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EDUCATION

B.A. University of Dayton, 1983
M.A. University of Pittsburgh, 1987
Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh, 1991

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Argument comprehension and production. Technology and literacy education. Integration of semantic information across multiple documents. Learning and reasoning from multiple documents.

FREQUENTLY TAUGHT CLASSES

Psych 305 Research Methods
Psych 345 Cognitive Psychology
Psych 504 Advanced Statistics


REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

Britt, M.A., Wiemer_Hasting, P., Larson, A., & Perfetti, C.A. (In Press). Automated feedback on source citation in essay writing. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education.


Larson, M., Britt, M.A., & Larson, A. (In Press). Disfluencies in comprehending argumentative texts. Reading Psychology.


Britt, M.A., & Gabrys, G. (2004). Collecting responses through Web page drag and drop. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers, 36(1), 52-68. Appendix for Collecting Responses through Web Page Drag and Drop


Sagarin, B. J., Britt, M. A., Wood, S., Heider, J., & Lynch, J. (2003). Bartering Our Attention: The Distraction and Persuasion Effects of On-Line Advertisements. Cognitive Technology, 8(3).


Britt, M.A. & Larson, A. (2003). Construction of argument representations during on-line reading.  Journal of Memory and Language, 48(4), 749-810.


Britt, M.A., & Aglinski, C. (2002). Improving student’s ability to use source information. Cognition and Instruction, 20(40), 485-522.

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