Finbarr Sloane
Faculty Advisor , 2007-2008
Finbarr.Sloane@asu.edu
Dr. Sloane, a native of Ireland, received his PhD in Measurement, Evaluation, and Statistical Analysis from the University of Chicago with specialization in Mathematics Education and Multilevel Modeling. Prior to joining the faculty at ASU, he was a program director at the National Science Foundation's Division of Research, Evaluation, and Communication. There he oversaw a national effort to conduct research on the scaling of educational interventions in STEM disciplines. While at the NSF he provided institutional direction to Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), the Board on International Comparative Studies in Education (BICSE), and has presented to the National Research Council of National Academies of Science. His research focuses on the multilevel modeling of student mathematical growth in nested (and situated) learning contexts. As such he is able to empirically bridge theories of cognition with theories of situated cognition. His research has appeared in Educational Researcher, Reading Research Quarterly, and Theory into Practice.
He serves on the editorial boards of a number of journals including Irish Educational Studies, Mathematical Thinking and Learning, and Reading Research Quarterly. Additionally, he is treasurer and secretary for the International Society of the Learning Sciences, and he sits on the board of trustees for the AMB Foundation (a small foundation dedicated to support of Native Peoples of the Americas). He is a senior research scientist at the CRESMET center at ASU.
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