Educational Psychology

Overview of different types of tools to assist First Nations/ Aboriginal early childhood educators increase their knowledge and skills in the area of screening and assessment.

Follows the development stages of a boy named Peter from his school years to adulthood.

Handbook written for staff to help facilitate cultural awareness and quality education at the Lakehead Public School. 3rd edition working document.

Discusses ways school principals and teachers can contribute to creating a school culture more accepting of Aboriginal ways of learning.

Examines learning success of Aboriginal children when instruction is adapted to an observational learning style.

Brief review of literature on learning styles and recommendations for classroom use with examples.

Identifies sources of strength and optimism of Native American women living in North and South Dakota.

Examines educators' knowledge and perceptions about learning styles and how this is applied to teaching.

Comparison of results from a non-verbal intelligence test indicates scores were not affected by primary language and school location.

Annotated bibliography.

Research conducted on Wind River high school students finds Arapaho teenagers appear to have difficultly in determining proper value choices compared to Shoshone and non-Aboriginal teenagers.

Claims that standardized test measurements of student performance do not adequately measure the quality of instruction and curricula of a school since other factors such as socio-economic status, school attendance and stability within a particular school have an impact on achievement.

Study analyzes aspirations of Indian students in South Dakota and the Southwest who wrote essays titled, "My Plans After Leaving School" or "My Hopes for My Life."

Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Regina, 1999.

Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Utah State University, 2006.

Counselling Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2000.

Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--Fielding Graduate Institute, 2002.

Examines Chinle Agency's Summer Supplemental Special Education Program offered to teachers of Navajo tribes and surveys its effect on teacher attitudes toward the exceptional student.

Describes educational model that teaches Aboriginal school children how to think and react effectively within both of their worlds.

Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of South Dakota, 2002.

Looks at results from the U.S. Department of Education's Indian Nations at Risk (INAR) Task Force and the White House Conference on Indian Education in 1992 regarding Native students in public schools and school reform.

Author states traditional Native Americans are right hemisphere dominant, while the education system is oriented to the left brain.

Discusses schools that use a Waldorf-based educational method with high-risk youth to augment curricula and engage students.

Discusses project which uses performative inquiry and teaching through acting to help Aboriginal students learn science.

Questionnaire results show gaps between recommended practices and actual practices, suggesting that partnerships need to be formed to bridge that gap .

Clinical Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Pacifica Graduate Institute, 2001.

Cultural factors should be considered when testing Native American students.

Wechsler test results studied to gain understanding of learning styles of high school students.

Compares 2 interventions; the Cherokee Talking Circle with Be A Winner Standard Education. Data shows culturally based intervention was more effective then the non-cultural- based intervention.

Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education; Measurement, Evaluation, and Research Methodology Program Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2004.

Study in Montana assesses whether adolescents living on reservations estimate time the same as their non-Aboriginal counterparts.

Results from study held in Arizona using the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale.

Intelligence test results of Native Americans compared to Euro-American public school populations of Mesa, Arizona in 1959-61.

Study uses scale to assess the feeling of belonging (or lack thereof) experienced by two groups of American Indian students, and test its validity for use with this specific population. Further analysis examines how a sense of belonging might act as a protective factor against health and education disparities.

Shows how literacy effects existing cognitive, linguistic and social structures.

Suggests that the competitive classroom is not culturally suited to Aboriginal students.

Study in 1968/69 at Phoenix Indian High School by Arizona State University that looks at socially withdrawn female students and the significance of group counselling.

Indian and Northern Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1974.

Discusses the three usual explanations for low academic achievement levels and advances another theory.

Sport and Exercise Science Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of Northern Colorado, 2002.

Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--Illinois State University, 1979.

Examines stereotypes and personality traits, such as humble vs assertive or placid vs apprehensive.

Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Montana, Missoula 2005

Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--Queen's University at Kingston, 2000.

Study compares the Navajo tribe and Chinese populations' way of learning to that of Euro-American culture.

Looks at differences in nonverbal classroom interactions and resulting obstructions in communication and performance.

Looks at conceptual model using a multidimensional approach covering range of context, level of meaning and depth of process.

Education Thesis (M. Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1989.

Reviews theories and research on self-identity development, and discusses a motivational and cognitive approach as an alternative.