Teaching

At the undergraduate level I have taught the following courses:

Temple University

Child Development: Birth to Nine Years (1 semester, 32 students): This class introduces students to trends and variations in children's physical, cognitive, and socioemotional development from the birth through the start of adolescence (around 4th grade). Specifically we will discuss how children's development proceeds in terms of physical changes to the body (and the brain), thinking skills, and social competence. We will also examine developmental differences across individual children (including those with exceptional characteristics and/or special needs) and, more broadly, across cultures within and beyond the US. Six hours of field experience required for this course.
Cognition and Learning in the Classroom (1 semester, 35 students): . This course addresses theories of cognition and learning and provide practice in weaving key ideas into the design, implementation, and assessment of classroom instruction. Understanding how people learn is a critical part of understanding how best to teach. This class is not a methods class; rather, it is a perspectives class designed to help students flexibly organize and use the teaching methods that you will add to your "tool belt" in the coming semesters.

At the graduate level, I assisted in the course re-design of the following courses:

Temple University

Multivariate Research Methods: A survey of multivariate data analysis procedures, with a focus on parametric techniques. Students use computer library programs (SPSS) to analyze data.