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(1) Learning theory, psychology of learning, educational psychology: Study of learning theories as they relate to the systematic design, development, and validation of instructional material. 

(2) Instructional design practices: Study of the principles and techniques used in designing training programs, developing design strategy and models, and applying design methods to the improvement of instructional effectiveness. 

(3) Educational evaluation: Study of the techniques for evaluating the effectiveness of instructional/educational programs, including developing written and performance tests and survey instruments, and determining reliability and validity of evaluation instruments. 

(4) Instructional product development: Study of the techniques appropriate for developing training materials, including identifying learner characteristics, specifying objectives, applying training strategy, validating training materials, and evaluating training. 

(5) Computers in education and training: Study of the application of computers in education and training, including selecting appropriate computer software.

Profile

John Willett is interested in all things quantitative, particularly statistical methods for analyzing the timing and occurrence of events; methods for modeling change, learning, and development; and longitudinal research design. A new book by Willett and his colleague Judy Singer, titled Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis: Modeling Change and Event Occurrence, is an integrated presentation of statistical methods for the analysis of longitudinal data.

Willett was born and raised in northern England. He was educated at Oxford University, where he studied physics (specializing in quantum mechanics) in the 1960s. In the 1970s, he and his wife and daughter lived in Hong Kong, where he taught high-school physics and mathematics for almost a decade. During this time, he traveled widely before settling in the United States in 1980. At one time or another, in addition to being a teacher and a professor, he has been a professional musician and a television journalist. He is now a U.S. citizen and a grandfather.