Christian Dieter Schunn

Christian Dieter Schunn
School of Education
University of Pittsburgh
821 Learning Research and Development Center
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
EMAIL: schunn@pitt.edu

Adjunct Faculty - Joint/Secondary Appts

Training:
PhD in Psychology, CMU, 1995.

Current Appointments:
Associate Professor of Psychology
Research Scientist, LRDC
Associate Professor of Intelligent Systems Program
Associate Professor, Learning Sciences and Policy, School of Education

Research Interests:
- design learning
- learning from peers
- complex spatial problem solving

School Affiliations

Department: Dean's Office
Department: Instruction and Learning
Department: Learning Policy Center
Program: Learning Sciences and Policy

Education

PhD, Cognitive Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, 8/1/1995

Recent Course Instruction

Summer 2010 (2107)

LSAP 3098 - DIRECTED STUDIES - LSAP

Spring 2010 (2104)

Fall 2009 (2101)

LSAP 3098 - DIRECTED STUDIES - LSAP

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Recent Grants

Bringing Innovative Design into Urban High Schools on a Sustainable Basis: The University of Pittsburgh Innovative Design RET Site. National Science Foundation. Co-Principal Investigator with M. Lovell, 4/1/05-3/31/07, $400,000.
The 21st Century Research and Development Center on Cognition and Science Education. Institute for Educational Sciences, R305C080009, Co-Principal Investigator with J. Merlino, A. Porter, J. Cromley, N. Newcombe, T. Nokes, 7/1/08-6/30/13, $9,995,038.
Advanced Analogical Search with Integrated Function and Form: The Verrocchio Project. National Science Foundation, CMMI 0855293, Co-Principal Investigator with J. Cagan and K. Wood, 07/01/09–06/30/12, $450,000.
Training in Arithmetical Fluency. National Science Foundation, EHR-0815945, Co-Principal Investigator with J. Fiez, 9/1/08–8/31/11, $1,241,567.
Integrating Social and Cognitive Elements of Discovery and Innovation. National Science Foundation, SBE-0830210, Principal Investigator, 9/1/08–8/31/10, $214,556.