Donald Deever

Assistant Professor, Extension Educator, County Educator

Office: (775) 726-3109
Email: ddeever@unr.edu
Address: 360 Lincoln Street, Caliente, Nevada 89008
Representing: Lincoln County
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Summary

Interested in educational software development for secondary & postsecondary vocational education, secondary & postsecondary literacy education, and secondary & postsecondary teacher education.

Career & postsecondary education researcher & software programming: Developed N.E.W.T. (Nursing Education Writing Trainer), L.o.K.I. (Levels of Knowledge Indicator) for analyzing the depth of knowledge of workforce education lesson plans, and Needs assessment research to more effectively determine workforce education requirements and needs.
Literacy research: Unified theory of writing, discovery writing, photographic process of writing, writing process theory, flow state, automated essay scoring, writing proficiency proctor examination bias studies, collocates, computational linguistics, political speech analysis, automated open-ended survey analyzer, classroom writing interventions, electronic scholarly composition trainer, and writing proficiency enhancement software.
Educational technology: Teaching computer programming to enhance secondary student literacy skills, computer programming for enhancing student mathematics skills, electronic academic rigor checker, LiveCode programming language, educational application development, HTML training software, and ethnographic studies into the culture of computer programmers.
Secondary education research: Flipped learning in English, science, & social science classrooms, ancient arithmetic algorithms for modern mathematics interventions.
Research methodologies: Quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods, computerized content analysis, needs assessment surveys, ethnography, educational progressivism, epistemology, and meta-analysis.

Education

B.S. University of the State of New York, Albany 1993
M.Ed. University of Nevada, Las Vegas 2004
Ph.D. University of Nevada, Las Vegas 2017

Programs

Lincoln County 4-H Youth Development

4-H programming in Lincoln County includes programs in a variety of curriculum and content areas and delivery methods.

News & Journal Articles, Fact Sheets, Reports...

Blog Posts
*The Good Weed Series: Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), Blog Posts 22-01* The Master Gardener Volunteers of Southern Nevada provides horticultural information on gardens, landscapes, plants and other related topics. This blog post is one of many resources of information available to the public to help accomplish this mission. Deever, D. 2022, Extension, University of Nevada, Reno
*"The Good Weed Series: Purslane (Portulaca oleraceav), Desert Gardening in Southern Nevada, Blog Posts 21-01* The Master Gardener Volunteers of Southern Nevada provides horticultural information on gardens, landscapes, plants and other related topics. This blog post is one of many resources of information available to the public to help accomplish this mission. Deever, D. 2021, Extension, University of Nevada, Reno
Fact Sheets
*Community Assets for Lincoln County, Nevada* The project focuses on providing Nevada’s counties, state and federal agencies, and their partners with quantitative and qualitative baseline data and analyses to better understand the counties’ demographic, social, economic, fiscal, and environmental characteristics, trends, and impacts. Marlene Rebori, Joe Lednicky, Buddy Borden, Donald Deever 2021, Extension, University of Nevada, Reno
*Demographic Characteristics for Lincoln County, Nevada* The project focuses on providing Nevada’s counties, state and federal agencies, and their partners with quantitative and qualitative baseline data and analyses to better understand the counties’ demographic, social, economic, fiscal, and environmental characteristics, trends, and impacts. B. Borden, J. Lednicky, Donald Deever 2020, Extension, University of Nevada, Reno
*Economic Characteristics for Lincoln County, Nevada* The project focuses on providing Nevada’s counties, state and federal agencies, and their partners with quantitative and qualitative baseline data and analyses to better understand the counties’ demographic, social, economic, fiscal, and environmental characteristics, trends, and impacts. B. Borden, J. Lednicky, Donald Deever 2020, Extension, University of Nevada, Reno
*Industry Top Performers for Lincoln County, Nevada* The project focuses on providing Nevada’s counties, state and federal agencies, and their partners with quantitative and qualitative baseline data and analyses to better understand the counties’ demographic, social, economic, fiscal, and environmental characteristics, trends, and impacts. B. Borden, J. Lednicky, Donald Deever 2020, Extension, University of Nevada, Reno
*Land Use and Fiscal Characteristics for Lincoln County, Nevada* The project focuses on providing Nevada’s counties, state and federal agencies, and their partners with quantitative and qualitative baseline data and analyses to better understand the counties’ demographic, social, economic, fiscal, and environmental characteristics, trends, and impacts. B. Borden, J. Lednicky, Donald Deever 2020, Extension, University of Nevada, Reno
*Social Characteristics for Lincoln County, Nevada* The project focuses on providing Nevada’s counties, state and federal agencies, and their partners with quantitative and qualitative baseline data and analyses to better understand the counties’ demographic, social, economic, fiscal, and environmental characteristics, trends, and impacts. B. Borden, J. Lednicky, Donald Deever 2020, Extension, University of Nevada, Reno
Journals
*Description writing formula.* Deever, D. A. 2015, ResearchGate, Berlin: Germany. DOI:10.13140/RG.2.1.4583.5606
*Raters of the lost art: Human factors affecting inter-rater reliability of writing proficiency examinations.* Deever, D. A. 2015, ResearchGate, Berlin: Germany. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.3591.7525.
*Seven EFL writing advantages of non-native writers over native English speakers.* Deever, D. A. 2015, ResearchGate, Berlin: Germany
Special Publications
*Nevada Economic Assessment Project Socioeconomic Baseline Report for Lincoln County, Nevada* This report will be used by local, state, and federal agencies as a tool for future planning, aiming to assist the communities of Nevada. It will help readers understand their community’s social, demographic, economic, and environmental trends. B. Borden, J. Lednicky, M. Rebori, D. Deever 2020, Extension, University of Nevada, Reno