Background
Lerkkanen, Marja-Kristiina was born on October 13, 1963 in Oulu, Finland.
Lerkkanen, Marja-Kristiina was born on October 13, 1963 in Oulu, Finland.
Doctor of Philosophy in Education, with honors, University Jyväskylä, 2005.
Assistant associate didactics, department teacher education University Jyväskylä, 1987—1992, associate professor, 1996—1997, researcher department psychology, 2000—2001, postdoctoral researcher, 2005—2008, academy research fellow, department and center excellence in learning and motivation, 2008—2009, senior research associate, department psychology, 2009—2010, senior educator associate in children's development and K-3 instructions, since 1995, adjunct professor, since 2010. Reviewer in field.
Member of Science Society Study of Reading, International Reading Association, European Educational Research Association, European Association Research Learning and Instruction (Outstanding Publication award 2005).
Married Jukka Lerkkanen, July 1, 1989. Children: Sakari, Laura.