ANNUAL REPORT (AR)

Part I
Reporting On Activities For Academic Year
June 1, 2013- May 31, 2014
Name Scot McNary

Rank Associate Professor

Department of Educational Technology and Literacy

Area of Specialization Educational Research
Appointed to TU faculty: at rank Assistant

in year 2007

Promotion History:
To rank Associate Professor
To rank
To rank

in year 2013
in year
in year

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, and
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I. Formal Degrees

A. Highest degree earned, with date and name of granting

institution. If received since June 1, 20__, attach proof.
Ph.D. Clinical/Community Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, 2000.

B. If candidate for an advanced degree, indicate work

completed since June 1, 2010 and present status.
Corroborative material and/or transcript must be attached.
II. Teaching (percentage of workload: 60 %)

A. Evaluations and Grade Distributions

1. Teaching Evaluations for all courses Fall 2013-Spring 2014.
Summarizing across means, my average overall course evaluation was (SD =), and ranged from -.
Course
Mdn
M
SD
N
% resp.
Fall 2013
EDUC 605
4.92
4.83
0.25
6
86%
EDUC 761
5.0
4.73
0.58
13
87%
EDUC 790
n/a
n/a
n/a
1
100%
ISTC 694
n/a
n/a
n/a
1
n/a
ISTC 787
n/a
n/a
n/a
2
n/a
Spring 2014
EDUC 715
4
4.92
0.22
8
89%
EDUC 761/ISTC 685-101
4.34
4.77
0.37
11
73%
ISTC 685-211
3.85
4.22
0.77
12
71%
ISTC 694
n/a
n/a
n/a
2
n/a
Note: ISTC 694/691 Directed Reading; EDUC 605 Research and Information Technology; EDUC 761 Research in Education;
EDUC 715 Statistical Principles of Research Design and Analysis; EDUC 790 Advanced Measurements and Statistics in
Education; ISTC 685 Research in Instructional Technology. ISTC 694/695 students do not complete student evaluations. Fall
2013 EDUC 790 and ISTC 787 response rates were too low for Campus Labs to produce student evaluation summaries.

2. Insert below your class GPA and grade distribution.

These data are provided to your deans office by the Office of Institutional Research (fall data are sent in February and
spring data are sent in mid-June). Your deans office will distribute these data to departments. You may fill out this table by
indicating the number of students in each grade category, or you may electronically insert the information by cutting and pasting
the entire section from the report.

Course

Fall 2013
EDUC 605
EDUC 761
EDUC 790
ISTC 694
ISTC 787
All Fall classes
Spring 2014
EDUC 715
EDUC 761
ISTC 685-101
ISTC 685-211
ISTC 694
All Spring classes
All classes

B+

2
5

1
2

3
4

1
2
2
1

2
1

3
6
2
12

4
3
4
8
19

17

26

5
1
2

3
1
1
2
5
1

B-

C+

Grade Distribution
C D+ D F F
X

A-

Total
1

Mean

7
15
1
1
2
26

2.81
3.40
4.00
4.00
4.00
3.33

9
6
11
17
2
45

3.33
3.45
3.70
3.69
4.00
3.60

71

3.50

Note: A=4.0,A-=3.67,B+=3.33,B=3.0,C=2.0,F=0.0

3. Attach syllabi for all courses listed (must contain all elements
required for syllabi in Policies and Procedures for the Classroom:
Course Syllabus).
See attached.

B. Non-classroom assignments which are part of your regular

on-load teaching assignment (i.e., coaching, directorships,
supervision of student teachers).
1.

Research design and data analysis consultation for former EDUC

761 students.
One student: Rachel Hodges, Spring 2014. EffectsofanAfterSchoolMathTutoringProgramonMathAchievement.

2.

Dissertation Committee Member

I am a current member of 14 students committees, and am Program Chair for two.

