Lalley, James P.

James P. Lalley is an Assistant Professor of Education at D Youville College in Buffalo, New York. He is a graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo (B.A., 1984, in History; and M.A., 1995, and Ph.D., 1997, in Educational Psychology). He has taught at the State University of New York, College at Buffalo and Canisius College. His previous publica-tions have been in the areas of educational technology and child development. In addition to mastery learning, his profes-sional interests include how affective factors influence motivation and learning, methods of teaching, and children