Faculty Vita

Joyce Alexander, Ph.D.

Academic Degrees

Professional Experience

Faculty Teaching

Selected Publications

Fleming, V. M., & Alexander, J. M. (2001). The benefits of peer collaboration: A replication with a delayed post-test. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 26, 588-601.

Shih, S., & Alexander, J. M. (2000). Interacting effects of goal setting and self- or other-referenced feedback on children's development of self-efficacy and cognitive skill within the Taiwanese classroom. Journal of Educational Psychology, 92, 536-543,

Alexander, J. M., Noyes, C. R., MacBrayer, E. K., Schwanenflugel, P. J., & Fabricius, W. V. (1998). Concepts of mental activities and verbs in children of high and average verbal intelligence. Gifted Child Quarterly, 42(1), 16-28.

Manion, V., & Alexander, J. M. (1997). Benefits of peer collaboration on strategy use, metacognitive causal attributions, and recall. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 67, 268-289.

Carr, M., Alexander, J. M., & Schwanenflugel, P. J. (1996). Where gifted children do and do not excel on metacognitive tasks. Roeper Review, 18, 212-217.

Alexander, J. M., & Schwanenflugel, P. J. (1996). Development of metacognitive concepts about thinking in gifted and nongifted children: Recent research. Learning and Individual Differences, 8, 305-325.

Alexander, J. M., Carr, M., & Schwanenflugel, P. J. (1995). Development of metacognition in gifted children: Directions for future research. Developmental Review, 15, 1-37.

Schwanenflugel, P. J., Fabricius, W. V., Noyes, C. R., Bigler, K. D., & Alexander, J. M. (1994). The organization of mental verbs and folk theories of knowing. Journal of Memory and Language, 33, 376-395.

Alexander, J. M., & Schwanenflugel, P. J. (1994). Strategy regulation: The role of intelligence, metacognitive attributions, and knowledge base. Developmental Psychology, 30, 709-723.

Schwanenflugel, P. J., Fabricius, W. V., & Alexander, J. M. (1994). Developing theories of mind: Understanding categories and relations between mental activities. Child Development, 65, 1546-1563.

Carr, M., Alexander, J. M., & Folds-Bennett, T. (1994). Metacognition and mathematics strategy use. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 8, 583-595.

Alexander, J. M. (1991). Five law-related lessons for elementary school children. In The Department of Social Science Education and The Carl Vinson Institute of Government (Developers) Georgia Elementary Law-Related Education Curriculum Supplement Project. Athens, GA. Project won the George Washington Honor Medal from Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge in 1992.

Alexander, J. M., & Eaken, G. J. (1994). The teacher as communicator: Pathways to a healthier school. Thresholds in Education, 20(1), 20-24.

Alexander, J. (August 1998). Creating conceptual similarities among multiple sections of educational psychology. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Funded Projects

Proffitt Research Internal Grant, School of Education, Indiana University. Amount: $25,000 (July 2001-June 2003).

National Science Foundation. Knowledge and Strategies in Young Children: Two Paths Toward Independent Learning with Co-PI Kathy Johnson, IUPUI Amount $188,018 (Oct 1999-Oct 2002). Supplemental Funding Request awarded 8/10/01, $5208

Indiana University Summer Faculty Fellowship. Amount $6,500 (May 1999-August 1999)

Proffitt Summer Faculty Fellowship, School of Education, Indiana University. Amount: $6,500 (May 1999-August 1999)

Indiana University Summer Faculty Fellowship. Amount: $6,500 (May 1996-August 1996)

Indiana University Research and the University Graduate School grant: Preparing Future Faculty. Investigator: D. C. Cunningham. My role: Assisted in writing and faculty coordinator/director for 1997- 1998 academic year. Amount: $60,000 (1996-1999)

Indiana University Outstanding Junior Faculty Award. Amount: $12,500 (Dec. 1995)

Indiana University Social Science Proposal Writing Workshop Grant. Amount: $5,000 (Dec 1995-August 1995)

Proffitt Research Internal Grant, School of Education, Indiana University Amount: $22,000 (June 1993-June 1995)

Current Professional and Academic Association Memberships

American Educational Researchers Association

American Psychological Association

Society for Research in Child Development

Cognitive Development Society

Conference Presentations

Alexander, J. M. (Oct. 2001). Recent developments in learning and cognitive developmental research. Invited address to the International Conference on Education Reform and Development in the 21st Century, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua City, Taiwan.

