Title
Associate Professor
Department:
IPT, EIME
Contact Information
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Office: 150-L MCKB
Phone: 801-422-5229
Email: randy.davies@byu.edu
Dr. Davies is originally from Alberta Canada. He graduated from the University of Alberta with a B.Sc. in Computer Science and Mathematics and a B.Ed. in Secondary Education. He received a Ph.D. in Instructional Psychology and Technology from BYU. Dr. Davies served a mission in Spain Madrid. He taught high school for 10 years and worked for four years overseas at the Dubai Women's College in Dubai, UAE. Prior to joining BYU he conducted evaluation research at the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy at Indiana University, and taught educational research, assessment & evaluation courses on the Indiana University South Bend campus.
My primary teaching responsibilities include Program Evaluation and Assessment in School.
My research expertise is in educational evaluation and assessment. My primary research agenda includes understanding and improving the teaching and learning process through the use of technology. This involves evaluating technology integration efforts and studying how to better use technology in educational settings. I am currently working on projects utilizing educational data mining and learning analytics (EDM/LA) techniques to improve instruction in technology enabled learning situations. In addition, I have worked with improving assessment, as its impact on evaluation is so important; I have also published on the topic of teaching evaluation as it relates to my primary teaching responsibilities.
The Design and Development of a Cross-Cultural Disposition Inventory
- Authors: Davies, Randall Spencer; Zaugg, Holt E; Tateishi, Isaku
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Volume: 40
- Issue: 1
- ISSN: 1469-5898
- URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03043797.2014.915289
Law and policy impacts on teacher attrition in public education: Data suggesting a new focus beyond the silver bullets of targeted STEM and other salary increases
- Authors: Hanks, Joeseph; Ferrin, Scott Ellis; Davies, Randall Spencer; Christensen, Steven; Harris, Scott; Bowles, W Bryan
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- ISSN: 1930-5281
- URL: https://digitalcommons.law.byu.edu/elj/
- Abstract: click to view
Evaluator Training: Content and topic valuation in university evaluations courses
- Authors: Davies, Randall Spencer; MacKay, Kathryn L
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Sage Publications
- Volume: 35
- Issue: 3
- URL: http://aje.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/02/11/1098214013520066
Using Educational Data Mining to Identify and Analyze Student Learning Strategies
- Authors: Davies, Randall Spencer; Allen, Gove Nathaniel; Albrecht, Conan Carl; Bakir, Nesrin; Ball, Nicholas
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: MDPI
- Volume: 11
- Issue: 668
- URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/11/11/668/pdf
- Abstract: click to view
Flipping the classroom and instructional technology integration in a college-level information systems spreadsheet course
- Authors: Davies, Randall Spencer; Dean, Douglas L; Ball, Nicholas Lyman
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Volume: 61
- Issue: 4
- Abstract: click to view
Designing Surveys for Evaluations and Research.
- Authors: Davies, Randall Spencer
- Publication Type: Book, Textbook
- Publisher: EdTech Books.
- URL: https://edtechbooks.org/designing_surveys
Communication Skills to Develop Trusting Relationships on Global Virtual Engineering Capstone Teams
- Authors: Zaugg, Holt; Davies, Randall Spencer
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
Assessing Learning Outcomes
- Authors: Davies, Randall Spencer
- Publication Type: Book, Chapter/ Section in Scholarly Book
- Publisher: Springer
- City: Cham.
- Issue: 5th
- URL: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-030-36119-8_25
- Abstract: click to view
Understanding Technology Literacy: A framework for evaluating educational technology integration.
- Authors: Davies, Randall Spencer
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Volume: 55
- Issue: 5
- URL: aect.org
- Abstract: click to view
Teacher Recruitment: Predictive Factors of STEM University Students Entering the Teaching Profession
- Authors: Harris, Scott; Davies, Randall Spencer; Howard, Shiloh; Christensen, Steven
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: ARC Publications Pvt Ltd
- City: Annavarappadu, Ongole, Andhra Pradesh,
- Country: India
- Volume: 7
- Issue: 8
- ISSN: 2349-0381
- URL: https://arcjournals.org/international-journal-of-humanities-social-sciences-and-education/volume-7-issue-8/
- Abstract: click to view
Understanding the Diminishing Academic Advantage of Full Day Kindergarten.
- Authors: Davies, Randall Spencer; Cress, S
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Abstract: click to view
Teacher Attrition: Differences in Stakeholder Perceptions of Teacher Work Conditions
- Authors: Harris, Scott; Davies, Randall Spencer; Christensen, Steven; Bowles, W
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: MDPI
- City: Basel
- Country: Switzerland
- Volume: 9
- URL: www.mdpi.com/journal/education
- Abstract: click to view
A review of trends in distance education scholarship at research universities in North America, 1998-2007
- Authors: Davies, Randall Spencer
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Volume: 11
- Issue: 3
- URL: www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/876/1602
- Abstract: click to view
Teacher Recruitment: Factors That Predict High School Students’ Willingness to Become Teachers
- Authors: Christensen, Steven; Davies, Randall Spencer; Harris, Scott; Bowles, W
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: MDPI
- City: Basel
- Country: Switzerland
- Volume: 9
- URL: www.mdpi.com/journal/education
- Abstract: click to view
Designing a Useful Scale to Measure Average Group Response.
