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Media Detectives: Bridging The Relationship Among Empathy, Laugh Tracks, And Gender In Childhood, Sruti Kanthan, James A. Graham, Lynne Azarchi Dec 2016

Media Detectives: Bridging The Relationship Among Empathy, Laugh Tracks, And Gender In Childhood, Sruti Kanthan, James A. Graham, Lynne Azarchi

Journal of Media Literacy Education

Empathy in college-age students is decreasing at unprecedented rates. Understanding empathy in children can act as primary prevention in tackling the problem. This study considers laugh tracks’ capacity to bias reality, foster empathy, and investigate differences across time and gender in 181 fifth grade students. The results from this quasi-experimental study suggests that students’ perceptions of the relationship between empathy and canned laughter changed significantly from pretest to posttest survey questions. Statistically significant differences were present for gender, as well. Theoretical and practical implications of using laugh tracks to increase empathy in middle and late childhood are discussed.


Pengembangan Model Bermain Sepakbola Untuk Meningkatkan Aspek Psikologis Anak Usia 12 -13 Tahun Di Yogyakarta, Muna Aprilianto, Tomoliyus Tomoliyus Dec 2016

Pengembangan Model Bermain Sepakbola Untuk Meningkatkan Aspek Psikologis Anak Usia 12 -13 Tahun Di Yogyakarta, Muna Aprilianto, Tomoliyus Tomoliyus

Jurnal Keolahragaan

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menghasilkan buku pedoman bermain sepakbola untuk meningkatkan aspek psikologis (semangat, gembira, dan disiplin) anak usia 12-13 tahun di Yogyakarta. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian dan pengembangan yang terdiri atas dua tahapan yaitu tahap penelitian pendahuluan terdiri dari kajian literatur, kajian penelitian relevan, studi lapangan dan tahap pengembangan terdiri perencanaan, validasi ahli, uji skala kecil, dan uji skala besar. Peneliti ini mengambil sampel dari sekolah sepakbola di Yogyakarta. Teknik sampling yang digunakan adalah purposive sampling. Pada uji coba skala kecil dilakukan di SSB Real Madrid melibatkan 10 siswa dan satu orang pelatih. Pada uji coba skala besar …


Experiences Of Trust In Longer-Lasting Formal Youth Mentoring Relationships, Michelle Levine Dec 2016

Experiences Of Trust In Longer-Lasting Formal Youth Mentoring Relationships, Michelle Levine

Graduate Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this longitudinal qualitative study was to investigate youth experiences of trust and mentor experiences supporting youth trust in longer-term formal youth mentoring relationships. Trust was defined as youth relying on and confiding in their mentors based on experiences of mentor reliability, honesty, and emotional sensitivity and protection from emotional harm. Thematic analysis was conducted on interview data from a longitudinal dataset, involving analysis of narratives from interviews (n=147) with youth, mentors, and parents for mentoring matches that lasted at least two years. Overall, participants in this study identified multiple ways trust was experienced by youth and supported …


Pengembangan Paket Pelatihan “Ground, Understand, Revise, Use (Guru)-Karier” Untuk Meningkatkan Efikasi Diri Karier Calon Konselor, Nora Yuniar Setyaputri, Blasius Boli Lasan, Devi Permatasari Dec 2016

Pengembangan Paket Pelatihan “Ground, Understand, Revise, Use (Guru)-Karier” Untuk Meningkatkan Efikasi Diri Karier Calon Konselor, Nora Yuniar Setyaputri, Blasius Boli Lasan, Devi Permatasari

Jurnal Kajian Bimbingan dan Konseling

Guidance and Counseling is a system, which includes: problems, objectives, techniques, media and evaluation. A technique in implementing BK services cannot stand alone, therefore it needs to be accommodated by a medium. The function of guidance and counseling media is to expedite the process of implementing the guidance and counseling services. The technique chosen is the GURU Process (Ground, Understand, Revise, Use) while the media chosen is the "GURU-Career" training package. The aim of this research is to produce guidance and counseling media in the form of a "GURU-Career" Training Package that can be accepted theoretically and practically. This research …


Pengembangan Media Layanan Informasi Menghadapi Perubahan Masa Pubertas Bagi Siswa Sekolah Dasar, Fitri Firdayati, Ella Faridati Zen, Elia Flurentin Dec 2016

