Faculty Vita

Daniel Mueller, Ph.D.

Academic Degrees

Professional Experience

Faculty load

Faculty Teaching

Selected Publications

Kim, K. A. and Mueller, D. J. (1997). Memory, self-efficacy and adaptation in Korean-American older adults: A collective study of four cases. Educational Gerontology, 23,407-423.

Kim, K. A. and Mueller, D. J. (2001). To balance or not to balance: Confirmatory factor analysis of the Affect Balance Scale. Journal of Happiness Studies, 2, 289-306.

Funded Projects

Co-Investigator (with Clinton Chase), "A Study of Needs, Perceptions and Concerns." Evaluation Study Contract, Indianapolis Public School Corporation, 1983. $25,000.

Investigator, Proffitt Research Grant, "Distinguishing Personal and Social Values." July 1985 to August 1986, $8700.

Co-Investigator (with Clinton Chase and James Walden), "PRIME TIME Evaluation Study", Indiana Department of Education, January to December, 1986, $100,112.

Co-Investigator (with Joan Prentice and Andrzej Golab), Kempf Research Grant, "A technique for assessing moral maturity based on the selective remembering of normative statements." January to December, 1988, $10,000.

$19,500 contract with Educational Testing Service (August 1993 to July 1994). A Graduate Assistant, working for ETS, at I.U., working under my supervision.

Current Professional and Academic Association Memberships

AERA (American Educational Research Association)

NCME (National Council for Measurement in Education)

Research Areas

Psychological Measurement; Educational Measurement; Research Methodology; Measurement of attitudes, values and other affective traits; Nature and structure of psychological constructs; Test item characteristics and scoring.

Service/Outreach Projects

Measurement Consultant, Government of Indonesia (August, 1985). Resident consultancy, one month in Jakarta, Indonesia. Developed a plan for the construction of a national graduate level scholastic aptitude test. The test is to be in the Indonesian language, and will be used for selection of graduate students for both Foreign and domestic graduate programs. The plan also includes development of a national testing center.

Measurement Consultant, Government of Indonesia (June 1986). Resident consultancy, one month in Jakarta, Indonesia. Reviewed test construction, item analysis and national test administration procedures. Participated in construction and national administration of second graduate aptitude test. Developed procedures for formation of a national testing center.

Exchange Professor, Warsaw University, Poland (May-June 1988). Lectured and met with psychology faculty and students at five colleges and universities in Poland. Presently pursuing joint research projects with Polish psychology faculty members at two universities.

Exchange Professor, Warsaw University, Poland (May-June 1989). Extension of previous year's visit. Met with several faculty members with whom I had begun research projects or developed common research interests.

Taught graduate course in educational assessment to students in Malawi, June 2002.

Director, Eleventh Annual Henry Lester Smith Conference on Educational Research, "The Impact of Class Size on Student and Teacher Behavior," Smith Research Center, School of Education, Indiana University, February 21, 1986.