Dr. Noreen Webb

Biography

Noreen M. Webb is a Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Education at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Her research focuses on learning and instruction, particularly in the areas of measurement, teaching and learning processes, and performance in mathematics and science classrooms. Additionally, she has contributed extensively to the field through numerous articles on mathematics and science learning, teaching, and pedagogical empirical research related to generalizability theory. She is a co-author of the book 'Generalizability Theory: Primer' with Richard Shavelson, which addresses fundamental topics in this area. Webb has received several prestigious awards including the Review Research Award and the Early Career Award from the American Educational Research Association, highlighting her contributions to programmatic research in education. As a fellow of both the American Psychological Association and the American Educational Research Association, she is recognized as a key figure in educational psychology and educational research, also being a member of the National Academy of Education. Webb obtained her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Stanford University in 1978, an M.S. in Statistics from Stanford in 1977, and a B.A. in Mathematics from Swarthmore College in 1973.

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