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Educational Psychology Dissertations

As of 2014, all newly submitted Graduate Center dissertations and theses appear in Academic Works shortly after graduation. Some works are immediately available to read and download, and some become available after an embargo period set by the author. Dissertations and theses from before 2014 are generally accessible only to the CUNY community, but some authors have chosen to make theirs open access.

Dissertations from 2021 2021

The Effects of Multisensory Imagery on Vocabulary Learning, Lawrence A. Herman

Teachers' Implicit Racial Attitudes and Classroom Discipline Referral, Nicole L. Lorenzetti

Dissertations from 2020 2020

Measuring Preschool Parents’ Attitudes Towards Science: Development and Psychometric Evaluation of a Parent Version of the Dimension of Attitudes Towards Science Instrument., Alexandra E. Adair

Understanding Gender Differences in Traditional and Cyberbullying: An Evaluation of Construct Validity of the 2013 School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey, Anthony Betancourt

Parental Shared Reading Intervention: Examining the Effects of Structured Parental Reading Training on Vocabulary Acquisition in Children Undergoing Treatment for Leukemia, Sabina Bragg

Identifying Construct-Irrelevant Variance and Construct Under-Representation as Support of External Evidence of Validity, Jennifer Case

Teaching Children to Decode Words: Connected Versus Segmented Phonation, Selenid M. Gonzalez-Frey

Examining the Effects of Reflection on Professional Identity Development in Community College Preservice Teachers, Delia Hernandez

How Should Context-Dependent Words Be Taught to Beginning Readers?, Abigail M. Turner

Dissertations from 2019 2019

The Effects of An Educational Intervention for Caregivers on Their Knowledge of Child Sleep and Child Sleep Behavior, Rachel Cohen

Mathematics Attitudes and Mathematics Performance: Novel Approaches towards Noncognitive Educational Measurement, Applications to Large-scale Assessment Data, and Examinations of Multigroup Invariance, Kalina Gjicali

Effects of Pre-tests and Feedback on Performance Outcomes in Massive Open Online Courses:What Works and What Doesn’t?, Maria Janelli

Improving Measurement and Expanding Meta-Analytic Knowledge: Social and Emotional Learning in Elementary and Early Childhood, Dana M. Murano

Examining Relations between Executive Functions and Decoding: A Meta-analytic Investigation, Teresa Ober

The Ability of Polynomial and Piecewise Regression Models to Fit Polynomial, Piecewise, and Hybrid Functional Forms, A. Zapata

Dissertations from 2018 2018

Hierarchical Meta-Analysis: A Simulation Study Comparing Classical Random Effects and Fully Bayesian Methods, Nancy R. Andiloro

Reading Comprehension Instruction for Young Students with High Functioning Autism: Forming Contextual Connections, Karen S. Engel

Examining the Effects of a Content-based Peer Feedback Writing Intervention in Community College Classrooms, Jennifer M. Gilken

The Effects of a Longitudinal Patient Experience on the Enhancement of Empathy in First and Second Year Medical Students, Susan Kane

Assessing the Ordinality of Response Bias with Item Response Models: A Case Study Using the PHQ-9, Venessa N. Singhroy

Dissertations from 2017 2017

ADHD and Theory of Mind in School-Age Children: Exploring the Cognitive Nature of Social Interactions in Children with ADHD, Rachel Feigenbaum

An Evaluation of the Effects of the Search for Education, Elevation, and Knowledge (SEEK) Program on Short- and Intermediate-Term Outcomes, Raymond Galinski

Uncovering What Readers Know: Understanding Readers’ Online and Offline Processes for Identifying Story Elements, Esther Hellmann

The Relationship Between Non-Traditional Instructional Strategies and the Multicultural Competence of School Psychologists, Jacqueline Kluger

Effects of a Computer-based Simulation on Chemistry Self-Efficacy, Yolanta V. Kornak-Bozza

Past Peer Victimization Experiences and Current Psychological Well-being and Ethnic Identity Among South Asian College Students, Rejitha Nair

Do Spellings of Words and Phonemic Awareness Training Facilitate Vocabulary Learning in Preschoolers?, Robin O'Leary

Dissertations from 2016 2016

Bully Victimization, Depression, and the Role of Protective Factors among College-Age LGBTQ Students, Theresa E. Bhoopsingh

Re-Examining the Bilingual Advantage on Interference-Control and Task-Switching Tasks: A Meta-Analysis, Seamus Donnelly

Examination of the Impact of Students' Skill Levels on the Effectiveness of Evidence-Based Interventions for Improving Mathematics Fluency, Erica Fanning

Effects of Two Prereading Activities on Comprehending Science Text: Reading Abridged Text and Learning Vocabulary Words, Audrey J. Fowler

Preparing Teachers to Work with Students with Emotional Regulation Difficulties, Dana E. Gottesman

Cognitive and Affective Aspects of Personality and Academic Procrastination: The Role of Personal Agency, Flow, and Executive Function, Marc Graff

The Effect of Community and Individual Differences on College Students' Attitudes and Behaviors towards Transgender Individuals, Laura Hackimer

The Relationship between Fragile Self-Esteem, Mindfulness, and Hostile Attribution Style, Robyn L. Haertel

