FACULTY VITA FORM 

Name of Faculty Member:             Algene A. Pearson

Name of Institution:                Gustavus Adolphus College            

Title or Rank:             Professor                                 Field: Education

Earned Degrees: List date earned, institution, and major and minor/supporting field for each degree earned.

B.A. 1965. Augustana College, Rock Island, IL, Mathematics, Education

M.A. 1971  George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, Educational Psychology

Ph.D 1973  George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, Educational Psychology

Professional Experience: (including preK-12 teaching or administration and college/university experience):

List name, location, dates, and field or function for each professional experience.

1965-68  Mathematics Teacher and Athletic Coach, Highland Park High School, Highland Park, IL

1968-69  Mathematics Teacher, Washington Community School, Rockford, IL

1972 Sp  Part-time Instructor of Psychology, George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

1973-79   Assistant Professor of Education, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN

1974-75  Acting Chair, Department of Education, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN

1979-90   Associate Professor of Education, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN

1986-91  Chair, Department of Education, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN

1990-  Professor of Education, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN

Assignment:  Fill in percentages for all that apply.

___100__% Full-Time in Institution                            _____% Part-Time in Institution

_____% Assignment in Education                                 ____% Assignment Outside Education

__100% Undergraduate Assignment                             _____% Graduate Assignment

_____% Administration                                                _____% Other specify)_________________

Load: (including teaching and administrative assignments):    For Academic Year :  2004-5

List course numbers, titles, and credits for each semester.  Specify whether courses are undergraduate or graduate level.

Fall Semester:

EDU 241 - Educational Technology (.5 course)

EDU 330 - Developmental and Educational Psychology (1.0 course)

EDU 399 - Seminar in Elementary/Secondary Curriculum and Instruction (.75)

EDU 392,4,5 - Student Teaching Supervision (.75)

Spring Semester:

EDU 241 - Educational Technology (.5 course)

EDU 330 - Developmental and Educational Psychology (1.0 course)

EDU 399 - Seminar in Elementary/Secondary Curriculum and Instruction (.75)

EDU 392,4,5 - Student Teaching Supervision (.75)

Interim and/or Summer Sessions:

January Term - On Leave

NCATE Vita

Name: Algene A. Pearson

Title: Professor of Education

1.              Non-class duties – committees, responsibilities, etc.

2.              Current Professional and Academic Associate Memberships:

American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education

American Educational Research Association

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

Division of Educational Psychology - American Psychological Association

Kappa Delta Pi

Mankato Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Consortium

Phi Delta Kappa

3.              Current Professional Activities

FAS/FAE: A Unique Challenge.  Workshop sponsored by ARC South Central, Blue Earth County, Nicollet County, LeSueur County, Interagency Early Intervention Committees.  North Mankato, MN, March 2004 (with M.E. Pearson).

Interventions for Children with FASD: Three Case Studies.  Presentation at 4th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, HI, January 2006 (with M.E. Pearson)

4.              Sample Publications

Empirical Determination of the Sampling Distribution of Cohen's Statistic for Reliability of Nominal Classification.  Professional Paper No. 71-4.  The Institute on School Learning and Individual Differences, George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN; also presented at the Annual Convention of Southeastern Psychological Association, Miami Beach, FL, 1971 (with Norris, R.C.).

S06 = Cohen's Kappa, a computer program written for Peabody Statistical Library,  George Peabody Computer Center, Nashville, TN.

Empirical Results Using the Rasch Item Analysis Model.  Dissertation Abstracts International,  1974, V. 34; also accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, DC, 1975.

Sex Differences of Physicians in Relating to Dying Patients.  Journal of the American Medical Women's Association, 1979, 34, 45 (with Dickinson, G.).

Differences in Attitudes Toward Terminal Patients Among Selected Medical Specialties of Physicians.  Medical Care, 1979, 17, 682, (with Dickinson, G.).

Death Education and Physicians' Attitudes Toward Dying Patients.  Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1980-81, 11(2), 167 (with Dickinson, G.)

