Graduates 2025
Bilberg, Simen
- Title: Exploring Gender Specific Patterns in Health Measurement: A Machine Learning Approach to the Predictive Validity of Self-Reported Health
- Supervised by: Prof. Dr. Johan Braeken (CEMO) and Senior Psychology adviser Tore N?ttestad Norr?nne (Norwegian Armed Forces)
D?vang, Emmelin Sarah
- Title:?Resilient Minds: A Machine Learning Comparative Study of Academic Resilience in Science Among 8th Grade Students in Norway and Malaysia
- Supervised by: Associate Professor Esther Ulitzsch (CEMO)
Georgieva, Milena Andonova
- Title:?Probing Robustness of Machine Learning Models for Academic Resilience in a Bulgarian Context
- Supervised by: Associate Professor Esther Ulitzsch (CEMO)
Goian, Ancuta-Maria
- Title:?Solution Patterns is a Problem-Solving Task: Consistency Across Educational Systems
- Supervised by: Prof. Dr. Bj?rn Andersson (CEMO) and Maoxin Zhang (The Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training)
L?kken, Jacopo Francesco Taraldsrud
- Title:?Handling missing data in Random Forests
- Supervised by:?Associate Professor Esther Ulitzsch (CEMO) and Prof. Dr. Johan Braeken (CEMO)
Mannsaaker, Thea Aurora Hillingseter
- Title:?Unravelling Norway`s Mathematics Decline: A Cross-Country Decomposition of Mathematical Literacy in PISA 2022
- Supervised by: Prof. Dr. Rolf Vegar Olsen (CEMO)
Meng, Xianqiao
- Title:?Longitudinal Associations Between Teachers’ Integration of Technology in Classrooms, Self efficacy, and Perceived Usefulness: A Cross-Lagged Panel Approach
- Supervised by: Prof. Dr. Ronny Scherer (CEMO)
Sakyar, Rayad
- Title:?Teachers and Technology: A Longitudinal Investigation of Attitudes, Perceived Usefulness, and Ease of Use
- Supervised by:?Prof. Dr. Ronny Scherer (CEMO)
Thunem, Ane Fjermestad
- Title:?Addressing Local Item Dependence in Reading Assessments: A Bifactor Model Evaluation of the Norwegian National Reading Test
- Supervised by:?Prof. Dr. Bj?rn Andersson (CEMO) and Maoxin Zhang (The Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training)
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Graduates 2024
Battogtokh, Oyun-Erdene
- Title: Examining the Moderating Role of School Resources on the Relationship Between Socioeconomic Status and Math Achievement: Insights from PISA 2022
- Supervised by: Associate Professor David Rutkowski (Indiana University Bloomington)?
Brunborg, Magnus Breigutu
- Title: Exploration of Test-Taking Dynamics: Socioeconomic Factors and Motivation Among Scandinavian Students in PISA 2018
- Supervised by:?Associate Professor David Rutkowski (Indiana University Bloomington)?
Effum, Clifford
- Title: Linking with randomly assigned anchor items: Evaluating a new linking design for the Norwegian National Numeracy Test
- Supervised by: Prof. Dr. Bj?rn Andersson (CEMO) and Ga Young Yoon (The Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training)
Krog, Maria Mehammer
- Title: Evaluation of Measurement Invariance - A Validation Study of the Norwegian Student Survey
- Supervised by:?Prof. Dr. Rolf Vegar Olsen (CEMO)?and?Doctoral Research Fellow Tony Tan (CEMO)
L??f, Fanny?
Morken, H?kon?
- Title: Change in Big Five Personality for Patients with Personality Disorders
- Supervised by:?Prof. Dr. Johan Braeken (CEMO)?and?Senior research fellow, MD, PhD Benjamin Hummelen (Oslo University Hospital).
Nery, Emily Rose Cruz
- Title: Examiner Cut Score Stringency in the OSCE: A Simulation Study Exploring the Impact of Differential Examiner Stringency in the Objective Structured Clinical Examination under a Borderline Regression Method of Standard Setting
- Supervised by:?Associate Professor Stefan Schauber (CEMO)?and Associate professor Matt Homer (University of Leeds)?
Pasha, Monirul Hoque
- Title: Cross-National Variations in Self-Efficacy and Attitudes Towards ICT Use in Teaching: An Integrative Data Analysis Across ICILS Countries
- Supervised by:?Prof. Dr. Ronny Scherer (CEMO)?and Dr. Diego Gonzalez Campos (CEMO).
Puck, Morten Rasmus
- Title: Non-genuine responses and how to find them
- Supervised by: Prof. Dr. Bryan Maddox (University of Cambridge) and Doctoral Research Fellow Tony Tan (CEMO).?
Stensrud, Ingrid Elisabeth?
- Title: Using Machine Learning for a More Efficient Selection of Conscripts in the Norwegian Armed Forces
- Supervised by:?Prof. Dr. Johan Braeken (CEMO)?and Doctoral Research Fellow Tore N?ttestad Norr?ne (Norwegian Armed Forces)?
