Robert Ashlockbegan his career in 1957 as a fourth and fifth grade teacher with a bachelorrsquo;s degree in elementary education. He later received a masterrsquo;s degree in elementary school administration from Butler University and a doctorate in elementary education from Indiana University. He became a graduate assistant and teaching associate at Indiana University in 1964 and went on to teach at several institutions including the University of Maryland, Reformed Theological Seminary, Belhaven College, and finally, Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia.nbsp; Ashlock came to Covenant in 1988 to fill the need for a specialist in elementary education who could also teach on the… graduate level.nbsp; He directed the Master of Education Program, taught both undergraduate and graduate education courses, and coordinated the process necessary for the teacher education program to be approved by the Georgia Professional Standards Commission. nbsp; He is one of only two professors ever to receive the title Professor Emeritus at Covenant.nbsp; He is known throughout the education community for his book,Error Patterns in Computation: Using Error Patterns to Improve Instruction, which is currently in its tenth edition. Although retired, Ashlock continues to teach a few classes.