Dr. Shirley Alt

Associate Professor of Psychology
Chair, Department of Psychology

Email: sjalt@chowan.edu

Phone: 252-398-6265

Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace.
Confucius

Education

PhD, University of Minnesota, Educational Psychology, Learning and Cognition
MA, University of Minnesota, Educational Psychology, Learning and Cognition
BA, University of Minnesota, Psychology

Courses Taught

General Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Social Psychology
Statistics
Research Methods
Lifespan Development
Learning and Memory
Language Acquisition and Phonemic Awareness
Educational Psychology

Publications

Zieffler, A., Garfield, J., Alt, S., Dupuis, D., Holleque, K., & Chang, B. (2017). What does research suggest about the teaching and learning of introductory statistics at the college level? A review of the literature. Journal of Statistics Education, 16, (2). https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10691898.2008.11889566

Alt, S. J. (2017). “Testing Conjectures”. SERC/Carleton College Webpage http://serc.carleton.edu/sp/cause/conjecture/index.html

Alt, S. J. & Samuels, S. J. (2011). Reading Fluency: What Is It and How Should It Be Measured? In A. McGillFranzen and R. L. Allington (Eds.), Handbook of Reading Disability Research (pp. 173-181). New York, NY: Routledge. https://books.google.com/books?id=wqeOAwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=A.+McGill+Franzen+and+R.+L.+Allington+(Eds.),+Handbook+of+Reading+Disability+Research&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwimpKmk8P7cAhVQrVkKHU0ECjgQ6AEIJzAA#v=onepage&q=A.%20McGill%20Franzen%20and%20R.%20L.%20Allington%20(Eds.)%2C%20Handbook%20of%20Reading%20Disability%20Research&f=false