Donna Caccamise

Donna Jean Caccamise

Ph.D. 1981, University of Colorado, Boulder, Psychology and Neuroscience

Associate Director
Institute of Cognitive Science, CB 344
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0344

Telephone: +01-303-735-3602
FAX: +01-303-492-7638
Electronic Mail: donna.caccamise@colorado.edu

Dr. Caccamise has been the Associate Director of the Institute since July, 1999. Prior to assuming this position she held various positions during a nearly 20 year career as a human factors engineer in industry that included principal scientist, middle and senior management, and external and internal consultant. In these positions, Dr Caccamise tackled a wide range of cognitive issues associated with systems design and analysis, training and qualification programs, management and leadership, human reliability/risk analysis, ergonomic and safety programs, human-machine interfaces, environmental programs, and nuclear safeguards and security. Dr. Caccamise has published in international and national journals and has presented topics at several national and international conferences. She has also produced many government reports, briefings and training materials, many of which are in the form of video documentaries, and interactive computer/web-based programs. In addition, Dr. Caccamise has designed and managed the development of several job aids and computer-based intelligent systems. Her published academic research covers topics in cognitive processes during language production activities and dominance behaviors in primates.

Recent Works

Caccamise, D.; Snyder, L.; Kintsch, W.; Allen, C.; Kintsch, E.; Oliver, W. (2010) Teaching Summarization via the Web, American Educational Research Association, annual proceedings.

Caccamise, D & Snyder, L, (Spring, 2009) Guest Editors for a special issue of Perspectives on Language and Literacy.

Caccamise, D & Snyder, L, (2009) Comprehension Instruction in the 21st Century. Perspectives on Language and Literacy, Spring. International Dyslexia Association.

Banich, M. & Caccamise, D. (Eds.) (2010) Generalization of Knowledge: Multidisciplinary Perspectives. New York: Psychology Press.

Caccamise, D., Snyder, L. & Kintsch, E. (2008). Constructivist Theory and the Situation Model: Relevance to Future Assessment of Reading Comprehension. In Block, C. C., & Parris, S. R. (Eds.) (2008). Comprehension Instruction, 2nd edition. New York, NY: Guilford.

Snyder, L. & Caccamise, D. (2009). Comprehension processes: Building meaning and making sense of things. In M. A. Nippold & C. M. Scott (Eds.) Expository Discourse in Children, Adolescents and Adults: Development and Disorders. Mahwah,NJ: Erlbaum/Taylor & Francis.

Caccamise, D., Franzke, M., Eckhoff, A., Kintsch, E., & Kintsch, W. (2007). Guided practice in technology-based summary writing. In D. S. McNamara & A. C. Graesser (Eds.), Reading Comprehension Strategies: Theory, Interventions, and Technologies. Erlbaum: Mahwah, NJ.

Kintsch, E., Caccamise, D., Franzke, M., Johnson, N., & Dooley, S. (2007). Summary Street®: Computer-guided summary writing. In T. K. Landauer, D. M., McNamara, S. Dennis, & W. Kintsch (Eds.), Latent Semantic Analysis.

Kintsch, E., D. Caccamise, W. Kintsch, L. Snyder. Workshop on Latent Semantic Analysis and Applications , University of Paris VIII, France, September

Caccamise, D., Snyder, L., Kintsch, E., Kintsch, W. 2006, Improving High Stakes Testing Reading and Writing Outcomes through Summarization. Paper presented at the SSSR Annual meeting, Vancouver.

Caccamise, D., Snyder, L. (2005) “Constructive Models of Reading Comprehension - The Situation Model and Related Constructs.” Topics in Language Disordes. 25,1.

Snyder, L., Caccamise, D., Wise, B. “The Assessment of Reading Comprehension: Considerations and Cautions.” Topics in Language Disordes. 25,1.

Franzke, M., Kintsch, E., Caccamise, D., Johnson, N., and Dooley, S. (2005), Computer Support for Comprehension and Writing. Educational Conputing Research. 33, 1.

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