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Liena Hačatrjana, Dr. Psych.Assistant professor, Senior researcher | |
| liena.hacatrjana@lu.lv | |
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Dr.Liena Hačatrjana is a Senior researcher and Assistant professor at the University of Latvia, Department of Psychology. Her research topics are focused mainly on the fields of Cognitive psychology and Educational psychology, including interdisciplinary research. Her latest research projects include topics of assessing students’ problem-solving skills, self-management and self-regulated learning skills, academic achievement and cognitive abilities, conducting interdisciplinary research on thinking and reasoning skills, development and adaptation of tests of cognitive abilities, as well as research focused on youth in rural areas.
Cognitive psychology
Educational psychology
Research on the assessment and development of general skills (problem-solving skills, etc.). Adaptation, development and testing with computer-based tests or traditional tests of problem-solving abilities, executive functions and cognitive abilities. Interdisciplinary research on various student skills and abilities, academic performance. Interdisciplinary research on student skills, abilities and achievements based on psychological and educational perspectives.
Cognitive psychology, problem-solving skills, cognitive abilities (intelligence in general or studies of individual cognitive abilities), development and adaptation of tests of cognitive abilities, self-management, self-regulation skills, student achievement in relation to various skills, educational psychology topics, and differences in students' skills based on demographics.
Hačatrjana, L., & Namsone, D. (2024). Breaking Down the Concept of Students’ Thinking and Reasoning Skills for Implementation in the Classroom. Journal of Intelligence, 12: 109. doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence12110109
Hacatrjana, L. (2022). Flexibility to change the solution: an indicator of problem-solving that predicted 9th grade students’ academic achievement during the distance learning, in parallel to reasoning abilities and parental education. Journal of Intelligence, 10(1), 7. doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence10010007
Hacatrjana, L., & Graustina, R. (2022). Longitudinal data of high-school students’ grades during the Covid-19 pandemic in relation to their skills. European Journal of Educational Research, 11(4), 2445-2458. doi: 10.12973/eu-jer.11.4.2445