Curriculum Vitae

Brian D. Beitzel

UNIVERSITY ADDRESS: Dept. of Educational Psychology and Counseling
129 Fitzelle Hall
SUNY Oneonta
Oneonta, NY 13820
Phone: (607) 436-3933
E-mail:

EDUCATIONAL HISTORY
2004 Ph.D., Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Minor: Measurement. Dissertation Title: Designing Contrasting Video Case Activities to Facilitate Learning of Complex Subject Matter. Chair: Dr. Sharon J. Derry.
1999 M.S., Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Thesis Title: Mnemanimals Unleashed: Categorization of, and Memory for, Unusual Creatures. Chair: Dr. Joel R. Levin.
1996 B.S., Psychology, Colorado State University-Pueblo. Summa Cum Laude.
1993 B.A., Education, Peoples Bible College, Colorado Springs, Colorado.


AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

Cognition in educational contexts


PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

American Educational Research Association
          Divisional Memberships: Learning and Instruction (Div. C), Measurement (Div. D)

American Psychological Association (APA) Divisional Memberships:
          Teaching of Psychology (Div. 2), Educational (Div. 15)


HONORS AND AWARDS

SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2009.

Paul R. Pintrich Outstanding Dissertation Award, APA Division 15, 2007.

Outstanding Faculty Member, SUNY Oneonta Inter-Greek Council, 2006, 2007.

Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, 1996-present.


TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Positions Held  
2004-Present Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, State University of New York College at Oneonta.
1998-1999 Teaching Assistant, Psychology, UW-Madison. Taught labs and discussion sections for an undergraduate research methods course; supervised students' independent research projects.
1997-1998 Teaching Assistant, Educational Psychology, UW-Madison. Assisted with grading student work.
1996 Teaching Assistant, Educational Psychology, UW-Madison. Assisted with grading student work.
1989-1991 Elementary Teacher, Emmanuel Day School, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Taught various classes to students in the upper grades.
Courses Taught  
Psychological Foundations of Education: Learning and Motivation, SUNY-Oneonta.
Child Growth and Development, SUNY-Oneonta.
Survey of Exceptional Children, SUNY-Oneonta.
Experimental Psychology Lab, Fall 1998, Spring 1999, Fall 1999, UW-Madison. Developed lab syllabus and lesson plans. Supervised students’ independent research projects.


SCHOLARSHIP

Refereed Journal Articles

Beitzel, B. D., & Derry, S. J. (2009). When the book is better than the movie: How contrasting video cases influence text learning. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 40, 337-355.

Derry, S. J., Hmelo-Silver, C., Nagarajan, A., Chernobilsky, E., & Beitzel, B. D. (2006). Cognitive transfer revisited: Can we exploit new media to solve old problems on a large scale? Journal of Educational Computing Research, 35, 145-162.

Jones, M. S., Levin, M. E., Levin, J. R., & Beitzel, B. D. (2000). Can vocabulary-learning strategies and pair-learning formats be profitably combined? Journal of Educational Psychology, 92, 256-262.

Newsletter Articles

Beitzel, B. D. (2009, January). Handle with care: Videos can hinder student learning. On Center, 25, 3.

Refereed Conference Presentations

Beitzel, B. D., Staley, R. K., & DuBois, N. (2009, April). When best intentions go awry: The failures of concrete representations to help solve probability word problems. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

Beitzel, B. D., Staley, R. K., & DuBois, N. (2008, March). The cognitive load cost of constructing representations when learning to solve mathematical word problems. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York. [PDF]

Atkinson, R. K., Lusk, M. M., & Beitzel, B. (2007, August). Learning from book-based examples: Exploring the impact of combining fading with prompts and matrices. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, Budapest, Hungary.

