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Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Using multiple imputation to mitigate the effects of low examinee motivation on estimates of student learning, Kelly J. Foelber
MEPI, BEVI, and EI leadership: Implications and applications for global leadership assessment and development, Whitney Giesing
Color-grapheme synesthesia: A study of population prevalence, Christopher Hill
Evaluating the performance of propensity score matching methods: A simulation study, Jessica N. Jacovidis
Dreams: A unified theory approach, Chance McDermott
I Can Thrive!: Fostering Well-Being in Adolescent Girls via the Unified Approach, Jennifer L. Mills
Student engagement and post-college outcomes: A comparison of formative and reflective models, Courtney Sanders
Integrating implementation fidelity and learning improvement to enhance students’ ethical reasoning abilities, Kristen L. Smith
You only live up to the standards you set: An evaluation of different approaches to standard setting, Scott N. Strickman
Being and beholding: Comparative analysis of joy and awe in four cultures, Daria B. White
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
The development of a psychological check-up: assessing character and well-being via the unified approach, Lindsay Michele Anmuth
A mixed methods analysis of the relationship between attachment, post-traumatic stress, and post-traumatic growth among United States service members, Chauncy T. Brinton
Parent-child interaction therapy informed by applied behavior analysis for developmental delay: parent and sibling coaching with setting generalization, Mariel S. Cannady
Training future teachers to promote emotion regulation in the classroom, Marie E. Johnson
Applying solution behavior thresholds to a noncognitive measure to identify rapid responders: An empirical investigation, Mary M. Johnston
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Examining the performance of the Metropolis-Hastings Robbins-Monro algorithm in the estimation of multilevel multidimensional IRT models, Bozhidar M. Bashkov
The nature and etiology of religious certitude: Implications of the EI framework and beliefs, events, and values inventory, Timothy W. Brearly
Addressing serial-order and negative-keying effects: A mixed-methods study, Jerusha J. Gerstner
Improving student learning in higher education: A mixed methods study, Megan R. Good
A meta-analytic tutorial and a narrative review on motivation interventions in education, Rory A. Lazowski
The development of Character Adaptation SysTem (CAST) intervention, Lauren Mays
Teacher Child Interaction Training as a universal prevention program in preschool and kindergarten classrooms, Jessica Rossi
A detailed analysis of coaching in Teacher-Child Interaction Training (TCIT), Krystal M. Studivant
The effects of a planned missingness design on examinee motivation and psychometric quality, Matthew S. Swain
Extending an IRT mixture model to detect random responders on non-cognitive polytomously scored assessments, Mandalyn R. Swanson
Teachers’ beliefs and practices related to student self-regulation in the classroom, Marlana L. Webster
The effect of examinee motivation on value-added estimates, Laura M. Williams
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
An exploration of the experience of in-home counseling services, Greg Czyszczon
Using mindfulness to explore worldview perspective and enhance intercultural development, Rebecca J. Heselmeyer
The treatment of missing data when estimating student growth with pre-post educational accountability data, Jason P. Kopp
Understanding the gendered self: Implications from EI Theory, EI Self, and the BEVI, Christen Pendleton
In search of best practices for multicultural education: Empirical evidence from the Forum BEVI Project, Mary Beth Tabit
Inhibitory control and classroom behavior in kindergarten children, Samantha Anne Tynan
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Wired to bond: The influence of computer-mediated communication on relationships, Jennifer Lynn Cline
Effects of negative keying and wording in attitude measures: A mixed-methods study, Chris M. Coleman
Implementing dialectical behavior therapy for adolescents in an acute inpatient psychiatric setting, Thomas Andrew Field
Measuring motivation for coursework across the academic career: A longitudinal invariance study, Makayla Grays
A unified approach to well-being: The development and impact of an undergraduate course, Kimbelry Erica Kleinman
The effects of item and respondent characteristics on midpoint response option endorsement: A mixed-methods study, Kimberly Rebecca Marsh
Emotion regulation in European American and Hong Kong Chinese middle school children, Kayan Phoebe Wan
Students’ attitudes toward institutional accountability testing in higher education: Implications for the validity of test scores, Anna Zilberberg
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
The development of the well-being interview, Craig Alexander Asselin
Crisis supervision: A qualitative study of the needs and experiences of licensed professional counselors, Madeleine Ann Dupre
Examining the bifactor IRT Model for vertical scaling in K-12 assessment, James Koepfler
Investigation of personal and collective mortality threats in individualistic and collectivist cultures: A cross cultural study., Catherine Munns
Demonstrating validity evidence of meta-assessment scores using generalizability theory, Chris D. Orem
Identity development and the construction of self: Findings and implications from the Forum BEVI Project, Jessica Christine Spaeth
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Introducing the unified measure of university mattering: Instrument development and evidence of the structural integrity of scores for transfer and native students, Megan Katharine France
Nonresponse bias in online course evaluations, Cassandra Jones
The increasing rate of undergraduate male attrition: What the men tell us. A qualitative case study., Monika Neelam Kushwaha
Examining the bricks and mortar of socioeconomic status: An empirical comparison of measurement methods, Ross Markle
An evaluation of a new method of IRT Scaling, Shelley Ragland
Development and validation of the Preservice Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching Items (PMKT): A mixed-methods approach, Javarro Antoine Russell
