Dr. Megan A. Sumeracki

Department, Office, or School
Department of Psychology
  • Professor
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Education

B.A. Psychological Science, Purdue University, 2009

M.A. Experimental Psychology, Washington University in St. Louis, 2011

Ph.D. Cognitive Psychology, Purdue University, 2014

Selected Publications

Sumeracki, M. A., & Weinstein, Y. (2018). Six strategies for effective learning. Academic Medicine, 93, p. 666.

Weinstein, Y., Madan, C., & Sumeracki, M. A. (2018). Teaching the science of learning. Cognitive Research: Principles & Implications, 3:2, 1-17.

Weinstein, M. A., & Sumeracki, M. A. (2017). Are Twitter and blogs important tools for the modern psychological scientist? Perspectives on Psychological Science. 12, 1171-1175.

Smith, M. A., Blunt, J. R., Whiffen, J. W. & Karpicke, J. D. (2016). Does providing prompts during retrieval practice improve learning? Applied Cognitive Psychology, 30, 544-553.

Karpicke, J. D., Blunt, J. R., & Smith, M. A. (2016). Retrieval-based learning: Positive effects of retrieval practice in elementary school children. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, 350: 1-8.

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Specializations

Teaching
Cognitive Psychology
Learning
Research Methods in Cognition

Research
Human learning and memory
Retrieval processes
Application of cognition to education