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 Associate Professor

Department of  Diploma of Education- Male Students

Faculty of Education

Contact Information

Phone: 6952856

Email: amsalqrni@kau.edu.sa

Aِbdulelah Mohammed Saleh Alqarni

 Associate Professor

Profile

Abdulelah M. Alqarni                 

          Associate Professor 

          Measurement, Evaluation and Statistics 

          Department of Psychology

          College of Graduate Educational Studies 

          King Abdulaziz University   

          Building (2300)- Office (42E096)

           0544214266 (Cell phone)

           012 640 0000 (72812) (Office)

            amsalqrni@kau.edu.sa        

 

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

  • Ph.D. in Measurement, Evaluation and Statistics 2015: Kent State University
  • Dissertation: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STUDENT EVALUATIONS AND TEACHER QUALITY IN HIGH SCHOOL IN SAUDI ARABIA: ITEM RESPONSE THEORY ANALYSIS AND MULTILEVEL MODELING.

    Major: Measurement, Evaluation and Assessment.

    Minor: Statistics and Quantitative research.

  • M.S. in Psychology -Tests and Measurements, 2007: Umm al-Qura University
  • B.A. in Mathematics, 2001: College of education at king khalid university.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2022- Chair of Psychology department at College of Graduate Educational Studies, King Abdulaziz University.

2021- Associate Professor, Measurement, Evaluation, Assessment and Statistics, King Abdulaziz University.

2020- Member of the Higher Supervisory Committee for the project of placement tests in specializations in Saudi universities.

2020- Member of the Measurement and Evaluation Committee team in the project for placement tests in specializations in Saudi universities.

2020- Member of the Accreditation and Review Committee team in the project for     placement tests in specializations in Saudi universities.

2018-2020, Vice Manger of Measurement and Evaluation Department, Administrative Leadership Development Academy.

2018-2020, Senior Advisor at the Administrative Leadership Development Academy - Measurement and Evaluation Department.

2018- Founding member of the Measurement and Evaluation Department at the Administrative Leadership Development and Preparation Center in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

2018- Founding member and practitioner of psychological, behavioral and personality measurements in the Administrative Leadership Assessment Center.

2018- 2020, Supervising the training, qualification and licensing of residents in cooperation with the British Psychological Society (BPS) at the Administrative Leadership Development Academy.

2018-2019, Project Manager of the Middle Administrative Leaders Assessment Project at the General Directorate of Civil Defense, which included conducting cognitive abilities tests, applying the leadership personality scale, and managing and operating assessment centers according to the leadership competencies framework.

2019-2020, Project Manager of the Middle Administrative Leaders Assessment Project at the General Directorate for Prisons, which included conducting cognitive abilities tests, applying the leadership personality scale, and managing and operating assessment centers according to the leadership competencies framework.

2018 Member and Coordinator of the Senior and Middle Administrative Leaders Assessment Project at the Ministry of Civil Service, which included conducting cognitive abilities tests, applying the leadership personality scale, and managing and operating assessment centers according to the leadership competencies framework.

2015-2021 Assistant Professor, Measurement, Evaluation, Assessment and Statistics, King Abdulaziz University.

2017-2018, Member of the Permanent Committee of students’ counselling at king abdulaziz university.

2016- Funder of a house of expertise “ EDAAT” at king abdulaziz university.

2022- Funder of Psychometric and Psychological assessment diploma at king abduaziz university.

2007-2014 Lecturer in the Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling in the Postgraduate Education Program.

2001-2006 Mathematics teacher at Saudi ministry of education.

2001-2003 Member of mathematic team of constructing mathematics achievement tests for the ministry of education.

 

Education

  • 2000

    Bachelor degree from Math.Education, K.K.U, عسير, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2007

    Master degree from Measurement , Statistic and EvEducation, Umm Al Qura, مكة المكرمة, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2015

    Doctorate degree from Foundations, Leadership, and Administration Lecturer and PhD student – Evaluation and Measurementschool of education, Kent State University, كنت, امــريــكـا

Employment

Research Interests

  • Measurement and Evaluation in Higher Education Institutions.
  • Test bias and fairness.
  • Guessing and means of reducing its impact in measuring the real ability of the examinees.
  • Measuring personality and its scientific, and technical practices.
  • Measuring Leadership competencies
  • Reducing the subjectivity of self-rating and Self-assessment.
  • Measurement, evaluation, and decision-making.
  • Standardization of international tests on the Saudi environment.
  • Assessment centers; theory, practices, and applications.
  • Establishment, management and operation of units of assessment for helping decision-making.
  • CAT and HLM.
  • Techniques of constructing tests for different of purposes using modern one-dimensional or multi-dimensional measurement theory (item response theory) either in traditional or computer adaptive tests (CAT).
  • Standardized testing is important but how about the other means of assessment.
  • Technology and Assessment
  • Artificial intelligent and assessment
  • Giftedness: what we Have New to Say About the Identification and Education of Talented Children or adults?


