Education

B.A., Tunghai University, Taiwan, 1987
M.S., Georgia State University, 1991
Ph.D., Georgia State University, 1998

Current Teaching

Psychology 370: Child Psychology
Psychology 374: Educational Psychology
Psychology 375: Developmental Psychology
Psychology 425: Cognitive Psychology
Psychology 462: Field Practicum I
Psychology 463: Field Practicum II
Psychology 679: Advanced Developmental Psychology

Research Interests

Metamemory, Metacomprehension, Text Comprehension, Memory, Aging

Recent Publications

Moore, D., Lin-Agler, L., & Zabrucky, K. M. (2005). A source of metacomprehension inaccuracy. Reading Psychology: An International Journal, 26, 251-265.

Lin-Agler, L., Moore, D., & Zabrucky, K. M. (2004). Effects of Personality on Metacognitive Self-Assessments. College Student Journal, 38 (3), 453-461.

Lin, L., Zabrucky, K. M., & Moore, D. (Summer 2002). Effects of text difficulty and adults' age on relative calibration of comprehension. American Journal of Psychology, 115 (2), 187-198.

Lin, L., Moore, D., & Zabrucky, K. M. (2001). An assessment of students' calibration of comprehension and calibration of performance using multiple measures. Journal of Reading Psychology, 22, 111-128.

Lin, L., Moore, D., & Zabrucky, K. M. (2000). Metacomprehension knowledge and comprehension of expository and narrative texts among younger and older adults. Educational Gerontology, 26, 737-749.

Lin, L., & Zabrucky, K. (1998). Calibration of comprehension: Research and implications for education and instruction. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 23, 345-391.

Lin, L., Zabrucky, K., & Moore, D. (1997). The relations among interest, self-assessed comprehension, and comprehension performance in young adults. Reading Research and Instruction, 36 (2), 127-139.

Recent Presentations

Agler, L., & Agler, J. (2005). The parallel between the developing brain and the degenerative brain: Using the Montessori model on persons with dementia. Roundtable discussion paper presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Orlando, FL.

Lin-Agler, L. (2004, July). Theoretical framework on implementing computer-based instruction and mentor-mentee role reversal strategy in reading intervention programs: Effects of the implementation on text comprehension and reading motivation. Paper presented at the International Conference on Education and Information Systems: Technologies and Applications (EISTA), Orlando, FL.

Moore, D., Zabrucky, K.M., Cummings, A.M., & Lin-Agler, L. (2004, March). Comprehension performance: Relations with self-reported evaluation and regulation strategies. Paper presented at the meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Atlanta, GA.

Lin, L., Moore , D., & Zabrucky, K. M. (2003, June). Metacomprehension on Taiwanese college students as a function of academic ability. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, Atlanta, GA.

Moore, D., Zabrucky, K. M., Cummings, A. M., & Lin, L. (2003, March). Relations between self-assessed comprehension performance and objective comprehension performance. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Lin, L., Moore, D., & Zabrucky, K. M. (2003, January). A cross-cultural examination of metacomprehension. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, Hawaii .

Moore, D., Zabrucky, K. M., Lin, L., & Cummings, A. (2002, March). The revised metacomprehension scale: Validity Evidence. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Orlando, FL.

Spiers, R. F., & Lin, L. (2002, February). The effect of self-generation mnemonic strategy on gifted second graders' memory recall. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Biloxi, MS .

Lin, L., Moore, D., & Zabrucky, K. M. (2001, March). Relations between comprehension evaluation and comprehension performance across trials. Paper presented at the meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Atlanta, GA.