Perfetti, Charles A.

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PERFETTI, Charles A.

PERFETTI, Charles A. American, b. 1940. Genres: Education, Psychology. Career: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, lecturer in psychology, 1967; University of Pittsburgh, PA, assistant professor to professor of psychology, 1967-83, professor of psychology and linguistics, 1984-, research associate to senior scientist at Learning Research and Development Center, 1967-, chair of program in learning, development and cognition, 1983-92, chair of department of psychology, 1982. Visiting scholar, fellow, and lecturer at colleges and universities. Publications: (ed. with A.M. Lesgold, and contrib.) Interactive Processes in Reading, 1981; Reading Ability, 1985; (ed. with L. Rieben, and contrib.) L'Apprenti lecteur: Recherches empiriques et implications pedagogiques, 1989, trans. as Learning to Read: Basic Research and Its Implications, 1991. Work represented in anthologies. Contributor of articles and reviews to academic journals. Address: 644 Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh, 3939 O'Hara St., Pittsburgh, PA 15260, U.S.A.