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Faculty and Staff Listing |
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Richard F. Purnell, Professor (401) 874-4152 |
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Education:
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Ph.D. |
Educational/Social/Developmental Psychology, University of Texas at Austin |
1966 |
Courses Taught:
· The Psychology of Learning
· Foundations of Educational Research
· Adolescents and Classroom Management
· Educational Psychology for Classroom Learning
Research Interests:
§ School/home relations and communication
§ Math anxiety/Family math
§ Alternative schools.
Selected Publications:
Gotts, E.E., and Purnell, R.F. (1986). Communication: key to school-home relations. In R.J. Griffore and R.P. Boger (Eds.), Child learning in the home and in the school. New York: Plenum.
Orme, M.E.J., and Purnell, R.F. (1992). Behavior modification and transfer in an out-of-control classroom. In Joyce, B., and Weil, M., Models of Teaching. 4th ed. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 337-340.
