Faculty Profile

Abbas Tashakkori

Title
Professor
Department
Educational Psychology
College
College of Education

    

Education

PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1980.
Major: Social Psychology
Degree Specialization: Experimental Methods; Quantitative Methods
MS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1977.
Major: Social Psychology
Degree Specialization: Quantitative Methods
BA, Pahlavi University, Iran, 1972.
Major: Educational Psychology

Current Scheduled Teaching*

No current or future courses scheduled.

* 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 5050.001, Foundations of Educational Research Methodology, Spring 2021 SPOT
EPSY 5050.090, Foundations of Educational Research Methodology, Spring 8W2 2021 SPOT
EPSY 5050.096, Foundations of Educational Research Methodology, Spring 8W2 2021 SPOT
EPSY 5050.600, Foundations of Educational Research Methodology, Spring 2021
EPSY 6020.002, Research Methods in Education, Spring 2021 SPOT
EPSY 5050.001, Foundations of Educational Research Methodology, Fall 2020 SPOT
EPSY 5050.600, Foundations of Educational Research Methodology, Fall 2020 SPOT
EPSY 6020.001, Research Methods in Education, Fall 2020 SPOT
EPSY 6020.090, Research Methods in Education, Fall 8W2 2020
EPSY 6020.001, Research Methods in Education, Spring 2020
EPSY 6020.002, Research Methods in Education, Spring 2020
EPSY 6950.714, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2019
EPSY 6020.001, Research Methods in Education, Spring 2019 SPOT
EPSY 6020.002, Research Methods in Education, Spring 2019 SPOT
EPSY 6020.001, Research Methods in Education, Fall 2018 SPOT
EPSY 6900.714, Special Problems, Fall 2018
EPSY 5990.020, Supervised Research or Program Evaluation, Fall 2018
EPSY 5990.714, Supervised Research or Program Evaluation, Fall 2018
EPSY 5350.020, Foundations of PsychoEducational Measurement, Summer 5W2 2018 SPOT
EPSY 5350.026, Foundations of PsychoEducational Measurement, Summer 5W2 2018 SPOT
EPSY 5990.020, Supervised Research or Program Evaluation, Summer 10W 2018
EPSY 6020.002, Research Methods in Education, Spring 2018 SPOT
EPSY 5990.020, Supervised Research or Program Evaluation, Spring 2018
EPSY 5990.714, Supervised Research or Program Evaluation, Spring 2018
EPSY 5990.020, Supervised Research or Program Evaluation, Fall 2017
EPSY 5990.714, Supervised Research or Program Evaluation, Fall 2017
EPSY 5990.020, Supervised Research or Program Evaluation, Summer 10W 2017
EPSY 5990.020, Supervised Research or Program Evaluation, Spring 2017
EPSY 5990.020, Supervised Research or Program Evaluation, Fall 2016
DFST 4900.700, Special Problems, Summer 3W1 2016
EPSY 5990.020, Supervised Research or Program Evaluation, Summer 10W 2016
EPSY 5990.714, Supervised Research or Program Evaluation, Summer 10W 2016
EPSY 5990.020, Supervised Research or Program Evaluation, Spring 2016 SPOT
EPSY 5990.020, Supervised Research or Program Evaluation, Fall 2015
EPSY 5990.714, Supervised Research or Program Evaluation, Fall 2015
EPSY 5990.020, Supervised Research or Program Evaluation, Summer 10W 2015
EPSY 5990.714, Supervised Research or Program Evaluation, Summer 10W 2015
EPSY 6950.700, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2015
EPSY 5990.020, Supervised Research or Program Evaluation, Spring 2015
EPSY 5990.026, Supervised Research or Program Evaluation, Spring 2015
EPSY 5990.714, Supervised Research or Program Evaluation, Spring 2015
EPSY 6950.700, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2014
EPSY 5990.020, Supervised Research or Program Evaluation, Fall 2014
EPSY 5990.026, Supervised Research or Program Evaluation, Fall 2014
EPSY 5990.020, Supervised Research or Program Evaluation, Summer 10W 2014
EPSY 5990.714, Supervised Research or Program Evaluation, Summer 10W 2014
EPSY 5350.001, Foundations of PsychoEducational Measurement, Spring 2014
EPSY 5990.020, Supervised Research or Program Evaluation, Fall 2013
EPSY 5990.020, Supervised Research, Evaluation, or Clinical Intervention, Summer 10W 2013
EPSY 5900.707, Special Problems, Spring 2013
EPSY 5990.714, Supervised Research, Evaluation, or Clinical Intervention, Spring 2013
EPSY 5350.001, Foundations of PsychoEducational Measurement, Fall 2012
EPSY 5350.020, Foundations of PsychoEducational Measurement, Fall 2012
EPSY 5900.707, Special Problems, Fall 2012
EPSY 5990.714, Supervised Research, Evaluation, or Clinical Intervention, Fall 2012
EPSY 5900.712, Special Problems, Summer 10W 2012
EPSY 5800.004, Studies of Educational Psychology, Spring 2012
EPSY 5350.001, Foundations of PsychoEducational Measurement, Fall 2011
EPSY 5800.001, Studies of Educational Psychology, Fall 2011
EPSY 5800.001, Studies of Educational Psychology, Summer 5W1 2011
EPSY 5350.001, Educational Evaluation and Assessment, Fall 2010
EPSY 5350.791, Educational Evaluation and Assessment, Fall 2010

