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About Lawrence F. LockeStephen SilvermanWaneen W. Spirduso

Lawrence F. Locke is Professor Emeritus of Education and Physical Education at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. A native of Connecticut he received his bachelors and masters degrees from Springfield College and a Ph.D. from Stanford University. He has written extensively on the production and utilization of research on teaching and teacher education. He has authored a number of books designed to assist non-specialists with the tasks of reading and understanding research. After many years residing in Sunderland MA he now makes his home on Cape Cod but with his wife Professor Lorraine Goyette he has spent much of each year writing running and exploring the Beartooth Mountains at Sky Ranch in Reed Point MT. Waneen Wyrick Spirduso is the Mauzy Regents Professor Emerita in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education at The University of Texas at Austin. She is a native of Austin and holds bachelors and doctoral degrees from The University of Texas and a masters degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Her research focuses on the effects of aging and the mechanisms of motor control. She has been a prolific contributor to the research literature and has authored textbooks related to research methods and aging. She taught research methods and directed student research for more than four decades and has received numerous research grants from the federal government and foundations. She plays golf and rows and lives with her husband Craig Spirduso in Austin TX. Her website is http://www.edb.utexas.edu/coe/depts/kin/faculty/spirduso/index.html Stephen J. Silverman is Professor of Education and Chair of the Department of Biobehavioral Sciences at Teachers College Columbia University. He is a native of Philadelphia and holds a bachelors degree from Temple University a masters degree from Washington State University and a doctoral degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. His research focuses on teaching and learning in physical education and on methods for conducting research in field settings. He has authored numerous research articles and chapters and is coauthor of a number of books. He has served as editor of two research journals is an experienced research consultant has directed graduate students and has for many years taught classes in research methods statistics and measurement. He enjoys running following politics and aquatic sports and lives with his wife Patricia Moran on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. His website is: http://www.tc.columbia.edu/faculty/ss928