Pengembangan Media Layanan Informasi Menghadapi Perubahan Masa Pubertas Bagi Siswa Sekolah Dasar, Fitri Firdayati, Ella Faridati Zen, Elia Flurentin

Jurnal Kajian Bimbingan dan Konseling

This research aims to produce a product in the form of information service media "dealing with changes in puberty" for elementary school students. The research method used is research and development adapted from the Borg and Gall development model with the following procedures: (1) planning; (2) product development; (3) product testing; (4) final product revision. Product trial data is analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. Based on the results of the product trial assessment, it can be concluded that the product is very appropriate, very useful, very easy and very interesting theoretically and practically, so it can be used as a medium …


Keefektifan “Proses Guru” Sebagai Teknik Bimbingan Kelompok Untuk Meningkatkan Kemampuan Pengambilan Keputusan Karier Siswa Smk, Guruh Sukma Hanggara Dec 2016

Keefektifan “Proses Guru” Sebagai Teknik Bimbingan Kelompok Untuk Meningkatkan Kemampuan Pengambilan Keputusan Karier Siswa Smk, Guruh Sukma Hanggara

Jurnal Kajian Bimbingan dan Konseling

Career decision-making abilities are an important part of a student's career development continuum. This research aims to determine the effectiveness of the GURU (Ground, Understand, Revise, Use) process as a group guidance technique to improve vocational school students' career decision-making abilities. The Pretest-Posttest Control Group Design experimental method was used in this research and the subjects were 12 students of SMKN 1 Trenggalek. Data analysis using the Two Independent Sample Test Mann Whitney U, obtained the Asymp value. Sig. (2-tailed) of 0.03 < real level ( /2 = 0.05) and it was concluded that the "GURU Process" as a group guidance technique was effective in improving the career decision making abilities of vocational school students. From these results, the researcher suggests that Counselors/BK Teachers can collaborate the TEACHER process with various other approaches, using it to develop various student potentials by paying attention to their development stages, psychological aspects and intervention content. Future researchers are advised to examine the GURU process with other research designs such as Single-Subject Designs or action research and pay attention to the use and feasibility of the instrument and its validity, as well as applying it to develop various other psychological aspects such as motivation, self-esteem, self-efficacy, critical thinking skills, the ability to think respectfully and so on.


Hubungan Antara Tayangan Erotika Di Pornomedia Terhadap Perilaku Seksual Siswa, Zunita Nur Cahyani, Carolina Ligya Radjah, Blasius Boli Lasan Dec 2016

Hubungan Antara Tayangan Erotika Di Pornomedia Terhadap Perilaku Seksual Siswa, Zunita Nur Cahyani, Carolina Ligya Radjah, Blasius Boli Lasan

Jurnal Kajian Bimbingan dan Konseling

The mass media which contain of erotic impression can stimulate teenagers who want to know everything about sexual and want to imitate what they hear and look from mass media as a part of learning process.The purpose of this research is to determine the relationship between the erotical exposure on pornmedia to the sexual behaviour of students. The research design is descriptive correlational on subjects totalling 87 people. The instruments used is the scale of the erotical exposure and sexual behaviour scale which contain 46 items on each scale. Trials carried out to 40 people with the validity 0,312 and …


Perbedaan Tingkat Komitmen Tugas Siswa Kelas Akselerasi Dan Siswa Kelas Reguler Di Sma Negeri Se-Kota Kediri, Rosalia Dewi Nawantara, Laelatul Arofah Dec 2016

Perbedaan Tingkat Komitmen Tugas Siswa Kelas Akselerasi Dan Siswa Kelas Reguler Di Sma Negeri Se-Kota Kediri, Rosalia Dewi Nawantara, Laelatul Arofah

Jurnal Kajian Bimbingan dan Konseling

Education plays an important role in shaping the character of students. One of the characters to be instilled by teachers is task commitment. However, what happens in the field, students have lack of responsibility in completing tasks. Task commitment identical with gifted academic children which is acceleration class students. Despite that commitment to duty is basically owned by everyone including regular students. The purpose of this study was to determine level of commitment differences of acceleration class students and regular class students. The method used is descriptive survey research. Data analysis technique used is Mann Whitney test. From the calculation …


