Gustavus Adolphus College

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Education

B.A. Amherst College; M.A. University of Maryland; Ph.D. University of Maryland

Following graduation from Amherst College, I taught at an elementary and middle school located in Bethesda, Maryland. My primary responsibility during these years was a sixth grade classroom teacher and advisor responsible for teaching core courses, including history, mathematics, and language arts. These years both strengthened my conviction to teach and revealed the importance of mentoring. My most memorable mentors taught me that teaching was a profession that requires dedication, compassion, flexibility, and a sense of humor. These experiences led me to the pursuit of a M.A. degree in human development and a Ph.D. degree in Educational Psychology at the University of Maryland. During the completion of my M.A. and Ph.D., I had the opportunity to teach a cognitive psychology course and an adaptive technology course to in-service teachers.
I am thrilled to have joined the Education Department at Gustavus Adolphus College in the Fall of 2007. My responsibilities include teaching two courses, Educational Psychology and Educational Technology, and supervising and mentoring student teachers. I am also involved in research that, in many ways, shapes my teaching. My primary research interests concerns the cognitive and metacognitive processes involved in learning with computer-based environments for different developmental groups, including middle school, high school, and undergraduate students. However, as a former middle school teacher and as one currently teaching undergraduate students, I believe that a research agenda examining the complexities of learning processes needs to also consider various motivational constructs. Based on this belief, I have a conducted a series of studies which have examined metacognitive, cognitive, and motivational processes in learning with computer-based environments. Currently, I am examining how feedback affects students’ use of these processes. These studies have been published in a variety of journals (i.e. Contemporary Educational Psychology, Instructional Science, Computers in Human Behavior) and presented at a number of international conferences (i.e. American Educational Research Association, International Conference of Learning Sciences, Cognition and the Web).

Areas of Expertise

• Educational Psychology
• Educational Technology
• Quantitative Research

Interests

• Self-regulated learning
• academic motivation
• computer-based learning environments

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