Are you interested in using psychological and advanced statistical methods to study how we learn? Our department is having an open house on October 4th at 6pm and November 4th at 4pm! Click here to register During the open house, you will learn more about: Curriculum and Requirements Applying to the Program Research Opportunities Graduate […]
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Burnout may not be a distinct syndrome
Dr. Renzo Bianchi and Educational Psychology faculty Jay Verkuilen & Irvin Schonfeld’s meta-analysis titled “Is burnout a depressive condition? A 14-sample meta-analytic and bifactor analytic study” was featured in the Association for Psychological Science Observer. (more…)
Dr. Milushka Elbulok-Charcape successfully defends!
Congrats to Milushka Elbulok-Charcape who successfully defended her dissertation titled “An Assessment of Undergraduate Students’ Research Literacy.” (more…)
Dr. Nicholas Ullrich defends his dissertation!
Congrats to Nicholas Ullrich who successfully defended his dissertation titled “The Influence of Text on Coherence of Story Retells, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Acquisition, and Eye Gaze: A Computer-based Storytelling Task with Eye Tracking.” (more…)
Open House for the Educational Psychology PhD Program on June 7th!
Are you interested in using psychological and advanced statistical methods to study how we learn? Our department has 3 open house sessions this year! (more…)
“Risk, Self-Regulation, and The Promise of Education” Dr. Steven Holochwost Colloquium on May 24th!
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Lateral reading instruction improves college students’ fact-checking strategies in a general education civics course
Jessica E. Brodsky (PhD Student in Ed Psych) along with Patricia J. Brooks (Prof. in Ed Psych), Donna Scimeca, Ralitsa Todorova, Peter Galati, Michael Batson, Robert Grosso, Michael Matthews, Victor Miller & Michael Caulfield recently published an article in Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications titled, “Improving college students’ fact-checking strategies through lateral reading instruction in a general education civics course.” Read the full Open […]
Congrats to the 2021 Doctoral Student Research Grant Recipients!
Congratulations to the three Ed Psych Doctoral students who have been awarded Doctoral Student Research Grants (DSRG) for 2021! The DSRG is a competitive research grant which awards up to $1,500 for travel, payments to human research subjects, supplies, and other expenses. We have provided each recipient’s research title and abstract below. We hope this […]
Elizabeth Che defends her dissertation proposal!
Congrats to Elizabeth Che who successfully defended her dissertation proposal titled “Identifying Factors that Predict Graduate Student Instructors’ Emphasis on Teaching Employable Skill in their Courses.” Her proposal defense was attended by many supporting students (three students are missing from the screenshot above)! (more…)
Nicole Zapparrata, Dr. Patty Brooks, and Dr. Teresa Ober present at SRCD!
Nicole Zapparatta (Ed Psych Program PhD Student), Patricia Brooks (Ed Psych Program Professor), & Teresa Ober (Ed Psych Program alumna) recently presented a poster at the 2021 Society for Research in Child Development Meeting titled “Is there evidence of generalized slowing in Autism Spectrum Disorder? A meta-analytic investigation.” (more…)