Joana Stocker
Assistant Professor
Natural and Health Sciences
Zayed University
United Arab Emirates
Biography
Joana Stocker is an Assistant Professor at Zayed University (Dubai) since 2013, where she teaches courses related to counseling, psychological assessment, and research methods. Joana is a PhD holder in Psychology (College of Psychology and Sciences of Education of University of Porto – Portugal) and her research focuses, generally, on Educational Psychology, and, specifically, on motivational factors related to the learning process and academic success. Constructs related to self-theories and motivation, as self-concept, personal conceptions of intelligence, causal attributions, self-efficacy, and emotional competence, are the core of her investigation. At the moment she is involved in several research projects, for example: Computational approach to analyze eye tracking data to diagnose early Autism Spectrum Disorder in young children in UAE, and Academic self-concept and high school academic success: A study with Emirati students.
Research Interest
Research interests includes Counseling, assessment, psychological interventions, research methods
Publications
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Stocker J (2015) Self-Description Questionnaire: Adaptation to Emirati High Schools. In N. Mastorakis, O. Corbi, I. Corbi, Z. Bojkovic, A. Brooks, I. Rudas, M. Katehakis, C. Bulucea, A. Ding, M. Shitikova, K. Psarris (Eds.), 11th International Conference on Educational Technologies (pp. 78-86). Dubai, UAE.
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Stocker J, Faria LConcepções pessoais de competência e rendimento académico: Estudo longitudinal no ensino secundário Português. [Personal conceptions of comepetence and academic achievement: Longitudinal study in Portuguese high school]. Psicologia: Teoria e Pesquisa.
