Nathaniel Brown
Associate Research Professor
Biography
Nathaniel J. S. Brown is an Associate Research Professor in the Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment Department. His current research examines classroom assessment with a focus on formative feedback, assessment for learning, and alternative grading practices. Related to this research, Dr. Brown has led numerous professional development workshops for schools looking to make assessment and grading more equitable and useful. Dr. Brown has also conducted research on large-scale assessment, learning progressions, and conceptual change in the fields of STEM education and the learning sciences. He has broad expertise in a variety of quantitative and qualitative methods, including statistics, psychometrics, Rasch measurement, video analysis, interaction analysis, and conversation analysis. Dr. Brown is an editor (with Andrea A. diSessa and Mariana Levin) of Knowledge and Interaction: A Synthetic Agenda for the Learning Sciences, a seminal volume bringing together experts in knowledge analysis and interaction analysis. He was previously the Director of the Learning Engineering program at Boston College. He has experience with online course development and is responsible for the redesign of the Introductory Statistics course at Boston College.
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Courses taught
- APSY6410 Introductory Statistics
- MESA1060 Classroom Assessment
- MESA4101 Readings and Research in Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation
- MESA6410 Introductory Statistics
- MESA6420 Intermediate Statistics
- MESA7101 Readings and Research in Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment
- MESA9911 Doctoral Continuation
- MESA9988 Dissertation Direction