Publications
Book &
Book Chapters
Bulut, O., Shin, J., & Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N. (in preparation). Educational data mining: Applications in digital assessments. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
Bulut, O., Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., & Gorgun, G. (2024). Assessment analytics for digital assessments: Identifying, modeling, and interpreting behavioral engagement. In M. Sahin & D. Ifenthaler (Eds.), Assessment analytics in education – Designs, methods and solutions (pp. 35-60). Springer, Cham. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-56365-2_3
Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., Gorgun, G., & Bulut, O. (2024). Enhancing self-regulated learning with artificial intelligence-powered learning analytics. In N. K. Ulutaş & D. Höl (Eds.), Emergent practices of learning analytics in K-12 classrooms (pp. 57-83). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing. doi:10.4018/979-8-3693-0066-4.ch004
Refereed Journal Articles
2024
Bulut, O., Casabianca, J. M., Slater, S. C., Jiao, H., Song, D., Ormerod, C. M., Fabiyi, D. G., Ivan, R., Walsh, C., Rios, O., Wilson, J., N., S., Wongvorachan, T., Liu, J. X., Tan, B., & Morilova, P. (2024). The rise of artificial intelligence in educational measurement: Opportunities and ethical challenges. ArXiv. doi:10.48550/arXiv.2406.18900 Download
2023
Bulut, O., Shin, J., Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., Gorgun, G., & Pardos, Z. A. (2023). An introduction to Bayesian knowledge tracing with pyBKT. Psych, 5(3), 770-786. doi:10.3390/psych5030050 Download
Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., & Bulut, O. (2023). Conversation-based assessment: A novel approach to boosting test-taking effort in digital formative assessment. Computers & Education: Artificial Intelligence, 4(2023), 1-10. doi:10.1016/j.caeai.2023.100135 Download
Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., Bulut, O., Demmans Epp, C., & Cui, Y. (2023). Conversation-based assessments in education: Design, implementation, and cognitive walkthroughs for usability testing. Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 52(1), 27-51. doi:10.1177/00472395231178943 Download
2022
Bulut, O., Cormier, D. C., & Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N. (2022). Optimized screening for students at-risk in mathematics: A machine learning approach. Information, 13(8):400. doi:10.3390/info13080400 Download
Bulut, O., Gorgun, G., Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., Wongvorachan, T., Daniels, L. M., Gao, Y., Lai, K. W., & Shin, J. (2022). Standing on the shoulders of giants: Online formative assessments as the foundation for predictive learning analytics models. British Journal of Educational Technology, 54(1), 19-39. doi:10.1111/bjet.13276 Abstract
Bulut, O., & Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N. (2022). Automatic story and item generation for reading comprehension assessments with transformers. International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 9(Special Issue), 72-87. doi:10.21449/ijate.1124382 Download
Ulitzsch, E., Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., Gorgun, G., & Bulut, O. (2022). An explanatory mixture IRT model for careless and insufficient effort responding in self-report measures. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 75(3), 668-698. doi:10.1111/bmsp.12272 Download
Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., & Cui, Y. (2022). Cognitive skills of Canadian educators: An analysis of PIAAC data. Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 68(2), 234-253. doi:10.11575/ajer.v68i2.71334 Download
2021
Bulut, O., Gorgun, G., & Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N. (2021). Estimating explanatory extensions of dichotomous and polytomous Rasch models: The eirm package in R. Psych, 3(3), 308-321. doi:10.3390/psych3030023 Download
Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., & Bulut, O. (2021). Conversation-based assessments: Real-time assessment and feedback. eLearn Magazine, 12, Article 1. doi:10.1145/3508017.3495533 Abstract
Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., & Bulut, O. (2021). Designing predictive models for early prediction of students’ test-taking engagement in computerized formative assessments. Journal of Applied Testing Technology, 22(2). Download
Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., & Bulut, O. (2021). The impact of students’ test-taking effort on growth estimates in low-stakes educational assessments. Educational Research and Evaluation, 26(7-8), 368-386. doi:10.1080/13803611.2021.1977152 Abstract
Conference Proceedings
Bulut, O., Gorgun, G., Tan, B., Wongvorachan, T., Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., & Clelland, A. (2023). Self-regulated learning through online formative assessments: The effects of assessment frequency and participation on student performance. In Blikstein, P., Van Aalst, J., Kizito, R., & Brennan, K. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences - ICLS 2023 (pp. 1406-1409). International Society of the Learning Sciences. doi:10.22318/icls2023.866245 Download
Gorgun, G., Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., & Demmans Epp, C. (2022). Predicting cognitive engagement in online course discussion forums. Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Educational Data Mining, 276-289. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6853149 Download
Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., & Bulut, O. (2023). Innovating assessment with conversational agents: A technology-enhanced approach to formative assessments. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 331-335, doi:10.1109/ICALT58122.2023.00103 Download
Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., Epp, C. D., Bulut, O., & Cui, Y. (2023). Design and evaluation of a conversational agent for formative assessment in higher education. In Blikstein, P., Van Aalst, J., Kizito, R., & Brennan, K. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences - ICLS 2023 (pp. 194-201). International Society of the Learning Sciences. doi:10.22318/icls2023.530792 Download
Manuscripts Under Review
Bhardwaj, G.,* Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., & Hanson, B. (under review). Costs and benefits of virtual reality in psychological assessment: A systematic review.
Bulut, O., Gorgun, G., & Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N. (under review). Learning analytics using online formative assessments: When less is more.
Gorgun, G., & Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N. (under review). Algorithmic bias in BERT for response accuracy prediction: A case study for investigating population validity.
Hayward, D.V., Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., Chipchar, E., Xiao, J., Liu, Y., & Oliver, H. (under review). To include or not to include? Beliefs of preservice teachers about students with disabilities in K-12 general education classrooms.
Ilgun Dibek, M., & Yildirim-Erbasli, S.N. (under review). Decoding mathematics literacy among Turkish students: The effects of person and item characteristics using PISA 2022.
Ilgun Dibek, M., & Yildirim-Erbasli, S.N. (under review). Time matters: Investigating undergraduate students' academic procrastination in LMS.
Zentner, K.,* & Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N. (under review). Response time to identify careless responders and enhance machine learning prediction of emotional distress severity.
Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., Bulut, O., Demmans Epp, C., & Cui, Y. (under review). Advancing higher education students’ assessment experiences with conversational agents.
Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., & Gorgun, G. (under review). Disentangling the relationship between ability and test-taking effort: Can we predict the ability levels from the response behavior?
Yildirim-Erbasli, S. N., Casabianca-Marshall, J., & Slater, S. (under review). Test-level impact of the quality of AI-scored items on a mixed format test.
Yildirim-Erbasli, S.N., & Ilgun Dibek, M. (under review). Gender and education effects in predicting psychological distress through machine learning.
* Asterisk indicates lead authorship by a student.