Past, present, and future.International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 4, 1-4.

Zabrucky, K.M., & Bays, R. B. (2011).  Helping students know what they know and do not know.  College Teaching, 59, 123.

Zabrucky, K. M., & Bays, R. B. (in press).  Cultural infuences on Autobiographical Memory, The Encyclopedia of Cross-Cultural Psychology (Wiley-Blackwell Publishing; Ken Keith, Editor).

Agler, L. L., & Zabrucky, K. (in press). Alexander Romanovich Luria. TheEncyclopedia of Cross-Cultural Psychology (Wiley-Blackwell Publishing; Ken Keith, Editor).

Zabrucky, K. M., & Bays, R. B. (in press). Ulric Neisser. Encyclopedia of the History of Psychological Theories (Springer, Robert W. Riebe, Editor).

Bays, R. B., & Zabrucky, K. M. (in press). Elizabeth Loftus. Encyclopedia of the History of Psychological Theories (Springer, Robert W. Riebe, Editor).

Zabrucky, K. M., & Bays, R. B. (in press). Fergus Craik. Encyclopedia of the History of Psychological Theories (Springer, Robert W. Riebe, Editor).

Bays, R. B., & Zabrucky, K. M. (in press). Ebbinghaus. Encyclopedia of the History of Psychological Theories. (Springer, Robert W. Riebe, Editor).

Zabrucky, K. M.  (2010). Knowing what we know and do not know: Educational and Real World Implications. Procedia- Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2(2), p.1266-1269.

Stolp, S. & Zabrucky, K.M. (2009). Contributions of metacognitive and self-regulated learning theories to investigations of calibration of comprehension. International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2 (1), 7-31.

Karably, K., & Zabrucky, K. M. (2009). Metamemory development: A review and implications for teachers International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2 (1), 32-52.

Zabrucky, K. M., Agler, L. L. & Moore, D. (2009). Metacognition in Taiwan: Students' Calibration of comprehension and performance  Journal of International Psychology, 44 (4), 305-312.