Spring 2012 Research and Evaluation Comprehensive Examination for Certification Students

Dr. Mark Staszkiewicz
Educational and School Psychology
mjstat@iup.edu

For the Spring, 2012 Research and Evaluation comprehensive examination for certification program in the  Educational and School Psychology Department, students will be expected to critique a research article.  Students will select FIVE of the following articles in advance and be prepared to critique ONE of the five articles.  Students should be prepared to do this critique using this FORMAT     In addition, students may find the following  document  helpful to students.  

The following articles may be used for the Spring, 2012 Research and Evaluation Comprehensive Exams for Certification Students:

Ef    An investigation of broad and narrow personality traits in relation to general and domain-specific life satisfaction of college students    

        Effects of response cards on student participation and academic achievement

        Effects of second steps program in developing prosocial behaviors   

        Evidence-based family-school interventions with preschool children

        Examining the relationship between scores on the BESS and student academic, behavioral, and engagement outcomes

        Promoting school-based mental health

       Substance over style - assessing the efficacy of modality testing and teaching

       The Latent Structure of Memory: A Confirmatory Factor-Analytic Study of Memory Distinctions

 A Meta-Analysis of Juvenile Justice Risk Assessment Instruments: Predictive Validity by Gender

 How effective are treatments for child and adolescent depression? A meta-analytic review


The Effects of Multimedia-Enhanced Instruction on the Vocabulary of English-Language Learners and Non-English-Language Learners in Pre-Kindergarten Through Second Grade

The Effects of response Cards on Student and Teacher Behavior During Vocabulary Instruction

 
 In addition, here are links for other articles

Contact Dr. Staszkiewicz (mjstat@iup.edu) to submit the five articles to be considered.