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Research
Latest papers
Automating bone loss measurement on periapical radiographs for predicting the periodontitis stage and grade.
Frontiers in dental medicine · 2024
Three Sources of Validation Evidence Needed to Evaluate the Quality of Generated Test Items for Medical Licensure.
Teaching and learning in medicine · 2024 · first author
Using cognitive models to develop quality multiple-choice questions.
Medical teacher · 2016
Latest funding
- $65,188
Do AI Corrections Improve the Quality of Multiple-Choice Questions?: Perceptions of University Instructors
SSHRC · 2026 · Co-investigator
- $252,226
Using Generated Testlets To Improve Mathematical Literacy
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
- $23,003
Reorienting assessment practices in higher education: Prioritizing student well-being through motivation theory
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
3 publications.
Automating bone loss measurement on periapical radiographs for predicting the periodontitis stage and grade.
Ameli N, Gibson MP, Kornerup I, Lagravere M, Gierl M, Lai H
Three Sources of Validation Evidence Needed to Evaluate the Quality of Generated Test Items for Medical Licensure.
Gierl M, Swygert K, Matovinovic D, Kulesher A, Lai H
Using cognitive models to develop quality multiple-choice questions.
Pugh D, De Champlain A, Gierl M, Lai H, Touchie C
Do AI Corrections Improve the Quality of Multiple-Choice Questions?: Perceptions of University Instructors
Principal investigators: Firoozi, Tahereh
Using Generated Testlets To Improve Mathematical Literacy
Principal investigators: Gierl, Mark J.
Reorienting assessment practices in higher education: Prioritizing student well-being through motivation theory
Principal investigators: Daniels, Lia M.
Keywords: motivation; classroom assessment; higher education; wellbeing; quasi-experimental design; grounded theory; design-based research; professional development
Reorienting assessment practices in higher education: Prioritizing student well-being through motivation theory
Principal investigators: Daniels, Lia M.
Keywords: motivation; classroom assessment; higher education; wellbeing; quasi-experimental design; grounded theory; design-based research; professional development
A model of computational thinking for deeper learning
Principal investigators: Cutumisu, Maria
Keywords: computational thinking; feedback; educational technology; learning sciences; data science: data mining; learning analytics; artificial intelligence (ai); machine learning; games; psychophysiology
A model of computational thinking for deeper learning
Principal investigators: Cutumisu, Maria
Keywords: computational thinking; feedback; educational technology; learning sciences; data science: data mining; learning analytics; artificial intelligence (ai); machine learning; games; psychophysiology
Canada Research Chair in Educational Measurement
Principal investigators: Gierl, Mark
Canada Research Chair in Educational Measurement
Principal investigators: Gierl, Mark
Keywords: Automatic item generation; Cognition and assessment; Technology and testing; Assessment engineering; Educational testing; Large-scale testing; Test Development and Construction; Item writing
Developing an Interactive Score Reporting System to Improve the Quality of Formative Feedback in Higher Education
Principal investigators: BULUT, OKAN
Keywords: (1) Formative assessment; (2) Higher education; (3) Computer-based testing; (4) Feedback; (5) Score reporting
What learning skills are most Canadian students missing? A cognitive assessment of the PISA data
Principal investigators: Li, Johnson
Keywords: (1) Cognitive Diagnostic Modelling (CDM); (2) Programme for Student International Assessment (PISA); (3) Mathematics; (4) Science; (5) Reading; (6) Skill and attribute profiles; (7) Large-scale assessment; (8) Global cognitive achievement; (9) Learning and teaching processes; (10) Curriculum development
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Hollis Lai and Nazila Ameli: 8 shared papers
- Hollis Lai and Ida Kornerup: 3 shared papers
- Hollis Lai and Mark Gierl: 3 shared papers
- André De Champlain and Hollis Lai: 1 shared paper
- André De Champlain and Mark Gierl: 1 shared paper
- Ida Kornerup and Nazila Ameli: 1 shared paper
- Ida Kornerup and Mark Gierl: 1 shared paper
- Nazila Ameli and Mark Gierl: 1 shared paper
- Mike Petryk School of Dentistry
- Other
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