* 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.

Published Publications

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book
Tashakkori, A., Johnson, B., Teddlie, C. (2021). Foundations of Mixed Methods Research 2nd Edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Tashakkori, A., Teddlie, C. (2010). Handbook of mixed methods in social and behavioral research (2nd Edition). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Teddlie, C., Tashakkori, A. (2009). Foundations of mixed methods research: Integrating quantitative and qualitative approaches in the social and behavioral sciences. Sage Publications Inc.
Tashakkori, A., Teddlie, C. (2003). Handbook of mixed methods in social and behavioral research. Sage.
Tashakkori, A., Ochoa, S. H. (1999). Education of Hispanics in the United States: Politics, policies, and outcomes. 16, . AMS Press.
Tashakkori, A., Teddlie, C. (1998). Mixed methodology: Combining qualitative and quantitative approaches. 46, . Sage.
Book Chapter
Onwuegbuzie, A., Tashakkori, A. (2015). Utilizing Mixed Research and Evaluation Methodology in Peace Psychology and Beyond. Methodologies in Peace Psychology. 115–137. Springer International Publishing.
Tashakkori, A., Teddlie, C., Sines, M. C. (2012). Mixed methods in psychological research. Weiner, I., Shinka, J. A. & Velicer, W. F. (Eds.) Handbook of psychology (2nd Ed.), Volume 2 (Research methods in psychology). Wiley.
Teddlie, C., Tashakkori, A. (2011). Mixed methods research. Handbook of Qualitative Research. 285–300.
Teddlie, C., Tashakkori, A. (2011). Mixed methods: Contemporary issues in an emerging field. N. K. Denzin & Y. S. Lincoln (Eds.), Handbook of qualitative research (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Tashakkori, A., Newman, I. (2010). Mixed Methods: Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches to Research. McGaw, B., Baker, E. & Peterson, P. P. (Eds) International Encyclopedia of Education (3rd Edition). Elsevier.
Teddlie, C., Tashakkori, A. Overview of contemporary issues in mixed methods research. Tashakkori, A. & Teddlie, C. (Eds.) Handbook of mixed methods in social and behavioral research (2nd Edition). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Tashakkori, A., Brown, L. M., Borghasie, P. (2009). Integrated methods for studying a systemic conceptualization of stress and coping. K. M. T. Collins, A. J. Onwuegbuzie & Q. G. Jiao (Eds.) Toward a broader understanding of stress and coping: Mixed methods approaches. Information Age Publishing.
Tashakkori, A., Teddlie, C. (2009). Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches to Research. Rog and Bickman, Handbook of Applied Social Research Methods (2nd Edition). Sage.
Teddlie, C., Tashakkori, A., Johnson, B. (2008). Emergent techniques in the gathering and analysis of mixed methods data. Leavy & Hesse-Biber (Eds), Handbook of Emergent Methods. 389-414. Guilford Press.
Tashakkori, A., Teddlie, C. (2008). Quality of inferences in mixed methods research. Bergman, M. (Ed.) Advances in mixed methods research: Theories and applications. Sage.
Tashakkori, A., Teddlie, C. (2005). Mixed methods research tradition. English, F. (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Educational Administration. Sage.
Creswell, J. W., Tashakkori, A., Jensen, K. D., Shapley, K. L. (2003). Teaching mixed methods research: Practices, dilemmas, and challenges. Tashakkori and Teddlie (Eds.) Handbook of mixed methods in social and behavioral research. Sage.
Tashakkori, A., Teddlie, C. (2003). The Past and the Future of Mixed Model Research: From "Methodological Triangulation" to "Mixed Model Designs". Tashakkori, A., & Teddlie, C. Handbook of mixed methods in social and behavioral research. Sage.
Thompson, V. D., Tashakkori, A. (1993). Another look at heredity and environment as shapers of the person: A proximal-distal framework for consideration. L. Savery (Ed.), Advances in Population. 57-84. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Thompson, V. D., Tashakkori, A. (1993). Population decisions: Psychological models. Mahdavan, K. and Krishnan, P. (Eds), Methodology for population studies and development. 148-167. Sage.
Conference Proceeding
