Liora Pedhazur Schmelkin, Ph.D.
 
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Schmelkin, L. P. (2007, August). Current and future changes in the GRE quantitative and analytical writing sections. In K. F. Geisinger (Chair), The revised Graduate Record Examination General Test: Requisite knowledge. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Gellman, E. S., & Schmelkin, L. P. (2007, April). Striving towards family friendly contracts. Presented at a panel at the annual meeting of the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions, New York, NY.

Schmelkin, L. P., Hoag, J. M., & Andersen, L. S. (2004, July). Academic behaviors: Perceptions of honesty and dishonesty. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI.

Schmelkin, L. P. (2003, August). Peer review: Standard or delusion? Division 5 Presidential Address delivered at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.

Pinto, A., & Schmelkin, L. P. (2003, August). Effect of treatment recommendation formation on parental satisfaction and compliance. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.

Levine, E., Konstas, D., Middleton, D., Goldberg, B. R., & Schmelkin, L. P. (2003, August). The classroom climate and attitudes toward diversity on campus. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.

Schmelkin, L. P., Hoag, J., Liebling, D. E., & Kaufman, A. M. (2003, August). Effects of evaluation expectations and peer recommendations on students ratings. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.

Schmelkin, L. P. (2003, August). Don’t quit your day job: Perspectives concerning part-time teaching. Symposium discussant at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.

Schmelkin, L. P. (2003, August). Following in the footsteps. In J. L. Kassinove (Chair), Keeping psychology in the family: Teaching our own children. Symposium at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.

Gilbert, K., Levine, N., Lieberman, R., & Schmelkin, L. P. (2002, August). Multidimensional scaling of fifth-graders’ perceptions of academic dishonesty. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Kassinove, J. I., & Schmelkin, L. P. (2002, August). Gambling illusions of control: A cross cultural instrument. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Miller, A. R., & Schmelkin, L. P. (2002, August). Physicians’ and psychologists’ attitudes toward an individual’s right-to-die. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Schmelkin, L. P. (2002, August). Confidence intervals and the statistical re-education of psychology. Symposium discussant at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Schmelkin, L. P. (2002, August). Teaching and learning in quantitative courses: A shared experience. In L. L. Harlow (Chair), Engaging others in quantitative psychology: Discussion. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Pinto, A., Mancebo, M., Gadon, O., Schmelkin, L., & Scardapane, J. (2001, October). Parental satisfaction with psychoeducational assessment services. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Kerhonkson, NY. Recipient of Lorne H. Woollatt Distinguished Paper Award.

Owens, S. G., Roth, D., & Schmelkin, L. P. (2001, August). Alcohol use among university students: Incidence, reasons, and effects. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Schmelkin, L. P., Kaufman, A. M., & Liebling, D. E. (2001, August). Faculty assessments of the clarity and prevalence of academic dishonesty. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Schmelkin, L. P., Lieberman, R., & Gilbert, K. (2001, August). Multidimensional scaling of high school students’ perceptions of academic dishonesty. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.

Schmelkin, L. P. (2001, April). Current issues in reliability: A new look at score integrity. Symposium participant at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle, WA.

Schmelkin, L. P. (2000, October). Validity issues in assessment. Symposium participant at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Ellenville, NY.

Carragher, D. J., Scardapane, J. R., & Schmelkin, L. P. (2000, August). Alternative behavior scale: Assessing nonidentified gay youth behaviors. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Carragher, D. J., Scardapane, J. R., & Schmelkin, L. P. (2000, August). Antecedents and consequences of victimization on nonidentified gay male youth. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Schmelkin, L. P., Spencer, K. J., Gilbert, K., Lieberman, R., & Pincus, H. S. (2000, August). A multidimensional scaling of students’ perceptions of academic dishonesty. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Flynn, G., & Schmelkin, L. P. (2000, April). The effects of notetaking strategies on achievement. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (as the Distinguished Paper Award recipient from the Northeastern Educational Research Association), New Orleans.

Macri, J., Goldstein, J., Golin, K., & Schmelkin, L. P. (2000, March). College students’ AIDS attitudes, knowledge, and behavior. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Baltimore.

