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Research\/Teaching<\/strong> focused on development and evaluation of intelligent computer resources for teaching\/learning deductive logic.<\/p>\n

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2020=2023: \u00a0Project Advisor: Assessment of PHIL 2105 (Deductive Logic) Student Goal Achievement<\/p>\n

2016-2019: \u00a0Project Advisor: Converting Instructional Applets to HTML5-php<\/p>\n

2015: \u00a0Emeritus Professor of Philosophy<\/p>\n

2012-2015: Phased Retirement Program<\/p>\n

2010-2015: Member, NC Complex Systems Institute<\/p>\n

2010-2012:\u00a0Interim Departmental Chair<\/p>\n

2008-2010: Philosophy Graduate Coordinator<\/p>\n

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2007-2010:\u00a0Vice-President, International Association for Computing and Philosophy<\/p>\n

2003-2006: North American Regional Director, International Association for Computing and Philosophy<\/p>\n

2003-2007:\u00a0Chair, Committee on Philosophy and Computers,\u00a0American Philosophical Association<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Education<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Ph.D. in Philosophy from Florida State University.<\/p>\n

B.A. in Psychology from Florida State University.<\/p>\n

Areas of Specialization<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Educational applications of computer technology, especially using computers to teach logic; philosophy of science; philosophy of education; philosophy of technology.<\/p>\n

Projects<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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  • Using data mining techniques to provide individualized hints for learning deductive proof construction (Co-investigators: Dr. Tiffany Barnes, North Carolina State University; Dr. John Stamper, Carnegie Mellon University).<\/li>\n
  • Exploring a complex adaptive system and a connectionist network in modeling pattern matching performance as students learn deductive rule forms; (North Carolina Complex Systems Institute, UNC Charlotte).<\/li>\n
  • Development of web based materials for teaching cognitive science.<\/li>\n
  • Interface design and intelligent tutoring for deductive proof construction.<\/li>\n
  • Exploring Incrementalism as a Normative Theory of Technology Development<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    GRANTS, AWARDS, AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES<\/b><\/h3>\n

    2010-2012: Principal Investigator, National Endowment for the Humanities, Institute for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanites, “Computer Simulation in the Humanities.” Co-Principal Investigator = Dr. Mirsad Hadzikadic<\/p>\n

    2005-2008: Senior Project Member, National Science Foundation grant, Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Cognitive Science. \u00a0Principal Investigator = Dr. Paula Goolkasian.<\/p>\n

    2004-2008: Senior Project Member, National Science Foundation grant, \u201cBuilding Capability in Philosophical Approaches to Ethics and Science and Technology.”<\/p>\n

    1999-2001: Co-Project Director, National Science Foundation Grant,\u00a0 “Web Based Materials for Teaching Interdisciplinary Cognitive Science.”<\/p>\n

    1997: Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation Grant,\u00a0\u00a0 “Computer Technology and Higher Education in America,” Summer Stipend.<\/p>\n

    1994: Funded participant, National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute on “Re-Thinking Technology” held at Pennsylvania State University, June-July.<\/p>\n

    1993:\u00a0 Co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation Grant (Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Program) and The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Foundation, “An Undergraduate Research Experience in Cognitive Science,” (PI = Mirsad Hadzikadic)<\/p>\n

    1991: Selected as one of the most successful CAI projects in the USA and CANADA in a competition sponsored by EDUCOM (The Joe Wyatt Challenge).<\/p>\n

    1990-92: Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation Grant, “The Bearing of Computer Technology on Human Interaction and Individualization in Education.<\/p>\n

    l983: Funded participant, National Endowment for the Humanities Grant, Summer Seminar at the University of Maryland, College Park, \u201cPhilosophical Implications of Cognitive Science.\u201c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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