William H. Schmidt Michigan State University The Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award is the premier acknowledgment of outstanding achievement and success in education research. Its purpose is to publicize, motivate, encourage, and suggest models for education research at its best. The 2022 Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award goes to Dr. William H. Schmidt. Dr. Schmidt is currently the Director for the Study of Curriculum Policy at Michigan State University. His many recognitions include being a fellow in the International Academy of Education, an honorary doctorate from Concordia University, and being named a member of the National Academy of Education as well as an AERA Fellow. His strong line of funded research examines assessments of math and science national and internationally. Dr. Schmidt is best known for his detailed study of math curriculum across states in the U.S. and between countries internationally. A public intellectual as well, Dr. Schmidt has published beyond the academy including prescient essays in outlets such The Boston Review.
The Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award is the premier acknowledgment of outstanding achievement and success in education research. Its purpose is to publicize, motivate, encourage, and suggest models for education research at its best. The winner of the award will be invited to give the Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award Lecture at the following Annual Meeting.
2021 - Carol D. Lee 2020 - Howard Gardner 2019 - Robert Slavin 2018 - Gloria J. Ladson-Billings 2017 - Henry M. Levin 2016 - Michelene T. H. Chi 2015 - Andrew C. Porter 2014 - Douglas Fuchs 2014 - Lynn S. Fuchs 2014 - Adam Gamoran 2013 - Alan H. Schoenfeld 2012 - Guadalupe Valdés 2011 - Catherine Snow 2010 - P. David Pearson 2009 - Linda Darling-Hammond 2008 - David Wolcott Johnson 2007 - Milbrey Wallin McLaughlin 2006 - Stephen W. Raudenbush 2005 - Gene V. Glass 2004 - Lorrie A. Shepard 2003 - Anthony S. Bryk 2002 - Shirley Brice Heath 2001 - Robert LeVine 2000 - Edmund Gordon 1999 - David K. Cohen 1998 - John Ogbu 1997 - Robert Linn 1996 - David C. Berliner 1995 - Maxine Greene 1994 - Richard C. Anderson 1993 - John I. Goodlad 1992 - David Tyack 1991 - Ann L. Brown 1990 - Lauren Resnick 1989 - Lee S. Shulman 1988 - N. L. Gage 1987 - Michael Cole 1986 - Courtney B. Cazden 1985 - Jerome S. Bruner 1984 - Eleanor Maccoby 1983 - Anne Anastasi 1982 - Jeanne S. Chall 1981 - Donald T. Campbell 1980 - Julian C. Stanley 1979 - John Bissell Carroll 1978 - B. F. Skinner 1977 - Lee J. Cronbach 1976 - Robert Glaser 1975 - Urie Bronfenbrenner 1974 - James S. Coleman 1973 - Robert J. Havighurst 1972 - Robert M. Gagne 1971 - Patrick Suppes 1970 - Benjamin S. Bloom 1969 - Lawrence A. Cremin 1968 - Jean Piaget & Barbel Inhelder 1967 - E. F. Lindquist 1966 - T. R. McConnell 1965 - Ralph W. Tyler 1964 - Arthur I. Gates
Deadline: October 13, 2022