Personal profile

Biography

Dan's major interest is in how individuals' thinking changes what they learn. Specifically, he examines how individuals' thinking changes over time as a result of the events that happen around them in the environment as well as their willingness to learn. His work spans early elementary to adult learners in a wide variety of different subjects such as reading and STEM. His research has been published in national and international research journals and his various articles and book chapters have been cited over 1900 times in the research literature. Dan currently serves as an Associate Editor for both Contemporary Educational Psychology and Higher Education Pedagogies. Prior to his work in academia Dan taught general and instrumental music in both Pennsylvania and Maryland.

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Education/Academic qualification

Educational Measurement and Statistics, M.A., University of Maryland

2011 → …

Human Development with a specialization in Educational Psychology, Ph.D., University of Maryland

2011 → …

Music Education, B.S., Pennsylvania State University, Schreyer Honors College

2001 → …

External positions

President, Parkmore Learning, Evaluation, and Training Solutions, LLC

Jan 1 2017 → …

Graduate Instructor and Graduate Research Assistant, University of Maryland

Aug 1 2008May 1 2011

Graduate Fellow, University of Maryland

Aug 1 2006May 1 2008

Cooperating teacher: Supervised 3 pre-student teachers for instrumental music grades 5-6, Prince George's County Public Schools (MD) and University of Maryland

May 1 2006 → …

Cooperating teacher: Supervised a student teacher for instrumental music grades 5-6, Prince George's County Public Schools (MD) and University of Maryland

Sep 1 2005 → …

Instrumental music teacher grades 5-6, Prince George's County Public Schools, Maryland

Sep 1 2003Apr 1 2006

General and instrumental music teacher grades 3-5, School District of Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Sep 1 2001May 1 2003

Disciplines

  • Education