Jamie D. Mills

Associate Professor, Educational Research
Department of Educational Studies
316-A Carmichael Hall
(205)-348-4227
jmills@bamaed.ua.edu
Appointed in 2000

Recent Courses Taught:

BER 540: Introduction to Statistical Methods in Education
BER 545: ANOVA Methods in Education
BER 546: Research Methods in Education

Areas of Research:

Statistics Education (Pre-K through Graduate Education)
Pedagogy and learning in the online and hybrid classrooms
Statistics
Consultation, Evaluation

Academic Degrees:

Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2000. Educational Psychology: Research, Evaluation, Measurement, Statistics.
M.S., Georgia State University, 1994. Educational Research, Measurement, Statistics.
B.S., North Carolina Central University, 1991. Mathematics.

Professional Experiences:

Consultant, Second Mile Parent Parties, No Child Left Behind. Second Mile, Huntsville, AL. November 2006.

Consultant, 21st Century Community Learning Center Program, Westlawn Middle School. Tuscaloosa, AL. June 2002-January 2003.

Consultant, Middle Grades Science Instructional Materials Initiative, The University of Alabama. September 2000.

Selected Publications:

Mills, J.D., & Xu, Y. (2005-2006). Statistics at a distance: Technological tools,
learning, and instructional design for today’s modern course. Journal of Educational Technology, 34(4), 427-446.

Mills, J. D., Marcoulides, G. A., & Olejnik, S. F. (2005). The TABU search
procedure: An alternative to the variable selection methods. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 40(3), 351-371.

Mills, J. D., & Johnson, E. L. (2004). An evaluation of ActivStats® for SPSS®
for teaching and learning. The American Statistician, 58(3), 254-258.

Mills, J. D. (2003, November). SPSS textbooks: A review for teachers.
Statistics Education Research Journal, 2(2), 59-70.

Mills, J. D. (2003). A theoretical framework for teaching statistics. Teaching
Statistics, 25(2), 56-58.

Selected Presentations:

Mills, J. (2006, November). Using discussion to facilitate teaching statistics at
a distance. Poster session presented at the IV International Conference on Multimedia and Information and Communication Technologies in Education, Seville, Spain.

Mills, J.D., & Xu, Y. (2005, April). Statistics at a distance: Technological
tools, learning, and instructional design for today’s modern course. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada.

Mills, J.D., & Xu, Y. (2005, February). Statistics at a distance: Technological
tools, learning, and instructional design for today’s modern course. Paper presented at the Stillman Technology Conference, Tuscaloosa, AL.

Mills, J. D. (2003, August). Using resampling to teach statistics. Invited Panel Discussion for the Section
on Statistical Education at the American Statistical Association Joint Statistical Meetings, San Francisco, CA.

Mills, J. D., Marcoulides, G. A., & Olejnik, S. F. (2004, April). The TABU search
procedure: An alternative to the variable selection methods. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.