    FUNDED PROJECTS

    • Higher Supervisory Committee for the project of placement tests in specializations in Saudi universities (2020-2022), Funded by King Abdulaziz university and the ministry of education.
    • A Project of Establishing the Measurement and Evaluation Department at the Administrative Leadership Development and Preparation Center in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2018-2020. Funded by the Administrative Leadership Development Academy through King Saud University and Institute of Public Administration.
    • A Project of training, qualification and licensing of residents in cooperation with the British Psychological Society (BPS) at the Administrative Leadership Development Academy. Funded by the Administrative Leadership Development Academy through King Saud University and Institute of Public Administration.
    • A Project of the Middle Administrative Leaders Assessment 2019-2020. Funded by the General Directorate for Prisons.
    • A Project of the Middle Administrative Leaders Assessment 2018-1019. Funded by the General Directorate of Civil Defense.
    • A project of the Middle Administrative Leaders Assessment 2018. Funded by the Ministry of Civil Service.

       

      Psychometric Consultations

    • Evaluating Research Proposals Submitted to the Ministry of Education Founding Program (2021-2022).
    • Reviewing technical report for the Ministry of Education (2020).
    • 2020- Senior consultant of the Higher Supervisory Committee for the project of placement tests in specializations in Saudi universities.
    • 2018-2020, Senior consultant at the Administrative Leadership Development Academy - Measurement and Evaluation Department.
    • Reviewing Research Papers Submitted to Psychological Assessment Journal (2014- 2018). American Psychological Association, USA.

       

      Software and Computer Skills

       

    • Tests and measurements programs: ITEMAN, WINSTEPS® Rasch Analysis and Rasch Measurement software, IRTPRO 2.1 (Item Response Theory), BILOG-MG, MULTILOG, and Xcalibre.
    • Statistical programs: SPSS, SAS, Liseral, Hierarchical Linear Models (HLM).

 

 

Scientific interests

-Measurement and Evaluation in Higher Education Institutions.

- Test bias and fairness.

- Guessing and means of reducing its impact in measuring the real capacity of the two laboratories.
- Measuring personal, scientific, and technical practices.
- Measurement of leadership and personality.
Self-assessment and self-reduction methods.
- Measurement, evaluation and decision-making.
- Codification of global tests on the Saudi environment.
- Practices and methods of assessment centers.
- Establishment, management and operation of units of measurement, evaluation and decision-making.

 

Courses

Introduction to Educational Measurement and evaluation 460 دعت GED
Psychological Tests 604 EDCG 604
Inferential Statistics EDU EDUC 600
Reading Educational Texts in English EDC EDCG 602
EDCG 652 EDC EDCG 652
Advanced Psychological and educational Statistics 704 EDCG
Seminar 695 رشد 695

Areas of expertise

Evaluation, Measurement and Statistics PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Research Title: Institution: Focus: Dates: Supervisor: Duties: Title: Institution: Focus: Dates: Supervisor: Duties: Title: Institution: Focus: Dates: Supervisors: Duties: Graduate Research Associate Umm Al-Qura University (UQU) Teacher Evaluation May 2006 to December 2007 Ali Assrri, Ph.D. Data analysis, data collection and organization, manuscript preparation, interpretation Graduate Research Associate King Abdulaziz University Measurement September 2007 to September 2008 Faisal Akbar, Ph.D. Admission tests and research project coordination, data analysis, data collection and organization Psychometrist/Researcher Ministry of Education Psychometrics, educational tests, and achievement tests February 2003 to February 2004 Alqarni, A. Constructing math item bank, administration of assessments, department research project coordination, data collection, data analysis, training other teachers Teaching Title: Institution: Dates: Lecturer King Abdulaziz University June 2007 to 2015 Title: Institution: Dates: Supervisor: Duties: Mathematics tests constructor Ministry of Education, achievement tests project February 2003 to February 2004 Ministry of Education Item bank constructor, lab instructor for SPSS, lab/lecture preparation, tests administration and grading, records and grade maintenance Title: Institution: Dates: Supervisor: Course: Duties: Mathematics teacher Ministry of Education April 2001 to August 2007 Ministry of Education Mathematics courses G6-12 Teaching all aspects of mathematic and focusing to improve students’ math-ability. Administration of tests and grading, records and grade maintenance. TECHNICAL SKILLS ? MS Word, Excel, Photoshop, PowerPoint, Publisher ? Familiar with SPSS, LISREL for SEM, WINSTEPS & Rasch Software, IRTPRO 2.1, HLM software PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Educational Research Association – Division D American Evaluation Association American Psychological Association – Division 5 National Council on Measurement in Education SERVICE Served as Session Chair: Alqarni, Abdulelah Last Event at the meeting of the Twelfth Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education (2014, January). Session Topic: Educational Measurement and Evaluation Served as reviewer and judged many tests and questionnaires, and worked as data analyst Served as a Reviewer in Division D at AREA 2015 particularly in Rasch articles.
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