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'''Marilyn Jager Adams''' (born December 14, 1948) is a specialist in [[cognition]] and [[education]]. She holds the position of Visiting Scholar at [[Brown University]].<ref>Brown University directory entry [http://directory.brown.edu/?search_string=Marilyn%20Adam] Accessed May 16, 2016</ref>
'''Marilyn Jager Adams''' (born December 14, 1948) is a specialist in [[cognition]] and [[education]]. She holds the position of Visiting Scholar at [[Brown University]].<ref>Brown University directory entry [http://directory.brown.edu/?search_string=Marilyn%20Adam] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240703164358/https://directory.brown.edu/?search_string=Marilyn%20Adam |date=2024-07-03 }} Accessed May 16, 2016</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
Adams received a [[Ph.D.]] from [[Brown University]] in [[cognitive psychology]] and [[developmental psychology]] in 1975.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marilyn J Adams {{!}} Brown University - Academia.edu |url=https://brown.academia.edu/MarilynAdams/CurriculumVitae |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=brown.academia.edu}}</ref>
Adams received a [[Ph.D.]] from [[Brown University]] in [[cognitive psychology]] and [[developmental psychology]] in 1975.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marilyn J Adams {{!}} Brown University - Academia.edu |url=https://brown.academia.edu/MarilynAdams/CurriculumVitae |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=brown.academia.edu |archive-date=2020-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128203256/http://brown.academia.edu/MarilynAdams/CurriculumVitae |url-status=live }}</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==

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Marilyn Jager Adams
BornDecember 14, 1948
Alma materBrown University
OccupationPsychologist

Marilyn Jager Adams (born December 14, 1948) is a specialist in cognition and education. She holds the position of Visiting Scholar at Brown University.[1]

Biography

Adams received a Ph.D. from Brown University in cognitive psychology and developmental psychology in 1975.[2]

Career

She has been on the Planning or Steering Committee for National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Reading Assessment since 1992.

Adams was Senior Author of the Kindergarten and Grade 1 levels of Open Court Publishing Company's 1995 reading and writing program, "Collections for Young Scholars", which focused on better classroom reading programs within the Reading First component of the No Child Left Behind Act. [citation needed]

Adams served as Literacy Advisor for "Sesame Street" and Senior Advisor for Instruction for PBS's "Between the Lions" since its inception. She is currently a Visiting Professor in the Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences Department at Brown University and Chief Scientist at Soliloquy Learning, a software company which she co-founded in 2000.

Honors

She is the recipient of the American Educational Research Association's Sylvia Scribner Award for outstanding research.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Brown University directory entry [1] Archived 2024-07-03 at the Wayback Machine Accessed May 16, 2016
  2. ^ "Marilyn J Adams | Brown University - Academia.edu". brown.academia.edu. Archived from the original on 2020-01-28. Retrieved 2024-07-03.