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Susan Bobbitt Nolen Professor, Educational Psychology 312H Miller Hall, 206-616-6378 sunolen@u.washington.edu

Education Publications Courses Curriculum Vitae

My main research interest is in how motivation to learn develops over time in social contexts. Most of this work focuses on the perspectives of learners and teachers. Current projects include a case-based ethnography of the development of motivation and identity in teacher education contexts. A second interest is in assessment in schools, and the effects of various policies and practices on teacher and student motivation.

Education

Ph.D. Purdue University, 1986: Educational Psychology
M.Ed. Lewis & Clark College, 1976: Education of the Hearing-Impaired
B.A. Portland State University, 1975: Speech Pathology & Audiology

Selected Publications

Motivation

Nolen, S. B. (2007). The development of motivation to read and write in young children: Development in social contexts. Cognition & Instruction, 25(2) .

Nolen, S. B., & Valencia, S. W. (2006). Classroom portfolio assessment: Implications for writing motivation. Eta Evolutiva.

Frey, K. S., Nolen, S. B., Eckstrom, L. V. S., & Hirschstein, M. K. (2005). Effects of a school-based social competence program: Linking goals, attributions, and behavior. Applied Developmental Psychology, 26(2), 171-200.

Nolen, S. B. (2003) Learning environment, achievement, and motivation in high school science. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 40, 347-368.

Nolen, S. B. (2001). Constructing literacy in the kindergarten: Task structure, collaboration and motivation. Cognition & Instruction, 19, 95-142.

Nolen, S. B. (1996). Why study? How reasons for learning influence strategy selection. Educational Psychology Review, 8, 335-355.

Nolen, S. B. (1995). The effects of a visible author in statistical texts. Journal of Educational Psychology, 87, 47-65.

Thorkildsen, T. A., Nolen, S. B., and Fournier, J. (1994). What's fair? Children's critiques of practices that influence motivation. Journal of Educational Psychology.

Nolen, S. B., & Nicholls, J. G. (1994). A place to begin (again) in research on student motivation: teachers' beliefs. Teaching and Teacher Education, 10, 57-69.

Nolen, S. B., & Nicholls, J. G. (1993). Elementary school pupils' views on the effectiveness of motivational strategies in mathematics. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 63, 416-431

Nolen, S. B. (1986). Reasons for studying: Motivational orientations and study strategies. Cognition & Instruction, 5, 269-287.

Assessment

Taylor, C. S., & Nolen, S. B. (2005). Classroom assessment: Supporting teaching and learning in real classrooms. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education (2nd Edition forthcoming).

Taylor, C., & Nolen, S. B. (1996). What does the psychmetrician's classroom look like? Reframing assessment concepts in the context of learning. Educational Policy & Analysis Archives, 4, No. 17.

Taylor, C., & Nolen, S. B. (1996). A contextualized approach to teaching teachers about classroom-based assessment. Educational Psychologist, 31, 77-88.

Nolen, S. B., Haladyna, T. M., & Haas, N. S. (1992). Uses and abuses of standardized test scores. Educational Measurement: Issues & Practice, 11, 9-15.

Haladyna, T. H., Nolen, S. B., & Haas, N. S. (1991). Raising standardized achievement test scores and the origins of test score pollution. Educational Researcher, 20, 2-7.

Courses

Classroom descriptions for Nolen (2007).

Young Children’s Motivation to Read and Write:

Development in Social Contexts, 25(2).

EDTEP 561: Dilemmas of Teaching and Learning

EDTEP 562: Adolescent Development I: Development in School Contexts

EDPSY 526: Metacognition

EDPSY 582A: Motivation Seminar

EDPSY 528: Achievement Motivation in Education

EDTEP 562: Adolescent Development & Education I

EDPSY 501: Human Learning and Educational Practice

EDPSY 531: Socialization of the School-Aged Child

EDTEP 541: Dilemmas of Teaching and Learning - elementary



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