Professor of Educational Psychology
OFFICE LOCATION
Education 376
OFFICE HOURS
MAILING ADDRESS
Box 41071
Lubbock TX 79409-41071
DIRECT PHONE
(806) 742-1997
DEPARTMENT PHONE
(806) 742-1997 ext. 225
FAX NUMBER
(806) 742-2179
EMAIL ADDRESS
Mary K. Tallent Runnels, Ph.D.
education
Ph.D. Educational Psychology
1985 Texas A&M University
Research interests
- Gifted education
- Future concerns of students
- Online learning
Courses taught
EPSY 5379: Introduction to Educational Research
EPSY 5332: Educational Psychology
EPSY 6349: Models of Intelligence
EDSP 5310: Gifted & Talented Children & Youth
EPSY 5380: Introduction to Statistics
EPSY 6303:
Advanced Educational Measurement
EPSY 5331: Human Development
EDSP 5311: Curriculum for Gifted Programs
EDSP 5312: Creativity and Gifted Children
representative publications
Tallent-Runnels, M. K., & Candler-Lotven, A. (in press). Academic Competitions for gifted students. (2nd. Ed.).Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.
Tallent-Runnels, M. K., Shaw, S. M., & Thomas, J. A. (2007). Using characteristics of k-12 gifted programs to evaluate honors programs. Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 8 (1), 61-75.
Tallent-Runnels, M. K. (2007). Resources for gifted students studying the future. Gifted Child Today, 30(1), 50-54.
Mullen, G., & Tallent-Runnels, M. K. (2006). Student outcomes and perceptions of instructors’ demands and support in online and traditional classrooms. The Internet and Higher Education, 9, 257-266.
Tallent-Runnels, M. K., Thomas, J. A., Lan, W. Y., Cooper, S., Ahern, T. C., Shaw, S. M., & Liu, X. (2006). Teaching courses online: A review of the research. Review of Educational Research, 76, 93-135.