Beitzel, B. D., Staley, R. K., & DuBois, N. (2007, April). Do representations help college students solve mathematical word problems? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago. [PDF]

Beitzel, B. D., & Derry, S. J. (2004, April). Designing contrasting video case activities to facilitate learning of complex subject matter. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA. [PDF]

Rummel, N. E., Levin, J. R., & Beitzel, B. D. (2001, Aug.-Sept.). Can a mnemonic study strategy enhance students' processing and recall of integrated text? 9th European Conference for Research on Learning and Instruction, Fribourg, Switzerland.

Beitzel, B. D., Glover, T. A., Levin, J. R., & Carney, R. N. (2000, April). Can students learn and remember conceptual categories mnemonically? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Derry, S. J. & the STEP Research Group* (2000). Reconceptualizing professional development: Collaborative video projects on the World Wide Web. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA. (*P. Feltovich, R. Spiro, C. Hmelo, C. Fassnacht, C. Steinkuehler, J. Street, J.-B. Kim, N. Canty, J. Posselt, J. Lee, B. Beitzel, M. Siegel, J. Seymour, B. Viola, & Y. Lee).

Derry, S. J. & the STEP Research Group* (2000). Taking STEPs toward infusing modeling and visualization technologies into teacher education. Paper prepared for the NSF-sponsored workshop, Integrating Modeling and Visualization into K-12 Teacher Education Programs, Alexandria VA. (*P. Feltovich, R. Spiro, C. Hmelo, C. Fassnacht, C. Steinkuehler, J. Street, J.-B. Kim, N. Canty, J. Possett, J. Lee, B. Beitzel, M. Siegel, J. Seymour, B. Viola & Y. Lee).

Atkinson, R. K., Levin, J. R., Beitzel, B. D., & Glover, T. A. (1999, April). In search of the unique cognitive benefits of mnemonic matrices. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada.

Glover, T. A., Beitzel, B. D., Levin, J. R., & Carney, R. N. (1999, April). Mnemanimal classifications: A technique for recognizing what's what and who's who on your day at the zoo. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada.

Jones, M. S., Levin, J. R., Levin, M. E., & Beitzel, B. D. (1998, April). Are two vocabulary-learning heads better than one? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

Non-Refereed Conference Presentations

Beitzel, B. D. (2008, October). Banishing the elephant from the room: Myths about learning styles. Presented at the annual Best Practices Conference, SUNY Oneonta, Oneonta, NY.

Beitzel, B. D., Staley, R. K., & DuBois, N. (2008, March). Solving probability problems in college: Do external representations help? Poster presented at the Faculty Research Show, SUNY Oneonta, Oneonta, NY.

Beitzel, B. D., & Derry, S. J. (2004, November). Contrasting video case activities: Which instructional designs lead to better learning? Poster presented at the Celebration of Teaching: Engaging Students conference, Oneonta, NY.

Invited Presentations

Beitzel, B. D. (2008, September). Using video in class: When the book is better than the movie. Invited lecture presented in the Famous Last Words lecture series, SUNY Oneonta, Oneonta, NY.

Beitzel, B. D. (2007, August). When the book is better than the movie: How contrasting video cases influence text learning. Invited address (delivered on my behalf by dissertation advisor Sharon Derry) for the Paul R. Pintrich Outstanding Dissertation Award, presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco. [PDF]

Grants and Awards

2005-2006 Teaching Fellow, Teaching Learning and Technology Center, SUNY Oneonta ($5,000 award).


COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
College-wide
2007-Present Committee on Instruction (Chair, 2007-Present).
2007 Search Committee (Associate Provost for Institutional Assessment & Effectiveness).
2005-Present Educational Technology Committee.
2004-2006 College Senate.
Division of Education
2005-Present Program Assessment Committee (Chair, 2005-2007).
2004-2005 Social Committee.
Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling
2005 Search Committee (Assistant Professor).
Community Service
2005-Present Village of Otego Planning Board.
Service to the Profession
2007-Present Editorial Review Board, Excelsior: Leadership in Teaching and Learning.