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Ph.D. School Psychology, University of Northern Colorado, 1994

M.A. School Counseling, 1988

Research Interests:

K-3 reading; Teacher-reported self-efficacy; Barriers to classroom instruction and high stakes testing as it relates to teacher perceptions of special student populations; The educational assessment of TBI and evidence-based academic, behavioral, and social-emotional interventions/outcomes; The field of social cognitive neuroscience as it applies to adolescents’ decision-making process when faced with decisions involving risky behaviors.

Selected Publications:
 

Helfrich, S. R., & Jantz, P.B. (2010) Listening to teachers: Self-efficacy and instructional barriers, supports, and     needs. Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers Conference Yearbook, 32, 103-116.

 

Nunn, G.D., & Jantz, P. B. (2009). Factors within response to intervention implementation training associated with teacher efficacy beliefs. Education, 129, 599-607.

 

Nunn, G.D., & Jantz, P. B., Butikofer, C. (2009). Concurrent validity between teacher efficacy measures and measures of response to intervention outcomes. Journal of Instructional Psychology. 36, 215-218.

 

Jantz, P. B. & Coulter, G. A. (2007). Child and adolescent traumatic brain injury: Academic, behavioural, and social consequences in the classroom. Support for Learning, 22, 84-89.