Josh Cuevas, Ph.D.

Area(s) of Expertise: Applied Cognition, Assessment, Educational Measurement, Evidence-Based Reasoning, Language and Literacy, Memory, Quantitative Methodology
Courses Taught
EDUC 6402, Educational Research Methodology (Âé¶¹´«Ã½), master’s level course in research methodology, design, and statistics
MGED 6001, Middle-Level Practices and Curricular Issues in Contemporary Schools (Âé¶¹´«Ã½), master’s level capstone research course
EDUC 6001, Educational Research (Âé¶¹´«Ã½), master’s level course in research methodology, design, and statistics
EDUC 6101, Advanced Assessment (Âé¶¹´«Ã½), master’s level course in educational measurement
SCED 4002/EDUC 3002, Educational Assessment (Âé¶¹´«Ã½), undergraduate course in assessment
SCED 4005, Internship (Âé¶¹´«Ã½), undergraduate field experience supervision course
MGED 4020, Instructional Strategies & Monitoring (Âé¶¹´«Ã½), undergraduate course in educational psychology
MGED 4015, Internship 3, Decision Making (Âé¶¹´«Ã½), undergraduate field experience supervision course
MGED 3540, Applied Data Analysis (Âé¶¹´«Ã½), undergraduate field supervision and data analysis course
EDUC 2130, Exploring Teaching and Learning (Âé¶¹´«Ã½), undergraduate course in educational psychology
LART 3040, Teaching Reading/Writing in Middle/Secondary Schools (Âé¶¹´«Ã½), undergraduate course in k-12 reading
LART 3106, Teaching Reading in the Content Areas (Âé¶¹´«Ã½), undergraduate course in k-12 reading
READ 4100/LART 3007, Diagnosis and Remediation of Reading Disabilities (Âé¶¹´«Ã½), undergraduate reading endorsement course
LART 3060, Teaching Language Arts at the Middle School Level (Âé¶¹´«Ã½), undergraduate course in education
MGMS 7200, Conceptualizing Middle Level Learning & Diversity in Content (Âé¶¹´«Ã½), master’s level course in middle grades education
EPY 7090, The Psychology of Learning (Georgia State University) master’s level course in early childhood education/educational psychology
EPY 2050, Human Growth and Development (Georgia State University) undergraduate course in educational psychology
Education
- Ph.D., Educational Psychology, Georgia State University, 2010
- M.A.T., English Language Arts Education, Piedmont College, 2005
- B.A., Literature, University of Georgia, 1994
Publications
Cuevas, J. A., & Dawson, B. L. (In Press). A test of two alternative cognitive processing models: Learning styles and dual coding. Theory and Research in Education
Cuevas, J. A., & Russell, L. R. (2017). An exploration of the use of technology to address academic language learning in teacher education in preparation for the edTPA. .
Cuevas, J. A. (2017). Visual and auditory learning: Differentiating instruction via sensory modality and its effects on memory. In Student Achievement: Perspectives, Assessment and Improvement Strategies. New York: Nova Science Publishers. ISBN-13: 978-1536102055
Cuevas, J. A. (2016). An analysis of current evidence supporting two alternate learning models: Learning styles and dual coding. Journal of Educational Sciences & Psychology, 6(1). 1-13.
Cuevas, J. A. (2015). Is learning styles-based instruction effective? A comprehensive analysis of recent research on learning styles.
Cuevas, J. A. (2015). Hispanic acculturation in the U.S.: Examining the relationship between Americans’ ethnocentricity and education. . ISSN 1740-2743.
Russell, L. R. & Cuevas, J. A. (2014). Designing customizable reading modules for a high school literature classroom. .
Cuevas, J. A., Irving, M. A. & Russell, L. R. (2014). Applied cognition: Testing the effects of independent silent reading on secondary students' achievement and attribution. Reading Psychology. 35(2). 127-59. doi: 10.1080/02702711.2012.675419.
Cuevas, J. A. (2013). A reflection on belief. .
Cuevas, J. A., Russell, L. R., & Irving, M. A. (2012). An examination of the effect of customized reading modules on diverse secondary students’ reading comprehension and motivation. .
Cuevas, J. A. (2012). Improving secondary students’ reading comprehension through the use of advance organizers. .
Cuevas, J. A. (2010). Applied cognition in reading: An analysis of reading comprehension in secondary students. . Paper 70.
Cuevas, J. A. (2008). The psychological processes and consequences of fundamentalist indoctrination. Essays in the Philosophy of Humanism. 16(2). 57-70.
Graduate Students’ Publications
Liming, M., & Cuevas, J. A. (2017). An examination of the testing and spacing effects in a middle grades social studies classroom. .
Miller, H. B. & Cuevas, J. A. (2017). Mobile learning and its effects on academic achievement and student motivation in middle grades students. International Journal for Scholarship of Technology Enhanced Learning, (1)2, 91-110.
Liming, B., & Cuevas, J. A. (2017). Implicit theories of intelligence: Outcomes on academic achievement, self-efficacy, and effort in science education. In Student Achievement: Perspectives, Assessment and Improvement Strategies. New York: Nova Science Publishers. ISBN-13: 978-1536102055
Neal, B. & Cuevas, J. A. (2016). An examination of educators' attitudes toward inclusion. .
Johnson, S. A. & Cuevas, J. A. (2016). The effects of inquiry project-based learning on student reading motivation and perceptions of inquiry learning processes. .
Cochrane, S. H. & Cuevas, J. A. (2015). Teacher perceptions of the Common Core
Performance Standards. .