2007-2008
Jean Ashby

2008-2009
Jean Ashby

2009-2010
Jean Ashbye

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

Chip Boling

Chip Boling
LaTonya Dyer

Chip Boling
Tamara Burton
LaTonya Dyer

Mila Fuller

Mila Fuller

Mila Fullere

Kathy Gould

Kathy Goulde

Cheryl Fishere
Laura Frazier

Mila Fuller
Laura Frazier
Kathy Gould

Mila Fuller
Laura Fraziere
Kathy Gould

Alex
Greenwood

Patricia
McAteer

Patricia
McAteer

Patricia
McAteer

Patricia
McAteer

Patricia
McAteer
Lynne
Murphy

Amy Martin
Patricia
McAteere
Lynne Murphy

Valerie Hicks
Kathryn Lee
Amy Martin
Lynne Murphy
Stefani Pautz

Portia Pusey

Portia Pusey

Portia Pusey

Portia Puseye
Arkhadi
Pustaka
Matt Rietschelp

James
Robertson
David
Robinson

James
Robertsone
David
Robinson

David
Robinson

Ben Smith

Ben Smith

Ben Smith

David
Robinson
Cora Roush
Ben Smith

David
Robinsone
Cora Roush
Ben Smith

Dean
Whitfield

Dean Whitfield

Cora Roush
Ben Smith
Jessica
Stansburyp
Dean Whitfield

Note:
e
Successful
dissertation
defense.
p
Program Chair

New instructional procedures which you have introduced

(special projects, new courses and/or materials).
I use Blackboard in all my courses as a repository for assignments, course notes, discussion boards, and class
demonstration materials. Students grades are maintained in the Blackboard gradebook.
Each semester I continue to use SmartBoards for lecture, discussion, and software demonstrations. My class notes
consist of slide presentations, originally constructed using PowerPoint. I have found that format unsatisfactory for a variety of
reasons, so I have been in the process of migrating my PowerPoint presentations to PDF format. I use LaTeX with the Beamer
package to produce PDF versions of all my slides. In response to snow days and student request for supporting materials, I have
developed several short videos using Jing to accompany slide presentations in EDUC 761 and ISTC 685, and to demonstrate the
use SPSS for specific kinds of analysis problems for EDUC 715. I also have created a few audio supplements to lectures for
students who were absent from class using Audacity and made them available for all students on Blackboard. In EDUC 715 and
EDUC 790 courses, I continue to introduce online statistical calculators for one-off calculation tasks.

Advising (including number of students, whether majors,

undeclared, or interdisciplinary students).
These are doctoral students I have consulted with since 2007, but not as a committee member. I provided research
design and statistical analysis guidance in my role as methodological consultant for the doctoral program. There are 12 students
overall, one in the past year. In addition to informal advising, I also served as a second grader for two different students
comprehensive examinations.
2007-2008
Bill Barnard

Beverly Bye

Linda
Macaulay

2008-2009
Bill Barnard

2009-2010
Bill Barnard

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

Barbara
Blummer

Barbara
Blummer

Barbara
Blummere

Liz Berquiste
Barbara
Blummer

Andy
Cavanaugh

Andy
Cavanaugh
Doug
Elmendorf

Andy
Cavanaugh
Doug
Elmendorfe

Beverly Byee

Linda
Macaulay

Linda
Macaulaye

Andy
Cavanaughe

2013-2014

Carrie
McFadden
Debbie Nolane
Matthew
Rothbarte
Carol Ann
Stevense
Raymond Wang

Raymond
Wange
Note: eSuccessful dissertation defense
Doctoral student dissertation committee membership, described above as non-class mentorship, also falls into the
category of advising, as do my mentorship activities with M.Ed. students conducting action research projects. These are detailed
in the tables above. All my consulting activities are detailed in an accompanying spreadsheet.
Correlation Statement. If your productivity did not match your projections for academic period 2013-2014, please explain. N/A

III.

Scholarship (percentage of workload: 30%)

A spreadsheet in the scholarship section provides detail on type of project conducted and amount of time spent from
Summer 2013 to Spring 2014 on each project.
Correlation Statement. If your productivity did not match your projections for academic year 2013-2014, please explain. N/A

Manuscripts under review:

Haverback, H. & McNary, SW. (submitted). An investigation of 21st century preservice teachers reading time, self-efficacy, and
habits.

Haverback, H. & McNary, SW. (submitted). Shedding light on preservice teachers domain specific self-efficacy.

Manuscripts accepted
Pitcher, S.M., Albright, L.K. & McNary, SW. The Adolescent Motivation to Read Survey: Revised. Reading Psychology.

Technical Papers
McNary, SW. (2014). Acuity of Private Residential Treatment Facility Residents vs. Public Residential Treatment Facility
Residents using Chart Reviews of all Residents of Maryland Facilities as of January 31, 2012. Baltimore, MD.

Conference Presentations.
McNary SW, Wang, Z, & Lohnes-Watulak, S. (2014, March). Facebook usage, social networks, and social support and
university undergraduate women. Roundtable presented at the Society for Information Technology and Teacher
Education Annual Conference, Jacksonville, FL.
Lohnes-Watulak, S, Wang, Z, & McNary SW. (2014, March). Facebook and mattering: How can instructors make the most of
undergraduates' Facebook use? Poster presented at the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education
Annual Conference, Jacksonville, FL.
McNary SW Research methods: A brief survey of methods and ideas. (2013, July). Invited address for the American
Psychological Association Minority Fellowship Psychology Summer Institute, Washington, DC.

