Faculty research from the Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education department at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

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Submissions from 2018

Stereotype Threat and Gender Differences in Biology, Gita Taasoobshirazi, Christina Puckett, and Gwen Marchand

A Multimodal Exploration of Engineering Students' Emotions and Electrodermal Activity in Design Activities, Idalis Villanueva, Brett D. Campbell, Adam C. Raikes, Suzanne H. Jones, and LeAnn G. Putney

Puzzling The Pieces: Conceptual Blocks Of Engineering Student Ideas In A Service Learning Project, Idalis Villanueva, Suzanne Jones, LeAnn Putney, and Brett Campbell

Personalizing Algebra to Students’ Individual Interests in an Intelligent Tutoring System: Moderators of Impact, Candace Walkington and Matthew L. Bernacki

Personalization Of Instruction: Design Dimensions And Implications For Cognition, C Walkington and M L. Bernacki

Submissions from 2017

Exploring Bloom’s Taxonomy as a Bridge to Evaluativism: Conceptual Clarity and Implications for Learning, Teaching, and Assessing., Lisa D. Bendixen, Denise Winsor, and Raelynn Frazier

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The Effects of Doodling on Recall Ability, Jason Bruce Boggs, Jillian Lane Cohen, and Gwen C. Marchand

The experiences of students who highly identify with their university’s sports team: A phenomenological analysis, Joseph S. Ervin and Victoria J. Rosser

Teacher Education Yearbook XXV: Building Upon Inspirations and Aspirations with Hope, Courage, and Strength through Teacher Educators' Commitment to Today’s Teacher Candidates and Educator Preparation, Nancy P. Gallavan and LeAnn G. Putney

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Pedagogical Differences during a Science and Language Intervention for English Language Learners, Tiberio Garza, Margarita Huerta, Rafael Lara-Alecio, Beverly J. Irby, and Fuhui Tong

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Science Classroom Interactions and Academic Language Use with English Learners, Tiberio Garza, Margarita Huerta, Tracy G. Spies, Rafael Lara-Alecio, Beverly J. Irby, and Fuhui Tong

The Charter School Principal: Nuanced Descriptions of Leadership, Marytza A. Gawlik and Dana Bickmore

Unexplored Conditions of Charter School Principals: An Examination of the Issues and Challenges for Leaders, Marytza A. Gawlik and Dana Bickmore

Complex systems research and evaluation in engineering education, J C. Hilpert and G C. Marchand

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Processes Involving Perceived Instructional Support, Task Value, and Engagement in Graduate Education, G C. Marchand and A P. Gutierrez

Forward, Steven G. McCafferty

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Pre-service teachers' self-efficacy mediates the relationship between career adaptability and career optimism, B McLennan, P McIlveen, and H N. Perera

Board# 111: Using High School Transcript Data and Diagnostic Information to Fine-Tune Placement Policy and Tailor Instruction in Developmental Math, Tatiana Melguizo and Federick J. Ngo

Are fans proud of the WNBA's 'pride' campaign?, C Mumcu and N Lough

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Facebook, Crowdsourcing and the Transition to College, Kimberly Nehls and Jake Livengood

How Extending Time in Developmental Math Impacts Student Persistence and Success: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity in Community Colleges, Federick J. Ngo and Holly Kosiewicz

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Refutation texts for effective climate change education, M E. Nussbaum, J R. Cordova, and A P. Rehmat

Twitter vs. Facebook: Using social media to promote collaborative argumentation in an online classroom, Marissa C. Owens and Edward M. Nussbaum

Profiles of teacher personality and relations with teacher self-efficacy, work engagement, and job satisfaction, Harsha N. Perera, Helena Granziera, and Peter McIlveen

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Profiles of career adaptivity and their relations with adaptability, adapting, and adaptation, Harsha N. Perera and Peter McIlveen

Teacher Education Yearbook XXV, Leann G. Putney and Nancy P. Gallavan

Expanding from Self to Collective Classroom Efficacy: A Tale of Two Classroom Communities, Leann G. Putney, Suzanne H. Jones, and Brett D. Campbell

Funds of High School to College Knowledge: Low-income Student Perceptions of Writing Standards, Stefani R. Relles

Comparing Class- and Task-Level Measures of Achievement Goals, J. Elizabeth Richey, Matthew L. Bernacki, Daniel M. Belenky, and Timothy J. Nokes-Malach

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Fostering an environment for resilience among Latino youth: Characteristics of a successful college readiness program, H H. Rivera, T Garza, M Huerta, R Magdaleno, E Rojas, and D Torres Moron

