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Sandee McClowry

Professor of Applied Psychology/Teaching and Learning (joint appointment) Emerita

Teaching and Learning

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Sandee Graham McClowry, PhD, RN, FAAN is a Professor Emerita in the Counseling Psychology and Teaching & Learning Departments at New York University. She is the developer of INSIGHTS into Children's Temperament and was the principal investigator of three clinical trials that tested its efficacy. The third clinical trial, funded by the Institute of Education Sciences, tested the efficacy of INSIGHTS in enhancing the academic learning context. The two previous clinical trials were funded by the National Institutes of Health. She is currently devoting herself to disseminating INSIGHTS to schools and community agencies.

Dr. McClowry received her doctorate in family nursing theory from the University of California, San Francisco. She has conducted multiple school-based research studies on children's temperament, family interactions, and classroom management. Dr. McClowry has published extensively on her research in a variety of multidisciplinary journals, is the author of Temperament-Based Elementary Classroom Management, Your Child’s Unique Temperament, and Using What Works. She is currently a co-principal investigator on a study that is examining the long-term impact of INSIGHTS on the children who participated in the last study when they were in kindergarten and 1st grade and of a replication of the last RCT is rural Nebraska.

Selected Publications

  • Books:
  • McClowry, S. G. (2014). Temperament-Based Elementary Classroom Management. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. (link)
  • McClowry, S.G. (2003). Your Child's Unique Temperament: Insights and Strategies for Responsive Parenting.Champaign, IL: Research Press.
  • McClowry, S. G. (2016). Using what works: Elementary school classroom management. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
  • McClowry, S. G. (submitted). Gregory In…This book is not about Freddy. (A children's book).
  • Publications—Reporting on INSIGHTS’ efficacy
  • Overall efficacy from our 3rd clinical trial:
  • O’Connor, E.E., Cappella, E., McCormick, M.P & McClowry, S.G. (2014). An examination of the efficacy of INSIGHTS in enhancing the academic and behavioral development of children in early grades. Journal of Educational Psychology, 106(4), 1156-1169. doi: 10.1037/a0036615

Courses

Grant Writing & Grant Management for the Social Sciences

Provides an overview of the mechanics of grant writing, including writing a letter of intent, developing research questions, preparing a literature review, determining research design and methods, and identifying target courses of funding. Through group projects students produce and critique a grant application. Objectives, guidelines, and techniques for managing an awarded grant are discussed.
Course #
APSY-GE 2077
Credits
3
Department
Applied Psychology

Human Growth and Development

This course introduces students to the major theories that explain human growth and development throughout the life span from birth to death. Multiple factors that influence one’s development, including biology and culture, will be discussed. Students will gain the skills they need to critically evaluate and apply evidence-based knowledge when working with children, adolescents and adults
Course #
APSY-GE 2138
Credits
3
Department
Applied Psychology