Biographical note

Bruce Tuckman (Ph.D. in Psychology, Princeton University) is the Director of the Social and Cultural Foundations Department in the Ohio State University School of Education. His research interests are motivation and learning strategies for achievement, research methodology, and instructional design. His distinguished career in educational psychology has been marked by numerous publication credits, including the market-leading text RESEARCH METHODS FOR EDUCATION. David Monetti was Bruce Tuckman's graduate student at Florida State University. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and Counseling at Valdosta State University. He remains actively involved with public schools as a researcher and evaluator of school improvement practices. His research interests include psychometrics, psychological effects of Internet usage, self-regulation, and epistemology of learning.