Presentations

Invited talk

• Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N. (2024, August). Conversation-based assessments. Invited talk given at University of Alberta.

• Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N. (2023, August). Conversation-based assessments. Invited talk given at University of Alberta.

• Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N. (2022, October). Challenges for implementation in the industry: Bias in AI. Invited talk given at Consulate General of Canada in Brazil–in partnership with the University of Concordia of Edmonton and the University of Caxias do Sul: AI Applied to Industry 4.0.

2024

• Batchelor, H., & Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N. (2024, June). Exploring the link between temperament and post-drug use behavior in adolescents. Poster presented at the annual national conference of the Canadian Psychological Association, Ottawa, ON.

• Bhangu, A., & Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N. (2024, June). A systematic review of the relationship between ADHD and vision disorders.  Poster presented at the annual national conference of the Canadian Psychological Association, Ottawa, ON.

• Bhardwaj, G., Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., & Hanson, B. (2024, June). Virtual reality in mental health assessments: A systematic review and future directions. Poster presented at the annual national conference of the Canadian Psychological Association, Ottawa, ON.

• Bhardwaj, G., & Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N. (2024, June). Exploring the relationship between psychological distress and personality. Poster presented at the annual national conference of the Canadian Psychological Association, Ottawa, ON.

• Bulut, O., Gorney, K., & Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N. (2024, April). Joint modeling of ability and test-taking effort with multidimensional nested logit model. In B. Aslan (Chair), Unpacking test-taker (dis)engagement: Innovative approaches to enhance validity in educational assessment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Philadelphia, PA.

• Deb, P., Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., & Hayward, D. V. (2024, February). Exploring pre-service teachers’ attitudes toward students with disabilities of differing severity levels. Paper presented at the 39th Annual Pacific Rim International Conference on Disability and Diversity, Honolulu, Hawaii.

• Fraser-Thompson, K., & Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N. (2024, June). The relationship between personality traits, temperament, and drug use.  Poster presented at the annual national conference of the Canadian Psychological Association, Ottawa, ON.

• Szukala, J., Ishutov, S., Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N. , & Taikh, A. (2024, June). The impact of 3D-printed models on comprehension of geological concepts among undergraduate students. Paper presented at the annual national conference of the Canadian Psychological Association, Ottawa, ON.

2023

• Bulut, O., Gorgun, G., Tan, B., Wongvorachan, T., Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., & Clelland, A. (2023, June). Self-regulated learning through online formative assessments: The effects of assessment frequency and participation on student performance. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society of the Learning Sciences, Montréal, QC.

• Bulut, O., Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., He, S., Tan, B., & Gao, Y. (2023, April). Adaptive item recommendation using process data and examinee background characteristics. In Q. He & O. Bulut (Chairs), Empowering process data for data-informed decision-making in measurement. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago, IL.

• Gierl, M., Shin, J., Firoozi, T., & Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N. (2023, October). Large language models in educational assessment: Applications, challenges, and future trends. In O. Bulut (Chair). Empowering Learners for the Age of AI.

• Marentette, P., Song, Y., & Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N. (2023, December). Weekly reflection: Supporting student learning strategies in intro statistics. Poster presented at the PsychTERMS Conference.

• Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., Casabianca-Marshall, J., Rotou, O., & Slater, S. (2023, April). Impact of the quality of AI-scored items on mixed-format test score reliability. In S. Lottridge & S. Slater (Chairs), Use of metrics and thresholds in AI scoring model evaluation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago, IL.

• Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., & Bulut, O., (2023, July). Innovating assessment with conversational agents: A technology-enhanced approach to formative assessments. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, Orem, UT.

• Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., Bulut, O., & Cui, Y. (2023, April). Conversation-based assessments: Enhancing students' experiences of formative assessment via human-like interaction. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago, IL.

• Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., Demmans Epp, C., Bulut, O., & Cui, Y. (2023, June). Design and evaluation of a conversational agent for formative assessment in higher education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society of the Learning Sciences, Montréal, QC.

• Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., Gorgun, G., & Bulut, O. (2023, April). Automatic item paraphrasing to avoid the repetitive use of the same items. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Chicago, IL.

• Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., & Taikh, A. (2023, June). Variation of item readability and attention of survey respondents. Paper presented at the annual national conference of the Canadian Psychological Association, Toronto, ON.

• Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., & Zentner, K. (2023, June). Use of response and response time patterns to predict distress severity: A machine learning approach. Paper presented at the annual national conference of the Canadian Psychological Association, Toronto, ON.