Grants submitted
2013-2014
none

Consultation
The following is a brief description of the amount of consulting activity I have conducted since 2007 by stakeholder
group. See the Service section for a more extensive description of time spent and activities completed. Note that the number and
time spent in consultation has decreased over time whereas the amount of consulting I do with doctoral students and COE faculty
has increased.
Year/Source
COE Faculty Researchers
2013-2014
2012-2013
2011-2012
2010-2011
2009-2010
2008-2009
2007-2008

Number of Consultees

Hours

13
11
16
17
9
8
5

140
122
87
90
83
62
33

Doctoral Students
2013-2014
2012-2013
2011-2012
2010-2011
2009-2010
2008-2009
2007-2008

15
11
11
8
13
10
8

54
67
87
45
49
58
52

Masters in Education Students

2013-2014
2012-2013
2011-2012
2010-2011
2009-2010
2008-2009
2007-2008

1
0
0
6
1
7
3

5
0
0
39
21
33
10

Outside the College Researchers

2013-2014
2012-2013
2011-2012
2010-2011
2009-2010
2008-2009
2007-2008

6
4
1
3
4
8
4

45
14
8
12
57
35
41

Conferences Attended
2013-2014
Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education conference
APA Minority Fellowship Research Day (invited speaker)

Jacksonville FL
Washington DC

3/13 (presenter)
7/13 (invited speaker)

Correlation Statement. If your productivity did not match your projections for academic period 2013-2014, please explain. N/A

IV.Service (percentage of workload: 10%)

Community
Consultation
My consultation activities can be grouped into two different areas: psychometrics and test development, and research
design and statistical analysis. This year I consulted with two individuals, one working on her dissertation, while she works full
time for Howard County Public Schools, and the other who is a clinical-researcher for Sheppard Pratt Hospital. These services
were provided on an as-needed basis without remuneration.

Profession
Reviewing

Editorial Board Member, Child Abuse and Neglect.

Ad hoc reviewer
o Journal of International Online Learning
o APA Division 5 conference presentations
o Computers in the Schools
o Psychiatric Services
o Depression and Anxiety

Non-college/non-University consultation
I have consulted with six researchers or agencies outside of COE or Towson University for approximately 45 hours (see
above).

University
Committees
none

Faculty Consultation
This year I consulted with two Towson University faculty researchers who were not in the COE, for a total of 17 hours.

College
Faculty Consultation
I consulted with 13 different COE faculty members for a total of 140 hours. In addition, I co-chaired along with
Rebecca Shargel Ed.D. the Faculty Research professional development group coordinated by the College Council for 2013-2014.

Department
Student Advising
I am currently a dissertation committee member for 14 Ed.D. students and am program chair for two of those students.
I further consulted with one other Ed.D. student for whom I am not a committee member.

Committees
Admissions committee (2008-2014), Doctoral Program committee (2008-2014), Merit Committee (2011-2014). This
past year I was the chair of the Department Merit Committee.

Correlation Statement. If your productivity did not match your projections for academic period 2013-2014 please explain.
N/AANNUAL REVIEW (AR)

Part II
Agreement On Faculty Workload Expectations For Academic Year
June 1, 2014 - May 31, 2015
I.

Teaching (percentage of workload: 60 %)

A.

List all of the regular classroom teaching assignments planned for the 2014-2015 academic year.

Course Title/Number

Credit Hours

Fall 2014
EDUC 605

EDUC 761

ISTC 787

ISTC 694

Spring 2015
EDUC 715

EDUC 761

ISTC 685

ISTC 694

B.

Non-classroom assignments which will be part of your regular on-load teaching assignment (i.e.,
coaching, directorships, supervision of student teachers) for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Dissertation committee member for the following ten students: Chip Boling, Tamara Burton,
La Tonya Dyer, Valerie Hicks, Kathryn Lee, Lynne Murphy, Arkhadi Pustaka, Matt Rietschel, Cora
Roush, Ben Smith, Jessica Stansbury, Dean Whitfield, and Emily Ziegler. I have one course release for
student and faculty research support and consultation in the College of Education and one course
release for my own research.

C.

New instructional procedures which you plan to introduce this year (special projects, new courses
and/or materials). Also include interdisciplinary, diversity, international and new technology projects, if
appropriate.
I will continue to reformat my EDUC 761 and EDUC 715 PowerPoint presentations create PDF
versions of my notes which are more secure and portable across operating systems and environments. I will
be applying the discussion board to EDUC 715, and using online probability and effect size calculators. I plan
to introduce other Jing videos demonstrating the use of SPSS features.

D.

Advising (including number of students, whether majors, undeclared, or interdisciplinary students)

I will be providing consultation for M.Ed. and Ed.D. students (other than thesis committee work).
This includes doctoral students (3 estimated) with research design/statistical analysis questions.

II.

Scholarship (percentage of workload: 30 %)

I expect to produce one conference presentation and one manuscript publication in the following
year. Data collection for the Facebook Mattering project is complete for Phases I and II, and preliminary
analyses are currently being prepared for publication.

III.

Service (percentage of workload: 10%)

[For any of these activities which are part of your workload, please indicate.]
Community: Consultation with non-profit and non-for-profit agencies in research design, data analysis, and
psychometrics
Profession: Reviewing, external researcher consultation
University (all levels): University Institutional Review Board (new appointment), Department Admissions
committee, Department Doctoral Program committee, Department Merit Committee (chair), student and
faculty research consultation

SIGNATURES:
Faculty Member

Date

Chairperson of Department

Date

Dean of College

Date