Courses Taught
- EDUC 210: Differentiated Teaching & Learning
- EDUC 411: Elementary School Curriculum Practicum
- EDUC 415 (Lead Instructor): Diagnostic Measurement and Evaluation
- EDUC 425 (Lead Instructor): Content Measurement and Evaluation
- EDUC 475: Student Teaching Seminar
- EDUC 476/477: Student Teaching I & II
- EDUC 518: Educational Research & Assessment
- EDUC 590: Student Teaching I: Local
- EDUC 645: Foundations for Educational Leaders
- EDUC 747: Advanced Educational Law
- EDUC 750 (SME): Survey of Educational Research
- EDUC 812: Advanced Educational Statistics
- EDUC 815: Quantitative Methods of Research
- EDUC 887-890: Capstone I-Defense
- EDUC 915: Advanced Quantitative Research Methods
- EDUC 919: Professional Writing & Research
- EDUC 970: Comprehensive Exam
- EDUC 980: Dissertation Prospectus
- EDUC 987-990: Dissertation I-Defense
Professional Memberships
- American Educational Research Association
- National Association for the Gifted Children
- Mixed Methods International Research Association
- Society for Implementation Research Collaboration
- Council on Undergraduate Research
- Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
- Phi Delta Kappa
- Pi Lambda Theta
- Kappa Delta Pi
- Tau Beta Sigma
Biography
Dr. Foster serves as a full-time faculty member at Liberty University and is the Assessment Coordinator for the School of Education and Program Director of Educational Leadership. She began her career as a Spanish teacher, later moving to education research, and then into teacher education and doctoral studies. She also teaches research courses as an adjunct with Liberty University Online.
Publications
- Foster, L., Oh, S., Callahan, C., & Azano, A. (2017) Adherence: A more nuanced usage of fidelity of implementation’s core component to capture variation in treatment effects. Journal of Academic Perspectives, 2017(2), 1-46.
- Darrow, C., Goodson, B., Century, J., Dumont, K., Cassata, A., Foster, L., . . .Kaufman, S. (2017). Measuring implementation—Is it time to think about evidence standards? Abt Associates, Inc. and W. T. Grant Foundation.
- Valentine, J., Wilson, S., Tanner-Smith, E., Yeide, M., LaSota, R., & Foster, L. (2016). Synthesizing evidence in public policy contexts: The challenge of synthesis when there are only a few studies. Evaluation Review, 41(1).
- Missett, T., & Foster, L. (2015). Fidelity in the field of gifted and talented education research: A meta-analysis. Journal of Advanced Academics, 26(2), 96-111.
- White, T., Kim, J., Kingston, H., & Foster, L. (2014). Replicating the effects of a teacher-scaffolded voluntary summer reading program: The role of poverty. Reading Research Quarterly, 49 (1), 5-30.
- Foster, L. (2011). Fidelity: Snapshots of implementation of a curricular intervention. (Doctoral dissertation). ProQuest. (3485327)
- Azano, A., Missett, T., Callahan, C., Oh, S., Brunner, M., Foster, L., & Moon, T. (2011). Exploring the relationship between fidelity of implementation and academic achievement in a third-grade gifted curriculum: A mixed-methods Study. Journal of Advanced Academics, 22, 693-719.
Research Interests
- Fidelity of implementation
- Educational leadership
- Literacy
- Gifted education
- Program evaluation
- Higher education