The Implementation of Sample Mand and Delay Techniques to Enhance the Language of Delayed Children in Group Settings.  Journal of the Division for Early Childhood, 1988, 12(4), 342 (with Pearson, M.E., Fenrick, N., and Green, D.).

Inclusive Settings in Early Childhood Special Education and the Search for Effective Strategies.  The Journal of the College of Education (Mankato State University), 1992 (Spring), 22 (with Pearson, M.E.).

Group Caregiver Language Checklist.  Clinics in Communication Disorders, 1992, 2 (3), 39 (with Pearson, M.E., Shelton, D., & Miller, M.).

Tips for Parents and Teachers of Children with FAS/FAE. Your Link (published by Minnesota Departments of Children, Families and Learning, Health, and Human Services), Spring, 1998,18 (with M.E. Pearson).

5.              Sample Papers Presented

Death Education in Selected Medical Schools as Related to Physicians' Attitudes and Reactions Toward Dying Patients, presented at the Annual Meeting of American Association of Medical Colleges, Washington, DC, 1977 (with Dickinson, G.).

Syntax Language Assessment of Children on the Northwestern Syntax Screening Test, the Carrow Elicited Language Inventory, and the Developmental Sentence Scoring Tests, presented at Annual Meeting of American Educational Association, Los Angeles, 1981 (with Pearson, M.E.).

School Doesn’t End on Friday: A Campus-Based Practicum.  Paper presented at Annual Meeting of American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Denver, CO, 1985 (with Lydecker, A.).

The Effect of Group Size on the Quantity and Quality of Language Produced by Language Delayed Children during Snack.  Paper presented at Annual Meeting of Association for Behavior Analysis, Nashville, TN, 1987 (with Pearson, M.E. and Meyer, D.).

The Effectiveness of the Sample, Mand, and Delay Techniques with Young Language Delayed Children.  Presentation at the National Convention of the Council for Exceptional Children: Division for Early Childhood, Minneapolis, MN, 1989 (with Pearson, M.E. and Pattee, J.)

The Effectiveness of Group Size on the Quantity and Quality of Language Produced by Language Delayed Children During Snack.  Presentation at the National Convention of the Council for Exceptional Children: Division for Early Childhood, Minneapolis, MN 1989 (with Meyer, D., and Pearson, M.E.)

Language Development and Intervention Strategies for Children With Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.  Presentation at International DEC Early Childhood Conference on Children With Special Needs, St. Louis, MO 1994 (with Pearson, M.E.)

Language Development and Intervention Strategies for Children With Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.  Poster Presentation at 4th Annual Perinatal Substance Abuse Conference, Madison, WI 1995 (with Pearson, M.E.)

Assessing One's Own Interactions with Young Children for the Purpose of Supporting Development.  Invited presentation at Minnesota's Early Intervention Institute, St. John's University, Collegeville, MN, August 1996 (with M.E. Pearson).

Language Development/Intervention Strategies for Children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.  Presentation at 1997 FAS Conference, Breckenridge, CO, September 1997 (with M.E. Pearson).

Strategies for Young Children with FAS/FAE.  Six workshops in Minnesota sponsored by the Minnesota Department of Children, Families, and Learning, Minnesota Department of Health, and the Minnesota Department of Human Services, Spring 1998 (with M.E. Pearson).

Influence of Language Interactions on Language Development of Children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Presentation at 6th Annual International Conference on Mental Retardation & Other Developmental Disabilities, Maui, HI, February 1999 (with M.E. Pearson).

Language and Behavior Interventions for Parents and Teachers of Children with FAS/FAE. Presentation at 16th Annual DEC  International Early Childhood Conference on Children With Special Needs, Albuquerque, NM, December 2000 (with M.E. Pearson).

Teaching Strategies for Children With Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol Effects. Presentation at 43rd Biennial Convocation, Orlando, FL, November 2001 (with M.E. Pearson).

6.              Current Research Emphases

Language development in children with FAS/FAE