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Direct linkPaige Haley – ProQuest LLC, 2023
As the research on feigning has grown, the number and quality of performance validity tests (PVTs) has increased as well. However, while several PVTs have been developed from assessments commonly used as part of neuropsychological batteries, there has been less exploration for PVTs scored from items in cognitive screeners. The Montreal Cognitive…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Performance, Test Validity, Psychological Testing
Abdalla Straker – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of the quantitative study is to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational intervention by comparing the improvement in knowledge and attitudes of older adult and caregiver participants in South Carolina. Orangeburg County, a rural area in South Carolina, ranks 8th in the nation for Alzheimer's disease prevalence, according to…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Knowledge Level, Attitudes, Older Adults
Kate Joy McKnelly – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The dissertation is composed of two main parts. The first half describes efforts to study amyloid peptides using macrocyclic peptide model systems, and the potential deleterious effects of uronium peptide coupling agents on human health. The second half focuses on my experience in chemistry teaching and the chemical education research I conducted.…
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Genetics, Grading, Laboratories
Larissa M. Jordan – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The number of people diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (AD), a progressive and terminal kind of dementia, continues to rise with an estimated 14 million Americans affected by 2050. Prior to an AD diagnosis, many individuals are diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and have similar, but less severe, symptoms as those with AD. A common…
Descriptors: Semantics, Language Processing, Mild Intellectual Disability, Clinical Diagnosis
Goods, Amy – ProQuest LLC, 2019
In this dissertation, I explore what it means to different people, in different places throughout life's spectrum, to create a space to learn. This dissertation is a collection of work that I have written throughout my time at the CUNY Graduate Center. The chapters herein represent an arch of my learning over the past five years. The title,…
Descriptors: Space Utilization, Learning, Track System (Education), Science Education
López de Victoria Rodríguez, Patria C. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
As the boom in the older adult population continues to grow, so too grows the number of persons suffering from cognitive diseases, such as dementia of the Alzheimer's type (DAT). Older Latinos diagnosed with the disease make up 4 percent (200,000) of the current population; however, little research on bilinguals with DAT has been carried out…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Bilingualism, Alzheimers Disease, Self Concept