Alexander, J. M., Johnson, K. E., Sokas, M., Kendrick, C., Spencer, S., & Neitzel, C. (Oct. 2001). The effects of increasing domain knowledge on a 20 questions task. Poster presentation at the Cognitive Development Society Conference, Virginia Beach, VA.

Johnson, K. E., Alexander, J. M., Spencer, S. A., & Kohler, K. M. (April 2001). Gender and early interest development: Foundations of childhood expertise. Presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN.

Johnson, K. E., Alexander, J. M., Spencer, S. A., & Reis-Henrie, F. (April 2001). Earliest origins of childhood expertise: Factors associated with the development of intense play interests in preschoolers. Presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN.

Alexander, J. M., Johnson, K. E. Schreiber, J. B. (April, 2000). Hypothesis testing in young children: Can knowledge hinder you? Presented at the Conference on Human Development, Memphis, TN.

Johnson, K. E., Alexander, J. M., Edwards, J. K., & Neitzel, C. (October, 1999). Predictors of strategic performance in children's referential communication. Presented at the Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Chapel Hill, NC.

Johnson, K. E., Alexander, J. M., Arici, A. D., & Schreiber, J. B. (April, 1999). Development of metacognitive knowledge of processes related to categorization. Presented at the bi-annual meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Albuquerque, NM.

Alexander, J. M., & Johnson, K. E. (August, 1998). Effects of children's knowledge on selectively-driven haptic exploration. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Alexander, J. M., Johnson, K. E., Lazar, S.A., & Meyer, R. D. (April, 1997). Multiple predictors of memory performance throughout the continuum of expertise. Symposium presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Washington, DC.

Johnson, K. E., Alexander, J. M., Meyer, R. D., & Lazar, S. A. (April, 1997). Effects of varying levels of expertise on referential communication performance. Presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Washington, DC.

Johnson, K. E., & Alexander, J. M. (March, 1997). Effects of development and verbal intelligence on metacognitive understanding of categorization. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Researchers Association, Chicago, IL.

Alexander, J. M., & Manion, V. (April, 1996). Metacognition and sorting strategy development. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.

Alexander, J. M., Manion, V., Schmiederer, M., & Eaken, G. (April, 1995). Individual differences in imagery production in fourth grade. Presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Indianapolis, IN.

Alexander, J. M., Manion, V., Eaken, G., & Koch, S. (August, 1994). Strategy use within a less cohesive knowledge base. Presented at the 102nd Convention of the American Psychological Association, Los Angeles, CA.

Alexander, J. M. (August, 1994). Strategy regulation: Metacognitive, knowledge base, or intelligence explanation. Invited Address: Dissertation Award Winner's Address given at the 102nd Convention of the American Psychological Association, Los Angeles, CA.

Research Areas

Learning, Cognition and Instructon Program. Research Interests: Metacognition, Strategy Use, Motivation, Development of Expertise in Children.

Service/Outreach Projects

2000 Member, Strategic Planning Committee, Division 15 (Educational Psychology), American Psychological Association

1998 Mentor, Graduate Student Research Seminar, Division 15, APA

1996-2002 Secretary, Division 15 (Educational Psychology), American Psychological Association (APA)

1995-present Journal reviewer, Developmental Psychology, International Journal of Behavioral Development, Cognitive Development

1995-1998 Member, Ad Hoc Committee to examine the future of educational psychology in teacher education, American Psychological Association Division 15

1992-present Proposal reviewer, AERA Division C (section 5) and APA Division 15 annual meetings

Honors/Awards

1998 National Academy of Education Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship Semifinalist

1994 American Psychological Association (APA) Division 15 Outstanding Dissertation Research Award

1999 Indiana University Summer Faculty Fellowship

1996 Indiana University Summer Faculty Fellowship

1995-96 Indiana University Outstanding Junior Faculty Award (5 annually)

1996-97 Indiana University Teaching Excellence Recognition Award

1996 Proffitt Summer Faculty Fellowship, School of Education, Indiana University (1 to 3 annually)

1991 University of Georgia Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of Educational Psychology

1990 University of Georgia Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of Educational Psychology