Mark Urban-Lurain, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Emeritus
urban@msu.edu
ORCID 0000-0002-2243-8252
I am now retired but am doing project consultations related to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education.
My research interests are in theories of cognition, how these theories inform the design of instruction, how we might best design instructional technology within those frameworks, and how the research and development of instructional technologies can inform our theories of cognition.
In recent years, my research has focused on using a variety of statistical and machine learning techniques to analyze student writing in introductory STEM courses.
I am also interested in preparing future STEM faculty for teaching, incorporating instructional technology as part of instructional design, and STEM education improvement and reform.