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Seongah Im · Professor
- Educational Psychology (Professor)
- Office: Wist 212
- Telephone: (808) 956-4299
- Email: seongahi@hawaii.edu
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Areas of Expertise: Measurement, Evaluation & Assessment
Interests: Applied statistics and psychometrics; Mixed effects modeling using item and test scores; Test and scale validation
Degrees (1)
Year
Degree
Major
Institute
2007
Ph.D.
Measurement and Evaluation
Columbia University
Journal Articles (23)
- DeBaryshe, B., Im, S., Azuma, J., Stern, I. R., Nguyen, M., & Chen, Q. (2024). Close to home: Family-centered spatial analysis of access to early care and education. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 68, 123–134, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2024.04.003.
- Im, S., Jo, D., & Lee*, S. M. (2024). Exploring the impact of therapeutic presence on working alliance in Metaverse counseling. The Counseling Psychologist, https://doi.org/10.1177/00110000241234630 (*Corresponding Author).
- Im, S., & Park, H.-J. (2023). A Mathematical Mindset Scale using the positive norms. Psychology in the Schools, 60(8), 2901–2918. https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.22904.
- Jo, D., Im, S., Suh, D. E., Spencer, S., & Matsuda, A. (2023). The Personalized Psychological Flexibility Index (PPFI): an item response theory analysis with racially diverse college students. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 45, 829–843.
- Takahashi, C., & Im, S. (2023). Attitudes toward the spread of English and language learning motivation: A graded response model analysis. International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 33 (2), 190–206. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijal.12457.
- Im, S. (2020). Performance of the Beta-Binomial model for clustered binary responses: Comparison with generalized estimating equations . Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods, 19(1), eP3078. doi: 10.22237/jmasm/1619482380.
- Im, S., & DeBaryshe, B. (2020). Binomial logistic modeling for aggregate binary data: Application to preschoolers’ alphabet knowledge. International Journal of Quantitative Reserach in Education , 5(1), 67–85. DOI: 10.1504/IJQRE.2020.106566.
- Minh-Uyen, V. T., & Im, S. (2020). Psychometric examination of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC-10) among Vietnamese students. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 13(1), 325–341.
- Takahashi, C., & Im, S. (2020). Comparing the self-determination theory and the L2 motivational self-system focusing on their relationships to L2 proficiency. Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 10(4), 673–698.
- Kim, H., Yamauchi, L. A., Im, S., & Trevorrow, T. (2018). Assessing students’ perceptions of instruction designed for culturally diverse classrooms. Culture, Biography & Lifelong Learning, 4(2), 33–52.
- Youn, S. J., & Im, S. (2016). Testing measurement invariance of an EAP Listening Placement Test across undergraduate and graduate students. Papers in Language Testing and Assessment, 5(2), 26–41.
- Takahashi, C., & Im, S. (2015). Examining the ideal L2 Self Scale for college English learners using item response theory analysis. Language Education and Technology, 52, 27–46.
- Takahashi, C., & Im, S. (2015). Measuring academically oriented high school students’ motivation to learn English using item response theory analysis: The Japanese EFL context. Second Language Studies , 34(1), 69–99.
- Yamauchi, L. A., Im, S., & Mark, L. K. K. (2013). The Influence of Professional Development on Educators' Instructional Conversations in Preschool Classrooms. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 34(2), 140–153.
- Yamauchi, L. A., Im, S., & Schonleber, N. (2012). Adapting strategies of effective instruction for culturally diverse preschoolers. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 33, 54–72.
- Yamauchi, L. A., Im, S., Lin, C., & Schonleber, N. (2012). The influence of professional development on changes in educators’ facilitation of complex thinking in preschool classrooms. Early Child Development and Care, 183(5), 689–706.
- Im, S. (2011). The effect of profile elevation on the relationship between interest differentiation and vocational identity. British Journal of Guidance and Counseling, 39, 149–160.
- Im, S., & Corter, J. (2011). Statistical consequences of attribute misspecification in the Rule Space Method. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 71, 712–731.
- Im, S., & Park, H. J. (2010). A comparison of U.S. and Korean students’ mathematics skills using a cognitive diagnostic testing method: linkage to instruction. Educational Research and Evaluation, 16, 287–301.
- Im, S., & Yin, Y. (2009). Diagnosing skills of statistical hypothesis testing using the Rule Space Method. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 35, 193–199.
- Corter, J., Nickerson, J., Esche, S., Chassapis, C., Im, S., & Ma, J. (2007). Constructing reality: A study of remote, hands-on and simulated laboratories. ACM Transactions on Computer and Human Interaction, 14(7), 1–27.
- Tatsuoka, K., Guerrero, A., Corter, J., Tatsuoka, C., Yamada, T., Xin, T., Dogan, E., Dean, M., & Im, S. (2006). International comparison of mathematical thinking skills in the TIMSS-R. Japanese Journal for Research on Testing, 2, 3–40.
