Cognitive/Developmental Faculty

My major area of research interest is the acquisition of complex cognitive knowledge and skills, which I have pursued in two domains. In the domain of reading, my research has focused on the role of reading-related phonological processing abilities in normal and abnormal development of reading skills, and in the prediction, prevention, and remediation of dyslexia. In the domain of human intelligence, my research has focused on the role of practical knowledge and intelligence in intellectual performance manifested outside the classroom setting.

Wagner, R. K. (in press). Intelligence, training, and employment. American Psychologist.

Wagner, R.K., & Garon, T.* (1999). Learning disabilities in perspective. In R.J. Sternberg & L. Spear-Swerling (Eds.), Perspectives on learning disabilities. Boulder, CO: Westview.

Torgesen, J.K., Wagner, R.K., Rashotte, C.A., Rose, E., Lindamood, P., Conway, T., & Garvin, C. (1999). Preventing reading failure in young children with phonological processing disabilities: Group and individual responses to instruction. Journal of Educational Psychology, 91, 1-15.

Wagner, R.K., Torgesen, J.K., & Rashotte, C.A. (1999). Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing. Austin, TX: PRO-Edward.

Sternberg, R.J., & Wagner, R.K. (1999). Readings in Cognitive Psychology. Orlando, FL: Harcourt, Brace, Javonich.

Wagner, R.K., Sujan, H., Sujan, M., Sternberg, R.J., & Rashotte, C.A. (1999). Tacit knowledge in sales. In R. Sternberg & J. Horvath (Eds.), Tacit Knowledge in the Professions (pp. 155-182). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.