KENNETH KIEWRA, PhD
Professor
Educational Psychology
240 Teachers College Hall
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0345
(402) 472-3233

Biography

Kenneth Kiewra received his PhD in Educational Psychology and a minor in Instructional Design and Development from Florida State University in 1982. He is currently a Professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with the Department of Educational Psychology. Dr. Kiewra's research focus is teaching and learning and he is interested in what teachers can do to improve instruction and teach students how to learn. Further, he is interested in student learning strategies, most notably note-taking and studying, as well as in areas of creativity and the development of talent and expertise. Much of Dr. Kiewra's teaching and learning research pertains to the use of graphic representations to organize information and reveal associations among ideas. He has written two books on how to study and is currently working on a third book for teachers.

Recent Publications

Journal Articles

Kiewra, K. A., & O'Connor, T. (2005). Developing young chess masters: What are the best moves? Chess Life, 60, 24-25.

Igo, L. B., Kiewra, K. A., & Bruning, R. B. (2004). Removing the snare from the pair: Using pictures to learn confusing word pairs. Journal of Experimental Education, 72, 165-178.

McCrudden, M., Schraw, G., Hartley, K., & Kiewra, K. A. (2004). The influence of presentation, organization, and example context on text learning. Journal of Experimental Education, 72, 289-306.

Titsworth, S., & Kiewra, K. A. (2004). Organizational lecture cues and student notetaking. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 29, 447-461.

Igo, B., Toland, M., Flowerday, T., Song, S., & Kiewra, K. A. (2002). The accuracy of self-efficacy: A comparison of high school and college students. Academic Exchange Quarterly, 123-128.

Kiewra, K. A. (2002). How classroom teachers can help students learn and teach them how to learn. Theory into Practice, 41, 71-80.

Katayama, A. D., Robinson, D. H., Kiewra, K. A., DuBois, N. F., & Jonassen, D. (2001). Facilitating text learning. The Journal of Research in Education, 11, 54-61.

Kiewra, K. A. (2001). Editorial. Educational Psychology Review, 13, 317-319.

Kiewra, K. A., Hart, K., Scoular, J., Stephen, M., Sterup, G., & Tyler, B. (2001). Fish giver or fishing teacher? The lure of strategy instruction. The Teaching Professor, 15, 5-6.

Kiewra, K. A., & Creswell, J. W. (2000). Conversations with three highly productive educational psychologists: Richard Anderson, Richard Mayer, and Michael Pressley. Educational Psychology Review, 12, 135-161.

Atkinson, R. K., Levin, J. R., Kiewra, K. A., Meyers, T., Kim, S., Atkinson, L., Renandya, W. A., & Hwang, Y. (1999). Matrix and mnemonic text-processing adjuncts: Comparing and combining their components. Journal of Educational Psychology, 91, 342-357.

Kiewra, K. A., Kauffman, D. F., Robinson, D., DuBois, N., & Staley, R. K. (1999). Supplementing floundering text with adjunct displays. Journal of Instructional Science, 27, 373-401.

DuBois, N. F., & Kiewra, K. A. (1996). Introduction to a special issue on studying. Educational Psychology Review, 8, 329-333.

Books

Kiewra, K. A. (2005). Learn how to study and SOAR to success. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.

Kiewra, K. A. (2005). Study guide to accompany learn how to study and SOAR to success. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.

Kiewra, K. A., & DuBois, N. F. (1998). Learning to learn: Making the transition from student to lifelong learner. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn and Bacon.