Olusola O. Adesope is the Boeing Distinguished Professor of STEM Education and Professor of Educational Psychology at Washington State University.
Olusola Adesope | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ibadan, Nigeria |
| Spouse | Tolu |
| Academic background | |
| Education | M.Sc., 2005, PhD., 2010, Simon Fraser University |
| Thesis | The cognitive effects of verbal redundancy and animated concept maps on learning. (2010) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Washington State University |
Early life and education edit
Adesope was born and raised in Ibadan, Nigeria.[1] He first left Nigeria for the United States and worked as an IT Coordinator at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He then immigrated to Canada in 2003 with his wife Tolu and enrolled at Simon Fraser University (SFU).[2] At SFU, he earned his Master's degree in educational technology and his doctorate degree in educational psychology.[1] In 2011, he received the G.M. Dunlop Award for best doctoral thesis in educational psychology completed at a Canadian university.[3]
Career edit
In 2010, Adesope joined the faculty of Educational Psychology at Washington State University.[4] He received the TICL Outstanding Early Career Researcher Award two years later from the American Educational Research Association.[5] He also conducted a study with researchers at Simon Fraser University which found that one-on-one computer-based tutoring was more effective than traditional teacher-based instruction when used on larger class sizes.[6]
In 2017, Adesope was appointed to a second term on the editorial board of the Review of Educational Research journal.[7] He was also promoted to the Boeing Distinguished Professor of STEM Education.[8] In this role, he collaborated with Kripa Sundar to research how “seductive details” could deter learning in the classroom.[9]
References edit
- ^ a b Chapman, C. Brandon. "Sola Adesope: Professor finds joy in education". education.wsu.edu. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
- ^ "Education doctoral grad maps promising research path". sfu.ca. June 10, 2010. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
- ^ "Sola Adesope is the 2011 G.M. Dunlop Award winner". sfu.ca. June 16, 2011. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
- ^ "CoPsy News". education.wsu.edu. Summer 2012. p. 1. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
- ^ Chapman, C. Brandon (March 7, 2014). "Adesope recognized for early career education research". news.wsu.edu. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
- ^ Chapman, C. Brandon (May 27, 2015). "Study: Intelligent computer programs are effective teachers". news.wsu.edu. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
- ^ "Adesope reappointed to board of top education journal". news.wsu.edu. January 30, 2017. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
- ^ Miller, McKenna (October 29, 2017). "Adesope named Boeing Distinguished Professor of STEM Education". news.wsu.edu. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
- ^ Zaske, Sara (March 19, 2020). "Seductive details inhibit learning". news.wsu.edu. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
External links edit
Olusola Adesope publications indexed by Google Scholar