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Sheila Macrine

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Sheila Macrine, PhD she/her

Professor

Education

Curriculum Vitae

Contact

508-999-9234

smacrine@umassd.edu

Liberal Arts 398A

Education

1994Temple UniversityPhD
1989Temple UniversityM Ed
1975University of MassachusettsBS

Teaching

  • Psychology
  • Special Education
  • Teacher Education

Teaching

Programs

Teaching

Online and Continuing Education Courses

Utilizes seminars, supervision, and placements to evaluate classroom students for special education eligibility using the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test-IV. Graduate students submit a final Confidential Academic Achievement Report analyzing results, triangulating data, and making recommendations for the student evaluated. Includes 30-hour Assessment Practicum - Supervised by Professor.
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Utilizes seminars, supervision, and placements to evaluate classroom students for special education eligibility using the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test-IV. Graduate students submit a final Confidential Academic Achievement Report analyzing results, triangulating data, and making recommendations for the student evaluated. Includes 30-hour Assessment Practicum - Supervised by Professor.
Register for this course.

Research

Research activities

  • Embodied Cognition in the Classroom and Teaching Research Skills
  • Dynamic Assessment
  • Learning Sciences

Research

Research interests

  • Embodied Cognition
  • Cognitive Development
  • Alternative Assessment with CLD students
  • Learning Sciences

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Sheila Landers Macrine, PhD, is a Professor and a Cognitive Psychologist in the Department of STEM Education and Teacher Development at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth where she coordinates the Special Education Program. Her research interests focus on embodied cognition, cognitive development, alternative assessment and the learning sciences. Her work has challenged traditional approaches to learning and assessment, including developing alternative IQ testing, assessing students from culturally diverse backgrounds, students with intellectual disabilities, second language, students with social emotional concerns, and students with low-vision and blindness. She recently published papers on Embodied Cognition in the International Journal of School and Educational Psychology, and in the Oxford Research Encyclopedias-Education at Oxford University Press. She is a critical feminist who has published numerous articles and books, as well as, the recipient of many grants. She is also a licensed and certified School Psychologist and a Reading Specialist.

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Macrine, Sheila; Fugate, Jennifer Marie Binzak. “Embodied cognition.” Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. Ed. Li-fang Zhang. New York: Oxford University Press, forthcoming. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.013.ORE_EDU-00885.R2

Fugate, J. M., Macrine, S. L., & Cipriano, C. (2018). The role of embodied cognition for transforming learning. International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 1-15.

Macrine, S. (2017). Review Essay, Inside Our Schools: Teachers on the Failure and Future of Education Reform. Teachers College Record

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