Ruth Ravid, PhD; Professor Office: Wheeling Room 263
Phone: 847-947-5570
Fax: 847-947-5617
Email: rravid@nl.edu
EDUCATION
1979 PhD NorthwesternUniversity, School of Education, Evanston, IL. Concentration in measurement, evaluation,statistics, and research design
1975 M.A. NorthwesternUniversity, School of Education, Evanston, IL
1987 B.A. Spertus College,Chicago, IL.Judaic Studies
1974 B.A. Northeastern University, Chicago, IL. Psychology
1969 K-9 Teaching Certificate, TeachersCollege Seminar Hakibbutzim, Israel. Majoredin biology
PROFESSIONAL STATEMENT
In the years prior to joining NLU as a full-time assistantprofessor in 1986, I have taught elementary and high school. I have also heldvarious administrative positions and have served as a department chair for 10years. At NLU, I teach qualitative and quantitative research courses, as wellas courses on action research and assessment. I also serve as the AdjunctLiaison and publish twice a year a newsletter for adjuncts titled TheAdjunct Connection. I had been active as an Executive Board Member andPresident of the NCE Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa. I have also been active as anofficer and Board member of other professional organizations. My areas ofinterest are practitioner action research and school-university collaboration.
CURRENT COURSES TAUGHT AND DEVELOPED
ESR505 EducationalInquiry and Assessment
ESR506 GraduateResearch: Interpretive/Critical
ESR507 Graduate Research: Empirical/Quantitative
ESR514 Research inAction: Becoming Practitioner Researchers
ESR612 Empirical/Analytical Research I
ESR582D Assessment in Schools: Teacher-Made Tests
ESR584a,b,c,&d: Action Research as Professional Development
PUBLICATIONS (RECENT)
Ravid, R. (2005). Practicalstatistics for educators (3rd ed.).Lanham,MD: University Press ofAmerica.
Ravid, R., & Haan, P. (inpress). Practical statistics for business: An introduction to businessstatistics. Lanham,MD: University Press ofAmerica
Ravid, R., & Handler, M. G.(Eds.) (2001). The many faces of school-university collaboration: Characteristicsof successful partnerships. Englewood,CO: Teacher Ideas Press.
Ravid, R., & Oyer, E. (2005).Workbook to accompany Practical Statistics for Educators (3rd ed.).Lanham,MD: University Press ofAmerica.
Ravid, R., Oyer, E., &Haan, P. (in press). Workbook to accompany Practical Statistics for Business.Lanham,MD: University Press ofAmerica.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (RECENT)
Slater,J., Ravid, R., Shinner, K., & Catelli, L.(2007, April). Reviewing the structural and environmental elements of the manyfaces of school-university collaboration. Paper presented at the annual meetingof the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.
Ravid, R.(2006, April). The many faces ofschool-university collaboration. An invited address to the AERA SIG:School-University Collaboration Research at the annual meeting of the AmericanEducational Research Association, San Francisco.
Ravid, R.,Efron, S., & Dholakia, J. (2006, April). Action research in action: How well are we preparing our students toconduct research in their own settings? Paper presented at the annualmeeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.
Ravid, R., Efron, S. & Dholakia, J. (2005, April). Preparingpreservice and inservice teachers for action research. Presented at theannual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal.
Ravid, R. (2003, April). Onlinepedagogy in teacher education program: Multiple perspectives on the process ofcourse design and pedagogy(co-presenter and symposium organizer). Symposiumpresented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational ResearchAssociation, Chicago.
Zila, K., Borthwick, A., Cassity,C., Efron, S., & Ravid, R. (2003, April). Inside/outside:Reconstructing practice as inquiry in the design and delivery of an onlinecourse. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American EducationalResearch Association, Chicago.
Efron, S., Ravid, R., &Leys, B. (2002, April). Beginners’ story: Challenges and rewards of teachingonline for the first time. Paper presented at the annual meeting of theAmerican Education Research Association. New Orleans, LA
Leys, B., Ravid, R., &Efron, S. (2002, April). Teaching online: Lessons learned. Paperpresented at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association.New Orleans, LA.
Ravid, R., & Handler, M. (2002, April).The Many Faces of School-University Collaboration. An invited addresspresented to AERA SIG: School-University Collaborative Research at the annualmeeting of the American Education Research Association. New Orleans, LA
Perney,J., & Ravid, R. (2000, October).Examiningassessment skills of faculty in two higher education institutions. Paper presented at the annualmeeting of the Mid-Western Educational Research Association, Chicago.
Ravid,R. (2000, April). Models of school-universitycollaboration.Paper presented in a symposium titled Opening proactive lines of communication:School focused collaboration and partnerships at the annual meeting of theAmerican Educational Research Association, New Orleans.
OTHER PRESENTATIONS
Ravid, R. (2002, Sept). SPSS:Introduction to the statistical software package. Workshop presented to NLUfaculty at the Fall Connection, Chicago
Ravid, R. (2002, Sept). Participatedon the panel of discussants at the first NCE Annual Research Forum
Ravid, R. (2002, May). Servedon the panel of discussants at the Senate Forum on Teaching with Technology
Ravid, R. (2002, May). Assessmentin the schools: You think they learned, but how do you know? Presented tothe Illinois Education Association, FutureTeachers of Chicago and Illinois,National-Louis University.
Ravid, R. (2000, Nov). Inquiryin the classroom: Teachers as researchers. Presented to IllinoisEducation Association, Future Teachers of Americain Chicago and Illinois,National-Louis University.
SELECTED CURRICULUM GUIDES/MANUALS/HANDBOOKS
Ravid, R.(2007). Directions for SPSS for Windows Version 14 (40-page manual for users ofSPSS software)
Ravid, R.(2005). Designing surveys: A guide foreducators (9-page guide)
Ravid, R.(2006). Quantitative and qualitative paradigms: A comparison of the maincharacteristics (6-page guide)
Ravid, R.(2001). An overview of research designs: Flowchart and explanations (10-pageguide)
Ravid, R.(2006). Practicing APA style (5thed.): Exercises and self-scoring answer key to practice APA style (15-pageguide)
WORK IN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY
June 2004. Workshop on Assessment and Research. Presented to theRantoul School District,IL
Board Member of American Educational Research Association SpecialInterest Group: School-University Collaborative Research
Advisory Board Member; Community Foundation for Jewish Educationand Board of Jewish Education,Chicago,IL; Center for JewishTeacher Education
2000 Consultant, Solomon Schechter Day School (guided andadvised the school on choosing a new battery of standardized achievement tests)
Manuscript Review Board Member for the Journal of Teacher Education and Action in Teacher Educationjournal
Proposal Reviewer for AERA (two SIGs and Division K)
AERA SIG School University Collaborative Research, Chair
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Teacher Action Research
School-University Collaborative Research
School Assessment
AWARDS
2004 NLU Faculty Excellencein Service Award
1999 Phi Delta KappaService Award
