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Dr Nicolette Waschl
Education Research Scientist, OER Centre for Research in Child Development
Research Scientist, National Institute of Education - Office of Education Research
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Dr. Nicolette Waschl is a Research Scientist at the Centre for Research in Child Development, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Dr. Waschl earned her Bachelor of Psychology at Monash University, Australia, and obtained an Honours degree in Health Sciences (Psychology) and Ph.D. in psychology at the University of Adelaide, Australia.
Dr. Waschl’s research is largely focused on measurement and psychometrics, and she has been involved in the validation and norming of psychoeducational instruments in the local Singapore context. She is also interested in issues of data reuse and database management, as well as assessment and the transition from preschool to primary school.
Dr. Waschl’s research is largely focused on measurement and psychometrics, and she has been involved in the validation and norming of psychoeducational instruments in the local Singapore context. She is also interested in issues of data reuse and database management, as well as assessment and the transition from preschool to primary school.
Dr. Waschl has published research on psychometrics and assessment in various contexts, including early intervention and classroom settings. She has experience with factor analysis, structural equation modeling and item response theory/Rasch analysis. She has a particular interest in adaptation and validation of psychoeducational instruments for the local context and use of newer technologies and methods of analysis for data collection and analysis. Additionally, Dr. Waschl is interested in understanding the transition from preschool to primary school with a view to understanding how assessment can be used to improve experiences and outcomes of this transition.
- CRCD Research Infrastructure and Database Project
- The Transition and Adjustment of Children with Special Educational Needs in Primary or Special Schools: A Study of Three Year Outcomes and their Det erminants
- A Study on Children's Home ICT Use on their Language and Development (CHILD)
- Growth in Bilingual & Biliteracy Proficiency: Environmental, Individual & Experiential Factors (GIBBER)
- Und erstand characteristics of educational research data management at NIE
- The Instrument Pilot Study for Research on Early Education and Development in Singapore (REEDS-Pilot)
- Research Data Managemen t for Secondary Analysis and Reuse: Foundational Phase Implementation towards a Lifecycle Model
- A Multimodal Learning Analytics Approach Towards Learner Dashboard Designs for Better Engagement and M etacognitive Regulation (LADDER)
- Development of a Quality Teaching Tool
- Perspectives and Experiences of Transition from Early Childhood Education to Primary School in Singapore
- Mobile Web App fo r Preschool Screening of Language Weakness in English and Mandarin (MAPS-LEM)
- CRCD Research Infrastructure and Database Project 2
- Beginning Early: SingaPore's Ongoing Study starting in Infancy of Twenty-first-century-skills, Individual differences, and Variance in the Environment (BE POSITIVE study)