Thesis projects

Graduates autumn 2023

Anne-Catherine Wiersholm Gausl Lehre 

• Title: Using TIMSS data to explore Nordic struggles with fractions
• Supervised by: Prof. Dr. Johan Braeken (CEMO)

Erika Jassuly Chal¨¦n Donayre 

• 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)

Graduates spring 2023

Jianan Chen

• 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)

Lucy Wairimu Gitiria

• 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)

Markus B?rresen

• Title: Cross-Cultural Comparison of Action Competence for Sustainability.

• Supervised by: Prof. Dr. Rolf Vegar Olsen (CEMO) and Dr. Daniel Olsson (University of Karlstad).

Munyaka Mutua

• Title: Comparing Standard Error Estimators Using Laplace Approximated Maximum Likelihood in Multidimensional Item Response Theory Models.

• Supervised by: Dr. Bj?rn Andersson (CEMO) 

Sverre Berg Ofstad

• 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

Tz-Shiuan Wang

• 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). 

Wen Zhong

• 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

Andrei-Iulian Chitic

• 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).

Ebenezer Kwame Kyereh

• 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)

Ji Youn Kim

• 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 Postdoctoral Fellow Chia-Wen Chen (CEMO) and Postdoctoral Fellow Yi-Jhen Wu (Global Young Faculty). 

Jungah Sohn

• 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). 

Komolakhon Israilova

• Title: To Adapt or Not to Adapt? Evidence on the Latent Adaptability Profiles of Young Adults.
• Supervised by Prof. Dr. Ronny Scherer (CEMO). 

Mina Khan Yousufzai

• The Relation between Mathematics Anxiety and Achievement: A Study of the Moderating Role of Immigration Background on PISA 2012 Norwegian Students.
• Supervised by Prof. Dr. Ronny Scherer (CEMO) and Doctoral Research Fellow Diego Gonzalez Campos (CEMO).

Sadaf Basharat

• Exploring Gender Gaps in Mathematics Achievement: The Case of Single-Sex Education in Saudi Arabia.
• Supervised by Associate Professor Isa Steinmann (Former Postdoctoral Research Fellow at CEMO, now Associate Professor at OsloMet) and Prof. Dr. Sigrid Bl?meke (CEMO).

Shampa Roseline Rozario

• 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 (Former Postdoctoral Research Fellow at CEMO, now Associate Professor at OsloMet)

Qi Qin:

• 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)

Graduates 2021

Graduates autumn 2021

Dhanalakshmi Anand

• 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).

Fatemeh Montazerikafrani

• Title: Do Culture and Reading Literacy Associate with Inconsistent Responding on Mixed-Worded Scales?
• Supervised by Associate Professor Isa Steinmann (Former Postdoctoral Research Fellow at CEMO, now Associate Professor at OsloMet) and Prof. Dr. Johan Braeken (CEMO).

Mudar Muhamad Saied Muhiemed Alhusein

• 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

Aleksei Kharlamov

• Title: Do Growth and Fixed Mindsets Go Together? Meta-Analysis.
• Supervised by Prof. Dr. Ronny Scherer (CEMO) and Doctoral Research Fellow Diego Gonzalez Campos (CEMO).

Henrik Hung Haram

• Shortening the Test? A Comparison of Test Shortening Strategies.
• Supervised by Prof. Dr. Johan Braeken (CEMO).

Jayeong Song

• Beyond the Results: Identifying Students¡¯ Problem Solving Processes on A Problem Solving Task.
• Supervised by Prof. Dr. Ronny Scherer (CEMO).

Jesus Daniel Sanchez Ruiz

• 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).

Sohl Bin Park

• Validating a Mindset Scale.
• Supervised by Prof. Dr. Ronny Scherer (CEMO) and Sissel Naustdal (MadeToGrow).

Tony Tan

• 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

Intan Maya Sari

• 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

Dan Uehara

• Title: Classification Accuracy of Equated Item Response Theory (IRT) Scores and Sum Scores.
• Title: Supervised by Dr. Bj?rn Andersson (CEMO).

Ga Young Yoon

• 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).

Ymkje Elisabeth Haverkamp

• 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)

Kseniia Marcq

• Accounting for Bandwidth Selection Variability in Estimating the Standard Errors of Kernel Equating.
• Supervised by Dr. Bj?rn Andersson (CEMO).

Nasseem Hessami

• Model Selection using a Stepwise Bayesian Information Approach in Multiple Group Models with Binary Data.
• Supervised by Dr. Bj?rn Andersson (CEMO).

Oscar Skovdahl J?rstad

• 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).

Weichao Zhao

• 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)