Edgar Dale (1900-1985) was internationally renowned for his most famous breakthrough — the Cone of Experience — and its theory of the relationship between multimedia elements and the retention of memory through users.
Martha King (1918-2007) was a leading figure in writing instruction, literacy research and the development and study of informal classrooms within the College of Education at Ohio State. In the 1970’s, Dr. King and Dr.
Beatrice Cleveland (1921-2012) influenced the lives of thousands of Ohio’s young people and volunteer leaders through her life-long involvement with the 4-H youth program at Ohio State.
Gay Su Pinnell, professor emerita of The Ohio State University School of Teaching and Learning, and her colleague Irene Fountas created the standards that our educational system abides by today. Pinnell and Fountas’ work was
Sidney Pressey, (1888-1979) was a professor of psychology at The Ohio State University from 1921 until his retirement in 1959. As a boy, Pressey was often bored in school, feeling that he already knew the subject material, or
Charles (Chuck) Csuri (1922- ) is the founder and emeritus director of Ohio State’s Advanced Computing Center for Art and Design (ACCAD). Described by Smithsonianmagazine as the “father of digital art and computer animation”, Csuri began crea
John Kraus (1910-2004) joined the Ohio State faculty in 1946. His fascination with the potential to use radio waves to “see” the universe began during his undergraduate days.