Research

Why do students in the same course, taught the same way, produce inconsistent outcomes?

My scholarly work is grounded in one sustained question: what does it take for learners at any stage of life to develop the higher-order thinking skills that education, career, and civic participation demand?

Three kinds of research

Formal, applied, and long-form

The work here runs in three registers. Formal research: a doctoral dissertation and a master's thesis, peer-reviewed and citable. Applied research: mentor-verified classroom inquiry cycles that set the evidence standard before the intervention began. Long-form writing: position papers and a continuing essay series that argue a case at length. The question underneath all three is the same: did the design do what it claimed?

Publications

Published and forthcoming work

The dissertation, the thesis, and The Den essay series in academic editions.

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Current Research

The dissertation in progress

Why the same course, taught the same way, produces inconsistent outcomes.

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Long-Form Research

The longer arguments

The research agenda on AI and the full Statement on AI in Education and Work.

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