Barry Zimmerman

{{Short description|American educational psychologist (1942–2025)}}

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Barry Joseph Zimmerman (November 23, 1942 – February 17, 2025) was an American educational researcher at the City University of New York, where he held the title Distinguished Professor of Educational Psychology. He has written scholarly publications on learning and motivation, many describing his research and theories on self-regulated learning. In 2011, Zimmerman was awarded the E.L. Thorndike Career Achievement award by the American Psychological Association's Division of Educational Psychology.APA Division 15, "Past Recipients of the E.L. Thorndike Career Achievement Awards", [https://archive.today/20120710121603/http://apadiv15.org/awards/e-l-thorndike-career-achievement-awards/past-recipients-of-the-e-l-thorndike-career-achievement-awards], Retrieved 2012-02-20.