Richard C. Atkinson

Life

Atkinson began as a professor of psychology at Stanford University. There he worked with Patrick Suppes to teach children in primary schools of Palo Alto using computers mathematics and reading. This resulted in the Education Program for Gifted Youth.

Then left Atkinson 's career as a researcher and turned to the administrative duties of a university. He was director of the National Science Foundation, Chancellor of the University of California, San Diego, and president of the University of California system.

Atkinson was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine, the National Academy of Education, and the American Philosophical Society.

Writings

  • R. C. Atkinson, " Computerized Instruction and the Learning Process, " American Psychologist, Vol 23, 1968, pp. 225-239.
  • R. C. Atkinson and H. A. Wilson, "Computer - Assisted Instruction, " in RC Atkinson and H. A. Wilson, eds, Computer - Assisted Instruction:. A Book of Readings, Academic Press, New York, 1969.
  • R. C. Atkinson, " Instruction in Initial Reading Under Computer Control: The Stanford Project, " Educational Data Processing, Vol 4, No. 4, 1967, pp. 175-192.

Secondary literature

  • "Distinguished Scientific Contribution Awards for 1977, " American Psychologist, January 1978, pp. 49-55.
  • William J. McGill, " Richard C. Atkinson: President -Elect of AAAS, " Science, Vol 241, July 29, 1988, pp. 519-520.
  • Richard C. Atkinson, " The Golden Fleece, Science Education, and U.S. Science Policy, " Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol 143, No, 3, September 1999, pp. 407-417.
  • "Developing High - Technology Communities: San Diego, " report by Innovation Associates, Inc., for the U.S. Small Business Administration, March 2000.
  • Patricia A. Pelfrey, A Brief History of the University of California, Second Edition, ( Center for Studies in Higher Education and University of California Press, 2004 ), pp. 78-89.
  • David S. Saxon, " Foreword, " The Pursuit of Knowledge: Speeches and Papers of Richard C. Atkinson, ed Patricia A. Pelfrey ( University of California Press, 2007 ), pp. ix -xi
  • Raymond Smilor, Niall O'Donnell, Gregory Stein and Robert S. Welborn, III, "The Research University and the Development of High - Technology Centers in the United States, " Economic Development Quarterly, Vol 21, No. 3, August 2007, pp. 203-222.
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