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Fall 2019
This paper introduces and tests a new approach I have designed for computerized formative assessment in education. The assessment, called GRAPH-CAT, is developed in the programming language of Python and a simulation is performed to measure its effectiveness. GRAPH-CAT is a cognitively diagnostic...
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The Process of Reporting Suspicions of Child Maltreatment for Teachers: A Grounded Theory Study
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Child maltreatment is widely considered a major public health and societal concern affecting numerous children worldwide (Burczycka & Conroy, 2018; Cyr, Michel, & Dumais, 2013; UNICEF, 2006). Due to their proximity to children, teachers have a legal responsibility to report their suspicions of...
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Spring 2019
Self-critical individuals are at a greater risk of developing psychopathology than those who are self-compassionate and have the ability to self-reassure. Indeed, excessive self-criticism as a personality trait has been shown to be a stable and relatively intractable vulnerability factor to...
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Spring 2019
Motivation is essential to achieve success in therapy, and as such, a lack of motivation is a significant problem for clients as they work to meet their goals. In this dissertation, I describe two studies that sought to understand better the factors that affect client motivation in order to...
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Spring 2019
This dissertation includes three papers that investigate the distinction between serial and discrete processing in rapid naming and word reading tasks, across three elementary grades (1, 3, and 5) and two languages (English and Greek). Rapid naming and word reading tasks were utilized in two...
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Spring 2019
Bulimia nervosa is a complex disorder characterized by binge-eating, purging, secrecy, and an abundance of painful emotions among the most prevalent of which is shame. Our most popular approaches to treatment have shown only moderate success, thus necessitating the search for alternative...
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Development and Validation of an Evaluation Capacity Instrument for the Early Childhood Field
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This study contributes to the conceptualization and measurement of evaluation capacity (EC) by developing and validating an EC instrument and an empirically based conceptual EC framework that is relevant to the context of the early childhood field in Alberta, Canada. As evaluation has become a...
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An Examination of Eye Movements, Reading Skills and the Impact of Seductive Details on Students’ Learning
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This dissertation consists of three separate studies. The purpose of the first study was to examine whether junior high students’ eye movement patterns are sensitive to differences in reading skills and/or general developmental changes as well as whether junior high students’ eye movement...
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Fall 2019
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of sport related concussion (SRC) on quality of life and psychological distress ratings in collegiate athletes. Participants included 230 male and female athletes participating in hockey, football, rugby, soccer, volleyball, and basketball,...
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Fall 2019
Achievement emotions are important in learning, as they influence learners’ cognitive, motivational, and regulatory processes. Pekrun’s (2006) Control Value Theory (CVT) of Achievement Emotions associates positive-activating emotions (e.g., enjoyment) with better learning outcomes and the...