Students

Current students of CARPE 

Seval Kemal

Seval Kemal is a Microsoft-funded doctoral researcher at the Centre for Assessment Research, Policy and Practice in Education (CARPE) at the Institute of Education, Dublin City University. Her work focuses on educational technology, AI in education, assessment, self-assessment, and self-regulated learning. With a strong foundation in English Language Teaching and a passion for innovation in higher education, she is currently exploring how artificial intelligence (AI) can support and enhance student self-assessment practices. Her mixed-methods research investigates the cognitive and emotional dimensions of learner engagement with both traditional and AI-assisted feedback tools. In addition, Seval is studying learners’ emotional and physiological responses, such as stress and confidence, through eye-tracking and electrodermal activity. This line of research aims to better understand how these affective states influence students’ cognitive engagement and attentional focus during learning. She is dedicated to promoting ethical and evidence-informed approaches to AI integration in education, bridging research and practice to support meaningful, human-centered learning experiences.

ORCID: 0009-0002-4286-2955

Graduates of CARPE 

Dr Deirdre Dennehy 
Thesis title: Embedding the Assessment of Emotional Intelligence within Collaborative Problem-Solving Tasks: An Exploratory Study 
Supervisors: Prof. Michael O'Leary, Dr. Zita Lysaght 
Completed: December 2022 

Dr Conor Scully 
Thesis title: Inter-rater reliability and validity in the Objective Structured Clinical Examination 
Supervisors: Prof. Michael O'Leary, Dr. Mary Kelly & Dr. Zita Lysaght 
Completed: November 2022 

Dr Paula Lehane 
Thesis title: The impact of test items incorporating multimedia stimuli on the performance and attentional behaviours of test-takers 
Supervisors: Prof. Michael O'Leary, Prof. Mark Brown & Dr. Darina Scully 
Completed: October 2021 
 

Dr Vasiliki Pitsia
Thesis title: Investigating High Achievement in Mathematics and Science in Ireland: An In-Depth Analysis of  National and International Assessment Data 
Supervisors: Prof. Michael O'Leary, Dr. Gerry Shiel & Dr. Zita Lysaght 
Completed: December 2020 

Dr Anastasios Karakolidis 
Thesis title: Animated Videos in Assessment: A Comparison Study of Validity evidence from and Test-Takers' Reactions to an Animated and a Text-Based Version of a Situational Judgement Test 
Supervisors: Prof. Michael O'Leary, Dr. Darina Scully 
Completed: July 2019