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Steven C. Beering Hall of
Liberal Arts and Education
100 N. University Street
West Lafayette,
Indiana
47907-2098
BRNG 5110
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Phone: (765) 496-2354work
Email: bdowning@purdue.eduINTERNET
Brenda Downing
Senior Lecturer
Educational Psychology & Research MethodologyEducational Studies
Brenda redesigned Purdue’s three-credit Study Skills Seminar course as a 2012 IMPACT (Instruction Matters: Purdue Academic Course Transformation) fellow. The updated Study Skills Seminar implements team-based learning within an educational psychology theoretical framework, strategically studying and applying principles and beliefs about learning, thinking, motivation, and self-regulation.
- M.S. — Psychology, Texas A&M University, Kingsville (1993)
- B.A. — Communication, Purdue University (1991)
- 2019 – present
Senior Lecturer, Academic Success Center
College of Liberal Arts and Student Success at Purdue
- 2010 – 2019
Continuing Lecturer, Academic Success Center
College of Liberal Arts and Student Success at Purdue
- 2009 – 2010
Postsecondary Institution Outreach Specialist,Military Family Research Institute
Purdue University College of Health and Human Sciences
- 2008 – 2017
Adjunct Faculty
West Hills College Lemoore, California Community College System
- 2005 – 2008
Psychology Instructor
West Hills College Lemoore, California Community College System
- 1995 – 1999
Program Coordinator, Eastern Virginia Medical School
Member of Psychophysiology Research, Education and Clinical Team
Behavioral Medicine Clinic, Department of Family and Community Medicine
- 1995
Project Coordinator
Virginia Generalist Initiative-statewide collaboration among Virginia’s three medical schools
- 1993 – 1995
Instructor and Academic Counselor
Bryant & Stratton College
- EDPS 17700 — Learning and Regulation Strategies for College Success
- GS 17700 — Study Skills Seminar
