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Psychological Foundations of Education

• Data-Based Decision Making in Early Childhood: Teachers’ Competencies, Beliefs, and Practices
  Kelsey Will, 2022
  Advisor: Panayiota Kendeou
• "Let's (fire)Work Together!": Exploring the Potential for Intergroup Contact between Nonbinary and Cisgender Individuals through a Cooperative Commercial Board Game
  Yu-Chi Wang, 2021
  Advisor: Geoffrey Maruyama
• Social-emotional learning in higher education: Examining the relationship between social-emotional skills and students’ academic success
  Isabel Lopez Hurtado, 2020
  Advisor: Geoffrey Maruyama
• Revising Misconceptions Using Multiple Documents
  Reese Butterfuss, 2020
  Advisor: Pani Kendeou
• Pulling back the curtain on stereotype threat: Testing a mediation framework of identity change and belongingness
  Anthony Joseph Schulzetenberg, 2020
  Advisor: Geoffrey Maruyama
• The Roles of Convergent, Divergent Thinking, and Contextual Focus during Scientific Reasoning: Birth of the “Z” Model
  Jean-Baptiste Quillien, 2019
  Advisors: Keisha Varma and Wilma Koutstaal
• Social Capital, Self-Control, and Academic Performance in School-Age Children and Adolescents: Patterns Associated with Race/Ethnicity
  Wei Song, 2018
  Advisors: Geoffrey Maruyama and Zha Xiong
• The Development of Arithmetic Sense and Its Predictive Relationship to Mathematical Achievement
  Soo-hyun Im, 2018
  Advisor: Sashank Varma
• Gender, Leadership, and Navigating through the Hierarchy: Behavioral Patterns and Managers’ Assessments of Performance, Promotion Potential and Career Derailment
  Carolyn R Dienhart, 2018
  Advisor: Geoffrey Maruyama
• Implicit Learning in Science: Activating and Suppressing Scientific Intuitions to Enhance Conceptual Change
  Jeremy Y Wang, 2018
  Advisor: Keisha Varma
• Incorporating Response Times in Item Response Theory Models of Reading Comprehension Fluency
  Shiyang Su, 2017
  Advisors: William Bart, Keisha Varma
• Social emotional competence: Culturally-bound or Context-free?
  Lara D. Westerhof, 2017
  Advisors: Geoffrey Maruyama, Steve Yussen

