Admissions
Our Students
Our students are a vibrant and diverse group that includes both U.S. and international students. We accept about 16 Ph.D students a year, and we have about 75 active Ph.D students in our current programs.
Graduates from our doctoral programs have assumed positions at the following universities:
Auburn University
Baylor University
Duke University
Emory University
Florida Atlantic University
Florida International University
Florida State University
Georgia State University
Illinois State University
New Mexico State University
University of Central Florida
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
University of North Texas
University of Texas
University of the North, South Africa
Our graduates have also assumed positions in the following organizations:
ACT (formerly the American College Testing Program)
Educational Testing Service (ETS)
School systems across the country
Application Deadlines:
Educational Psychology Program: Fall and Spring admissions. All application materials must be received by June 1 for admission to Fall semester and by October 1 for admission to Spring semester.
Research and Evaluation Methodology Program: Fall and Spring admissions. All application materials must be received by June 1 for admission to Fall semester and by October 1 for admission to Spring semester.
For more information or if you have questions, contact the department's Graduate Coordinator, Bridget Franks, at bfranks@coe.ufl.edu.
Applications may be made via mail or online. Click here for instructions: Graduate Application Instructions
Click here for more detailed information about admissions, financial assistance, support services for students, and costs for tuition and living expenses. College of Education Office of Graduate Studies and Research: Prospective Students
Other Resource Information for Students:
Student Honors and Awards, 1999-2002:
Graduate Student Teaching Award, 2001-2002 (1)
AERA/Spencer Doctoral Research Travel Award, 2001-2002 (1)
Travel fellowship to participate in the 30th Carnegie-Mellon Symposium on Cognition, June, 1999 (1)
8 UF Alumni Fellowships
7 Minority Fellowships
2 Grinter Fellowships
19 Student Presentations at Regional and National Conferences, 2000-2002
American Educational Research Association
Florida Educational Research Association
Florida Association for Behavioral Analysis
Association for Behavioral Analysis
Dissertations and Theses
Examples of the wide range of dissertation topics our students have investigated from 1999 to 2002:
Educational Psychology
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Emotion management from late childhood through adolescence: The school as social context
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The effect of expressive writing on prospective teaches’ sense of efficacy, stress, burnout, and satisfaction with teaching
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Effects of augmented activation, refutational text, efficacy beliefs, epistemological beliefs, and systematic processing on conceptual change in preservice teachers’ beliefs about mathematics
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The role of prior beliefs, refutational text, intrinsic and extrinsic goals, and extrinsic reward structures in the conceptual change of preservice teachers
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Effects of situated cognition, academic efficacy, and intrinsic motivation on education students’ learning of reciprocal teaching
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Acculturation, family characteristics, gender, and identity development of African-American, Caucasian, and Hispanic adolescents
Research and Evaluation Methodology
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The new vocationalism: A Deweyan analysis
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The impact of multiple imputations on the estimation of coefficient alpha
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An empirical comparison of methods for estimating latent variable interactions
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Statistical methods for the analysis of designs including treatments delivered to groups and individuals: An analytic and Monte Carlo study
Examples of students’ thesis topics from 1999 to 2002:
Educational Psychology
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The effect of choice, context, and personalization on activity level, motivation, and learning in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
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Reconceptualizing the debate on school climate and students’ academic motivation and achievement: A multilevel analysis
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Comparison of evaluative and nonevaluative test feedback on the test performance of sixth-grade students
Please contact us if you would like more information about our programs.
