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Accreditation Report 2002
Core Campuses: Bloomington and Indianapolis
for the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
and the Indiana Professional Standards Board
Faculty Vita
Kathy Sears, B.A.
Title: Assitant InstructorOffice: W. W. Wright Education Building, room
Campus: Bloomington
Year of appointment: 2000
Academic Degrees
| B.A. | Indiana University | 1996 | Psychology |
| A.A. | Southwester Mi. College | 1989 | Liberal Arts |
Professional Experience
| 1999-Present | Associate Instructor, Indiana University |
| 1995-present | Research Assistant (hourly) Indiana University |
| 1998-1999 | Graduate Assistant, Indiana University |
| 1998-1998 | Guest Instructor (P251) Indiana University |
| 1998-1998 | Research Assistant, Indiana University |
| 1997-1997 | 1/97-12/97 Research Assistant, Indiana University |
Faculty load
| 100% Teaching |
Faculty Teaching
| Spring, 2002 | P514 | Life Span Development: Birth to Death |
| Fall, 2001 | P314 | Lifespan Development |
| Summer II, 2001 | P251 | Educational Psychology |
| Summer II, 2001 | M101 | Lab/Field Experience |
| Spring, 2001 | P255 | Educational Psychology |
| Spring, 2001 | M201 | Lab/Field Experience |
| Fall, 2001 | P255 | Educational Psychology |
| Fall, 2001 | M201 | Lab/Field Experience |
Selected Publications
- Stright, A.D., Neitzel, C.L, Sears, K.G., & Hoke-Sinex, L. (In press). Journal of Educational Psychology. The Relations between Five Aspects of Parental Scaffalding and Children=s Academic Self-regulatory Behaviors.
Stright, A.D., Sears, K.G., Neitzel, C.L., & Hoke-Sinex, L. (In preparation). Temperament and Perception of Control: Predictors of Third-grade Students Classroom Funcitioning.
Stright, A.D., Hoke-Sinex, L., Neitzel, C.L., & Sears, K.G.(In preparation). Parent and child Influences on Gender-typed Classroom Behavior.
Current Professional and Academic Association Memberships
- Preparing Future Faculty
Conference Presentations
- Presentation-Society for Research in Child Development. 4/01
Presentation-Society for Research in Child Development. 4/99
Service/Outreach Projects
- Minority Achievers Program Mentor-97-98
Survey on Policy Centers-Graduate Assistant 8/98-present. Educational Leadership Dept.
Collected data on the history and current status of various policy centers around the country. Tactile Research-Research Assistant 5/95-present. Psychology Dept.
Collected data on various psychophysical experiments that test the sense of touch.
Aging Related Change in Adults with Mental Retardation-Research Assistant 1998. Center on Aging
Collected quantitative and qualitative data for final year of ten-year longitudinal study on the aging process of adults with Down Syndrome.
Study of Children's Development Research Assistant 1997. Educational Psychology Dept.
Collected data in the home and school of third-grade children.
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