Quantitative Methods in Education

• Incorporation of Covariates in Bayesian Piecewise Growth Mixture Models
  Rik Z. Lamm, 2022
  Advisors: Nidhi Kohli and Michael Rodriguez
• Understanding the Development of Students' Multivariate Statistical Thinking in a Data Visualization Course
  Chelsey Legacy, 2022
  Advisors: Robert delMas and Andrew Zieffler
• Reliability and Validity Evidence of Diagnostic Methods: Comparison of Diagnostic Classification Models and Item Response Theory-Based Methods
  Yoo Jeong Jang, 2022
  Advisor: Michael Rodriguez
• A Monte Carlo Study of the Effects of Number of Clusters and Level-2 Residual Distributions on Multilevel Models
  Hao Jia, 2021
  Advisors: Michael Harwell and Nidhi Kohli
• Modeling Response Processes in Early Literacy Measures
  Jose Rosalio Palma Zamora, 2021
  Advisor: Michael Rodriguez
• Student Understanding of the Hypothetical Nature of Simulations in Introductory Statistics
  Jonathan M Brown, 2021
  Advisors: Robert delMas and Andrew Zieffler
• Using psychometric models to measure social and emotional learning constructs
  Mireya Carmen-Martinez Smith, 2020
  Advisor: Micheal Rodriguez
• Use of Aggregated Covariates in Propensity Score Analysis of Clustered Data
  Kyle Nickodem, 2020
  Advisor: Ernest Davenport
• IRT Branching Models for Individual Differences in Dual-Processing Theory of Reading Comprehension
  Bowen Liu, 2020
  Advisor: Mark Davison
• Standardized Bilingual Assessments: A Means to Reduce Construct-Irrelevant Variance and Ethnic/Racial Stereotype Threat
  Julio Caesar, 2020
  Advisor: Michael Rodriguez
• Growing Certain: Students’ Mechanistic Reasoning about the Empirical Law of Large Numbers
  Ethan Brown, 2019
  Advisors: Robert delMas and Andrew Zieffler
• Asian Americans in Educational Research: The Use of Disaggregated Racial and Ethnic Subgroup Data
  Mao Jacobson, 2019
  Advisor: Frances Lawrenz
• The Effect of Test Speededness Control Within A Computerized Adaptive Multi-Stage Framework
  Qinjun Wang, 2019
  Advisor: Ernest Davenport
• Bayesian Modeling of Associations in Bivariate Mixed-Effects Models for Segmented Growth Curves
  Yadira Peralta Torres, 2018
  Advisors: Mark Davison and Nidhi Kohli
• Using Multiple Regression to Ascertain Group Differences in the Relationship of Predictors to a Criterion: Ethnic Group Differences in the Relationship between Course- taking and Achievement in Mathematics
  Kyungin Park, 2018
  Advisor: Ernest Davenport
• Examining Power and Type 1 Error for Step and Item Level Tests of Invariance: Investigating the Effect of the Number of Item Score Levels
  Alicia Nicole Ayodele, 2017
  Advisor: Ernest Davenport
• Assessing the Development of Students' Statistical Thinking: An Exploratory Study
  Laura Jean Le, 2017
  Advisor: Zieffler, Andrew
• Identifying Aberrant Responding: Use of Multiple Measures
  Susan Christa Steinkamp, 2017
  Advisor: Michael Rodriguez
• Introductory statistics students’ conceptual understanding of study design and conclusions
  Elizabeth Fry, 2017
  Advisor: Robert delMas
• Development and Validation of a Survey to Measure Perceived Team Communication Skills in Middle and High School STEM Out-of-School Time Programs
  Amy Grack Nelson, 2017
  Advisor: Frances Lawrenz
• The Impact of Heavy-tailed Error Distributions on Partially Nested Randomized Controlled Trials Models
  Mario Moreno, 2017
  Advisor: Michael Harwell