Understanding the High School Dropout Process Through Student Engagement and School Processes: Evidence from the Educational Longitudinal Study of 2002, Tara Marie Mastrorilli

Risk Factors of Eating Disorders and the Modern Orthodox Jewish Family, Susan D. Schmool

The Critical Social Ecology of Student Success in Higher Education: A Transformative Mixed Methods Study of Undergraduates' Experiences and Outcomes at the City University of New York (CUNY), Leigh Shebanie McCallen

Problem and Adaptive Behavior Levels in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders as Predictors of Sibling Adjustment, Hallie Solarsh

Evaluating the Validity of Technology-Enhanced Educational Assessment Items and Tasks: An Empirical Approach to Studying Item Features and Scoring Rubrics., Ally Thomas

Dissertations from 2015 2015

Identifying Risk And Protective Factors Associated With The Relationship Between Developmental Delays And Behavior Problems In An Urban Sample Of Preschool Children, Jaclyn Weber Babcock

The Relationship between a Norm Referenced Measure of Theory of Mind and Preschoolers' Social Skills in the Classroom, Sarah Ellen Birch

Teaching Community College Students Strategies For Learning Unknown Words As They Read Expository Text, Leslie Craigo

The relationship between teacher training, perceptions of school violence, and burnout., Kristi Lynn Geissler

Effectiveness of a Partial Read-Aloud Test Accommodation to Assess Reading Comprehension in Students with a Reading Disability, Michelle Marie Giusto

Designing Instruction For Recovering Alcoholics: The Role Of Executive Function And Levels Of Guidance In Learning From Visually Complex Simulations, Jeffrey Gutkin

The Effect of Orthographic Mapping, Context, and Word Class on Sight Word Learning for Native and Nonnative English-Speakers, Katharine Pace Miles

A Spelling Pronunciation Strategy Helps College Students Remember How To Spell Difficult Words, Turkan Ocal

Relationship of Students' Spelling Gains to Teacher Knowledge and Teacher Practice, Alison Puliatte

Using a Multisystemic Approach to Examine Youth Risky Sexual Attitudes and Behavior, Chamane Melissa Simpson

Dissertations from 2014 2014

Formative Assessment Through Written Feedback: Examining Elementary School Teachers' Written Feedback Beliefs and Practices, and the Effect of Models on Written Feedback, Caterina Almendral

A Comparison of Vocabulary Learning From Joint Reading of Narrative and Informational Books With Dual Language Learner Children, Deborah Bergman Deitcher

The Effects of School Autonomy on Students' Reading Achievement in Early Grades: A Dose-Response Treatment Approach, Esther Ferreira dos Santos Carvalhaes

Enhancing Self-monitoring and Self-reflection through a Self-regulatory Skills Intervention Embedded in a Middle School Mathematics Curriculum, Gregory DiGiacomo

Principals' Perceptions of Teacher Ineffectiveness in Elementary Classrooms and How They Relate to Specific Content Areas, Steven Franklin

Study To Investigate Self-Reported Teacher Absenteeism And Desire To Leave Teaching As They Relate To Teacher-Reported Teaching Satisfaction, Job-Related Stress, Symptoms Of Depression, Irrational Beliefs, And Self- Efficacy, Georgina Ruth Green

Internalizing Disorders in Early Childhood: Professional Development Framework for Teachers, Danielle Guttman

Use of an Interdependent Group Contingency to Improve Homework Completion, Homework Accuracy, and Achievement of High School Students with Disabilities, Maria Carrino Kennedy

Reexamining Linguistic Relativity: What Adult Bilinguals Can Teach Us About Culture, Language, And Cognition, Natalya Petroff

How Much Value is Added by Value Added Models? An Analysis of Teachers’ Performance Over Time Using New York State Assessment Data, Mariana Ristea

Dissertations from 2013 2013

Ideology and Decision Making in School-Based Counseling, Michelle Klein Brenner

Health Habits, Wellness, and Behavior of Male Student Athletes Participating in High School Sports, Michelle D. Lividini

Dissertations from 2012 2012

Effects of Video-Based Peer Modeling on the Question Asking, Reading Motivation and Text Comprehension of Struggling Adolescent Readers, Kallen E. Tsikalas

Dissertations from 2010 2010

The Influence of Cross-Linguistic Input and L2 Proficiency on L2 Reading Comprehension Among Spanish-Speaking Adults Learning English as a Second Language, Astrid Sussette Rodríguez

Dissertations from 2006 2006

Relationship Between Parental Physical Discipline and Child Externalizing Problems in the Caribbean Subculture in New York City, Meltem Paker

Dissertations from 1988 1988

The Relationship Between Family-Environmental Processes and Academic Achievement Among Three Hispanic Groups in the United States, Manuel Martinez-Pons

Dissertations from 1980 1980

The Early Development of Quantitative Cognition: Correspondences and One-Way Functions, Irvin Sam Schonfeld

Dissertations from 1978 1978

The Effect of Anxiety on Direction of Attention and Short-Term Memory, Charles B. Kreitzberg

Dissertations from 1974 1974

Effects of Instructions and Stimulus Representation on Selective Learning in Children, Adele E. Gottfried