CAPSI Development Team

Joseph J. Pear, PhD

I began using PSI early in my university teaching career. When computers started to become more widely available, it occurred to me that computerizing my teaching procedure could relieve me of much of the administrative burden of using PSI. In addition, because the computer can store all tests, answers, and feedback in a courses, the course data would be permanently available for any type of analysis. This would make it possible to combine my teaching and research in a most interesting way. My courses could become a laboratory for the study of thinking and how we can teach it better in our courses.

Darlene E. Crone-Todd, PhD

I have benefitted from using CAPSI as a student and as a teaching assistant at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Using CAPSI in my courses for the past 7 years has allowed me to study the relationship between student engagement, higher order thinking, and learning in both online and hybrid communities. This work has been done at the University of Manitoba and at Delta State University in Mississippi. I plan to launch the use of CAPSI at Salem State College in January.

Jody Lambert, BA (Hons.)

Jody is a graduate student in ABA at the University of Manitoba. She has been a capsi researcher for the last 3 years, and has presented at local and national conferences.

Alejandra Zaragoza Scherman, M.A.

Alejandra is a Ph.D. student in Applied Behaviour Analysis, has co-authored a number of publications in behaviour analytic journals, and actively works as a research assistant on ABA-related projects through the St. Amant Research Centre. She also teaches undergraduate behaviour modification and learning theory courses online using CAPSI, and supervises ongoing research projects involving CAPSI. http://web.me.com/antiquisima/azs/intro.html

Gabriel Schnerch, M.A.

Gabriel has co-authored on posters presenting CAPSI research at local and international conferences, and currently teaches undergraduate courses in child development, behaviour modification, and the science of learning at the University of Manitoba using CAPSI. He is working on his PhD in clinical psychology and is exploring student procrastination behaviour and pacing contingencies, as well as exploring ways to better train peer-reviewers (student proctors) in CAPSI-taught courses.

Heather Simister-Firth, B.A. (Hons.)

Heather has been involved with numerous projects in the CAPSI lab over the years includeing various posters and publications. Heather began in the CAPSI lab during her 3rd year as an undergraduate and is now pursuing a degree in Clinical Psychology with Joe Pear at the University of Manitoba. She continues to be involved with the CAPSI lab focusing her efforts primarly on grant developement. Heather has also served as a teaching assistant and instructor for various courses. Currently, she works as the behaviour analyst for St. Amant's Community Living Stabilization Service.

Heidi Eyre, PhD

Darlene Crone-Todd introduced me to CAPSI by when we were both junior faculty at Delta State University. At Delta State I used CAPSI in my General Psychology and Developmental Psychology courses and have collaborated with Joe and Darlene on several CAPSI-related research projects. I plan to continue using CAPSI in my Social Psychology, Experimental Methods, and Behavior Modification courses at Jacksonville State University. For more information, check out my JSU faculty webpage.

Kathleen Silva, PhD

I have used WebCAPSI as a tool to help students learn the material necessary to participate in the small, discussion-oriented classes offered at the University of Redlands. Using WebCAPSI with my Sport Psychology course gave students the structure and incentive to learn the material and freed class time for active learning exercises related to the subject matter. In Research Methods, WebCAPSI is helping students become more effective writers.

Francisco Silva, PhD

My first exposure to CAPSI was in 1984 when I was an undergraduate at the University of Manitoba. As a professor at the University of Redlands, I have used WebCAPSI to help students learn the basics of writing and expression in History and Systems of Psychology, to better learn the material in the Psychology of Learning, and to learn the content of a supplemental Educational Psychology textbook whose content could not otherwise be covered during classes. For more information about my teaching and research, go to http://newton.uor.edu/FacultyFolder/Silva