Professor & Coordinator, Professional Development for Teachers Program (on-line)
(319) 273-7283
Areas of Expertise:
Cognitive Processes in Learning
Mathematics Education
Preservice and Practicing Teachers' Personal Epistemologies
Health Numeracy/Literacy
Creativity
Courses Taught:
Learning and Instruction in Classroom Contexts
Foundations of Instructional Psychology
Educational Research
Research Interests:
Enhancing Health Numeracy/Health Literacy
Health Numeracy and Nutrition
Preservice and Practicing Teachers' Personal Epistemologies
Personal Epistemologies and Beliefs about Assessment
Creativity
Professional Affiliations:
American Educational Research Association
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
American Public Health Association
International Society of the Learning Sciences
Iowa Public Health Association
Education:
Ph.D., 1991, University of Toronto