Assessment Results: Incorporating Case Studies in the Civil Engineering Curriculum

Dr. Joshua Gisemba Bagaka’s is a professor of educational research design and statistics in the Department of Curriculum and Foundations in the College of Education and Human Services at Cleveland State University. He received his Bachelor of Education degree in Mathematics Education from the University of Nairobi, a Master’s of Science in Probabilities and Statistics and a Ph. D in Educational Research Design and Statistics both from Michigan State University. His primary teaching responsibilities are in the graduate educational research courses, educational statistics, and educational program evaluation. His research interests are in the utilization of hierarchical linear models in analyzing school, teacher, and classroom effects on student learning outcomes. Professor Bagaka’s has also been involved in studies utilizing hierarchical linear modeling to identify the value-added indicators of school and teacher effectiveness on student achievement. His recent work on the role of teacher characteristics and practices on upper secondary school students’ mathematics self-efficacy was published in the International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education. He also served, for seven years as the Director of the Ph. D in Urban Education program at Cleveland State University. Professor Bagaka’s is a recent African Regional Research Fulbright Program scholar to Kenya where he conducted research on teacher beliefs and practices on high school mathematics self-efficacy.