After several years as residential full-time faculty at Liberty University and two
years as the Headmaster of Tennessee Temple Academy in Chattanooga, TN, Dr. Pearson is
now back with Liberty, working off site in north Georgia, as part of its full-time
distance education faculty. After several years in K-12 teaching, both in Christian and
public schools, Dr. Pearson served for more than thirty-two years at Tennessee Temple
University. While there she taught and then served as the Dean of the School of Education
and for more than eight years she was the Vice President for Academic Services. Dr.
Pearson serves as the Secretary/Treasurer for the Commission for Accreditation of the
Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools. For many years Dr. Pearson
has spoken at Christian school conventions throughout the East. Her educational
background includes a Bachelor of Arts in English from Tennessee Temple University in
1967, a Master of Science in Education from Illinois State University in 1970, and a
Doctor of Education in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Tennessee in
1990. Originally from Wheelersburg, Ohio, Dr. Pearson moved at the age of 10, with her
family to Chattanooga, TN, for her father to attend Tennessee Temple University. While
teaching at TTU, she met her husband, Ted, who is from Tuscaloosa, AL. He served as the
manager of the printing ministry at TTU for more than 20 years, then was in business for
himself, and now works for Alegra Printing in Chattanooga. The Pearsons have two sons.
Mark is a clinical systems analyst at Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga. He and his wife,
Sarah, have the Pearson’s two grandchildren, four-year old Micaiah and 2-year-old Cherith
Brooke (two reasons for moving back to Chattanooga). Their younger son, Jay, is in
manager training at Enterprise Car Rentals and his wife, Katrina, is an accountant for
Cardinal Health. They reside in Largo, FL, close to St. Petersburg.

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The Comparison of the Effects of Three Prereading Advance Organizers on the Literal Comprehension of Fifth-Grade Social Studies Materials, Faculty Dissertations (1990)

The goal of this investigation was to determine if one of three prereading advance organizers:...