Theses & Dissertations

Year			Student	Advisor
2023	Sad but happy : understanding mixed emotions by preschool children, and transferring the understand of mixed emotions to hidden emotions (HEBREW)	MA	Benita Harush, Sima	Prof. Esther Adi-Japha
2021	Intervention for developing emotional expression abilities in preschool children and its implementation during the COVID-19 pandemic (HEBREW)	MA	Yadlin, Noam	Prof. Esther Adi-Japha
2020	Comparing learning of two modalities of a grapho-motor task by kindergarteners and adults	MA	Abd ElHadi, Duaa	Prof. Esther Adi-Japha
2020	Examining mechanisms of direct contribution, strengthening and reciprocal compensation between executive functions and visomotor integration in children's hand writing in second and third grades (HEBREW)	MA	Addadi-Bar, Yael	Prof. Esther Adi-Japha
2020	Relationship between the preschool teacher's educational perceptions and her perception of the preschool's organizational culture and parental knowledge about the preschool (HEBREW)	PhD	Avraham Hai, Esther	Prof. Yaacov Katz Prof. Esther Adi-Japha
2020	"MusiMath" two intervention programs for understanding the mathematical foundations in music and music's contribution to mathematics learning in third and fourth grade	PhD	Azaryahu, Libby	Prof. Esther Adi-Japha
2020	Literacy attainments in second graders of low-socioeconomic status : the effect of a 'pre-exam warm-up' and associations with a grapho-motor skill-learning task	PhD	Hollander, Chagit	Prof. Esther Adi-Japha
2019	Learning to understand emotions by drawing facial expressions among kindergarten children in the Arab society (HEBREW)	MA	Joron Khateeb Abeer	Prof. Esther Adi-Japha
2019	What did you discover today in preschool? the physical learning environment design that promotes inquiry and discovery - perceptions and attitudes of teachers, parents and preschoolers	PhD	Perry Biran, Netta	Dr. Ornit Spektor-Levy Prof. Esther Adi-Japha
2019	Does fixed/variable motor practice improve literacy achievements in second grade students?	MA	Serhan, Amira	Prof. Esther Adi-Japha
2017	Long term memory difficulties and DCD diagnosed children, is there any relation? (HEBREW)	MA	Brestel Gitit	Prof. Esther Adi-Japha
2017	Effects of mothers’ interactional behaviour on toddlers’ motor planning with or without sensory processing disorder (HEBREW)	MA	David, Adi	Prof. Esther Adi-Japha Dr. Nurit Jagerman
2017	Parents knowledge about their child’s daycare : what do they know and what do they want to know? (HEBREW)	MA	Goldwasser-Bloch, Vered	Prof. Esther Adi-Japha Dr. Cilly Shohet
2017	An observation of the differences in the attentive state of 12-18 months old infants with typical development and with regulation disorder of sensory processing during mother-infant interaction (HEBREW)	MA	Karabelnik Yamit	Prof. Esther Adi-Japha Dr. Nurit Jagerman
2017	The Correlation between memory processing systems and reading and writing abilities in second-grade students with and without a risk for learning disabilities	MA	Levy, Omer	Prof. Esther Adi-Japha
2017	Mastery motivation of premature (less than 32 weeks gestation) and term toddlers aged 12-24 months (HEBREW)	MA	Neiger, Orly	Prof. Esther Adi-Japha
2017	Differences in maternal behavior during mother-toddler interaction between mothers of toddlers with regulation disorder of sensory processing and mothers of typically developing toddlers (HEBREW)	MA	Pinto Ravit	Prof. Esther Adi-Japha Dr. Nurit Jagerman
2017	Comprehension and production of gestures within preschool children with specific language impairment (SLI) and children with ceberal palsy (CP), pre and post motor and semantic intervention plans (HEBREW)	PhD	Shamir, Inbal	Prof. Esther Adi-Japha Prof. Nira Mashal
2016	Parental knowledge and perception regarding the quality of daycare in Israel : is it possible to make a difference? (HEBREW)	MA	Arad-Turjanski, Ayelet	Prof. Esther Adi-Japha Dr. Cilly Shohet
2016	Learning and formation of procedural memory in adolescents diagnosed with ADHD (HEBREW)	MA	Balzar, Dafna	Prof. Esther Adi-Japha
2016	The relationship between thought processes which lead to creativity and executive functions: is it similar for convergent thinking and divergent thinking? (HEBREW)	MA	Burdman, Valery	Prof. Esther Adi-Japha
2016	The impact of continous maternal depression on triadic interaction berween parents and their pre-school children (HEBREW)	MA	Kallush-Atia, Michal	Prof. Esther Adi-Japha Prof. Ruth Feldman
2016	Behavioral changes during fever in children with autism spectrum disorder (HEBREW)	MA	Lev, Rivka	Prof. Esther Adi-Japha Dr. Lidia Gabis Dr. Shahar Shefer
2016	The relation between the day-care geographical socio-economic status and parents’ demographic variables, to the day-care’s quality (HEBREW)	MA	Levy, Ori	Prof. Esther Adi-Japha
2016	The association between mothers’ parenting style, their quality of verbal-emotional communication, and the child’s emotional understanding as expressed in verbal responses and drawing of facial expressions (HEBREW)	MA	Loivetky, Michal	Prof. Esther Adi-Japha Dr. Waniel Ariela