Joseph torgesen biography metacognitive theory

Joseph Torgesen is an Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Education at Florida State University.^[1] At the time of his retirement from the university in , he was the W.

Russell and Eugenia Morcom Chair of Psychology and Education and Director of the Florida Center for Reading Research.

Joseph torgesen biography metacognitive theory of learning

Education and Career

Torgesen received his Ph.D. in Developmental and Clinical Psychology from the University of Michigan in , and served on the Psychology faculty at FSU from until

Torgesen's early research focused on memory processes in children with learning disabilities, but most of his career was spent investigating and writing about the language difficulties of children with specific developmental reading disabilities (dyslexia).

He is the author or co-author of over books, book chapters, and articles on the psychology of reading, reading disabilities, and reading instruction.^[2] His works have been cited over 54, times according to Google Scholar