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Full-Text Articles in Psychology
An Evaluative Argument-Based Investigation Of Validity Evidence For The Utah Pre-Algebra Criterion-Referenced Test, Louise Richards Moulding
An Evaluative Argument-Based Investigation Of Validity Evidence For The Utah Pre-Algebra Criterion-Referenced Test, Louise Richards Moulding
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
This study collected evidence to address the assumptions underlying the use of the Utah Core Assessment to Pre-Algebra (UCAP) to (a) measure student achievement in pre-algebra, and (b) assist teachers in making adjustments to instruction. An evaluative argument was defined to guide the collection of evidence. Each of the assumptions in the evaluative argument was addressed using data from a suburban northern Utah school district. To collect the evidence, test content was examined including item match to course objectives, reliability, and subtest intercorrelations. Analyses of correlations of the UCAP with convergent and discriminant measures were completed using student test data …
The Relationship Between Attention And Memory And School Readiness In West Virginia Preschoolers, Brenda Carol Parker
The Relationship Between Attention And Memory And School Readiness In West Virginia Preschoolers, Brenda Carol Parker
Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
The current study investigated the relationship between memory and attention and academic readiness in children between the ages of 2 ½ and 5. Forty-two preschool children were involved in the study and were selected from childcare centers participating in the Educare project in West Virginia. All subjects were tested with the Bracken and the Carolina Curriculum. The Bracken measured the academic readiness and the Carolina Curriculum measured memory and attention levels of the children. The results indicated a positive correlation between memory and attention and academic readiness. The findings supported the position that there is a positive correlation between mastery …
The Relationship Between Receptive Language Skills And School Readiness, Patricia Slack Hines
The Relationship Between Receptive Language Skills And School Readiness, Patricia Slack Hines
Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
The purpose of the current study was to explore the relationship between language and academic readiness. The current study included 56 preschool children. Specifically, 9 two year olds participated, 18 three year olds participated, 21 four year olds, and 8 five year olds participated. Twenty- three were female and twenty-three were male. Each child was administered the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT III), followed by both the School Readiness Composite (SRC) of the Bracken Basic Concept Scale – Revised or BBCS-R. A Pearson correlation coefficient was calculated for the relationship between the standard scores of the PPVT III, and the …
Program Evaluation Of A School-Violence Project In Wv Schools, Charley Bowen
Program Evaluation Of A School-Violence Project In Wv Schools, Charley Bowen
Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
Youth violence has been a major concern in every community in the United States. A group of educators, social service providers, law enforcement officials, mental health providers, and various interest groups in a small rural West Virginia County developed a plan to address the growing problem of violence among Lincoln County youth. In the fall of 1999, Lincoln County was awarded a three-year Federal Grant. The goal of the Lincoln Early Aggression Prevention Program was to develop and implement a program to increase the health and safety of Lincoln County Students. The county has also received a state grant (Drug …
An Integrated Approach To Acculturation: A Personal Journey, Douglas C. Stone
An Integrated Approach To Acculturation: A Personal Journey, Douglas C. Stone
MA TESOL Collection
The intention of this professional paper is to propose a new, integrated model for acculturation which brings psychological understanding to this process. The first section of this paper gives a brief introduction and several necessary definitions. The second section introduces several existing acculturation models which I found applied to aspects of my experience, but which were inadequate in important areas. In the third diction I outlined a number of psychological models which I used to cope with acculturation and understand my experience before having contact with the acculturation material from the second section. In the fourth section I give an …
Beyond Ability: Effects Of Caffeine And Impulsivity On Academic And Creative Performance, Sara E. Chambers
Beyond Ability: Effects Of Caffeine And Impulsivity On Academic And Creative Performance, Sara E. Chambers
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
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An Analysis Of Protective Factors And The Development Of Resiliency In Ninth And Twelfth Grade Male And Female Students Of A Heterogenous Suburban High School, Frances E. Clemente
An Analysis Of Protective Factors And The Development Of Resiliency In Ninth And Twelfth Grade Male And Female Students Of A Heterogenous Suburban High School, Frances E. Clemente
Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)
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