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Denisse Avila-Alejo

Title: Adjunct Faculty

Department: Educational Psychology

College: College of Education

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • PhD, University of North Texas, 2023
    Major: Educational Psychology - Research, Measurement and Statistics
    Dissertation: Lasso Regularization for DIF Detection in Graded Response Models

Current Scheduled Teaching

EPSY 5210.480ED STATISTICSSpring 8W1 2026
EPSY 5050.490Foundations of Educational Research MethodologySpring 8W2 2026
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching

EPSY 5050.001Foundations of Educational Research MethodologyFall 2024 SPOT
EPSY 6010.020Statistics for Educational ResearchSummer 5W2 2024 SPOT
EPSY 5050.001Foundations of Educational Research MethodologySpring 2024 SPOT
EPSY 5210.001ED STATISTICSFall 2023 SPOT
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
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Overall
Summative Rating		 Challenge and
Engagement Index		 Response Rate

out of 5
out of 7		 %
of
students responded
  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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