Faculty Profiles

James D. Lehman is a professor emeritus of learning design and technology. Prior to his retirement from full-time faculty work, he served in several leadership positions including associate dean for research and faculty development in the College of Education, head of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, and the director of the Discovery Learning Research Center at Purdue. His scholarly interests focus on technology integration in education particularly in the STEM disciplines, e-learning, project-based learning, and computer science education. He has published more than 50 refereed journal articles and book chapters and is co-author of the textbook Educational Technology for Teaching and Learning. He has received about $20 million in grant funding and was the director of Purdue’s Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to use Technology (PT3) project. Professor Lehman is a member of Purdue’s Teaching Academy and was inducted into its Book of Great Teachers.

Selected Publications

• Wang, H., & Lehman, J. D. (2021). Using achievement goal-based personalized motivational feedback to enhance online learning. Educational Technology Research & Development, 69, 553-581. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-021-09940-3
• Qian, Y., & Lehman, J. (2021). Using an automated assessment tool to explore difficulties of middle school students in introductory programming. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/15391523.2020.1865220
• Capobianco, B. M., Radloff, J., & Lehman, J. D. (2020). Elementary science teachers’ sense-making with learning to implement engineering design and its impact on students’ science achievement. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 32(1), 39-61. https://doi.org/10.1080/1046560X.2020.1789267
• Qian, Y., & Lehman, J. D. (2019). Using targeted feedback to address common student misconceptions in introductory programming: A data-driven approach. SAGE Open, October-December, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F2158244019885136
• Qian, Y., & Lehman, J. D. (2017). Students’ misconceptions and other difficulties in introductory programming: A literature review. ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 18(1), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1145/3077618
• Lai, F. Q. & Lehman, J. D. (Eds.) (2017). Learning and knowledge analytics in open education: Selected readings from the AECT-LKAOE 2015 summer international research symposium. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing AG. ISBN 978-3-319-38955-4
• Lehman, J. D., Kim, W., & Harris, C. (2014). Collaborations in a community of practice working to integrate engineering design in elementary science education. Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 15(3), 21-28.
• Richardson, J. C., Fox, W., & Lehman, J. D. (2012). Successful videoconferencing scenarios for teacher education programs. Tech Trends, 56(5), 17-24.
• Newby, T.J., Stepich, D.A., Lehman, J.D., Russell, J.D., & Ottenbreit-Leftwich, A. (2011). Educational technology for teaching and learning, 4th ed. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon/Pearson Education Inc.
• Ertmer, P. A., Richardson, J. C., Lehman, J. D., Newby T. J., Cheng, X., Mong, C, & Sadaf, A. (2010). Peer feedback in a large undergraduate blended course: Perceptions of value and learning. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 43(1), 67-88.
• Lehman, J.D., George, M., Buchanan, P., & Rush, M. (2006). Preparing teachers to use problem-centered, inquiry based science: Lessons from a four-year professional development project. Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-Based Learning, 1(1), 76-99.
• Capobianco, B.M., & Lehman, J.D. (2006). Integrating technology to foster inquiry in an elementary science methods course: A case study of one teacher educator’s initiatives in a PT3 project. Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 25(2), 123-146.
• Lehman, J.D., Richardson, J., Malewski, E. & Phillion, J. (2005). Technology connections in teacher education: Lessons from faculty development, electronic portfolios, and virtual field experiences involving distant locations. In S. Rhine & M. Bailey (Eds.), Integrated technologies, innovative learning: Insights from the PT3 program (pp. 129-141), Eugene, OR: International Society for Technology in Education. 
• Phillion, J., Johnson, T., & Lehman, J.D. (2003-2004). Using distance education technologies to enhance teacher education through linkages with K-12 schools. Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 20(2), 63-70.
• Lehman, J.D. (2003). P3T3: Purdue program for preparing tomorrow’s teachers to use technology. In M.A. Fitzgerald, M. Orey, & R.M. Branch (Eds.), Educational Media and Technology Yearbook 2003 (pp. 161-168). Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited.
• Gao, T. & Lehman, J.D. (2003). The effects of different levels of interaction on the achievement and motivational perceptions of college students in a web-based learning environment. Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 14(4), 367-386.
• Chang, M. M., & Lehman, J.D. (2002). Learning foreign language through an interactive multimedia program: An experimental study on the effects of the relevance component of the ARCS model. The CALICO Journal, 20(1), 81-98.