WASZAK, C., Tashakkori, A., THOMPSON, V. (1988). PARENTAL INFLUENCE STYLES AND ADOLESCENT SEXUAL ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR. POPULATION INDEX. 54(3), 471–471.
Journal Article
Teddlie, C., Tashakkori, A. (2012). Common "core" characteristics of mixed methods research: A review of critical issues and call for greater convergence. American Behavioral Scientist. 56(6), 774-788.
Teddlie, C., Tashakkori, A. (2012). Common “core” characteristics of mixed methods research A review of critical issues and call for greater convergence. American Behavioral Scientist. 56(6), 774–788. SAGE Publications.
Tashakkori, A., Teddlie, C., Sines, M. C. (2012). Utilizing mixed methods in psychological research. Other. 428–450.
Tashakkori, A., Weeks, O. A., Villamore, E., Tracy, M. (2011). QBIC, an interdisciplinary and quantitative biological sciences curriculum: concept to implementation. Journal of Science Education. 1(12), 11-14.
Tashakkori, A. (2010). Are We There Yet?. Journal of Mixed Methods Research. 3(4), 287–291.
Tashakkori, A., Teddlie, C. (2010). Epilogue: Current developments and emerging trends in integrated research methodology. Other. 803–826.
Teddlie, C., Tashakkori, A. (2010). Overview of contemporary issues in mixed methods research. Other. 2, 1–44.
Tashakkori, A., Teddlie, C. (2010). Putting the human back in ‘‘Human research methodology’’: The researcher in mixed methods research. Journal of Mixed Methods Research. 4(4), 271–277. SAGE Publications.
Tashakkori, A., Creswell, J. W. (2008). Editorial: Envisioning the future stewards of the social-behavioral research enterprise. Journal of Mixed Methods Research. 2(4), 291–295. SAGE Publications.
Creswell, J. W., Tashakkori, A. (2008). Editorial: How Do Research Manuscripts Contribute to the Literature on Mixed Methods?. Journal of Mixed Methods Research. 2(2), 115–120. SAGE Publications.
Teddlie, C., Tashakkori, A., Johnson, B. (2008). Emergent techniques in the gathering and analysis of mixed methods data. Other. 389–414. New York, NY: Guilford Press.
Tashakkori, A., Creswell, J. (2008). Envisioning the future stewards of the research enterprise. Journal of Mixed Methods Research.
Tashakkori, A., Creswell, J. (2008). Mixed methodology across disciplines. Journal of Mixed Methods Research.
Tashakkori, A., Teddlie, C. (2008). Quality of inferences in mixed methods research: Calling for an integrative framework. Other. 101–119. Sage London.
Aghajanian, A., Tashakkori, A., Thompson, V., Mehryar, A. H., Kazemipour, S. (2007). Attitudes of Iranian female adolescents toward education and non-familial roles: A study of a post-revolutionary cohort. Marriage & Family Review.
Creswell, J., Tashakkori, A. (2007). Differing perspectives on mixed methods research. Journal of Mixed Methods Research.
Creswell, J. W., Tashakkori, A. (2007). Editorial: Developing publishable mixed methods manuscripts. Journal of Mixed Methods Research. 1(2), 107–111. Sage Publications.
Tashakkori, A., Creswell, J. W. (2007). Editorial: The new era of mixed methods. Journal of Mixed Methods Research. 1(1), 3–7. Sage Publications.
Tashakkori, A., Creswell, J. (2007). Exploring the nature of research questions in mixed methods research. Journal of Mixed Methods Research.
Creswell, J., Tashakkori, A. (2007). Salient attributes of publishable mixed methods manuscripts. Journal of Mixed Methods Research. http://mmr.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/1/1/3.pdf
Teddlie, C., Tashakkori, A. (2006). A general typology of research designs featuring mixed methods. Other.
Lopez, M., Tashakkori, A. (2006). Differential outcomes of TWBE and TBE on ELLs at different entry levels. Bilingual Research Journal.
López, M. G., Tashakkori, A. (2006). Differential outcomes of two bilingual education programs on English language learners. Bilingual Research Journal. 30(1), 123–145. Taylor & Francis.
Lopez, M., Tashakkori, A. (2004). Effects of a Two-Way Bilingual Education Program on the Literacy Development of Students in Kindergarten and the First Grade. Journal of Bilingual Education.
Tashakkori, A., Teddlie, C. (2003). Issues and dilemmas in teaching research methods courses in social and behavioral sciences: A US perspective. International Journal of Social Research Methodology.