Zhang, Lu
- Title: Benefits of Multi-stage Testing in the Norwegian National Numeracy Tests
- Supervised by:?Prof. Dr. Bj?rn Andersson (CEMO) and Ga Young Yoon (The Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training)
Hossein, Sujon
- Title:?Switching from a linear to a multi-stage to a fully adaptive test administration: A hybrid simulation study for the Norskpr?ven reading comprehesion test
Supervised by: Prof. Dr. Johan Braeken (CEMO) and Arne Oftedal Rossow (Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills).
Bredal, Morten
- Title:?Who Becomes a Teacher or a Doctor? A Mixed Effect Model Approach to Analyzing the Socioeconomic Status, Academic Achievement and Gender of Students who Enter Medical and Teaching Educations in Norway (2013-2019)
Supervised by Associate Professor Stefan Schauber (CEMO) and Dr. Tim Fütterer (University of Tübingen)
Graduates 2023
Graduates autumn 2023
Donayre,?Erika Jassuly Chalén ?
- Title: Navigating Difficulty: The Role of Item Format in Norway's PISA 2018 Mathematical Literacy Score
- Supervised by: Prof. Dr. Johan Braeken (CEMO)?and Doctoral Research Fellow Kseniia Marcq (CEMO)
Lehre,?Anne-Catherine Wiersholm Gausl
- Title: Using TIMSS data to explore Nordic struggles with fractions
- Supervised by:?Prof. Dr. Johan Braeken (CEMO)
Graduates spring 2023
B?rresen, Markus
- Title: Cross-Cultural Comparison of Action Competence for Sustainability.
- Supervised by:?Prof. Dr. Rolf Vegar Olsen (CEMO)?and Dr. Daniel Olsson (University of Karlstad).
Chen, Jianan
- Title:?Comparing the Roles of Cognitive Abilities and Personality Traits in Inconsistent Responding: The Case of a Mixed-worded Self-esteem Scale in the German National Education Panel Study.
- Supervised by:?Prof. Dr. Johan Braeken (CEMO)
Gitiria,?Lucy Wairimu
- Title: Evaluation of Measurement of the Student Self-Reported Learning Outcome Measure: Validation of the Norwegian Student Survey.
- Supervised by:?Prof. Dr. Rolf Vegar Olsen (CEMO)
Mutua,?Munyaka
- Title: Comparing Standard Error Estimators Using Laplace Approximated Maximum Likelihood in Multidimensional Item Response Theory Models.
- Supervised by:?Dr. Bj?rn Andersson (CEMO)?
Ofstad,?Sverre Berg
- Title:?Comparing the Difficulty of Elective Subjects in Norwegian High School with Non-ignorable Missing Data.
- Supervised by?Dr. Bj?rn Andersson (CEMO)?and Doctoral Research Fellow Tony Tan (CEMO).?
Graduates 2022
Graduates autumn 2022
Wang,?Tz-Shiuan
- Title:?School Innovativeness: How Teachers' Team Innovativeness and Target Teaching Class Composition Interact on Teachers' Teaching Quality in TALIS 2018?
- Supervised by?Prof. Dr. Sigrid Bl?meke (CEMO)?and?Dr. Trude Nilsen (ILS).?
Zhong,?Wen
- Title:?Using Item Response Theory to Detect Potential Aberrant Behaviors in a Multi-stage Test: An Example of the Norwegian Language Test
- Supervised by?Dr. Bj?rn Andersson (CEMO)?and?Anre Oftedal Rossow (Kompetanse Norge).
Graduates spring 2022
Basharat,?Sadaf
- Title:?Exploring Gender Gaps in Mathematics Achievement: The Case of Single-Sex Education in Saudi Arabia.
- Supervised by?Associate Professor Isa Steinmann (OsloMet)?and?Prof. Dr. Sigrid Bl?meke (CEMO).
Chitic,?Andrei-Iulian
- Title: Oaxaca Blinder Decomposition of Gender Differences in Reading: An Analysis of Finland and Norway in PISA 2018.
- Supervised by?Prof. Dr. Rolf Vegar Olsen (CEMO) and Doctoral Research Fellow Henrik Galligani R?der (CEMO).
Israilova,?Komolakhon
- Title:?To Adapt or Not to Adapt? Evidence on the Latent Adaptability Profiles of Young Adults.
- Supervised by?Prof. Dr. Ronny Scherer (CEMO).?
Kim,?Ji Youn
- Title:?Exploration of the linear and nonlinear relationships between learning strategies and mathematics achievement in South Korea using the nominal response model: PISA 2012.
- Supervised by Dr. Chia-Wen Chen (CEMO) and Postdoctoral Fellow Yi-Jhen Wu (Global Young Faculty).?
Kyereh,?Ebenezer Kwame
- Title: Pupils' Perception of the Learning Environment and Well-being: A Validation Study of The Norwegian Pupil Survey.
- Supervised by?Prof. Dr. Rolf Vegar Olsen (CEMO)?and Doctoral Research Fellow Jarl Kleppe Kristensen (CEMO)
Rozario,?Shampa Roseline
- Title:?Do Language Spoken at Home and Reading Literacy Associate with Inconsistent Responding to Mixed-Worded Scales?
