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Samuelstuen
Short Vita
Marit Sæther Samuelstuen
Current position Post doctoral research fellow
Address work: Department of Education,
Norwegian University of Science and Technology,
Zip code, City 7491 Trondheim
Address home: Hans Osnesv. 6
Zip code, City: 7030 Trondheim
Country: Norway
Phone home/work: + 47 72 56 56 45 / + 47 73 59 76 59
E-mail:
Education
· Dr.polit. (PhD), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) (Educational Psychology), 2005.
· Cand.polit., NTNU (Educational Psychology), 1996.
National and International PhD Courses
· Multivariate Data Analysis: A Model Testing Approach, (Research methods) NTNU, aug.-92
· Operationalizing and analyzing constructs in educational research, (Research methods/psychometric theory) Institute for Educational Research, University of Oslo, spring -99
· Research and society (Scientific theory) NTNU, fall-99
· Self-concept, motivation and self-regulated learning, NTNU, (educational psychology) fall –04
· Research mediation, Department of Education, NTNU, spring -00
· Multivariate Analyses, (Statistics) New York University, spring -00
· Psychometric Theory, New York University, - spring -00
· General linear model, (statistics) City University of New York, fall –00
· Path analysis, Factor analysis, and Structural equation models, (statistics/psychometric theory) City University of New York, spring –01
· Self-regulation of Academic Learning and Motivation, City University of New York, (Educational Psychology) spring –01
· Mental Health Statistical Workshops (weekly), New York University, 2000/2001
Academic Positions
· Research Fellow (Post doctor), NTNU, funded by the Norwegian Research Council (2006 – present) (project: Learning in a Knowledge Society: Constructing Meaning from Multiple Information Sources (CMMIS). Head of the project: Prof Ivar Bråten, PFI, UIO.
· Visiting Scholar at the University of Gothenburg, funded by the Norwegian Research Council (2007 – 2008). Ref: Prof Jan-Eric Gustafsson.
· Associate Professor at Department of Education, NTNU (teaching statistics, research methods, reading comprehension) (2005)
· Assistant Professor at Department of Education, NTNU (teaching statistics, research methods, and theory on text comprehension, reading skills and self-regulated learning) (1996 – 2005)
· Research Fellow, NTNU, funded by the Norwegian Research Council (1999 – 2005) (project: Self-regulated learning and text comprehension in junior high school students)
· Visiting Scholar at Department of Psychology, New York University, funded by the Norwegian Research Council and NYU’s Mental Health Statistics Training Program (2000 – 2001). Ref: Prof Patrick Shrout.
· Research Assistant at Department of Education, NTNU on the projects Task analysis and learning strategies (1990-1995), and Task analysis and text comprehension (1996 – 1997). Head of the projects: Prof. Nils Sovik, Dep of Education, NTNU
Administrative Practice
· Taken part in the planning and organizing of the project: Learning in a Knowledge Society: Constructing Meaning from Multiple Information Sources (CMMIS), funded by the Norwegian Research Council (2006 – present)
· Head of the project; Self-regulated learning and text comprehension in junior high school students funded by the Norwegian Research Council (1999 – 2005). Planned, organized and carried out the empirical studies marked with an upper-case letter b in the attached list of publications.
· Committee member of the faculty board, Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology Management, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (2002 – 2005)
· Committee member of the appointing authority board, Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology Management, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (2004 – 2005)
· Taken part in the planning and organizing of the Norwegian network for reading and writing disabilities’ conference, 2001 [In Norwegian: Norgesnettet for lese- og skrivevansker], Center for reading research, University of Stavanger, Norway.
· Responsible for the courses in statistics and SPSS at the master’s degree and the bachelor’s degree programs, Department of Education, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (1997 – 1999). Varying administrative practise during the years as assistant and associate professor (1997 – 2005).
· Varying administrative practise working as a teacher in elementary school (1986 – 1990)
· Leader for the “FAU” at “Hoeggen ungdomsskole” (2002/2003)
Professional Affiliations
European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI)
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Scientific Conference Participation
· EARLI biennal conference 1999, Göteborg, Sweden
· EARLI biennal conference, 2001, Freiburg, Switzerland
· EARLI SIG biennal conference, 2004, Valencia, Spain
· EARLI biennal conference, 2005, Cyprus, Greek
· AERA, annual meeting, 2006, San Francisco, US
· EARLI SIG biennal conference, 2006, Nottingham, UK
· EARLI biennal conference, 2008, Budapest, Hungary
Current Research Projects
Learning in a Knowledge Society: Constructing Meaning from Multiple Information Sources (CMMIS) Funded by the Norwegian Research Council. Project Director: Prof Ivar Bråten (2006-2009).
Programmatic Research on the Understanding of Texts (PRUT) Head of the project: Ivar Bråten, PFI, UIO (2005 – present)
Self-Regulated Learning and Text Comprehension (SRLTC) Head of the project: Ivar Bråten, PFI, UIO (2000 – present)
Self-Regulated Learning and Text Comprehension in Junior High School Students. Funded by the Norwegian Research Council. Head of the project: Marit S. Samuelstuen (1999 – present).