Past Projects

Project: Automated Response Characterization Tool 03/2022–11/2022

Advisor: Dr. Okan Bulut, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Alberta

This project aimed to develop a response characterization tool that can analyze affect (i.e., emotions), content, and other linguistic elements of responses given to open-ended questions in the Casper Test.

Project: Human and Automated Scoring 06/2022–07/2022

Organization: Educational Testing Service

Advisors: Drs. Jodi Casabianca-Marshall, Ourania Rotou, Sharon Slater

This project aimed to improve methods used to score constructed-response and performance items, including the development of human rater models, methods for predicting/improving rater performance, and the development and evaluation of automated scoring engines.

Project: Conversation-based Assessments 04/2021–07/2022

Advisors: Drs. Okan Bulut, Ying Cui, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Alberta

This project aimed to design an interactive assessment, namely conversation-based assessment (CBA), using artificial intelligence with the goal of improving the formative assessment environment.

Project: BETTER WISE 05/2021–03/2022

Advisor: Dr. Donna Manca, Department of Family Medicine, University of Alberta

The BETTER WISE project aimed to develop and evaluate a modular-based training program to provide health care professionals with enhanced skills in the prevention and screening of cancer and chronic disease.

Project: Passion-Driven Statistics 09/2021–12/2021

Advisor: Dr. Paula Marentette, Department of Social Sciences, University of Alberta

This project aimed to design a project-based curriculum for a large-size (250 or more students) undergraduate level statistics course following passion-driven statistics.

Project: Financial Literacy 02/2021–04/2021

Advisor: Dr. Damien Cormier, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Alberta

This project aimed to conduct psychometric analysis of a financial literacy measure that tested knowledge across financial literacy domains.

Project: Automatic Story and Item Generation 08/2020–01/2021

Advisor: Dr. Okan Bulut, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Alberta

This project aimed to design an automatic story and item generator through artificial intelligence to produce new authentic texts and related questions.

Project: Inclusive Education 09/2020–12/2020

Advisor: Dr. Denyse Hayward, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Alberta

This project aimed to study the Attitudes, Beliefs, and Concerns about Inclusive Education Survey (ABCIES) data collected in 2019 to understand the beliefs of preservice teachers on behavioral, attention, social, academic, communication, and motor-skill challenges of students with disabilities in regular classes.

Project: Cognitive Skills of Educators 01/2020–04/2020

Advisor: Dr. Ying Cui, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Alberta

This project aimed to conduct national and cross-country analyses to provide insights about educator cognitive skills in literacy, numeracy, and problem-solving within Canada and across nineteen countries using the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC).

Project: Campus Alberta Innovation Program (CAIP) 08/2019–12/2019

Advisor: Dr. Mike Carbonaro, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Alberta

Advisor: Dr. Karen Andrews, Alberta Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Tourism

This project aimed to evaluate the Campus Alberta Innovation Program (CAIP) through conducting interviews with the CAIP chairs focusing on the chairs’ outcomes and impacts over their tenure.

Project: Design of a Game-Based Mathematics Assessment 05/2019–12/2019

Advisor: Dr. Ying Cui, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Alberta

This project aimed to design a game-based mathematics assessment concentrating on mathematical and financial skills of students grade 4 to 7 to evaluate Alberta students’ financial understanding and influence of mathematics skills on financial literacy through collaborations with colleagues from the Department of Computing Science.