Computer-Based Assessment - CBA
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We seek to explore 21st century skills using educational technology to enable people to develop their full potential.
The Research Area Group "Computer-Based Assessment" is interested in the consequences and the benefits accompanying the introduction of computers to assessment. In fact, computers and modern technologies have changed our entire lives and this change is also affecting the area of assessment - be it at school, at university, or at the work place, for training or selection purposes or anywhere else. We mainly try to advance knowledge in two areas:
Can we use the computer to assess cross-curricular cognitive skills thereby substantially going beyond classical paper-pencil assessments?
What information can we gain from using computer-generated log file data to better understand - and subsequently enhance and facilitate - individual skills and abilities?
In doing so, we are interested in keeping a vivid research environment on an international level with strong ties to international large-scale assessments such as the PISA survey. If you would like any further information, please get in touch with us.
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Mandy Salzig recently joined the CBA team as a student assistant. We would like to take the opportunity and introduce who she is and what she does at CBA: Who I am: "My name is Mandy Salzig, I’m 24 years old and finished my Bachelor in Psychology this summer. Next semester I will start my Master Program in Psychological Intervention. Since 1 August I work as a Student assistant in the CBA team." What I do at CBA: "Currently I’m assisting the PhD candidates in tasks all around the PISA 2015 study. This work consists of analyzing and rating videos and entering data into SPSS files. But there will be more tasks to come, which I will be happy to discover." What I like about the research here: "I enjoy the connection and the collaboration with the PhD candidates and Postgraduates. There is a good climate and I’m always happy to provide support. The work at CBA offers the opportunity to get experiences in the practical application of psychological methods and the work as a researcher itself. I’m very motivated and proud to be a part of the team and to get even more insights into the research domain."
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On saturday, August 13, 2016, our dear colleague Nick Schweitzer said "Yes" and married Nora Jacoby. The CBA team sends its warmest congratulations and wishes the newly-married couple all the best for the future :)
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An interesting fact on August’s CBA-topic of the month from Christoph Kemper: Christoph says: "Did you know that ACO is highly useful for developing short scales of psychological constructs? In the interesting paper that you can find below, my colleagues demonstrate how ACO can be used to select items based on criteria the scale developer defines in the so-called pheromone function. For example, the developer can train ACO to select a set of items from the original scale that optimally fit in SEM analyses. Thus, the Ant Colony Optimization algorithm may help researchers to find optimal measures for the research questions they address." http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092656615300131
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Excellent and sustainable non-scientific impact at CBA: On August 7, 5am in the morning, Masha's daughter Julia was born. We send our warmest congratulations and are proud to announce that she is the third member of the next generation of CBA researchers ;-)
New study finds that men are often their own favorite experts on any given subject
+++ Breaking News +++ +++ Men are often their own favourite experts on any given subject +++ Molly M. King and her colleagues at Stanford University, the University of Washington and New York University found out that in academia, men tend to cite their own publications up to 70% more compared to women. King et al. believe that this is partly based on men having a higher opinion of their own abilities. Well, what else can we say except for: "Men are great!" ;-) Check out the link below for the whole Washington Post article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/08/01/new-study-finds-that-men-are-often-their-own-favorite-experts-on-any-given-subject/
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Looking back to the ICP 2016 in Yokohama: We are proud, that we were part of a very successful International Congress of Psychology 2016 in Yokohama. Check out the fotos to get some insights into what Christoph Niepel and Julia Rudolph experienced in Japan.
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The CBA topic of the month August comes from Christoph Kemper: The Ant Colony Optimization algorithm Christoph says: "Algorithms is a fascinating topic. As silent workhorses in our modern world they perform calculation, data processing, and automated reasoning tasks. During my recent research involving item selection procedures I stumbled across an algorithm called ACO (Ant Colony Optimization) that is very useful in this regard. This probabilistic algorithm was inspired by the behavior of ants in search for food. When ants leave their nest, they leave trails of pheromones that attract other ants. On shorter routes between the nest and the food source, ants will move faster and pheromone levels will accumulate quicker and evaporate more slowly than on longer routes. Thus, ants will follow the higher pheromone accumulation on shorter routes, until the shortest route is identified and all ants use to shortest route." Here you can find a landmark article on the development of ACO: http://people.idsia.ch/~gianni/Papers/ArtificialLife-original.pdf
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This is just so perfect - why has nobody come up with this before? Bored on a Saturday night, but unable to write another manuscript? Just go for "Academic Squabble", a revolution in card games by our friend and colleague Ryan Baker and his daughter Maria. Our favourite card: Easy choice - Art Graesser. http://www.columbia.edu/~rsb2162/AcademicSquabble/academic-squabble.html
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An interesting fact on July’s CBA-topic of the month from Thiemo Kunze: Thiemo states: „Psychological research is often limited to samples from Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic societies. Although, the other more than 90% of the worlds’ population differ in several ways from these WEIRD people. Henrich et al. (2010) demonstrate in several examples – discussed in a great open peer commentary section – how much typical psychological samples differ from the world's population or from even much more specific and similar populations. For one's research, it is important to keep in mind the selection effects of sampling, which lead to restrictions and limitations." http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0140525X0999152X?
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Hot off the press! Check out this online first article dealing with the prediction of complex problem solving and school grades out of working memory and ability self-concept by Anja Meißner, Samuel Greiff, Gidon T. Frischkorn, and Ricarda Steinmayr. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1041608016300486
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CBA goes global - ICP 2016 in Yokohama: CBA will have three contributions at the International Congress of Psychology 2016 in Yokohama, Japan. The congress will take place from July 24-29 and the theme will be "Diversity in Harmony: Insights from Psychology". We are looking foreward to seeing you in Yokohama. http://www.icp2016.jp
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