Browsing by Department "Educational Psychology"
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A Comparison and Critical Evaluation of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills and the Common Core State Standards for Primary Grades
(2014-10-01)The study investigates the differences and similarities between the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). Further, its goal is to evaluate each standard within both TEKS ... -
A Comparison of Value-Added Accountability Systems with Accountability Systems that Use the Success of Economically Disadvantaged Students as a Key Accountability Indicator
(2014-12-12)An effective and acceptable accountability system for education continues to puzzle educators and researchers. The focus of the present study was on two high profile accountability system models: status-based models and ... -
A Longitudinal Examination of the Effects of Performance Goal Practices on Female Students' Self Efficacy and Valuing of Mathematics
(2015-06-10)Female students are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and mathematics majors and careers despite indicators of comparable performance. The purpose of the present study is to examine the implications of ... -
A Meta-Analysis of School-Based, Behavioral Consultations for Externalizing Behaviors
(2019-05-17)Many teachers feel unprepared to handle the behavior problems that arise during the school day. School-based, behavioral consultation is one method of approaching this issue. While consultation has been demonstrated to be ... -
A Meta-analysis of the Relationship Between Sexual Victimization and Risk Perception: A Review from 1990 to 2013.
(2013-12-10)Sexual victimization is a growing problem among women. Sexual victimization can be described as an event where an individual undergoes an unwanted sexual experience. There are many factors that could increase a woman’s ... -
A Model of Stress and Coping For Mexican American Adolescents: The Role Of Culturally Related Stressors, Coping, Sex And Ethnic Identity Affirmation on Adaptational Outcomes
(2018-05-18)Many Mexican American adolescents experience a unique set of cultural stressors, which can negatively impact adaptational outcomes. Research on stress and coping suggests that the link between a stressor and adaptational ... -
A Narrative Examination of the Experience of Early Entrance to College
(2013-07-05)This study addresses the question “what is it like to be a gifted early college entrant?” Participants were eight college graduates between the ages of 23 and 45 who matriculated to college as full-time, degree-seeking ... -
A New Multilevel Cart Algorithm and Its Application in Propensity Score Analysis
(2018-04-30)The logistic regression model is the most commonly used analysis method for modeling binary data. Unbiased estimation using logistic regressions heavily depends on strong model assumptions which are often violated in ... -
A Self-advocacy Program for Students with Disabilities: Adult Outcomes and Advocacy Involvement One to Six Years after Involvement
(2013-03-08)The Texas Statewide Youth Leadership Forum (TXYLF) provides self-advocacy training to high school youths with disabilities. TXYLF is an enhanced version of the Youth Leadership Forum (YLF) that is comprised of an initial ... -
A Two-Study Examination Of Student Engagement And Its Relation To Adolescent Reading Comprehension
(2015-05-01)The purpose of this research—which was divided into two parts—was to evaluate the extent to which adolescent reading comprehension research has addressed student engagement and examine the relationship between engagement, ... -
A Two-study Investigation of the Home Literacy Environment: Examination of Latino Children’s Literacy Growth and a Critical Review of Assessment Practices in the Home Literacy Environment
(2016-12-09)This two-study examination was designed to explore aspects of the home literacy environment (HLE) in relation to young English Language Learners’ (ELLs) Spanish literacy development and to critically examine the approaches ... -
A Two-Study Investigation of the Role of Morphemic Awareness in Literacy Development Among Nyanja Speaking Children In Zambia
(2016-08-08)Students in Sub-Sahara Africa face a deluge of academic challenges that hinder literacy development. Post-colonization remnants in Zambia are evident in its educational system that, until recent changes in educational ... -
Academic Engagement, Cognitive Strategies, and Learning Outcomes: A Structural Equation Model
(2017-07-21)The quality of university education has never been more important. Academics and university administrators have paid significant attention to create the conditions that assure the quality of higher education. Measuring ... -
Academic Expectations Stress in Asian American Undergraduate Students - A Revalidation Study
(2015-12-14)Asian American college students experience academic stress and expectations from selves and from their parents to achieve academic success. The internalized and externalized expectations are experienced by Asian American ... -
Academic Language Proficiency Development and Its Impact on Reading Comprehension: Within and Across Languages
(2012-07-16)A path model of second language (L2; English) oral language and reading comprehension variables was tested on a sample of 100 Spanish-speaking English-language learners enrolled in a transitional bilingual program over a ... -
Acculturation and ethnic identity as they relate to the psychological well-being of adult and elderly Mexican Americans
(2009-05-15)In attempting to help the Mexican American adult and elderly population, the relationship between psychological well-being and cultural factors was investigated in this dissertation study. Primarily, the dynamics of ... -
Acculturation and Its Effects on Help-Seeking Attitudes among Asian Indians
(2012-02-14)There is a lack of research in the mental health field and on help-seeking regarding the Asian Indian population. Asian Indians are the third largest Asian subgroup in the United States; thus, it is important to understand ... -
The Acculturation of Chinese-American Adolescents in Negotiating Autonomy and Connectedness: Comparison between Chinese- and European-Americans
(2012-02-14)Chinese-American adolescents were compared with the major group in the United States (European-American adolescents) in negotiating self-concepts related with autonomy and connectedness. Senses of autonomy and connectedness ... -
Adaptive Expertise and Contextualized Activities in Computer Aided Design
(2015-05-04)In today’s highly competitive market with economic, environmental, and social challenges, it is imperative that engineers are educated to adapt to the new challenges. Engineering education could play a critical role to ...