Keefektifan Teknik Self Instruction Dalam Konseling Cognitive Behavior Counseling Untuk Meningkatkan Efikasi Diri Sosial Siswa Smkn 2 Malang, Fitri Aryadini Dewi, Adi Atmoko, Triyono Triyono Dec 2016

Keefektifan Teknik Self Instruction Dalam Konseling Cognitive Behavior Counseling Untuk Meningkatkan Efikasi Diri Sosial Siswa Smkn 2 Malang, Fitri Aryadini Dewi, Adi Atmoko, Triyono Triyono

Jurnal Kajian Bimbingan dan Konseling

This study aims to determine the effectiveness of self instruction technique in cognitive behavior counseling to improve the self efficacy in social relation of vocational students. This experimental study using Single Case Experimental Design (SCED) model of the A-B-A’. The subject of research are three students of SMKN 2 Malang which show a low level of self efficacy social based on the scale of self efficacy social. The research instrument used as scale self efficacy social with the validity > 0.3 and reliability 0, 883, observation guidelines, and counseling guidelines. The results showed that subjects experienced an increase in social self-efficacy …


Model Cognitive Stage Experiential (Cse) Dan Kesadaran Dini Kebhinekatunggalikaan Siswa Sd Kelas Rendah, Im Hambali Dec 2016

Model Cognitive Stage Experiential (Cse) Dan Kesadaran Dini Kebhinekatunggalikaan Siswa Sd Kelas Rendah, Im Hambali

Jurnal Kajian Bimbingan dan Konseling

This research aims to determine: (1) the proportion of the level of awareness of diversity in the very low category; (2) the proportion of the level of awareness of diversity in the low category; (3) the proportion of the level of awareness of diversity in the medium category; (4) the proportion of the level of awareness of diversity in the high category; (5) the proportion of the level of awareness of diversity in the very high category. The research results show that: (1) the proportion of the level of awareness of diversity in the very low category is 42.5%, 43% …


Beyond The Story-Book Ending: Literature For Young Children About Parental Estrangement And Loss, Megan Mason Matt Dec 2016

Beyond The Story-Book Ending: Literature For Young Children About Parental Estrangement And Loss, Megan Mason Matt

Occasional Paper Series

Analyzes over thirty books for young children on the topics of abandonment, estrangement, divorce and foster care.


Shifting Gears In The Classroom—Movement Towardpersonalized Learning And Competency-Based Education, Danielle J. Camacho, Jill M. Legare Dec 2016

Shifting Gears In The Classroom—Movement Towardpersonalized Learning And Competency-Based Education, Danielle J. Camacho, Jill M. Legare

Publications

The 21st century workforce must be able to address dynamic situations, think critically, and solve problems by accessing and analyzing information (Wagner, 2011). In response to employer requirements for skilled students, administrators at 4-year colleges have designed nontraditional approaches to learning which included CBE and PL-based learning (Williams, Moser, Youngblood, & Singer, 2015). Colleges and universities continue to make adjustments in the curriculum to satisfy employer expectations. New graduates are expected to demonstrate mastery of general education competencies such as reading, writing, and critical thinking as well as industry-specific competencies and skills (Williams, Matt, & O’Reilly, 2014). CBE programs allow …


Employment Of “Facebook” Social Networking In The E- Teaching In Accordance With The Standards Of The Qm And Its Impact On The Development Of Creative Thinking Skills A Sample Of Female Students At King Khalid University, Nilly Hussien Elmarousy Dec 2016

Employment Of “Facebook” Social Networking In The E- Teaching In Accordance With The Standards Of The Qm And Its Impact On The Development Of Creative Thinking Skills A Sample Of Female Students At King Khalid University, Nilly Hussien Elmarousy

International Journal for Research in Education

The study aimed at detecting the knowledge and beliefs of Female students of King Khalid University course Teaching " e- evaluation " on social networks through your Facebook site to this course , as the aim of measuring the impact of the employment of " Facebook " social networking in the e – teaching with the course of " e- evaluation " on the development of creative thinking skills the students of King Khalid University, as well as the effectiveness of the course " e- evaluation," assessment of the Facebook site from the perspective of the Female students of King …


Cyberbullying In Rural Communities: Origin And Processing Through The Lens Of Older Adolescents, Lisa Reason, Michael Boyd, Casey Reason Dec 2016