- Authors: Davies, Randall Spencer
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Volume: 21
- URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09500790802152209
- Abstract: click to view
Religious affiliation and religiosity and their impact on scientific beliefs in the United States
- Authors: Jensen, Jamie; Manwaring, Katie; Gill, Richard; Sudweeks, Richard; Davies, Randall; Olsen, Joseph; Phillips, Andrea; Bybee, Seth
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
The Use of Randomization in Educational Research and Evaluation: A critical analysis of underlying assumptions.
- Authors: Davies, Randall Spencer; Williams, David Dwayne; Yanchar, Stephen C
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis
- City: London
- Volume: 21
- Issue: 4
- Abstract: click to view
Keystroke Dynamics: Establishing Keyprints to Verify Users in Online Courses
- Authors: Young, Jay; Davies, Randall Spencer; Jenkins, Jeffrey Lyne; Pfleger , Issac
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Volume: 36
- Issue: 1
- Abstract: click to view
AYP accountability policy and assessment theory conflicts.
- Authors: Davies, Randall Spencer
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Abstract: click to view
Integrating Technology into a Science Classroom: An evaluation of inquiry-based technology integration
- Authors: Davies, Randall Spencer; Sprague, Constance; M., Colleen
- Publication Type: Book, Chapter/ Section in Scholarly Book
- Publisher: Information Age Publishing, Inc.
- City: Charlotte, NC
- Abstract: click to view
Using Educational Data Mining to Identify and Analyze Student Learning Strategies
- Authors: Allen, Gove Nathaniel; Davies, Randall Spencer; Ball, Nicholas; Albrecht, Conan Carl; Bakir, Nesrin
- Publication Type: Conference Proceedings
- Publisher: HICSS Conference
- City: Hawaii
- Country: USA
- ISBN: 978-0-9981331-2-6
- URL: hdl.handle.net/10125/59442
- Abstract: click to view
Comparison of Workload for University Core Courses Taught in Regular Semester and Time-Compressed Term Formats.
- Authors: Lutes, Lyndel; Davies, Randall Spencer
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Abstract: click to view
Scientific reasoning ability does not predict scientific views on evolution among religious individuals
- Authors: Manwaring, K; Jensen, Jamie L; Gill, Richard Angus; Sudweeks, Richard R; Davies, Randall Spencer; Bybee, Seth Mikaya
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Volume: 11
- URL: doi.org/10.1186/s12052-018-0076-8
Designing technology-enabled instruction to utilize Learning Analytics.
- Authors: Davies, Randall Spencer; Nyland, R.; Bodily, R.; Chapman, J.; Jones, B.; Young, J.
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Country: USA
- Volume: 61
- Issue: 2
- URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11528-016-0131-7
Student Perceptions and Attitudes Towards a Required vs. an Optional Course in Leadership
- Authors: Parkinson, Alan Roger; Warnick, Gregg Morris; Davies, Randall Spencer
- Publication Type: Conference Proceedings
- Publisher: American Society of Engineering Education
- Volume: Paper ID#18217
- URL: https://peer.asee.org/28864
Online Student Perceptions of the Need for a Proximate Community of Engagement at an Independent Study Program
- Authors: Oviatt, D. ; Graham, Charles R; Borup, J. ; Davies, Randall Spencer
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education
- City: Waynesville, North Carolina
- Country: United States
- Volume: 2
- Issue: 4
- URL: https://www.learntechlib.org/p/173649/
Transaction-Level Learning Analytics in Online Authentic Assessments
- Authors: Nyland, R.; Davies, Randall Spencer; Chapman, J.; Allen, Gove Nathaniel
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Springer US
- Volume: 29
- Issue: 2
- ISSN: 1867-1233
- URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12528-016-9122-0
- Abstract: click to view
From Standards to Rubrics: Comparing Full-Range to At-Level Applications of an Item-Level Scoring Rubric on an Oral Proficiency Assessment
- Authors: Cox, Troy L; Davies, Randall Spencer
- Publication Type: Conference Proceedings
- Publisher: Springer
- Country: Singapore
- ISBN: 978-981-10-1687-5
- URL: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-10-1687-5_14
A Longitudinal Study of Social and Ethical Responsibility Among Undergraduate Engineering Students: Preliminary Results
- Authors: Fuentes, Debra; Warnick, Gregg Morris; Jesiek, Brent; Davies, Randall Spencer
- Publication Type: Conference Proceedings
- Publisher: American Society of Engineering Education
- Volume: Paper ID#16919
- Abstract: click to view
Best Practices for Using Global Virtual Teams
- Authors: Zaugg, Holt E; Davies, Randall Spencer; Parkinson, Alan Roger; Magleby, Spencer P
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Springer
- Country: U.S.A.
- Volume: 59
- Issue: 4
- Abstract: click to view
Using Open Badges to Certify Practicing Evaluators
- Authors: Davies, Randall Spencer; Randall, Dan; West, Richard Edward
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: SAGE
- Volume: 36
- Issue: 2
- URL: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1098214014565505
Evaluation and Design
- Authors: Davies, Randall Spencer
- Publication Type: Book, Textbook
- Publisher: EdTech Books.
- URL: https://edtechbooks.org/eval_and_design
Parental Perceptions of the Teaching Profession: Factors that Predict Parental Encouragement of Students to Enter the Teaching Profession
- Authors: Christensen, Steven; Davies, Randall Spencer; Hanks, Joseph; Harris, Scott; Bowles, W Bryan
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Abstract: click to view
Using a Mobile Dichotomous Key iPad Application as a Scaffolding Tool in a Museum Setting
- Authors: Knight, Kathryn; Davies, Randall Spencer
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis
- Abstract: click to view