Marshall L. Dermer, Associate Professor
Office: Garland Hall, Room 213
Phone: 414-229-
e-mail: dermer@uwm.edu
Web Site: www.uwm.edu/~dermer
Degree:
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1973
Research Interests:
I'm primarily interested in using learning principles to design efficient instructional software. I focus on procedures that promote correct and rapid responding: fluency. With my students, we have been developing software to: enhance undergraduates' writing, increase students' receptive vocabularies, and improve native English speakers' declension of the definite and indefinite articles in German. There are many important applications of such software in the "school house" and the work place. Take a look here: http://www.binder-riha.com/publications.htm.
I'm also interested in research methods and affectionate behavior.
Teaching Interests:
I teach courses in behavior analysis. In recent years these include units on: applied behavior analysis, single-subject research methods, and ethics/professional issues. I also teach a course in technical writing in psychology.
Recent Publications:
Dermer, M. L. (2004). Using CHAINS, a QuickBASIC 4.5 program, to teach single-subject experimentation with humans. Teaching of Psychology, 31, 285-288.
Dermer, N.S., & Dermer, M.L. (2000). CHAINS: A QuickBASIC 4.5 program for studying variables affecting human learning. Experimental Analysis of Human Behavior Bulletin, 18, 23-27.
Dermer, M.L., & Hoch, T.A. (1999). Improving descriptions of single-subject experiments. The Psychological Record, 49, 49-66.
Dermer, M.L., & Rogers, J.G. (1997). Schedule control over following instructions comprised of novel combinations of verbal stimuli. The Psychological Record, 47, 243-260.