Cyberbullying In Rural Communities: Origin And Processing Through The Lens Of Older Adolescents, Lisa Reason, Michael Boyd, Casey Reason

The Qualitative Report

The experiences of older adolescent cyberbullying victims from a rural community were explored in this qualitative study. Findings revealed that cyberbullying originates primarily as the result of jealousy over romantic relationships and cultural, religious, or sexual orientation intolerance. Participants also indicated that cyberbullies tend to be more brazen and cruel as the result of perceived anonymity. In addition, participants reported feelings of helplessness and rage in response to the attacks. Finally, participants suggested that the lack of knowledge and understanding of cyberspace resulted in a lack of emotional support and protection against cyberbullying.


Students' Lived Experiences Of The Realization Of Academic Wrongness (Raw), Dana Carol Kemery Dec 2016

Students' Lived Experiences Of The Realization Of Academic Wrongness (Raw), Dana Carol Kemery

Theses and Dissertations

Being wrong is a common phenomenon for students in academic environments; however this phenomenon has yet to be described from the student perspective. The purpose of this phenomenologic inquiry is to describe the realization of academic wrongness (RAW) as experienced by senior level nursing students during a high stakes testing period. Observations, class documents, communications, and semi-structured interviews were collected to gain a full description for the realization of academic wrongness within context and as this phenomenon unfolded for the students. The data were analyzed using Moustakas (1994) 7 step phenomenological process. Fourteen invariant constituents emerged during data analysis which …


Innovative Techniques For Inspiring Efl Students' Enthusiasm And Participating In English Classroom Activities, Yinghung Natalie Chiang Dec 2016

Innovative Techniques For Inspiring Efl Students' Enthusiasm And Participating In English Classroom Activities, Yinghung Natalie Chiang

Master's Projects and Capstones

Since 1990, the government of Taiwan has sought to position the country as an international economic and trading center. As a result, English became a compulsory subject for Taiwanese students in 2005 (Lu, 2011). The Taiwan Ministry of Education (MOE) is promoting communicative language teaching (CLT) and encouraging learners to develop and increased desire to improve their language skills. However, many Taiwanese English as Foreign Language (EFL) teachers still focus on memorization and the grammar translation method (Chung & Huang, 2009). The author discovered two major issues related to English language teaching in Taiwan. The first issue was many Taiwanese …


The Psychology Of Single-Sex Classrooms, Jenna E. Bagcal Dec 2016

The Psychology Of Single-Sex Classrooms, Jenna E. Bagcal

Capstones

Single-sex classrooms have been a hallmark of Catholic and private schools, but they are gaining popularity in American public schools. Proponents of single-sex classrooms believe that boys' and girls' brains are different and they therefore need specialized teaching methods and classroom conditions. For example, boys are competitive and are better at STEM subjects, while girls are cooperative and thrive in English and the arts. Detractors of single-sex classrooms in public schools like the ACLU say that these classrooms are based on pseudoscience and reinforce gender stereotypes. Follow the story of Jenna Bagcal through an all girls Catholic school and her …


The Living Classroom: A Professional Learning Session, Albert P. Buckley Jr. Dec 2016

The Living Classroom: A Professional Learning Session, Albert P. Buckley Jr.

Instructional Design Capstones Collection

The American public school classroom has begun moving from the traditional furniture of education (hard plastic chairs attached to desks) to flexible mobile furniture as part of a holistic approach to creating a learning environment that enhances learning for its students. This project describes the process derived in the development and delivery of an asynchronous professional learning session aimed at helping teachers acclimate and engage new or adapted physical and psychological attributes to the learning environments in their care. The program is backed with research demonstrating why the progressive classroom improves the learning experience for both students and teachers. The …


A Study Of The Self-Determination Of High School Students In A Blended Learning Environment And Meeting The Goals For 21st Century Student Outcomes, Vincent Keith Wilks Dec 2016

A Study Of The Self-Determination Of High School Students In A Blended Learning Environment And Meeting The Goals For 21st Century Student Outcomes, Vincent Keith Wilks

Education Dissertations and Projects

The 21st century has ushered Generation Z into every educational setting. Their expectations for how, where, and how fast they learn are as diverse their world views. With the use of electronic, mobile learning devices increasing each year, there is a noted deficiency in research to provide insight into how this computer-based learning is impacting students in high schools.

