Jacqueline P. Leighton

Jacqueline P. Leighton is a Canadian-Chilean educational psychologist, academic and author. She is a full professor in the Faculty of Education as well as vice-dean of Faculty Development and Faculty Affairs at the University of Alberta.

Leighton is most known for her works on human development and cognition, primarily focusing on cognitive diagnostic testing, children's rights and assessment of learning environments and learning interventions. She pioneered the Learning Errors And Formative Feedback (LEAFF) model, focused on comprehension of learning error mechanisms, their quantification, and the use of formative feedback to enhance student learning outcomes. Among her authored works are her publications in academic journals, including ''Journal of Educational Measurement'' and ''Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice'' as well as books such as ''The Learning Sciences in Educational Assessment: The Role of Cognitive Models'' and ''Leveraging Socio-Emotional Assessment to Foster Children's Human Rights''. Moreover, she has been acknowledged by the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Division D in 2009 for her contributions to educational measurement and research methodology, and the Canadian Council of Learning as a Minerva Scholar, and is the recipient of the 2017 Outstanding International Research Collaboration Award from American Educational Research Association. Provided by Wikipedia