Robert Glaser was born. A pioneer in the field of instructional psychology, Glaser founded the Learning Research and Development Center at the University of Pittsburgh in 1963 from where he produced a groundbreaking body of work on the role of educational assessment and the science of learning.
A world renowned researcher and academic, Robert Glaser received the American Psychological Association (APA) E. L. Thorndike Award for Distinguished Psychological Contributions to Education in 1982 and the APA Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Psychology in 1987.
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