Rate My Professor Anastasia Morrone

Her research specializes in technology-rich active learning environments that promote student motivation and learning, encompassing educational psychology, pedagogy, space and technology in learning settings, active learning classrooms, e-textbooks, student engagement, and achievement motivation. Notable publications include 'From swimming pool to collaborative learning studio: Pedagogy, space, and technology in a large active learning classroom' (Lee, D., Morrone, A. S., & Siering, G., 2018, Educational Technology Research and Development), 'Musical preferences predict personality: Evidence from active listening and Facebook likes' (2018, Psychological Science), 'Preservice elementary teachers’ voices describe how their teacher motivated them to do mathematics' (Harkness, S. S., Morrone, A. S., & D’Ambrosio, B., 2007, Educational Studies in Mathematics), and the edited book Quick Hits for Teaching with Technology: Successful strategies by award-winning teachers (Morgan, R. K. et al., Eds., 2012, Indiana University Press). Morrone has received major awards such as the Indiana University Bicentennial Medal (2020), P. A. Mack Award from the Faculty Academy for Excellence in Teaching (2018), Indiana University President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Technology (2018), Trustees Teaching Award from IUPUI (2003), and the Benjamin and Dorothy Fruchter Annual Prize for Excellence in Educational Psychology Research at the Doctoral Level (University of Texas at Austin, 1993). She has secured grants from the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and other sources totaling over $2 million for projects on e-text platforms, health education assessment, and classroom innovations.