Browsing Theses/Dissertations - Educational Psychology by Title
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Identity correlates of academic achievement : how influential are self, academic and ethnic identity statuses among college students?
(, 2012-11-29)The purpose of the study was to examine the effect of different identity statuses on academic achievement among a sample of students attending a community college. There were three identities of interest: ego, academic ... -
Individual differences and cognitive complexity investigated in community college writing.
(, 2014-09-05)Synthesizing empirical findings about lifelong writing development, I tested a measurement of cognitive complexity (CC) toward understanding how the language of affect may interact with that language associated with acts ... -
Individual differences as predictors of accidents in early adulthood.
(2009-04-01)Within the last decade, researchers within the field of epidemiology have begun to use measures of intelligence to predict health-related outcomes in the emerging sub-field of cognitive epidemiology (CE). Researchers ... -
Long-term effects of a summer enrichment program on low-income gifted students.
(, 2014-09-05)"Overlooked gems" is the term used in gifted education to describe high potential low-income students who are unable to excel because of significant barriers in their homes, environments, and educational systems, thus ... -
Mediating meaning for individuals with Down syndrome : a phenomenological case study.
(, 2012-11-29)The current phenomenological case study, based in part on Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory, set out to examine the lived experiences of individuals sharing and mediating meaningful communication with individuals who have ... -
Mixed-methods study of the impact of a computational thinking course on student attitudes about technology and computation.
(, 2013-09-16)The following dissertation reports on a mixed-methods, convergent parallel design research study of the impact of a computational thinking curriculum on attitudes towards computation and the use of technology. This study ... -
Perceptions of teaching nonliterate adults in oral cultures : a modified Delphi study.
(2015-07-13)A descriptive study using a modified Delphi method was conducted to gather literate instructors' perceptions of teaching nonliterate adults in oral cultures. Using the extant literature, the researcher prepared 66 statements ... -
Preference and efficacy of concurrent schedules of reinforcement in children with autism spectrum disorder.
(2015-07-29)A review of the literature highlighted a lack of research that measured the effects and preference of two or more reinforcement schedules that possess a constant magnitude and varied distribution. The current study ... -
Preparing preservice teacher candidates to differentiate instructional practices.
(, 2014-01-28)This action research study focused on how various grouping strategies influenced preservice teachers’ differentiation of instruction. The participants included a third grade mentor teacher and three preservice teacher ... -
Promoting generalization of communication training by use of the iPad™.
(, 2011-09-14)The current study examined the effects of communication training with an iPad™ used as a speech generating device (SGD) to promote generalization to community settings. The participants were taught to use the iPad™ with ... -
Relationship between self-efficacy beliefs and socio-cultural adjustment of international graduate students and American graduate students.
(2006-04-19)There are many benefits to the presence of international students on American campuses such as increase in diversity and economic contribution (AEC, 2000). However, many international students struggle with adjusting to ... -
Relationships between college knowledge and college-going beliefs of eighth grade students.
(, 2013-09-24)The present study examined the relationships of college knowledge and parent education level with these college-going beliefs: (a) self-efficacy, (b) outcome expectations, (c) likelihood both to go to and graduate from ... -
The role of mentoring in the developmental experiences of Baptist pastors in Texas: a case study.
(2006-05-28)This grounded theory, multiple case study addressed the need for improvement in the training of Baptist pastors for practical ministry. The researcher posed the research question, "What is the role of mentoring in the ... -
The role of social capital and mediating factors in Hispanic student college retention.
(2008-08-12)This dissertation study describes the characteristics of Hispanic students who were and were not retained at the university level. Two-hundred and forty-five undergraduate Hispanic students answered survey and assessment ... -
Speech language pathologists' perceptions of services to children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
(, 2012-08-08)The purpose of the current study was to examine SLPs' perceptions of services to children with SLD from CLD backgrounds focusing on: (a) SLPs' perceived competence in providing services to children with SLD from CLD ... -
Teachers and professional reading: a study of reading experience and administrative support across traditional, Paideia, and PDS schools.
(2006-05-27)The present study explored the perceived level of support teachers experience while pursuing professional reading as part of professional development. In order to do so, a descriptive study was designed to investigate the ... -
Testlet effects on pass/fail decisions under competing rasch models.
(2015-07-08)The item response model chosen to estimate ability can influence proficiency classification, or pass/fail decisions, made about people based on test scores. This poses a potential problem for both the examinee and the ... -
Trends in college student retention : identification of latent student classes with relation to retention statistics.
(2011-01-05)College student retention has been studied in depth at both 4-year and 2-year institutions, but not at technical colleges. Institutions of higher education continue to struggle with early identification and intervention ... -
Understanding the impact of Equine-Assisted Learning on levels of hope in at-risk adolescents.
(, 2012-11-29)In this study, the researcher uses an experimental design to investigate the impact of five-week intervention of group Equine-Assisted Learning (EAL) on levels of hope, self-efficacy, and depression in at-risk adolescents. ... -
Using high-p intervention to reduce difficulties in task transition for children with autism.
(2017-07-31)Difficulties with task transition is a problem that cannot be neglected as it interferes with instruction times. This study extended the use of high probability request sequence (high-p) intervention to reduce challenging ...