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Author:: Fisher, April Bryington
Title:: ADHD Rating Scales' Susceptibility to Faking in a College Student Sample
Graduate Program:: School Psychology
Keywords:: college students
ADHD
clinical psychology
disability determinations
File:: Download AprilFisherFinalDissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Marley W Watkins, Committee Member
Barbara Schaefer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rayne Audrey Sperling, Committee Member
Brian A Rabian, Committee Member

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Author:: Lamanno, April Arthur
Title:: Exploring the Use of Graphic Novels in the Classroom: Does Exposure to Non-Traditional Texts Increase the Reading Comprehension Skills and Motivation of Low-Functioning Adolescent Readers?
Graduate Program:: School Psychology
Keywords:: reading instruction
graphic novels
motivation
adolescence
progress monitoring
mental retardation
learning disabilities
File:: Download Page_Number_Issue_Dissertation_June_7__2007.pdf
Committee Members:: Barbara Schaefer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
George Farkas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Clyde Diperna, Committee Member
D Wayne Osgood, Committee Member

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Author:: McNulty, Catherine Ann
Title:: Incremental Validity of Kindergarten Teachers’ Ratings in Predicting Children’s Subsequent Academic Skills Using the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten
Graduate Program:: School Psychology
Keywords:: ECLS-K
Teacher ratings
Kindergarten
Early Childhood Longitudinal Study
File:: Download McNulty.pdf
Committee Members:: Barbara Schaefer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Marley W Watkins, Committee Member
Richard M Kubina Jr., Committee Member
Lisa M Conyers, Committee Member

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Author:: Goffreda, Catherine Turner
Title:: Linking Energizers to Academic Performance in Rural Elementary Schools (Project LEAP)
Graduate Program:: School Psychology
Keywords:: School Psychology
Health and Wellness
File:: Download Goffreda_Dissertation_2010.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr James Clyde Di Perna, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Clyde Diperna, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barbara Schaefer, Committee Member
Robert Leslie Hale, Committee Member
Steriani Elavsky, Committee Member

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Author:: Coffey, Debra Young
Title:: A Structural Validity Study of the Adjustment Scales for Children and Adolescents - Home (ASCA-H)
Graduate Program:: School Psychology
Keywords:: behavior rating scales
exploratory factor analysis
scale development
parent ratings
File:: Download DebCoffey.pdf
Committee Members:: Marley W Watkins, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sherry Erhard Corneal, Committee Member
Kathy L Ruhl, Committee Member
Barbara Schaefer, Committee Member

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Author:: Smith, Damon Michael
Title:: READERS THEATRE: ITS EFFECTIVENESS IN IMPROVING READING FLUENCY, STUDENT MOTIVATION, AND ATTITUDES TOWARD READING AMONG SECOND-GRADE STUDENTS
Graduate Program:: School Psychology
Keywords:: Oral Reading Fluency
Reading Attitude
Reading Motivation
Readers Theatre
File:: Download readers_theatre_final_5-4-11.pdf
Committee Members:: Barbara Schaefer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barbara Schaefer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Leslie Hale, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Bonnie J Meyer, Committee Member
Edward A Smith, Committee Member

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Author:: Borsuk, Ellen R
Title:: Long-Term Stability of Membership in WISC-III Subtest and Factor Score Core Profile Taxonomies
Graduate Program:: School Psychology
Keywords:: WISC
Profile Analysis
Cluster Analysis
Intelligence Test
File:: Download Ellen_Borsuk_eTD.pdf
Committee Members:: Marley W Watkins, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barbara Schaefer, Committee Member
Pamela S Wolfe, Committee Member
Janice Catherine Light, Committee Member

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Author:: MacDonald, Heidi Hamill
Title:: INCREMENTAL VALIDITY OF KINDERGARTEN COGNITIVE ABILITY, PHONEMIC AWARENESS, LETTER KNOWLEDGE, AND RAPID SERIAL NAMING ON LATER READING ACHIEVEMENT
Graduate Program:: School Psychology
Keywords:: validity
kindergarten
cognitive ability
phonemic awareness
letter knowledge
rapid serial naming
reading
File:: Download MacDonald.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Marley W Watkins, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Kenneth Mcafee, Committee Member
Kathy L Ruhl, Committee Member
Barbara Schaefer, Committee Member

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Author:: FitzGerald, Julie L.
Title:: LATE COGNITIVE, ACADEMIC, AND BEHAVIORAL FUNCTIONING IN CHILDHOOD CANCER SURVIVORS TREATED BEFORE AGE FIVE WITH NON-CNS-DIRECTED THERAPY
Graduate Program:: School Psychology
Keywords:: memory
attention
intelligence
pediatric oncology
non-CNS treatment
childhood cancer
neurocognitive late effects
learning
treatment effects
pediatric oncology
academic achievement
executive function
File:: Download FitzGerald_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Barbara Schaefer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Clyde Diperna, Committee Member
Paul Morgan, Committee Member
Rick Owen Gilmore, Committee Member

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Author:: Amato, Janelle
Title:: Identifying CBM Writing Indices for Eighth Grade Students
Graduate Program:: School Psychology
Keywords:: CBM
curriculum-based measurement
Written expression
multiple regression
File:: Download Final_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Marley Watkins, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barbara Schaefer, Committee Member
Richard M Kubina Jr., Committee Member
Lisa M Conyers, Committee Member

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