Dr. Timothy A. Slocum is the Director of the Disabilities Disciplines Doctoral
Program, and the Chair of the Special Education Specialization. Dr. Slocum teaches
teacher preparation courses focusing on evidence-based instructional practices for
reading and language arts, and graduate courses on research methods, statistics, and
cultural and linguistic diversity. Dr. Slocum is a former President of the Board of
Directors of the Association for Direct Instruction, and Director of the Direct
Instruction Research Consortium. He is a founding member and program chair of the
Evidence-Based Practices SIG within the Association for Behavior Analysis. His research
focuses on reading instruction, evidence-based practices and effective teacher
preparation practices. Dr. Slocum has recently presented several papers on the challenges
and complexity of identifying evidence-based practices.

Articles

The Effect of Narrative Intervention on Story Retelling and Personal Story Generation Skills of Preschoolers with Risk Factors and Narrative Language Delays (with T. D. Spencer), Journal of Early Intervention (2011)
 

Utah's Alternate Assessment: Evidence Regarding Six Aspects of Validity (with K. D. Hager), Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities (2008)
 

Utah’s Alternate Assessment: Evidence Regarding Six Aspects of Validity (with K. D. Hager), Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities (2008)
 

NCLB, Contingencies, and Utah's Alternate Assessment (with K. D. Hager and R. Detrich), Journal of Evidence Based Practices for Schools (2006)
 

NCLB, Contingencies, and Utah’s Alternate Assessment (with K. D. Hager and R. Detrich), Journal of Evidence Based Practices for Schools (2006)
 

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Books

Introduction to Direct Instruction (with N. Marchand-Martella and R. Martella), Introduction to Direct Instruction (2004)
 

Introduction to Direct Instruction (with N. Machand-Martella and R. Martella), Introduction to Direct Instruction (2004)