Miller, A., Reilly, L., Russin, F., & Schmelkin, L. P. (2000, March). Graduate students’ evaluation of an APA-accredited clinical/school Ph.D. program. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Baltimore.

Lieber, D., DiGiuseppe, R., Schmelkin, L. P., & Kassinove, H. (1999, November). A survey of practitioners’ use of cognitive disputational strategies in rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT). Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Toronto, Canada.

Schmelkin, L. P., Spencer, K. J., Gilbert, K., Lieberman, R., & Pincus, H. S. (1999, October). Students’ perceptions of academic dishonesty: A multidimensional scaling study. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Ellenville, NY.

Flynn, G., & Schmelkin, L. P. (1999, October). The effects of notetaking strategies on achievement. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Ellenville, NY. Recipient of Lorne H. Woollatt Distinguished Paper Award.

Schmelkin, L. P. (1999, August). Educational issues and changes in NHST. Presented at a symposium at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston.

Schmelkin, L. P., Moses, M. R., Macri, J., Golin, K., & Goldstein, J. (1999, August). Adolescents’ AIDS attitudes, knowledge, and behavior: A four-year study. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston.

Southwick, S. L., Sabatino, S., Kenny, K. M, & Schmelkin, L. P. (1999, August). Support for the Internet paradox? A college survey examining the social implications of students’ Internet use. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston.

Grossman, S., Osterman, K., & Schmelkin, L. P. (1999, April). Parent involvement: The relationship between beliefs and practices. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada.

Schmelkin, L. P. (1999, April). Utilization of textbooks in courses in educational research and statistics: Views of textbook authors and others. Participant in panel presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada.

Gellman, E. S., Berkowitz, M., & Schmelkin, L. P. (1999, February). Course ratings and sex as factors in choice of a math professor. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Educational Research Association, Hilton Head, SC.

Schmelkin, L. P., Spencer, K. J., & Pincus, H. S. (1998, October). A multidimensional scaling analysis of students’ perceptions of academic dishonesty: A pilot study. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Ellenville, NY.

Gellman, E. S., Berkowitz, M., & Schmelkin, L. P. (1998, October). Student ratings, sex and subject taught as factors in choice of a professor. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Ellenville, NY.

Schmelkin, L. P. (1998, August). Test-taker rights and responsibilities–Issues and perspectives. Symposium participant at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco.

Schmelkin, L. P. (1998, April). The application of multidimensional scaling in educational research. Symposium participant at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego.

Gellman, E. S., Berkowitz, M., & Schmelkin, L. P. (1998, February). Student ratings and sex as factors in choice of English professor. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Educational Research Association, Tampa.

Gellman, E. S., Berkowitz, M., & Schmelkin, L. P. (1997, October). Sex of instructor and student ratings as factors in choice of a professor. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Ellenville, NY.

Murolo, N., & Schmelkin, L. P. (1997, October). Sexual harassment and manly sports: Are they related? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Ellenville, NY.

Spencer, K. J., & Schmelkin, L. P. (1997, October). Usefulness to faculty of course and teacher ratings: Student perspectives. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Ellenville, NY.

Gellman, E. S., Berkowitz, M., & Schmelkin, L. P. (1997, February). Course and teacher evaluation scores as a factor in choice of a professor. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Educational Research Association, Hilton Head, SC.

Gellman, E. S., Berkowitz, M., & Schmelkin, L. P. (1996, October). What professor will they choose: Factors influencing students’ decisions. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Ellenville, NY.

Spencer, K. J., Schmelkin, L. P., & Labenberg, L. J. (1996, October). Currency of the campus: Students’ attitudes toward grading. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Ellenville, NY.

Labenberg, L. J., Schmelkin, L. P., & Spencer, K. J. (1995, October). Making the grade: Student views of grading. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Ellenville, NY.

Schmelkin, L. P., Spencer, K. J., & Gellman, E. S. (1995, April). Faculty perspectives on course and teacher evaluations. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

Spencer, K. J., & Schmelkin, L. P. (1995, April). Student perspectives on teaching and its evaluation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

Schmelkin, L. P., & Berkell, D. E. (1994, October). Summary of CEC-MRDD membership survey. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Ellenville, NY.

