Kirsten R. Butcher portrait
  • Associate Dean of Faculty and Student Affairs, College Of Education
  • Professor, Educational Psychology
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Research Summary

My work focuses on how visual information and interactive capabilities in multimedia and educational technologies support high-level cognitive processing and effective learning outcomes. I study educational technology from a design and assessment perspective, grounding each approach in cognitive theories of learning and comprehension. My research is focused particularly on technology impact on high-level cognitive processes such as integration, inference, and transfer.

Education

  • Bachelor of Arts, WHITMAN COLLEGE
  • Master of Arts, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOUL
  • Doctor of Philosophy, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOUL