Research Associate
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Education
- M.A. (Language Education), UBC, l989. Thesis: A Quantitative Study of Second Language Business Decision Making and Communication
- PhD. (Measurement, Program Evaluation and Research Methodology), UBC, Vancouver, BC, May, 2003. Dissertation: Applying Messick's Framework to the Evaluation Data of Distance/Distributed Instructional Programs
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I serve as an Associate Researcher (Assessment and Evaluation Consultant)
with The Center for Teaching and Learning. I help people design research and evaluation studies, write surveys, apply evaluation theory in diverse contexts and interpret research findings. My projects include the Archibald BUSH grant, where I help facilitate and evaluate new strategies to enhance student engagement in large classes, and the SMART Commons, an individualized consulting service for learners in at-risk courses.
In my previous position, I was the State Program Evaluator for Reading Recovery, and a member of Senators Snowe and Collins No Child Left Behind Task Force. At the University of British Columbia, I wrote program evaluation studies on six distance education courses in western Canada, and analyzed the reach of out-of-province distance degree programs.
My publications include an upcoming book on the theory and practice of evaluating distance education programs (Guilford, in press), a journal article and chapter on using Messick's (1989) framework to evaluate distance education instructional programs (International Journal of Testing, 2002; Online assessment, measurement and evaluation: Emerging practices, Vol. III), research on using email (TESL Canada Journal, 1998) and concept maps (TESL Canada Journal, 1996) to teach college preparatory English to foreign students and finally, a state-wide record linkage project of how Reading Recovery students performed on the fourth-grade Maine Educational Assessment (Spectrum, 2005).
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