Spencer, K. J., & Schmelkin, L. P. (1994, October). College student views of course and teacher evaluations. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Ellenville, NY.

Hall, V. C., Meyer, W. J., Brown, S., Geisinger, K., & Schmelkin, L. P. (1994, October). Graduate education: New and old perspectives. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Ellenville, NY.

Berkell, D. E., Schmelkin, L. P., & Cramer, S. F. (1993, October). Professional development of members of a special education organization. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Ellenville, NY.

Passmore, D. L., Brown, S., & Schmelkin, L. P. (1993, October). Reinventing graduate education: Report of an electronic conference. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Ellenville, NY.

Schmelkin, L. P. (1993, April). Teaching statistical methods classes VII: Content controversies, a town meeting. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Atlanta.

Berkell, D. E., Schmelkin, L. P., & Cramer, S. F. (1992, October). Evaluation of social skills in persons with autism and severe disabilities. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Ellenville, NY.

Rooney, S. M., & Schmelkin, L. P. (1992, October). Social episode cognition and perceived self-efficacy. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Ellenville, NY.

Brown, J. M., Berkell, D. E., & Schmelkin, L. P. (1991, December). A comparison of vocational education and special education teacher educators’ attitudes toward the employability of persons with severe disabilities. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Vocational Association, Los Angeles.

Berkell, D. E., & Schmelkin, L. P. (1991, October). The development of an instrument to measure social skills of students with autism. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Ellenville, NY.

Berkell, D. E., & Schmelkin, L. P. (1990, October). Focus on the evaluation of transitional programs II. Presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Ellenville, NY.

Berkell, D. E., & Schmelkin, L. P. (1989, October). Focus on the evaluation of transitional programs. Presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Ellenville, NY.

Berkell, D. E., & Schmelkin, L. P. (1989, October). Facilitating co-worker interaction with persons with autism. Paper presented at the Fifth International Conference on Career Development, Atlanta, GA.

Berkell, D. E., Schmelkin, L. P., & Levy, J. M. (1988, November). An assessment of professional attitudes toward the employability of persons with severe handicaps. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Ellenville, NY.

Garvar-Pinhas, A., & Schmelkin, L. P. (1987, April). Administrators’ and teachers’ attitudes toward mainstreaming. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (as the Distinguished Paper Award recipient from the Northeastern Educational Research Association), Washington, DC.

Garvar-Pinhas, A., & Schmelkin, L. P. (1987, February). A multidimensional scaling study of administrators’ and teachers’ perceptions of disabilities. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Educational Research Association, Boston.

Hecht, D., Schmelkin, L. P., & Wachtel, A. B. (1987, February). Psychiatric Opinionnaire. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Educational Research Association, Boston.

Schmelkin, L. P., & Berkell, D. E. (1986, October). Attitudes toward the employability of persons with severe handicaps. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Kerhonkson, NY.

Garvar, A., & Schmelkin, L. P. (1986, October). Administrators’ and teachers’ attitudes toward mainstreaming. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Kerhonkson, NY. Recipient of Distinguished Paper Award.

Schmelkin, L. P. (1986, June). Multidimensional perspectives in the perception of disabilities. Invited paper presented at the Attitudes Toward Persons With Disabilities conference, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY.

Schmelkin, L. P., Wachtel, A. B., & Hecht, D. (1986, March). A longitudinal assessment of medical students’ attitudes toward the biopsychosocial model. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Educational Research Association, Miami Beach.

Wachtel, A. B., Schmelkin, L. P., & Hecht, D. (1985, November). Medical students’ perceived self-efficacy toward psychosocial cancer care. Paper abstracted at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Education, San Francisco.

Berkell, D. E., & Schmelkin, L. P. (1985, October). Development of an instrument to measure attitudes toward the employability of individuals with severe handicaps. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Kerhonkson, NY.

Schmelkin, L. P., Wachtel, A. B., Schneiderman, B. E., & Hecht, D. (1985, February). The development and validation of a scale to measure medical students’ attitudes toward cancer. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Educational Research Association, Virginia Beach, VA.