Teddlie, C., Tashakkori, A. (2003). Major issues and controveries inthe use of mixed methods in the social and behvioral sciences. Other. 3–50.
Creswell, J., Tashakkori, A., Jensen, K., Shapley, K. (2003). Teaching mixed methods research: Practices, dilemmas, and challenges. Other. 619–637. Sage Thousand Oaks eCA CA.
Teddlie, C., Tashakkori, A. (2003). The research enterprise in the social and behavioural sciences: Then and now’. Other. 3–50.
Taylor, B., Tashakkori, A., Crone Koshel, L. (2001). A model of planning for school improvement and obstacles to implementation. Journal of School Leadership.
Tashakkori, A., Ropers-Huilman, B. (2000). Gender, Culture, and Ethnicity: Current Research About Women and Men edited by Letitia Anne Peplau, Sheri Chapman DeBro, Rosemary C. Veniegas, and Pamela L. Taylor. Other. 45(2), 170–173. AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION.
Tashakkori, A., Ropers-Huilman, B. (2000). Methodological and Conceptual Issues in Research on Gender and Ethnicity (a review of Gender, culture and ethnicity: Current research about women and men). Other.
Tashakkori, A., Ochoa, S., Kemper, E., Tashakkori, A., Ochoa, S., Kemper, E. (1999). Pull and push factors in the educational attainment of Hispanics: Current realities and future directions. Other. 249–268. New York: AMS Press, Inc.
Taylor, D., Tashakkori, A. (1997). Toward an understanding of teachers' desire for participation in decision making. Journal of School Leadership.
Aghajanian, A., Tashakkori, A., Mehryar, H. (1996). Attitudes toward marriage, fertility and labor market participation among adolescents in Iran. Other.
Taylor, D. L., Tashakkori, A. (1995). Decision participation and school climate as predictors of job satisfaction and teachers’ sense of efficacy. The Journal of Experimental Education. 63(3), 217–230. Taylor & Francis Group.
Taylor, D., Tashakkori, A. (1995). Participation in decision making and school climate as predictors of teachers' job satisfaction and sense of efficacy. Journal of Experimental Education.
Tashakkori, A. (1993). Gender, ethnicity, and the structure of self-esteem: An attitude theory approach. Journal of Social Psychology. 133(4), 479–488. Taylor & Francis.
Tashakkori, A., Kennedy, E. (1993). Measurement of self-perception in multi-racial context: psychometric properties of a modified Self-Description Questionnaire. British Journal of Educational Psychology. 63(2), 337–348. Wiley Online Library.
Thompson, V. D., Tashakkori, A. (1993). Population decisions: psychological models. New Delhi: Sage.
Tashakkori, A. (1993). Race, gender, and pre-adolescent self-structure: a test of construct-specificity hypothesis. Journal of Personality and Individual Differences.
Thompson, V. D., Tashakkori, A. (1992). Another look at heredity and environment as shapers of the person: a proximal-distal framework for consideration. Other. 1, 57–84.
Tashakkori, A., Thompson, V. D. (1992). Predictors of Intention to Take Precautions Against AIDS Among Black College Students. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 22(9), 736–753. Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Tashakkori, A., Thompson, V. D. (1991). Race differences in self-perception and locus of control during adolescence and early adulthood: Methodological implications. Genetic, Social, and General Psychology Monographs. Heldref Publications.
Tashakkori, A., Thompson, V. (1991). Social change and change in intentions of Iranian youth regarding education, marriage, and careers. International Journal of Psychology. 26(2), 203–217. Taylor & Francis.
Tashakkori, A., Thompson, V. D., Yousefi, F. (1990). Adolescent perceptions of parental power: Does family size and ordinal position make a difference?. International Journal of Psychology.
Tashakkori, A., Thompson, V. D., Wade, J., Valente, E. (1990). Structure and stability of self-esteem in late teens. Personality and Individual Differences. 11(9), 885–893. Pergamon.
Wade, T. J., Thompson, V., Tashakkori, A., Valente, E. (1989). A longitudinal analysis of sex by race differences in predictors of adolescent self-esteem. Personality and Individual Differences. 10(7), 717–729. Pergamon.
