Lauren Resnick

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Lauren B. Resnick is an educational psychologist who has made notable contributions to the cognitive science of learning and instruction. She is a professor of psychology at the University of Pittsburgh, where she directs the Learning Research and Development Center. In 1986-1987, Resnick was the president of the American Educational Research Association. She received the 1998 E. L. Thorndike Award from the American Psychological Association.

In her book "Education and Learning to Think" (The National Academies Press, 1987) and the 1987 Presidential address she proposed that the concept of out of school learning is very benefitial for children and young adults. Or as put during the address: "because they are continuously engaged with objects and situations that make sense to them, people do not fall into the trap of forgetting what their calculation or their reasoning is about".