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William Isaac Thomas
Office:
Sproul Hall 1207, School of Education
University of California, Riverside, CA 92521
(909) 787-5228
withos@pop.ucr.edu
Home:
9431 Soloma Drive, Riverside, CA 92507
(909)788-9999
Date
of Birth : July
6, 1946
Place of Birth: Melbourne,
Australia
Nationality :
Australian
OBJECTIVE:
Assistant
Professor, Special Education
ACADEMIC PREPARATION:
Ph.D. in Education, School of
Education, University of California, Riverside, 2002
Concentrations: Special
Education, Educational Psychology
Dissertation: A
Methodological Study of the Self-Concepts of Fourth Grade Gifted Children
Advisor:
Dr. Donald MacMillan
M.A. in Education, Faculty in
Education, Claremont Graduate School, 1999
Concentrations: Educational
Psychology, Language Development and Reading
Thesis: Interpersonal
Communication Skills of Language Impaired Children
Advisor:
Dr. Harley Davidson
Special Education Specialist Credential, University of Redlands, CA, 1997
Multiple-Subjects Credential, California State University Long
Beach, CA, 1996
B.A. in Psychology, California
State University, Long Beach, CA, 1995
Concentrations:
Learning Theory, Psycholinguistics
A.A. in Liberal Studies,
Crafton Hills College, Yucaipa, CA 1993
RESEARCH SKILLS:
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Utilized SPSS and SAS statistical programs extensively
- Survey and evaluation research
techniques
LANGUAGES:
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Fluent in English and French
- Can
read some German and Spanish
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Supervisor of Teacher Education,1999-present
School
of Education, University of California, Riverside
-Supervising student teachers and
interns who are working on multiple-subjects and special education teaching
credentials
Instructor, Summer Sessions, 2000-2001
School
of Education, University of California, Riverside
Course: The Exceptional Child
Teaching Assistant , Spring 1999
Faculty
in Education, Claremont Graduate School
Courses:
Advanced Statistics, Introduction to Learning Disabilities
Research Assistant , Fall 1998
Faculty
in Education, Claremont Graduate School
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Assisted Dr. James Kleagle on the Inland Valleys Special Education Project
- Collected and analyzed survey
data, using the SPSS program
PUBLICATIONS:
Thomas, W.I. (1998), Effects
of Standardized Achievement Testing on Self-Concepts of Middle School
Children. Clearing House, 23(1), 986-989.
Thomas W.I. and S.I. Freud (1997), Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: A Case Study.
The Exceptional Child, 53(1), 17-20.
RESEARCH SUBMITTED AND IN PREPARATION:
- Interaction of Verbal and
Nonverbal Communications Among Learning Handicapped Fourth Graders
- The Great Debate: A Qualitative Analysis of Reading Instruction
PAPERS PRESENTED AT CONFERENCES:
Sociometric Keys to Learning. Presented at the 20th International Conference on
Learning Disabilities, San Diego, CA, 2000
Critical Thinking and Reading. Presented at the 57th Annual
Conference of the California State Federation Council for Exceptional
Children, San Luis Obispo, CA, 1999
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS:
A survey questionnaire and
follow-up interview study of parents of GATE students to assess the need for
parent support groups
GRANTS RECEIVED:
California State Teacher Grant (CTIP)
A Motivational Field Trip for GATE Students. Awarded October 1997.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
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American
Educational Research Association
-
Pacific
Coast Consortium on Innovation in Teaching
-
Society
for Gifted and Talented Children
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:
-
Vice
President, Pacific Coast Consortium on Innovation in Teaching, 2000
-
Chair,
University Relations Committee, Society for Gifted and Talented Children,
1999-2000
HONORS AND AWARDS:
Victress
Bower Scholarship Award, Riverside, CA, 1998
Outstanding Dissertation
Award, University of California, Riverside, 2000
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