Educational Psychology

Student findings were significantly different from national norms as well as their non Native teachers.

Examines grades of a group of Navajo students between kindergarten and eighth grade focusing on cultural difference between the home and school environments.

Using interviews with Indigenous high school students from Urban Saskatchewan schools to discuss the need for more Indigenous pedagogy from educators .

Educational Psychology Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Calgary, 1997.

Study found no significant correlation between involvement in traditional culture and lack of academic achievement.

Study used test, in combination with others, to evaluate self-concept as a contributor to academic underachievement.

Asserts that curriculum standards are not always objective or free from biases

Disability and Psychoeducational Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2014.

Comments on the debilitating aspects of colonialism and how Aboriginal people can combat racism effectively by working together to empower each other as a cultural group.

Offers practical ideas and sample strategies to help teachers meet the needs of Aboriginal students.

Educational Psychology and Special Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2011.

Examines four research questions as possible priorities in the pan-Canadian research program. Presented at the first Pan-Canadian Education Research Agenda (PCERA) Symposium held in 1999.

Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--Widener University, 2005.

Discussion of various tests and recommendation of the Otis Alpha non verbal and WISC Performance scales to assess Hopi children.

Rejects standard testing and describes the preferred approaches for identifying exceptional Native American students and encouraging their success by addressing their academic, social, cultural, spiritual and physical needs.

Looks at how policy and leadership effects a group of American Indian high school students from the Pueblo Nation. Provides recommendations for research.

Discusses barriers that affect Indigenous children's educational success that school psychologists need to be aware of.

Looks at two practices used in Qallunaat schools that are both against Inuit culture: rigid southern style discipline and the use of praise and rewards system.

Suggests success in simultaneous processing tests may be a valid indicator of overall academic potential.

Education and Counselling Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 2006.

Results appear to suggest that those students who had learned English at an early age may have had an advantage in solving the most difficult problem.

Describes treatment program designed to effect positive change in academic performance, attendance rate, and classroom behaviour.

Describes the program's organization plus culturally relevant techniques and activities.

Study found little difference between Native American and non-Native American students' attitudes toward education. Explores alternative explanations for educational attainment levels.

Educational Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 1971.

Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1972.

Study sample of grade 2-12 students found Navajo students best expressed analytical thinking skills when visual tools were used. Introduction to critical thinking and sequential or analytical problem solving at an early age also aided in learning.

Discussion of educational standards for First Nation schools.

Compared the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised (PPVT-R) and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) Vocabulary subtest to evaluate whether cultural factors affect verbal vocabulary test results.

Elementary Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of Arizona, 1972.

Analyzes previous studies and concludes that there is a need for further research to determine the ways in which information is gathered, processed, stored and used by Inuit and other Aboriginal cultural groups.

Uses psychological research and theory to explain the consequences of the school system in terms of: poor academic performance and inability to continue education, which in turn affects employment opportunities and future income.

Responses showed little difference between the Navajo results and those obtained in the Koppitz study. Scroll to appropriate article.

Investigates the appropriateness of the tests of general ability (TOGA) for reliability and cultural-bias.

Argues there is insufficient evidence to support the claim of right hemisphere dominance in Indigenous peoples and cautions against changing curricula until it can be proven.

Study to see if imagery could be used as a teaching tool by testing young students on the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking.

Looks at the Chief Leschi Schools system on the Puyallup Reservation, in Washington, with a focus on urban context and demographics.

Discusses acculturation problems of Hopi children in public and Bureau of Indian Affairs schools.

Briefly discusses findings and observations from the Indigenous Child Project.

Male students reverting to longer hair length encounter varying reactions ranging from acceptance to being expelled.

Preliminary findings from a youth mentoring program involving high school youth designing and delivering programs for children in an elementary school in Winnipeg.

Results of the Tennessee Self-Concept Form given to grade 7 and 8 students in four different communities in Labrador.

Being Native American not found to have a strong role in self-concept, but Native American children saw adults in school as more threatening to their self-esteem than Anglo children.

Findings indicated the higher the grade level attained the lower their self-confidence.

Answers the following questions: "(1) How do teachers' regard Aboriginal students?; (2) What factors influence how teachers assign pupils to different opportunities?; and (3) What reasons do teachers give for their recommendations about opportunities that are afforded to students?."

Looks at Oglala Sioux students from elementary and high schools on Pine Ridge Reservation to find reasons for the decline in academic achievement.

Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2000.

Through the author's experiences, looks at how power and privilege spills over into the classroom setting through oppression that is related to gender, race, class and sexual orientation.