ESPs: Employment and Living Wage Update, Vicki J. Rosser and Celeste M. Calkins

Online Collaborative Misconception Mapping (CMM) Strategy Enhancing Health Sciences Students" Discussion and Knowledge of Basic Statistical Concepts, Magdalena Sas, Lisa D. Bendixen, Kent Crippen, and Sterling Saddler

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Stories of a Transformative Mentorship: Graduate Student Glue, Chyllis E. Scott and Diane M. Miller

The effects of developing language and literacy on Spanish reading comprehension, Tracy G. Spies, Rafael Lara, Fuhui Tong, Beverly Irby, Tiberio Garza, and Margarita Huerta

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Stereotype threat and gender differences in chemistry, C E. Sunny, G Taasoobshirazi, L Clark, and G Marchand

Submissions from 2016

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A Short Form of the Career Interest Test 21-CIT, Cristy Bartlett, Harsha N. Perera, and Peter McIlveen

Teaching for epistemic change in elementary classrooms, Lisa Bendixen

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Closing up shop: Perspectives on the departmental/ programmatic elimination experience., Susan B. Donoff and Vicki J. Rosser

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Safety climate in defense explosive ordnance: survey development and model testing, Gerard J. Fogarty, Peter J. Murphy, and Harsha N. Perera

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Resilience: distinct construct or conglomerate of existing traits?, Gerard J. Fogarty and Harsha N. Perera

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Evaluating measures of optimism and sport confidence, Gerard J. Fogarty, Harsha N. Perera, Andrea J. Furst, and Patrick R. Thomas

Beacon Academy: Examining the graduation rate, Tiberio Garza

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Improving Student-Athlete Academic Success: Evaluation of Learning Support Tools utilized by Academic Advisors for Athletics, Jeff Grandy, Nancy Lough, and Chyna Miller

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Rediscovering Classism: The Humanist Vision for Economic Justice, Arie T. Greenleaf, Manivong J. Ratts, and Samuel Y. Song

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A two-process model of metacognitive monitoring: Evidence for general accuracy and error factors, A P. Gutierrez, Gregory Schraw, Fred Kuch, and A S. Richmond

Jere brophy: The texas years, Gene Hall

We Learned Each Other and Then We Taught Each Other: Developing Collective Classroom Efficacy Through the Students’ Eyes, Suzanne H. Jones and LeAnn G. Putney

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Do Dispositional Characteristics Influence Reading? Examining the Impact of Personality on Reading Fluency, S Kathleen Krach, Michael P. McCreery, Scott A. Loe, and William P. Jones

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Plausibility judgments in conceptual change and epistemic cognition, Douglas Lombardi, Edward M. Nussbaum, and Gale M. Sinatra

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Review: The Athletic Trap: How College Sports Corrupted the Academy, Nancy Lough

I Am Bolder: A Social Cognitive Examination of Road Race Participant Behavior, Nancy L. Lough, Jennifer R. Pharr, and Andrea Geurin

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Marketing Women’s Sport: A European v. North American Perspective, Nancy Lough and Ceyda Mumcu

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A thematic analysis of career adaptability in retirees who return to work, Jennifer Luke, Peter McIlveen, and Harsha N. Perera

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The validity of CAAS scores in divergent social occupations, Peter McIlveen, Harsha N. Perera, P Nancey Hoare, and Brad McLennan

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Examination of Women's Sports Fans' Attitudes and Consumption Intentions, Ceyda Mumcu, Nancy Lough, and John Barnes

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Losing the Lake: Simulations to promote gains in student knowledge and interest about climate change., Edward Michael Nussbaum, Marissa C. Owens, Gale M. Sinatra, Abeera P. Rehmat, Jacqueline R. Cordova, Sajjad Ahmad, Fred C. Harris, and Sergiu M. Dascalu

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"It's not a political issue!" The interaction of subject and politics on professors' beliefs in human-induced climate change, Edward M. Nussbaum, Marissa C. Owens, and Jacqueline R. Cordova

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The role of trait emotional intelligence in academic performance: theoretical overview and empirical update, Harsha N. Perera

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Construct Validity of Scores From the Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale in a Sample of Postsecondary Students With Disabilities, Harsha N. Perera and Rahul Ganguly

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Resolving Dimensionality Problems With WHOQOL-BREF Item Responses, Harsha N. Perera, Zahra Izadikhah, Peter O’Connor, and Peter McIlveen

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Construct validity of the EUROHIS-QOL for rehabilitation assessment, H N. Perera and J A. Athanasou

