Through my courses, I hope students grow in their passion for psychology and education and are equipped with effective teaching and learning strategies to support their own students.
Assistant Professor
I am most interested in determining how to design learning environments that help students select important information, organize this information in memory, and integrate new and prior knowledge to promote meaningful learning. With a background in cognitive psychology, I am passionate about the application of cognitive principles to pedagogy.
I teach because I genuinely love working with students and want to support them in pursuing their passions just as so many faculty have done for me over the years. Impactful teachers and professors stick with you, and I hope I can positively impact students through my teaching and mentorship. My life’s pursuit is not only to contribute research findings on when certain instructional methods should be used to facilitate learning, how these methods should be implemented, and for whom these methods are most effective, but to implement these methods in my own classes.
“I teach my courses the way I would want my children to be taught.” This statement was made by a professor I had early on in college who inspired me to pursue a science major and taught me about the importance of strong instruction and mentorship. I have taken her statement to heart and take my position as an instructor seriously, dedicating the time needed to create an effective and welcoming class environment.
Through my courses, I hope students grow in their passion for psychology and education and are equipped with effective teaching and learning strategies to support their own students. I also hope that they learn how to critically evaluate the research literature to ensure that they make pedagogical decisions based on rigorous studies.
Learn more about Amedee Martella.
Amedee has been interested in improving the teaching of STEM disciplines since she was an undergraduate student at CU Boulder. She worked with Drs. David Klahr and Marsha Lovett at Carnegie Mellon University for her master’s degree, Drs. Jeffrey Karpicke and Darryl Schneider at Purdue University for her PhD, and Dr. Richard Mayer at UC Santa Barbara for her postdoc. She was funded by the National Science Foundation at the undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral levels to explore STEM educational improvement.