My major area of research interest is the acquisition of
complex cognitive knowledge and skills, which I have pursued in two domains.
In the domain of reading, my research has focused on the role of reading-related
phonological processing abilities in normal and abnormal development of
reading skills, and in the prediction, prevention, and remediation of dyslexia.
In the domain of human intelligence, my research has focused on the role
of practical knowledge and intelligence in intellectual performance manifested
outside the classroom setting.
Publications
Selected Publications
Wagner, R. K. (in press). Intelligence, training, and employment.
American
Psychologist.
Wagner, R.K., & Garon, T.* (1999). Learning disabilities in perspective.
In R.J. Sternberg & L. Spear-Swerling (Eds.), Perspectives on learning
disabilities. Boulder, CO: Westview.
Torgesen, J.K., Wagner, R.K., Rashotte, C.A., Rose, E., Lindamood,
P., Conway, T., & Garvin, C. (1999). Preventing reading failure in
young children with phonological processing disabilities: Group and individual
responses to instruction. Journal of Educational Psychology, 91, 1-15.
Wagner, R.K., Torgesen, J.K., & Rashotte, C.A. (1999). Comprehensive
Test of Phonological Processing. Austin, TX: PRO-Edward.
Wagner, R.K., Sujan, H., Sujan, M., Sternberg, R.J., & Rashotte,
C.A. (1999). Tacit knowledge in sales. In R. Sternberg & J. Horvath
(Eds.), Tacit Knowledge in the Professions (pp. 155-182). Mahwah, NJ:
Erlbaum.