School Psychology

• “What Should We Do Now?”: Family Service Use and Decision-Making in Autism
  Stacey C. Brandjord, 2022
  Advisors: Amanda Sullivan and Amy Esler
• Student Perceptions of Caring Adults in Schools: A Qualitative Multi-Case Study
  Jenna McGinnis, 2022
  Advisors: Clayton Cook and Amanda Sullivan
• Advancing Tailored Implementation of Evidence-based Practice in Schools
  Madeline Francis Larson, 2022
  Advisors: Clayton Cook and Faith Miller
• The Impacts of Intervention Modality on Student Mathematics Operations Knowledge
  Kourtney Rebecca Kromminga, 2021
  Advisors: Robin Codding and Amanda Sullivan
• The Relations between Academic Achievement and Externalizing Behavior: Separating Fact from Fiction
  Tara Kulkarni, 2021
  Advisor: Amanda Sullivan
• Teacher Attitudes Toward Evidence-Based Practices: Confirmatory and Predictive Analyses of the School-Adapted Evidence-Based Practice Attitude Scale
  James Lorenz Merle, 2021
  Advisors: Clayton Cook and Faith Miller
• Evidence-Based Instructional Principles and Sequences for Effective Fraction Instruction
  Kristin Elizabeth Running, 2021
  Advisors: Robin Codding and Amanda Sullivan
• The Association Between SWPBS Implementation and Exclusionary Discipline in U.S. Schools
  Mollie Rose Weeks, 2021
  Advisor: Amanda Sullivan
• A Cross-Validated Approach Towards Identifying the Unique and Cumulative Contributions of Child and Family Factors Predictive of Speech-Language Therapy Start Time
  Marianne Elmquist, 2021
  Advisors: Scott McConnell and Veronica Fleury
• Planning for Students Who Struggle with Whole Number Computation
  Nicole McKevett, 2021
  Advisors: Robin Codding and Amanda Sullivan
• How Teacher Self-efficacy and Mindset Influence Student Engagement and Math Performance
  Andrew Thayer, 2020
  Advisors: Clayton Cook and Theodore Christ
• Supporting Fidelity of Implementation of Class-wide Behavioral Interventions
  Jenna Klaft, 2020
  Advisors: Robin Codding and Amanda Sullivan
• Universal Factors and Tier 1 Interventions Associated with Quality Student-Teacher Relationships
  Laurie Kincade, 2020
  Advisor: Amanda Sullivan
• Screening for Social-Emotional and Behavioral Aspects of Kindergarten Readiness: A Systematic Review of Screeners and Validation of BASC-3 BESS Teacher for Somali Students
  Alaa Houri, 2020
  Advisor: Amanda Sullivan and Faith Miller
• An Exploratory Study of Trauma Screening Procedures and Instruments in Schools
  Sophia Frank, 2020
  Advisors: Clayton Cook and Amanda Sullivan
• Profiles of Parental Mental Health and Children’s Academic Coping
  Aria Fiat, 2020
  Advisors: Clayton Cook and Amanda Sullivan
• The Differential Effects of Elaborated Task and Process Feedback on Multi-digit Multiplication
  Rebecca Edmunds, 2020
  Advisors: Robin Codding and Amanda Sullivan
• Sources of variance in reading comprehension research: The role of measures and interventions
  Calvary Diggs, 2020
  Advisor: Theodore Christ
• Mathematics Computation: Generalizability and Dependability of Student Performance by Sample Size
  Danielle Becker, 2020
  Advisors: Theodore Christ and Amanda Sullivan
• Exploring Relationships among Organizational Factors, Teachers' Attitudes toward Evidence-Based Practices, and Implementation of Universal Prevention Programs
  Yanchen Zhang, 2019
  Advisors: Clayton Cook and Amanda Sullivan
• Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Mathematics Word Problem Solving with English Learners
  Leila C Jones, 2019
  Advisors: Robin Codding and Amanda Sullivan
• Influence of Head Start Lead Teacher Profiles on the Relation between Coaching and Intervention Fidelity
  Stephanie Brunner, 2019
  Advisor: Amanda Sullivan
• Effectiveness and Key Components of School-Based Anxiety Interventions
  Victoria Erhardt, 2019
  Advisors: Annie Hansen-Burke and Faith Miller
• Engagement versus Motivation: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Motivation and Engagement Wheel
  Alyssa Schardt, 2019
  Advisor: Faith Miller
• Examining the Structural Validity of the My Class Inventory – Short Form for Teachers (TMCI-SF) in Early Elementary School Classrooms
  Chloe Webb, 2019
  Advisors: Amanda Sullivan, Clayton Cook
• The Effects and Generalization of a Choice-Based Intervention with Highly preferred Items on Student Off-Task Behavior
  Gregory R Simonson, 2018
  Advisor: Amanda Sullivan
• Training Educators to Implement Mindfulness-Based Interventions: Evaluating the Effects of In-Service and Coaching on Intervention Fidelity
  Laura Marie Potter, 2018
  Advisor: Scott McConnell
• An evaluation of the use of oral reading fluency as a screening tool with emerging biliterates
  Kirsten Newell, 2018
  Advisor: Robin Codding
• Influence of Child Find Referral Mechanisms on Early Childhood Special Education Participation
  Elyse McCullough Farnsworth, 2018
  Advisor: Amanda Sullivan
• Summer Learning Loss in Reading Achievement: Effects of Demographic Variables and Summer Activity
  Julia Baker, 2018
  Advisor: Theodore Christ
• The Relation between Parent Involvement and the Development of Kindergarten Self-Regulation and Literacy Skills
  Amber Hays, 2018
  Advisor: Scott McConnell
• Investigating Young Children’s Attitudes toward Mathematics: Improved Measurement and the Relation to Achievement
  Allyson Kiss, 2018
  Advisor: Theodore Christ
• The Effectiveness of the ACHIEVER Adult Resilience Curriculum in Promoting Teacher Wellbeing
  Elizabeth Margaret Christian, 2017
  Advisors: Amanda Sullivan, Clayton Cook
• Sexual minority youth diversity and resilience
  Jessie Marie Kember, 2017
  Advisors: Theodore Christ, Annie Hansen-Burke
• Prevalence of Youth with Disabilities in the Juvenile Justice System
  Aleksis Paul Kincaid, 2017
  Advisor: Amanda Sullivan

