Current Projects

Research/Operating Grants

Improving Canadian Teachers’ Assessment Literacy and Decision-Making through Self-Directed Professional Development

• • Funding source: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)

  • Awarded amount: $241,984 (2023-2028) 

  • Role: Principal Investigator

Identifying the Predictors of Mathematics Anxiety, Confidence, and Performance in Canada: An Educational Data Mining Approach

• • Funding source: Alberta Education

  • Awarded amount: $14,960 (2022-2024) 

  • Role: Principal Investigator

Examining Scoring Variability of the Casper Test: An Application of Explanatory Item Response Modeling

• • Funding source: Altus Assessments Inc.

  • Awarded amount: $20,000 USD (2021-2024) 

  • Role: Principal Investigator

Climate Change Surveillance for Chronic Health Effects in Vulnerable Populations

• • Funding source: Public Health Agency of Canada

  • Awarded amount: $962,322 (2020-2024) 

  • Role: Co-investigator

Research internships

Developing an Automated Response Characterization Tool Based on Affect, Content, and Linguistic Features of the Casper Test

• Funding source: Mitacs Accelerate Program

• Awarded amount: $30,000 (2022)

• Intern: Seyma N. Yildirim-Erbasli

Development, Validation, and Application of Job-Related Questions Focusing on Stakeholders’ Skills, Demands and Challenges in the Post-COVID-19 Era

• Funding source: Mitacs Business Strategy Internship

• Awarded amount: $15,000 (2022)

• Intern: Tahereh Firoozi