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Sophia Cox

Lucy Okam

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Psychology

luoka1@morgan.edu

Education:

M.Ed. in Educational Research, Measurement and Evaluation, University of Jos, Nigeria
B.Sc. (ed.) in Educational Psychology, Guidance and Counselling, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Lucy is a first-year doctoral student in the Psychometrics program at Morgan State University. Her primary research interest focuses on assessment for learning, particularly for children with learning difficulties. She aims to develop a neural network model embedded in a psychometric model that will help assess underlying processing difficulties of working memory, attention, and visual perception. Also, Lucy is interested in developing psychometric-defined game-based assessments to measure attention and personality. She is interested in a shift from traditional testing to a more alternative assessment that caters to the needs of diverse learners. Her previous research employed a response card as a formative assessment tool to provide a feedback mechanism while instruction is ongoing to improve the academic performance of pupils.