John Dunlosky, Ph.D.
John Dunlosky
Education: Ph.D., University of Washington (1993)
Research Area: Experimental - Cognitive
Research Interests
Areas of research interest involve self-regulated learning, including how aging in adulthood influences strategy use and effectiveness, how individuals of all ages monitor on-going learning as well as dynamically control study and retrieval. Research programs focus on understanding the theoretical bases of these and other components of self-regulated learning. Special emphasis is placed on how aging in adulthood influences these components, and applications of this theory to enhance learning of adults of all ages.
Lab Site: Metacognition Lab
International Association for Metacognition
Courses Frequently Taught
- Psychology of Aging (undergraduate)
- Cognitive Psychology (undergraduate)
- Cognitive Psychology (graduate)
- Cognitive Aging (graduate)
- Metacognitive Seminar (graduate)
Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities
Dunlosky, J., & Metcalfe, J. (2009). Metacognition. Beverly Hills, CA: SAGE.
*Lipko, A., Dunlosky, J., *Hartwig, M. K., Rawson, K. A., Swan, K., & Cook, D. (in press). Using standards to improve middle-school students’ accuracy at evaluating the quality of their recall. Journal of Experimental Psycyhology: Applied.
*Ariel, R., Dunlosky, J., & *Bailey, H. (2009). Agenda-based regulation of study-time allocation: When agendas override item-based monitoring. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 138, 432-447.
*Bailey, H., Dunlosky, J., & Hertzog, C. (2009). Does differential strategy use account for age-related deficits in working-memory performance? Psychology & Aging, 24, 82-92.
*Bailey, H., Dunlosky, J., & *Kane, M. J. (2008). Why does working memory span predict complex cognition? Testing the strategy-affordance hypothesis. Memory and Cognition, 36, 1383-1390.
Dunlosky, J., & *Lipko, A. (2007). Metacomprehension: A brief history and how to improve its accuracy. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 16, 228-232.
Dunlosky, J. & Kane, M. J. (2007). The contributions of strategy use to working memory span: A comparison of strategy-assessment methods. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 60, 1227-124
*Denotes graduate student author.