In this investigation, a self-paced, internet-based instructional program is utilized by students in a brick-and-mortar location with a certified teacher as well as anywhere the student has an internet connection and a computer device.

An internet based, five-part Likert scale survey …


Beliefs On Behavior: The Influence Of Constructed Beliefs Of Discipline On School-Wide Positive Behavior Interventions And Supports (Pbis) Fidelity Of Implementation, Elizabeth Baynes Johnson Dec 2016

Beliefs On Behavior: The Influence Of Constructed Beliefs Of Discipline On School-Wide Positive Behavior Interventions And Supports (Pbis) Fidelity Of Implementation, Elizabeth Baynes Johnson

Education Dissertations and Projects

This dissertation explores the association between teacher perceptions of behavior and teacher implementation of PBIS. Adding to previous research on various links between teacher demographics and behavior approaches, this research aims to provide an analysis of any such association to enlighten teacher knowledge and inform potential behavior change.

The quasi-experimental quantitative approach utilized in this study identifies any statistically significant correlations between approach to behavior and implementation fidelity. Quantitative data compiled via surveys and data collection analyzed by behavior approach are explained as well as analyzed in terms of predictability based on the independent variable of teacher behavior approach as …


Implications Of Diverse Peer Interactions On Body Image Satisfaction And Cosmetic Surgery Acceptance Among College Students, Shamekia Labrittney Woods Dec 2016

Implications Of Diverse Peer Interactions On Body Image Satisfaction And Cosmetic Surgery Acceptance Among College Students, Shamekia Labrittney Woods

Dissertations

Whereas body image satisfaction and cosmetic surgery acceptance has been widely studied over the last 30 years, these topics as they pertain to college students have not been examined extensively—most notably, the implications that diverse peer interactions have on students’ body image satisfaction and their acceptance of cosmetic surgery as a means of improving body image. Diverse peer interactions refer to interactions among peers of different racial and/or cultural backgrounds. For many college students, college provides the first opportunity whereby students may interact and engage to a great extent with students from racial and cultural backgrounds different from their own. …


Using Erp Reflective Language And Relationship Based Practice Principles To Address Post-Election Anxiety In Young Children, Lesley Koplow Dec 2016

Using Erp Reflective Language And Relationship Based Practice Principles To Address Post-Election Anxiety In Young Children, Lesley Koplow

All Faculty and Staff Papers and Presentations

Helps teachers think about how they can ease anxiety in young children worried about what they have seen and heard during and after the presidential election.


Development And Initial Validation Of A Culturally Responsive Classroom Climate Scale, Horane A. Holgate Dec 2016

Development And Initial Validation Of A Culturally Responsive Classroom Climate Scale, Horane A. Holgate

Open Access Theses

This study describes the development and initial validation for a measure of a culturally responsive classroom climate in postsecondary classrooms. By examining multiple frameworks of culturally responsive teaching four factors were identified as representing cultural responsiveness in the classroom: inclusiveness, cultural inclusion, diverse language and diverse pedagogy. Using these factors and conceptual definitions a survey measure was developed and the overall factor structure and reliability of the measure examined using Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis. The results provide evidence for a second order factor model with cultural responsiveness as a higher order construct represented by four factors. The results are …


Authentic Science In Education: Studies In Course-Based Research At The United States Military Academy, Anthony M. Chase Dec 2016

Authentic Science In Education: Studies In Course-Based Research At The United States Military Academy, Anthony M. Chase

Open Access Dissertations

This dissertation consists of two studies at the United States Military Academy. Both studies involve the use of Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs). These experiences give students the ability to engage in undergraduate research at an early point in their academic career by replacing traditional laboratory activities with semester-long research projects. Both studies show an implementation of this type of instruction from the Center for Authentic Science Practice in Education (CASPiE). Study 1 shows the specific method of implementation at the military academy and explores learning-based outcomes. Primarily the outcome of critical thinking is demonstrated. Critical thinking is a construct …


The Association Between Tolerance For Ambiguity And Fear Of Negative Evaluation: A Study Of Engineering Technology Capstone Courses, Sergey I. Dubikovsky Dec 2016

The Association Between Tolerance For Ambiguity And Fear Of Negative Evaluation: A Study Of Engineering Technology Capstone Courses, Sergey I. Dubikovsky

Open Access Dissertations

For many students in engineering and engineering technology programs in the US, senior capstone design courses require students to form a team, define a problem, and find a feasible technical solution to address this problem. Students must integrate the knowledge and skills acquired during their studies at the college or university level. These truly integrative design activities do not have a single “correct” solution. Instead, there is an array of solutions, many of which could be used to achieve the final result. This ambiguity can cause students to experience anxiety during the projects.

