Craig W Johnson, PhD

• Conducting design, analysis, interpretation,
  and publication of education and health oriented research and evaluation studies
• Statistics
  
• Human learning

Dr. Johnson has been at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston since 1983. Dr. Johnson’s Ph.D. is in educational psychology with specialization in research, statistics and human learning. Dr. Johnson has taught or advised hundreds of faculty and graduate students in design, development, implementation, analysis, interpretation and publication of education and health oriented research and evaluation studies. While at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Dr. Johnson has presented or published numerous scholarly papers concerning effective use of computers in education and research (e.g., “Hypertutor Therapy for Interactive Instruction”, “Microcomputer-administered Research: What it means for Educational Researchers”, “Microcomputer as Teacher/Researcher in a Nontraditional Setting”, "Randomized Comparisons Among Health Informatics Students Identify Hypertutorial Features as Improving Web-Based Instruction"). He authored the computer game BlockAIDS - The AIDS Education Game. More recently, Dr. Johnson has become a recognized expert in the area of Web-based courseware research and development. He has developed a theoretical framework for the design of Web-based instruction (WBI) called the HyperTutor Model. Dr Johnson's chief research efforts have focused on the production and evaluation of superior Web-based interdisciplinary learning environments while implementing evidence-based teaching (EBT) randomized control methodologies to evaluate WBI effects in the field. This research not only "bridges the gap", but integrates randomized teaching and learning research with teaching practice, maximizing internal and external validity, while providing a model for WBI research in diverse health, science, mathematics, engineering and technology learning environments. Dr. Johnson is a winner of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston/ School of Health Information Sciences Outstanding Teacher Award and of the John P. McGovern Outstanding Teacher Award.