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Examining the relationship between sport and health among USA women: An analysis of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Jennifer R. Pharr and Nancy Lough

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Rethinking Postsecondary Remediation: Exploring an Experiential Learning Approach to College Writing, Stefani Relles

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Review of Bridging the Divide between Faculty and Administration: A Guide to Understanding Conflict in the Academy by James L. Bess and Jay R. Dee, Vicki J. Rosser and LeAnn G. Putney

Income & Poverty: A Regional and State Examination of ESP Salaries, Victoria J. Rosser

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Review: Bridging the Divide Between Faculty and Administration: A Guide to Understanding Conflict in the Academy, Victoria J. Rosser and Leann G. Putney

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The Cart Before the Horse: The Challenge and Promise of Restorative Justice Consultation in Schools, S Y. Song and S M. Swearer

A Tribute to Richard Ruiz: Teaching as mentoring, Joan Wink, Leann G. Putney, Chyllis E. Scott, Dawn Weink, and Ruthie Wink

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Teaching As Mentoring, Joan Wink, LeAnn G. Putney, Chyllis Scott, Dawn Wink, and Ruthie Wienk

Submissions from 2015

Context, Contingency, and Dynamic Relations in Self- Regulated Learning, A. Ben-Eliyahu and Matthew L. Bernacki

Enhancing the Policy Analysis Process: Case Studies Using the Layers of Analysis Framework, K. Dockweiler, LeAnn G. Putney, and T. Jordan

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Section 1 Summary: Establishing a sense of place for all teacher candidates- Extension questions for reflection and conversation, Nancy Gallavan and LeAnn G. Putney

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Section 3 Summary: Establishing a sense of place for teaching and learning all content- Extension questions for reflection and conversation, Nancy Gallavan and LeAnn G. Putney

Review of Tyrone C. Howard, Why Race and Culture Matters in Schools: Closing the Achievement Gap in America’s Classrooms, Hugo A. Garcia and Nancy Ramirez

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Plausibility Judgments in Conceptual Change and Epistemic Cognition., Douglas Lombardi, Edward M. Nussbaum, and Gale M. Sinatra

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Recognize Value Women Bring to Sport Industry, Nancy Lough

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The Effects of Title IX on Intercollegiate Athletics from 1972 – 2012., Nancy Lough

Gesture as an aspect of sociocultural studies on thinking and Speech in relation to second language development, Steven G. McCafferty

Implementation of the Nevada Academic Standards in Mathematics and Language Arts: Key Issues, Edward M. Nussbaum

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Celebrity Athlete Endorsers: A Critical Review, Theodore Peetz and Nancy Lough

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Afterword, LeAnn G. Putney

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Section 2 Summary: Establishing a sense of place for candidates in all classrooms- Extension questions for reflection and conversation, LeAnn G. Putney and Nancy Gallavan

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Section 4 Summary: Establishing a sense of place for all learners- Extension questions for reflection and conversation, LeAnn G. Putney and Nancy Gallavan

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Teacher education yearbook. XXIV, Establishing a Sense of Place for All Learners in 21st Century Classrooms and Schools, LeAnn G. Putney and Nancy Gallavan

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Introduction, LeAnn G. Putney and Nancy P. Gallavan

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Afterword, LeAnn G. Putney and N. P. Gallavan

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Introduction, LeAnn G. Putney and N. P. Gallavan

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Section 1 Summary: Inspirations and Aspirations of Teacher Educators for Themselves and Their Teacher Candidates, LeAnn G. Putney and N. P. Gallavan

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Section 2 Summary: Inspirations and Aspirations for Teacher Preparation Programs and Possibilities, LeAnn G. Putney and N. P. Gallavan

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Section 3 Summary: Inspirations and Aspirations for New Teachers to Promote Commitment and Continuation, LeAnn G. Putney and N. P. Gallavan

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Section 4 Summary: Inspirations and Aspirations to Instill Hope, Courage, and Strength in Teacher Leaders, LeAnn G. Putney and N. P. Gallavan

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A Call for Qualitative Methods in Action: Enlisting Positionality as an Equity Tool, Stefani R. Relles

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A Living Wage for Educational Support Professionals, Victoria J. Rosser

Perspectives of Title IX Pioneers: Equity, Equality & Need, Lisa Melanie Rubin and Nancy L. Lough

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Exploring Preschoolers' Personal Epistemology and Potential Links to Emotion: Using Embedded Instruction, Constant Comparative Approach and Focus Groups, Denise L. Winsor and Lisa D. Bendixen