Faculty Profile

Stephen Wheeler

Title
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department
Information Science
College
College of Information

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
PhD, Walden University, 1999. 
Major: Education
PhD, Walden University, 1992. 
Major: Artificial Intelligence Research
Dissertation Title: A Performance Evaluation of the Iterative Deepening Alpha-Beta Search Procedure Under Variations of Dynamic Ordering Intervals Within a Chess Program





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
INFO 5810.001, Data Analysis and Knowledge Discovery, Summer 2024 
INFO 5810.020, Data Analysis and Knowledge Discovery, Summer 2024 
DTSC 5082.020, Seminar in Research and Research Methodology, Summer 2024 
DTSC 5501.020, Fundamentals of Data Science, Spring 2024 Syllabus
DTSC 5082.001, Seminar in Research and Research Methodology, Spring 2024 Syllabus
DTSC 5082.020, Seminar in Research and Research Methodology, Spring 2024 Syllabus
DTSC 5082.021, Seminar in Research and Research Methodology, Spring 2024 Syllabus


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  


    

    

      


        


          


            
Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    DTSC 4501.001, Principles of Data Science and Analytics, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    DTSC 5082.001, Seminar in Research and Research Methodology, Fall 2023 Syllabus
                    

                    DTSC 5082.020, Seminar in Research and Research Methodology, Fall 2023 Syllabus
                    

                    INFO 5810.001, Data Analysis and Knowledge Discovery, Summer 10W 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5082.020, Seminar in Research and Research Methodology, Summer 10W 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5501.020, Fundamentals of Data Analytics, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    INFO 4501.001, Principles of Data Science and Analytics, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5082.001, Seminar in Research and Research Methodology, Spring 2023 Syllabus
                    

                    INFO 5082.020, Seminar in Research and Research Methodology, Spring 2023 Syllabus
                    

                    INFO 4501.001, Principles of Data Science and Analytics, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5082.020, Seminar in Research and Research Methodology, Fall 2022 Syllabus
                    

                    INFO 5810.001, Data Analysis and Knowledge Discovery, Summer 10W 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5082.020, Seminar in Research and Research Methodology, Summer 10W 2022  SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5082.022, Seminar in Research and Research Methodology, Summer 10W 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5501.002, Fundamentals of Data Analytics, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5082.002, Seminar in Research and Research Methodology, Spring 2022 Syllabus
                    

                    INFO 5501.002, Fundamentals of Data Analytics, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5501.003, Fundamentals of Data Analytics, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    INFO 4501.001, Principles of Data Science and Analytics, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5810.001, Data Analysis and Knowledge Discovery, Summer 10W 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5810.003, Data Analysis and Knowledge Discovery, Summer 10W 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5501.203, Fundamentals of Data Analytics, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    INFO 5082.203, Seminar in Research and Research Methodology, Spring 2021 

          


          
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  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
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Engagement Index		
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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    
			This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
				
      
					
    • The course as a whole was
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    • The course content was
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    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
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    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
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  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    
			This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
				
      
					
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
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    • The intellectual challenge presented was
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    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
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    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
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    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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