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Gary M. Schumacher

Research Area:
Psychology

Contact Information:

Office: 255A Porter Hall

Phone: (740) 597-1303

E-mail: schumach@ohio.edu

Selected Publications:

Schumacher, G. M. (in press). Offhand remarks and small observations: Keys to a scientific investigation. In J. Hayes,

R. Young, T. Jadjuk, C. Cochran, M. McCaffrey, & M. Machett (Eds.)

Reading empirical research studies: The rhetoric of research, Erlbaum.

Schumacher, G. M., Nash, J. G., Scott, B. T., Brezin, M. K., Lambert, D. A., & Stein, S. E. (1992).

Expertise in news writing. In J. R. Hayes, R. E. Young, M. L. Matchett, H. McCaffrey, C. Cochran, & T. Hajduk (Eds.). Reading empirical research sutides: The rhetoric of research, (pp. 249-283). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Schumacher, G. M. (1992).

Author's comment. In J. R. Hayes, R. E. Young, M. L. Matchett, M. McCaffrey, C. Cochran, & T. Hajduk (Eds.). Reading empirical research studies: The rhetoric of research, (pp. 284-286). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Nash, J. G., Schumacher, G. M., & Carlson, B. W. (1993).

Writing from sources: A structure mapping model. Journal of Educational Psychology, 85, 159-170.

Schumacher, G. M. (1999).

Meaning generations during writing. Forum, 16, 7-15 (non referred).

Schumacher, G. M., & Ma, C. (1999).

Representations in writing: A modularity perspective. In M. Torrence and D. Galbraith (Eds.), Knowing what to write: Conceptual processes in text production. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press (pp. 173-190).

Recent Grants:

• Grant from Apple Computers for Macintosh Computers (W. M. Rollins, I. Urieli, B. Carlson), $10.000. (1988)
• Tier III Lecture Fund - $650 for visit to John R. Hayes to Tier III Class - Fall 1989.
• Awarded a Faculty Development Grant of $1,350 from the Faculty Development Committee for proposal
• "Assessment of Knowledge Structures Related to the Writing Process"

Some Recent or Upcoming Presentations:

Schumacher, G. M. (1996).

Knowledge structures and the composition process. Paper presented in the symposium "Understanding Text Production: From Art Toward the Science of Writing." MPA, Chicago, May.

Schumacher, G. M. (1996).

Changes in writer's knowledge structures during composition. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association, New York, April. (with Ma, Chen and Tranquilla, R.).

Wathen, S. H., Wathen, S. P., Dolata, D. P., & Schumacher, G. M. (1998).

A structural assessment of organic chemistry knowledge. American Psychological Society, Washington, DC, (May).

Schumacher, G. M., & Ma, C. (1998).

The structure of writing representations. American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA (April).

Ma, C., & Schumacher, G. M. (1997).

Differences in stability and flexibility of independent and interdependent self-concepts. American Psychological Society, Washington, DC (May).

Schumacher, G. M., Ma, C., Wesolowski, V.

The effect of writing on problem solving. American Educational Research Association. Montreal, Canada, March, 1999.

Courses Taught:

Undergraduate:
Child and Adolescent Psychology

Graduate:
Cognitive Processes; Modularity & Cognition: Evolutionary Perspectives; Developmental Psychology

Graduate Students:

• Vickie Wesolowski