• Bhardwaj, G., Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., & Hanson, B. (2023, April). Virtual reality in mental health: A systematic review of benefits and concerns. Poster presented at the CUE Annual Research and Innovation Conference (not peer-reviewed), Edmonton, AB.

• Szukala, J., Ishutov, S., Taikh, A., & Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N. (2023, April). Using 3D-printed models in learning geological concepts. Poster presented at the CUE Annual Research and Innovation Conference (not peer-reviewed), Edmonton, AB.

• Zentner, K. E., & Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N. (2023, April). Psychological distress and careless responding: Who is careless and who is careful? Paper presented at the CUE Annual Research and Innovation Conference (not peer-reviewed), Edmonton, AB. [1st place oral presentation]

• Zentner, K., & Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N. (2023, June). Psychological distress and careless responding: Who is careless and who is careful? Paper presented at the annual national conference of the Canadian Psychological Association, Toronto, ON.

2022

• Bulut, O., & Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N. (2022, April). Detecting careless responses with the rapid guessing-slow responding method. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, San Diego, CA.

• Bulut, O., Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., Gorgun, G., Gao, Y., Wongvorachan, T., Lai, K. W., & Shin, J. (2022, March). Leveraging online formative assessments to enhance predictive learning analytics models. Paper presented at the International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge (LAK2022).

• Gorgun, G., & Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N. (2022, April). Enhancing the identification of test-taking disengagement with hint-taking behavior. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, San Diego, CA.

• Gorgun, G., Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., & Demmans Epp, C. (2022, July). Predicting cognitive engagement in online course discussion forums. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Educational Data Mining, Durham, UK.

• Hayward, D. V., & Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N. (2022, March). Do preservice teachers believe that students with disabilities belong in K-12 general education classrooms? Paper presented at the 47th Learning Disabilities Institute Virtual Conference, Quebec.

• Ulitzsch, E., Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., Gorgun, G. & Bulut, O. (2022, April). An explanatory mixture IRT model for careless responding in survey data. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, San Diego, CA.

• Ulitzsch, E., Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., Gorgun, G. & Bulut, O. (2022, July). An explanatory mixture IRT model for careless and insufficient effort responding in self-report measures. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychometric Society, Bologna, Italy.

• Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N. (2022, February). Conversation-based assessment: Measuring student learning with conversational agents. Poster presented at the AI4Society Reverse EXPO.

• Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., & Bulut, O. (2022, January). A conversational agent to measure student learning: Conversation-based assessment. Poster presented at the Advancing Assessment and Evaluation Conference (AAEC).

• Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., & Gorgun, G. (2022, April). Test-taking engagement and test performance: Designing a predictive model to improve performance. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, San Diego, CA.

• Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., Gorgun, G., Gao, Y., & Bulut, O. (2022, April). Sequential pattern mining to understand time management strategies in online courses. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, San Diego, CA.

2021

• Antoniuk, A., Philippot, C. M., Cormier, D. C., Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., & Bulut, O. (2021, June). Measuring financial literacy: Investing in positive financial futures. Poster presented at the annual national conference of the Canadian Psychological Association, Montreal, QC.

• Bulut, O., & Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N. (2021, November). Real-time assessment and feedback for real-time learning. Paper presented at the Beyond Multiple Choice Conference.

• Gorgun, G., Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., & Bulut, O. (2021, June). An application of explanatory IRT to predict factors contributing to rapid guessing. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Baltimore, MD.

• Philippot, C. M., Antoniuk, A., Cormier, D. C., Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., & Bulut, O. (2021, June). Opening the vault: Using a projective measure to access the financial attitudes of young people. Poster presented at the annual national conference of the Canadian Psychological Association, Montreal, QC.

• Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., & Bulut, O. (2021, October). Automatic story generation for reading comprehension. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) Special Conference on Classroom Assessment.

• Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., & Cui, Y. (2021, March). Cognitive skills of Canadian educators: An analysis of PIAAC data. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the G.M Dunlop Conference, Edmonton, AB.

• Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., Gorgun, G., & Bulut, O. (2021, June). Detecting careless responses: A new method utilizing response time and accuracy. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, Baltimore, MD.

2020

• Gao, Y., Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., & Bulut, O. (2020, September). Comparison of the performance of feature selection methods in predicting bullying behaviors. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education, San Francisco, CA.

• Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N. (2020, June). Investigating the impact of the GCSE examination on mathematics teachers. Poster to be presented at the annual meeting of the Canada International Conference on Education, Mississauga, ON.

• Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N. (2020, March). Feature selection in predicting adult participation in education/training. Poster presented at the annual meeting of G.M Dunlop Conference, Edmonton, AB.