Psychology Applied to Teaching

Jack Snowman is professor emeritus in the School of Education at Southern Illinois University. He has a master's degree in school psychology from Miami University (Ohio) and a Ph.D. from Indiana University in educational psychology. He taught courses in human learning, memory and theories of intelligence. He began his professional career as a school psychologist in Ohio and New Jersey. Since 1982, he has either been a co-author or sole author of "Psychology Applied to Teaching." He was included in the 1989-1990 edition of "Who's Who in American Education." Over the book's many editions, he has striven to have it reflect current research findings and to maintain the book's unique feature -- providing useful suggestions for how research findings could be used to improve classroom instruction. Rick McCown is professor emeritus in the School of Education at Duquesne University, PA. He has won a number of teaching awards, including election to the Pennsylvania Society for Scholar-Teachers, his University's highest teaching awards, the Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching and citation from the American Educational Research Association. He is a former Senior Improvement Fellow with the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate and has conducted improvement inquiry with numerous schools and community-based educational organizations ranging from government agencies to foundations to collective action networks collaborating with formerly incarcerated citizens and their families in pursuit of restorative justice.