This study examined the main topics: • …


A Phenomenological Study Exploring Factors That Contribute To Academic Persistence For Nontraditional Undergraduate African American Male Degree-Completers From Bible Colleges In The Southeast, Rodney Phillips Dec 2016

A Phenomenological Study Exploring Factors That Contribute To Academic Persistence For Nontraditional Undergraduate African American Male Degree-Completers From Bible Colleges In The Southeast, Rodney Phillips

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this hermeneutic phenomenological study was to understand factors that contribute to college persistence for nontraditional undergraduate African American male four-year degree completers from select evangelical Bible colleges in the southeastern United States. An ecological and adult resiliency theoretical framework guided the research. Three research questions framed this study: (a) How do nontraditional undergraduate African American male four-year degree completers from select evangelical Bible colleges describe persistence? (b) What type of experiences do participants understand as having contributed to their persistence at Bible colleges? (c) What specific factors do participants identify as having contributed to their persistence at …


Blended Learning: Perspectives From First Time High School Instructors, Tammy Parlier Dec 2016

Blended Learning: Perspectives From First Time High School Instructors, Tammy Parlier

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this collective case study was to understand the transitional experiences of first time instructors, teaching a blended learning course at three separate high school sites. Blended learning is defined as inquiry that combines both face-to-face and online modalities (Halverson, Graham, Spring, & Drysdale, 2012). This unique merger between both traditional face-to-face instruction and innovative online learning creates transition and change experiences for instructors as they adapt their practice to satisfy the requirements of the blended learning environment (Guskey, 1986). Data collected through individual interviews, reflective journals, observations, and a culminating focus group interview examined these experiences in …


Gameful Design In The Development Of Asynchronous Online Discussion Activities: A Case Study, William Michael Trest Dec 2016

Gameful Design In The Development Of Asynchronous Online Discussion Activities: A Case Study, William Michael Trest

Dissertations

This study investigates Gameful Design as a method to improve the development and implementation of Asynchronous Online Discussions in online learning environments. A qualitative methodology, an instrumental case study design, was used to examine the effectiveness of this design method by exploring the experiences of the participants and the meaning they gave to those experiences. Data was collected through observation, discussion transcript analysis, and pre/post-course interviews. Validity was strengthened by triangulation of these sources.

The findings showed that gameful design was an effective method to encourage the development of a connected and engaged learning community within an online class and …


A Mother's Spiritual Journey With Her Disabled Son: An Autoethnography, Margaret C. Higgins Edd Dec 2016

A Mother's Spiritual Journey With Her Disabled Son: An Autoethnography, Margaret C. Higgins Edd

Dissertations

Abstract

This autoethnographic research delves into a mother’s experiences with her disabled son over thirty-five years. Beginning with a thick description of the crib accident that resulted in physical and cognitive disabilities that profoundly change the course of both mother and son’s life, this research chronicles the search for meaning, community, and healing as they negotiate the realms of medicine, education, career, family, and spirituality. Models of disability that seek to explain various ways in which society often views disability are examined, but none resonate with the researcher’s intimate experiences nor satisfies her deepest needs for insight and healing. Making …


Principals’ Perspectives On The Roles And Skills Of School Psychologists, Jill Mccaslin-Timmons Dec 2016

Principals’ Perspectives On The Roles And Skills Of School Psychologists, Jill Mccaslin-Timmons

College of Education and Human Sciences: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Despite decades of literature on how school psychologists could be utilized to better meet needs in school, the way a school psychologist is used still varies and schools still admit that they have unmet needs. Teachers and administrators ask for more staff to help support student needs while taxpayers want to know why more staff are needed. The purpose of this study was to develop an understanding of principal perspectives on the roles and skills of school psychologists in order to better understand why roles vary, what barriers exist and what can be done to help both school psychologists and …