Zwiren, L. D., & Schmelkin, L. P. (1985, February). Using multiple regression to test group differences with repeated measures. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Educational Research Association, Virginia Beach, VA.

Berkell, D. E., & Schmelkin, L. P. (1984, October). A pre and post-practicum comparison of teacher interns’ perceptions of diagnostic information. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Ellenville, NY.

Schmelkin, L. P., Schneiderman, B. E., Margolies, R., & Wachtel, A. B. (1984, February). The dimensional structure of medical students’ perceptions of diseases. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Educational Research Association, West Palm Beach, FL.

Margolies, R., Wachtel, A. B., Schmelkin, L. P., & Blum, R. (1983, November). Medical students’ perceptions of the differential importance of patient assessment variables. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Education, Minneapolis.

Schmelkin, L. P., & Berkell, D. E. (1983, October). The cognitive structure underlying diagnostic information. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Ellenville, NY.

Schmelkin, L. P. (1983, April). A multidimensional scaling of disability labels. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal.

Schmelkin, L. P. (1983, February). The hierarchy of preference toward disability groups: A reanalysis. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Educational Research Association, Baltimore.

Schmelkin, L. P., & Fialkow, G. (1983, February). The relationships among teacher ratings and student self concepts. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Educational Research Association, Baltimore.

Schmelkin, L. P., & Gottlieb, J. (1982, June). Teacher-pupil interaction toward mildly handicapped children in the mainstream. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association on Mental Deficiency, Boston.

Schmelkin, L. P. (1982, March). Evaluation of the change process: Faculty and students. Presented at the Inter-University Conference on Issues in Personnel Preparation: Implications of P. L. 94-142, C. W. Post University, Long Island, NY.

Schmelkin, L. P., & Lieberman, L. L. (1982, February). Education students’ awareness of mainstreaming concerns: Implications for improving training programs. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Educational Research Association, West Palm Beach, FL.

Schmelkin, L. P., & Lieberman, L. L. (1982, February). The impact of public law 94-142 on a school of education: Implications for faculty and curriculum development. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Educational Research Association, West Palm Beach, FL.

Schmelkin, L. P., Barnes, D., & Van Buren, J. (1981, December). Dean’s scholars: A faculty development strategy. Presentation at the Northeast Regional Deans’ Grants Conference, New York City.

Schmelkin, L. P., & Lieberman, L. L. (1981, March). Faculty knowledge and attitudes toward mainstreaming. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Educational Research Association, Philadelphia.

Schmelkin, L. P. (1980, March). Perceptions of disabilities: A multidimensional scaling approach. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Educational Research Association, Norfolk, VA.

Driscoll, B. M., & Schmelkin, L. P. (1978, March). Linguistic processing of comparative sentences. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Educational Research Association, Williamsburg, VA.

Schmelkin, L. P., & Reid, D. K. (1977, April). The effects of verbalization and the presence of a memory aid on concept learning in educable mentally retarded children. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York City.

Schmelkin, L. P. (1976, April). Statistical power analysis of research in Exceptional Children. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Council for Exceptional Children, Chicago.

Workshops And Other Presentations  top

Introduction to test interpretation and analysis. Workshop presented at the Baldwin School District, February 2002.

Introduction to SPSS for Windows. Workshop presented at Hofstra University, November 1996.

Courses students love to hate. Presidential address delivered at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Educational Research Association, Ellenville, NY, October, 1995.

The integration of measurement, design, and analysis: An author’s perspective. Workshop presented at the University of Connecticut, January 1993.

Multidimensional scaling: An overview and selected applications. Workshop presented at Fordham University, May 1986.

The interpretation and reporting of test scores. Administrative workshop presented at the Amityville School District, August 1985.

The interpretation and reporting of test scores. Administrative workshop presented at the Farmingdale School District, August 1985.

Attitudes to disability: A research study. Workshop presented at the third New College Collegium, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, December 1983.

The use of multidimensional scaling in aesthetics research. Workshop presented at New College, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, May 1983.

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