Special Education

• How Can We Enable Hmong Parents to Take Steps Towards Autism Identification?: Hmong Parents’ Beliefs about Autism and Their Experiences in the Identification Process
  Pang Xiong, 2022
  Advisors: Jason Wolff and Rose Vukovic
• An Investigation of Methods Toward Mitigating Resurgence and Renewal in A Human Operant Model
  Emily Unholz-Bowden, 2022
  Advisor: Jennifer McComas
• The Impact of COVID-19: Special Education Student Teachers' Practicum Experience during the Spring of 2020
  Cristina Umana-Rojas, 2022
  Advisor: Kristen McMaster
• Validating Movement-Based Sleep Assessment in a Pediatric Sample with Developmental Disabilities and Associated Motor Impairment and Intellectual Disability
  Alyssa Maria Merbler, 2022
  Advisor: Frank Symons
• A Comparative Analysis of Self-Injurious Behavior and Restricted and Repetitive Behaviors Between Samples of Children With and Without Developmental Delay or Disability
  Stephanie Sarah Benson, 2021
  Advisor: Frank Symons
• Characteristics of Students with Persistent Intensive Needs in Reading Comprehension and the Impact of Response Criteria
  Britta Johnn Cook Bresina, 2021
  Advisor: Kristen McMaster
• Sensory Features in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review of Measurement Quality and Empirical Investigation of Sensory Responsivity in Children at High and Low Familial Risk for Autism
  Jaclyn Gunderson, 2021
  Advisors: Frank Symons and Jason Wolff
• A Meta-analysis on the Effects of Vocabulary Instruction for English Learners
  Ellina Xiong, 2020
  Advisors: Jennifer McComas and Kristen McMaster
• Child and Evaluation Characteristics Predicting Educational Eligibility of Autism Spectrum Disorder: Examining the Role of Race and Ethnicity
  Kelsey Ann Young, 2020
  Advisors: LeAnne Johnson and Jason Wolff
• Exploring Determinants of Early Childhood Special Educators' Practice Selections for Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
  Maria Lemler Hugh, 2020
  Advisors: LeAnne Johnson and Veronica Fleury
• The Use of Generalizability Theory to Inform Sampling of Language Learning Environments for Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
  Andrea Lynn Boh Ford, 2020
  Advisor: LeAnne Johnson
• Examination Of Three Practice Schedules for Single Digit Math
  Kyle B Wagner, 2019
  Advisor: Kristen McMaster
• The IEP Data Collection Intentions Scale (IDCIS): Scale Development and Validation for Intended Score Interpretation and Use in Early Childhood
  Brenna Noland Rudolph, 2019
  Advisor: LeAnne Johnson
• Using Brief Experimental Analysis to Identify Effective Mathematics Fluency Intervention for Students in Middle School
  John Mouanoutoua, 2019
  Advisor: Jennifer McComas
• The Effect of Parent-Implemented Functional Communication Training on Challenging Behavior and Communication: A Meta-Analysis
  Brittany Pennington, 2019
  Advisors: Jason Wolff and Kristen McMaster
• Redefining the Word Gap from a Cumulative Risk Perspective
  Erin Lease, 2018
  Advisor: Scott McConnell
• Conflicting Relations Paradigm: The Effects of A Stimulus Equivalence-Based Approach to Changing Bias
  Robert Henery, 2018
  Advisor: Jennifer McComas
• The impact of a delay to early intensive behavioral intervention on educational outcomes for a cohort of medicaid-enrolled children with autism
  Adele Faye Dimian, 2017
  Advisors: Frank Symons, LeAnne Johnson
• The Effects of Combining Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies and Incremental Rehearsal on Non-Spanish-Speaking English Language Learners’ Reading Achievement
  Amy Bethel Leinen, 2017
  Advisors: Kristen McMaster, Asha Jitendra
• The Effects of Early Numeracy Interventions for Students in Preschool and Early Elementary: A Meta-Analysis
  Gena Nelson, 2017
  Advisor: Theodore Christ
• Relations between CBM (Oral Reading and Maze) and Reading Comprehension on State Achievement Tests: A Meta-Analysis
  Jaehyun Shin, 2017
  Advisor: Kristen McMaster