astronomy

Rebecca Treiman

Rebecca Treiman is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Rebecca Treiman rather than just read about it. In short: Rebecca Treiman is an American psychologist. She is professor emeritus and the Burke and Elizabeth High Baker Professor of Child Developmental Psychology of Arts and Sciences at Washington University in St.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

Rebecca Treiman is an American psychologist. She is professor emeritus and the Burke and Elizabeth High Baker Professor of Child Developmental Psychology of Arts and Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis and head of the Reading and Language Lab there. Treiman's research focuses on spelling and reading, and especially on the linguistic factors that affect these processes.

Biography Born in Princeton, New Jersey, to Sam Bard Treiman and Joan Little Treiman, Rebecca Treiman received a B.A. in linguistics from Yale University in 1976. Alvin Liberman was her adviser for her senior honors thesis at Yale. Treiman received a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania (1980). Jonathan Baron was her adviser for a thesis titled "The phonemic analysis ability of preschool children." She was a faculty member at Indiana University and Wayne State University before moving to Washington University in St. Louis in 2002. Treiman has written two books on children's spelling, and has published research articles on the processes involved in reading and spelling in children and adults. She has over 200 publications and an h-index of over 85. In addition, Treiman has edited or co-edited several books on spelling and reading. Treiman was editor in chief of the Journal of Memory and Language from 1997 to 2001. She was awarded the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading in 2014.

Publications Pollatsek, A., & Treiman, R. (Eds.). (2015). Oxford handbook of reading. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199324576 Treiman, R., & Kessler, B. (2014). How children learn to write words. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199907977 Treiman, R. (Ed.). (1997). Spelling. Dordrecht, the Netherlands: Kluwer. ISBN 978-0792349587 Treiman, R. (1993). Beginning to spell: A study of first-grade children. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195062199 Gough, P. B., Ehri, L. C., & Treiman, R. (Eds.) (1992). Reading acquisition. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. (Republished by Routledge in 2018) ISBN 978-0815373612

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Rebecca Treiman

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Rebecca Treiman claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Rebecca Treiman before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Rebecca Treiman ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Rebecca Treiman

In research: Rebecca Treiman appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Rebecca Treiman in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Rebecca Treiman is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 21st-century American psychologists, American psychologist stubs, American women psychologists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Rebecca Treiman outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Rebecca Treiman in 20 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Rebecca Treiman matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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