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Bob Lucking, Professor

Educational Curriculum and Instruction

Bob Lucking has been a member of the Department of Educational Curriculum and Instruction since 1984 has served as its department chair on three occasions. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska and teaches courses in research; additionally he has held been a Fulbright Lecturer in Denmark and a Fulbright scholar in India. He serves as the Graduate Program Director of Secondary Education, the Graduate Program Director of the Field Based Graduate Program, and the Director of the Military Career Transition Program. During this past year, he has been engaged in the scholarly activity outlined below:

Recent Publications

  • Rovai, A. P., Wighting, M. J., & Lucking, R. (2005). The Classroom and School Community Inventory: Development, refinement, and validation of a self-report measure for educational research. Internet and Higher Education,7(4).
  • Wighting, M.J., Lucking, R.A. & Christmann, E.P. (2005) Viewing Volcanoes. Science Scope: Journal of the National Science Teachers Association, 28 (3), 54-56.
  • Al Hazza, T. & Lucking, R. The Minority of Suspicion: Arab Americans. Multicultural Review (In Press).
  • Lucking, R., Wighting, M. & Christmann, E.P. (2005) In Flight, online. Science Scope: Journal of the National Science Teachers Association, 28 (10) 20-22.
  • Wighting, M., Lucking, R., & Christmann, E.P. (In Press) Science Homework: Resources and opportunities. Science Scope: Journal of the National Science Teachers Association.
  • Lucking, R., Wighting, M. & Christmann, E.P. (In Press) Writing in the Sciences. Science Scope: Journal of the National Science Teachers Association.

Papers at National and International Conferences

  • Lucking, R. Hecht, J. & Wighting, M. (2005) "Sense of classroom community: An analysis of measurements between students and their instructors," E-Learn 2004--World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education. Association of Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) and co-sponsored by the International Journal on E-Learning, Vancouver, October, 2006.
  • Lucking, R. & Hecht, J. (2006). "The Role of Sense of Community in Education: Cultural Identity and Resilience." The Second International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, Hanoi, Viet Nam, 2006.
  • Lucking, R. (2006). "Military Personnel as Teachers: Attitudes and Perceptions." National Conference of the National Center for Alternative Certification. San Diego, February, 2006.
  • Davis, B., & Lucking, R. (2006). "The Importance of Generating Student-to- Student Interaction," Paper Presented at the International Conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education. Also sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education. Orlando, March, 2006.
  • Lucking, R, Hecht, J., & Wighting, M. "Faculty Perceptions of the Value of Sense of Community." Seventeenth International Conference on Teaching and Learning, Jacksonville, April, 2006.