Tashakkori, A., Thompson, V. D., Simonian, L. (1989). Adolescents’ attributions of parental power: a re-examination of the ‘theory of resources in cultural context’. International Journal of Psychology. 24(1-5), 73–96. Taylor & Francis Group.
Tashakkori, A., Thompson, V. D. (1989). Gender, self-perception, and self-devaluation in depression: A factor analytic study among Iranian college students. Personality and Individual Differences. 10(3), 341–354. Pergamon.
Tashakkori, A., Thompson, V. D. (1989). Sex and SES differences in Iranian adolescent reports of parental involvement in different interaction areas. Journal of Comparative Family Studies.
Tashakkori, A., Barefoot, J., Mehryar, A. H. (1989). What does the beck depression inventory measure in college students?: Evidence from a non-western culture. Journal of Clinical Psychology. 45(4), 595–602. Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company.
Tashakkori, A., Thompson, V. D. (1988). Culture change and attitude change: An assessment of post-revolutionary marriage and attitudes in Iran. Population Research and Policy Review.
Tashakkori, A., Thompson, V. D. (1988). Effects of family configuration on reported indices of parental power among Iranian adolescents. Social Biology.
Tashakkori, A., Haghighat, S., Yousefi, F. (1988). Effects of preschool education on intelligence and achievement of a group of Iranian elementary school children. International Review of Education. 34(4), 499–508. Springer.
Tashakkori, A., Thompson, V. D., Mehryar, A. H. (1987). Iranian adolescents’ intended age of marriage and desired family size. Journal of Marriage and the Family. 917–927. JSTOR.
Mehryar, A. H., Tashakkori, A., Yousefi, F., Khajavi, F. (1987). The application of the Goodenough-Harris Draw-a-Man Test to a group of Iranian children in the city of Shiraz. British Journal of Educational Psychology.
Tashakkori, A., Mehryar, A. H., Yousefi, F. (1986). Application of the Goodenough-Harris Draw-a-Man Test in elementary school children (in Persian, abstract in English). Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities.
Hosseini, A., Tashakkori, A. (1986). Effects of individual and family characteristics on intelligence and school achievement in a group of Iranian elementary school students. Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities. 1, 53–72.
Tashakkori, A., Haghighat, S., Yousefi, F. (1986). Effects of preschool education on intelligence and achievement of elementary school children (in Persian, abstract in English). Journal of Education.
Mehryar, A., Tashakkori, A. (1984). A father's education as a determinant of the socioeconomic and cultural characteristics of families in a sample of Iranian adolescents. Sociological Inquiry.
Hakimi-Manesh, Y., Mojdehi, H., Tashakkori, A. (1984). Short communication: Effects of environmental enrichment on the mental and psychomotor development of orphanage children. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
Boostani, M., Tashakkori, A. (1982). Social maturity of children reared in an Iranian orphanage. Child Study Journal. 12(2), 127–133. SUNY Coll at Buffalo.
Tashakkori, A., Mehryar, A. H. (1982). The differential roles of parents in the family, as reported by a group of Iranian adolescents. Journal of Marriage and the Family. 803–809. JSTOR.
Tashakkori, A., Insko, C. A. (1981). Interpersonal attraction and person perception: Two tests of three balance models. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 17(3), 266–285. Academic Press.
Tashakkori, A., Insko, C. A. (1979). Interpersonal attraction and the polarity of similar attitudes: A test of three balance models. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 37(12), 2262. American Psychological Association.
Mehryar, A. H., Tashakkori, G. (1978). Sex and parental education as determinants of marital aspirations and attitudes of a group of Iranian youth. Journal of Marriage and the Family. 629–637. National Council on Family Relations.
Popular Press Article
Tashakkori, A., Thompson, V. D., Simonian, L. (1989). Adolescents' attributions of parental power: A re-examination of the 'theory of resources in cultural context.". International Journal of Psychology.
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    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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