- Supervised by Prof. Dr. Johan Braeken (CEMO) and Associate Professor Isa Steinmann (OsloMet)
Sohn,?Jungah
- Title:?Team Innovativeness in Nordic Schools: Do Distributed, Instructional Leadership and Teacher Professional Collaboration Matter?
- Supervised by?Prof. Dr. Sigrid Bl?meke (CEMO), Prof. Dr. Ronny Scherer (CEMO), and?Dr. Trude Nilsen (ILS).?
Qin, Qi:
- Title:?Application of Tree-based Data Mining Techniques to Examine Log File Data from a 2012 PISA Computer-based Mathematics Item.
- Supervised by Postdoctoral Fellow Denise Costa (UiO)
Yousufzai,?Mina Khan
Graduates 2021
Graduates autumn 2021
Anand,?Dhanalakshmi
- Title:?The Influence of Principal Leadership on School Innovativeness.
- Supervised by Dr. Trude Nilsen (ILS), Prof. Dr. Ronny Scherer (CEMO)?and Prof. Dr. Sigrid Bl?meke (CEMO).
Montazerikafrani,?Fatemeh
- Title:?Do Culture and Reading Literacy Associate with Inconsistent Responding on Mixed-Worded Scales?
- Supervised by Postdoctoral Fellow Isa Steinmann (CEMO)?and Prof. Dr. Johan Braeken (CEMO).
Muhiemed Alhusein,?Mudar Muhamad Saied?
- Title:?The Finnish Line: Student's ICT Use, Reading Attitudes and Reading Performance in Three Nordic Countries.
- Supervised by Prof. Dr. Ronny Scherer (CEMO) and Prof. Ove Edvard Hatlevik (OsloMet)
Graduates spring 2021
Haram,?Henrik Hung
- Title:?Shortening the Test? A Comparison of Test Shortening Strategies.
- Supervised by Prof. Dr. Johan Braeken (CEMO).
Kharlamov,?Aleksei
Park,?Sohl Bin
- Title:?Validating a Mindset Scale.
- Supervised by Prof. Dr. Ronny Scherer (CEMO) and Sissel Naustdal (MadeToGrow).
Ruiz,?Jesus Daniel Sanchez
- Title:?Age and Innovativeness: Effects of Teachers’ Age on Perception of School Innovativeness.
- Supervised by Prof. Dr. Sigrid Bl?meke (CEMO), Prof. Dr. Ronny Scherer (CEMO) and Dr. Trude Nilsen (ILS).
Song,?Jayeong
- Title:?Beyond the Results: Identifying Students’ Problem Solving Processes on A Problem Solving Task.
- Supervised by Prof. Dr. Ronny Scherer (CEMO).
Tan, Tony
- Title:?Identifying School Climate Variables Associated with Financial Literacy Outcomes in PISA 2018 Data. A Multilevel Structural Equation Modelling Approach.
- Supervised by Prof. Dr. Ronny Scherer (CEMO).
Graduates 2020
Graduates autumn 2020
Sari,?Intan Maya
- Title:?Decomposing Gender Differences in Reading: Evidence from Nordic PIRLS 2016.
- Supervised by Prof. Dr. Rolf Vegar Olsen (CEMO) and Doctoral Research Fellow Henrik Galligani R?der (CEMO).
Graduates spring 2020
Haverkamp, Ymkje Elisabeth
- Title:?Investigating the underlying item characteristics in NIFU’s 1+1 tests for elementary mathematics.
- Supervised by Prof. Dr. Johan Braeken (CEMO) and Dr. Stephan Daus (NIFU)
Hessami, Nasseem
- Title:?Model Selection using a Stepwise Bayesian Information Approach in Multiple Group Models with Binary Data.
- Supervised by Dr. Bj?rn Andersson (CEMO).
J?rstad, Oscar Skovdahl
- Title:?The older the better? Relative age and grade effects on Norwegian national test performance.
- Supervised by Prof. Dr. Rolf Vegar Olsen (CEMO) and Doctoral Research?Fellow Henrik Galligani R?der (CEMO).
Marcq, Kseniia
- Title:?Accounting for Bandwidth Selection Variability in Estimating the Standard Errors of Kernel Equating.
- Supervised by Dr. Bj?rn Andersson (CEMO).
Uehara, Dan
- Title:?Classification Accuracy of Equated Item Response Theory (IRT) Scores and Sum Scores.
- Supervised by Dr. Bj?rn Andersson (CEMO).
Yoon, Ga Young
- Title:?Item Performance in Context: Differential Item Functioning Between Pilot and Formal Administration of the Norwegian Language Test.
- Supervised by Dr. Chia-Wen Chen (CEMO) and Tor Midtb? (Kompetanse Norge).
Zhao, Weichao
- Title:?Identification and Validation of Disengagement Measures based on Response Time: an Application to PISA 2012 Digital Math Items.
- Supervised by Dr. Denise Reis Costa (UiO), Dr. Hanna Ekl?f (Ume? University, Sweden) and Dr. Maria Bolsinova (ACTNext, ACT Inc., USA)
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