- Moon, S. M., & Im, S. (2003). Profile analysis of text comprehension of students with and without learning disability (written in Korean). Gyeongnam Educational Research, 8, 255–282.
Conference Proceedings (7)
- DeBaryshe, B., Azuma, J., Im, S., Stern, I. R., & Gauci, K. T. (2022, March). Close to Home: Family-Centered Spatial Analysis of Childcare Access. Association for Public Policy and Management Fall 2021 Research Conference.
- Yamauchi, L. A., Im, S., & Lin, C. (2012, April). Effects of Professional Development Workshops and Coaching on Teachers’ Instructional Conversations with Native Hawaiian Students. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association.
- Yamauchi, L. A., & Im, S. (2011, January). The Effects of CREDE Professional Development for Preschool Educators in Hawaii. Annual Meeting of the Hawaii Educational Research Association.
- Olson, J. K., Im, S., Slovin, H., Olson, M., Gilbert, M., Brandon, P. R., & Yin, Y. (2010, January). Effects of two different models of professional development on students’ understanding of algebraic concepts. In P. Brosnan, D. B. Erchick & L. Flevares (Eds.), Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. VI, Pp. 1478-1486).
- Wyatt, T. R., Wyatt, T. R., & Im, S. (2010, May). Assessing Teachers’ Use of the CREDE Standards: The Effects of Coaching on Lesson Plans. Annual Meeting of the Pacific Circle Consortium.
- Yamauchi, L. A., Im, S., Schonleber, N. S., & Lin, C. (2010, April). Early Childhood Educators’ Use of Strategies To Promote Complex Thinking Among Culturally Diverse Young Children. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association.
- Yamauchi, L. A., Im, S., Schonleber, N. S., Lin, C. J., Chang, W., & Choy, A. (2010, April). Early Childhood Educators’ Use of Strategies To Promote Complex Thinking Among Culturally Diverse Young Children. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association.
Presentations (15)
- Yamauchi, L. A., Im, S., Lennon, M. C. C., Norton, A., & Chapman De Sousa, E. B. (2024). Enhancing equitable student participation through Instructional Conversation within a school support framework. Presented at International Society for Cultural-Historical Activity Research, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
- Yamauchi, L. A., Im, S., Luning, R. J. I., Norton, A., Lennon, M. C. C., & Chapman De Sousa, E. B. (2024). Equitable instructional conversations supporting K–2 Native Hawaiian Children’s self-efficacy and valuing of classroom tasks. Presented at American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
- DeBaryshe, B., & Im, S. (2021). Not as Easy as ABC: Factors Affecting Early Alphabet Knowledge. Presented at The Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting (SRCD).
- Lau, S., & Im, S. (2021). Investigating Item Bias on the PISA 2009 Reading Assessment in Macau: Chinese and English Versions. Presented at National Council of Measurement in Education.
- Chapman De Sousa, E. B., & Im, S. (2020). Social Interaction and Language Development at a Vygotskian-Based Preschool. Presented at Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association - Roundtable (Conference Canceled), San Francisco, CA.
- DeBaryshe, B., & Im, S. (2020). Now I Know My ABCs: Factors Associated with Children’s Mastery of Individual Letter Names and Sounds. Presented at , Arlington, VA.
- Scanlan, S., & Im, S. (2020). A Multilevel Exploration of High School Algebra and English Grades: College Readiness in American Samoa . Presented at , San Francisco, CA.
- Im, S. (2019). Assessing Knowledge of Statistical Hypothesis Testing using the Generalized DINA Framework. Presented at International Association for Statistical Computing-Asian Regional Section (IASC-ARS), Hong Kong, China.
- DeBaryshe, B., & Im, S. (2018). Not quite as easy as ABC: Acquiring Knowledge of the English Alphabet. Presented at , Gold Coast, Austria.
- Im, S. (2017). Zero-Inflated Regression Modeling for Longitudinal Semicontinuous Data. Presented at International Convention of Psychological Science, Vienna: Austria.
- DeBaryshe, B., Im, S., & Mark, L. (2016). Not quite as easy as ABC: Predicting the order in which preschool children learn the letters of the English alphabet. Presented at , Porto, Portugal.
- Lin, C., Im, S., Wyatt, T., & Chapman De Sousa, E. B. (2012). The effects of coaching on planning of Instructional Conversations using latent growth modeling. Presented at Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
- Yamauchi, L. A., Im, S., & Mark, L. K. K. (2011). Instructional conversations in preschool classrooms: Educators use of dialogic instruction with 2- to 5-year-olds. Presented at American Education Research Association’s Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
- Olson, J. K., Im, S., Slovin, H., Olson, M., Gilbert, M., Brandon, P. R., & Yin, Y. (2010). Effects of two different models of professional development on students’ understanding of algebraic concepts. Presented at 32nd annual conference of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education.
- Yamauchi, L. A., Im, S., & Schonleber, N. (2009). Effective instruction in culturally diverse early childhood settings: Using the CREDE Standards for Effective Pedagogy with young children. Presented at American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.