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Educational Psychology Scholarly Works: Recent submissions
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Construct-Validity of the Engagement with Challenge Measure for Adolescents: Structural- and Criterion-Validity Evidence
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2012-10-22)For adolescents, engaging with challenge is a key developmental task, hypothesized to support development of adult-like competencies (e.g., agency and self-direction; Larson, 2000). This study aimed to assess the ... -
Validity of the CAGE in Screening for Problem Drinking in College Students
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990-07-01)No abstract is available for this item. -
A Cross-Cultural Study of Vocational Identity: Does a College Education Mean the Same for All Persisters?
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991-11-01)No abstract is available for this item. -
Physical activity and academic achievement across the curriculum (A + PAAC): rationale and design of a 3-year, cluster-randomized trial
(BioMed Central, 2013-04-08)Background: Improving academic achievement and reducing the rates of obesity in elementary school students are both of considerable interest. Increased physical activity during academic instruction time during school ... -
Use of the Classroom Management Link System (CMLS) Across Multiple Classrooms
(American Psychological Association, 2013-08-01)The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the Classroom Management Link System (CMLS) across classrooms using a multiple baseline design. CMLS is a preventive system that uses rule development, self-monitoring, ... -
Self-perceived gender typicality, gender-typed attributes, and gender stereotype endorsement in elementary-school-aged-children
(Springer Verlag, 2012)This study examined relations among self-perceived gender typicality, gender-typed attributes, and gender stereotype endorsement with a sample of elementary-school-aged children (N = 100, ages 6 to 12) from the Midwestern ... -
Preschool Children's Attention to Environmental Messages about Groups: Social Categorization and the Origins of Intergroup Bias
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2006)The present study was designed to examine the effects of adults’ labeling and use of social groups on preschool children’s intergroup attitudes. Children (N = 87, aged 3 to 5) attending daycare were given measures of ... -
Effects of Physical Atypicality on Children's Social Issues and Intergroup Attitudes
(SAGE, 2007)Individuals vary in the degree to which they are representative, or typical, of their social groups. To investigate the effects of atypicality on intergroup attitudes, elementary-school-age children (N = 97) attending a ... -
Rural Schools' Mental Health Needs
(National Association for Rural Mental Health, 2009)Rural schools often can not provide the same access to mental health service as schools in larger population areas can.. Understanding the implications of these sometimes limited services is important in overcoming barriers ... -
Strong words or moderate words: A comparison of the reliability and validity of responses on attitude scales
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2011)A common assumption in attitude measurement is that items should be composed of strongly worded statements. The presumed benefit of strongly worded statements is that they produce more reliable and valid scores than ... -
Capturing Implicit Policy from NCLB Test Type Assignments: Analysis of Characteristics and Performance of Students Taking Alternate Assessments Based on Modified Achievement Standards
(The Council for Exceptional Children, 2011)This study examined the learner characteristics and performance scores of students in the 2009 alternate assessment-modified achievement standard for one Midwestern state. Comparing performance differences by disability ... -
Student Characteristics Associated With Girls' Success in a Single-Sex School
(Springer Verlag, 2011)Given the mixed results of previous studies on the benefits of single-sex schooling, scholars have called for research on differences in the effects of single-sex schooling based on student and school characteristics. We ... -
When personal identities confirm versus conflict with group identities: Evidence from an intergroup paradigm
(Wiley, 2010)This study provides an experimental investigation of the consequences of conflict between children's personal identities and experimentally manipulated group identities. Elementary-school-aged children (N = 82, ages 5-11) ... -
Dissertation while on internship: Obstacles and predictors of progress
(AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC, 2000-06)Dissertation status of intern applicants is an issue for training directors and students alike. Two major concerns are that students may fail to finish the dissertation after the internship and that they may be distracted ... -
How the decision-making literature might inform career center practice
(KLUWER ACADEMIC-HUMAN SCIENCES PRESS, 2001-03)Krieshok (1998) reviewed the empirical literature and concluded with ten things the field knows for sure about career decision-making, as well as ten things we assume we know but which the literature suggests need ...