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- My academic background and education is in math, math education and educational psychology – statistics and measurement. My general research has been in areas related to instructional technology, and research methods and statistics. I have always been interested in instructional methods and innovations that promote understanding and comprehension in the use and application of both new technologies in teaching and learning, and statistical methods and their applications in educational research. Also, individual differences; correlates and measurement of attitudes and achievement, as they relate to the above are of interest to me - particularly in K12 environments, which includes professional development for teachers.
I am currently serving as department head and over the past 5 years or so, have been involved in a number of funded grants focused on the evaluation of technology interventions in K12 schools in NC. I was part of the initial evaluation team funded by USED and DPI that examined the effectiveness of the Impact Model (created by Frances Bradburn, NCDPI) of technology integration in K-12 schools in NC. This team included Jason Osborne and I as co-PIs, Amy Overbay, Lisa Grable and others. My involvement as PI or Co-PI continued through Lancet, Impact Leadership, and Impact II. As my responsibilities as department head have expanded, I now play a smaller role in the continuing Impact III that is lead by the evaluation team at the FI lead by Glenn Kleiman and Jason Osborne. Impact has morphed now into Impact IV and other projects involving the FI team’s evaluation of technology innovations in K12 settings.
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