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Spring 2021
This dissertation consists of two related studies that examine children’s sleep in the first three years of life. The literature pointed to a need for more objective data concerning sleep in young children (Gokdemir & Ersu, 2016). However, it was not feasible to conduct lab polysomnography (PSG)...
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Canadian school psychologists' understanding of bullying intervention based on their experiences in Alberta, Canada
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School bullying (referred to in this thesis as bullying) was a phenomenon with serious implications regarding short-term and long-term effects on the individuals involved (Craig & Pepler, 1999). While interventions of bullying early in an individual’s life might help alleviate the effects of...
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Fall 2021
Feedback is essential for knowledge acquisition, but there is a paucity of automated feedback generation frameworks in intelligent tutoring systems (ITSs) that facilitate and scaffold students’ learning across domains. This study introduces a novel framework for generating templated-based...
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The Lived Experience of Hope in the Successful Early Career Transitions of Semi-Elite Amateur Ballet Dancers
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The early career transitions of semi-elite amateur ballet dancers have been found to elicit feelings of hopelessness (Sandham, 2012). Despite research highlighting the importance of hope in major change processes (Harris & Larsen, 2008; Jevne, 2005; Larsen et al., 2013; Larsen et al., 2014), the...
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Active and Independent Learning in Blended Learning. An Analysis of Student Characteristics, Trace Data, and Academic Performance
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In Higher Education, instructors provide students with opportunities to develop essential knowledge, competencies and skills. To offer students the highest quality learning experiences, effective instructors analyze their practice, intentionally seek to identify and check their teaching...
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Automated Item Generation by Combining the Non-template and Template-based Approaches to Generate Reading Inference Test Items
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Automatic item generation (AIG) is an area of research, where cognitive and psychometric modeling practices are used to create test items with the aid of computer technology. AIG can produce a large number of test items to support the surging demand for test administration. Two general methods...
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Validation and Pattern Discovery in the Canadian Community Health Survey - Mental Health (CCHS-MH) Support Utilization
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Mental illness is one of the most pressing medical challenges facing society. Although identifying gaps in mental-health support utilization is important for public health, this topic has not been widely explored in the literature. The latest Canadian Community Health Survey - Mental Health...
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A Focused Ethnography Exploring the Experiences of Immigrant Parents' Collaboration with School Personnel to Support Their Child’s Reading Difficulty
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A strong partnership with immigrant parents can help educators better support students who experience reading difficulties related to complications arising from differing cultural, social, linguistic, and orthographic systems of their native language. Unfortunately, parental involvement is...
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Early moral conscience development: The contributions of fathers’ authoritative parenting style and father–child mutually responsive orientations including the moderating effects of child temperament
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The current study examined the extent that fathers’ authoritative parenting style (APS) and father–child mutually responsive orientation (MRO) explained children’s moral conscience. Two dimensions of child temperament, fearfulness and effortful control, were investigated for moderating effects of...
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Fall 2021
This dissertation consists of three separate papers that contribute to the field of social skills intervention design and implementation with a specific focus on how to support adolescents with identified social skills difficulties. The first paper is a review paper of important topics related to...