Department of developmental Psychology and Educational Psychology

Australian Journal of Educational & Developmental Psychology

Fifty-nine special needs adolescents [mild intellectual disability (n=16, 9 males and 7 females); moderate intellectual disability (n=33, 14 males and 19 females) and, learning disability (n=10, 7 males and 3 females) aged 16-19 years were administered the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale – Third edition (WAIS-III) to examine how comparable the profiles of Australian special needs adolescents ...

Australian Journal of Educational & Developmental Psychology

The transition to primary school is an important time for both children and parents. The aim of this randomized controlled study was to assess the effectiveness of a Transition to Primary School Parent Program in strengthening parent knowledge and confidence to manage the transition process, increasing parent involvement in their children’s learning, and improving child adjustment to starting s...

Australian Journal of Educational & Developmental Psychology Vol

This project examined some of the common constraints on reliable cognitive assessment for children over time. Repeated measures design (n = 133) was with younger (5 & 6 year old, n = 64) and older (7 & 8 year old, n = 69) children. Results showed that children’s self-concepts moderated the test-retest reliability over extended intervals for younger and older children. Social self-categorization...

Educational consequences of Sadra`s psychology

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HANDBOOK of PSYCHOLOGY VOLUME 7 EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY