Elena Papanastasiou

Address:
4, Chr. Kannaouros st.Latsia
Nicosia 2220, CYPRUS

Email: papanastasiou.e@unic.ac.cy

MSU degree: Ph.D in Measurement and Quantitative Methods, 2001

Dissertation topic: A 'rearrangement procedure' for administering adaptive tests when review options are permitted

Current position: Associate Professor at the University of Nicosia, and the director of European Psychometric Services (www.psychometric-services.eu)

Areas of special competence: Computer adaptive testing, measurement, comparative math and science education

Language: English, Greek

Publications:

Papanastasiou, E. C. & Angeli, C. (2008). Evaluating the use of ICT in education: Psychometric Properties of the Survey of Factors Affecting Teachers Teaching with Technology (SFA-T3). Educational Technology and Society, 11(1) 69-86.

Papanastasiou, E. C., & Zembylas, M. (2008). Anxiety in undergraduate research methods courses: Its nature and implications. International Journal of Research and Method in Education, 31(2) 155-167.

Papanastasiou, E. C. & Reckase, M. D. (2007). A 'rearrangement procedure' for scoring adaptive tests with review options. International Journal of Testing, 7(4), 1-21.

Papanastasiou, E. C. & Zembylas, M. (2006). Did the Cypriot students really cheat on TIMSS?. Research in Comparative and International Education, 1(2), 120-125.

Zembylas, M. & Papanastasiou, E. C. (2006). Sources of teacher job satisfaction and dissatisfaction in Cyprus.  Compare, 36 (2), 229-247 .

Papanastasiou, E. C. (2005). Item review and the rearrangement procedure. Its process and its results. Educational Research and Evaluation, 11 (4), 303-321.

Papanastasiou, E. C. (2005). Factor structure of the ‘Attitudes towards research’ scale. Statistics Education Research Journal, 4(1), 16-26.

Lowe, P. A., Papanastasiou, E. C., DeRuyck, K. A., & Reynolds, C. R. (2005). Test score stability and construct validity of the Adult Manifest Anxiety Scale-College Version (AMAS-C) scores among college students: A brief report. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 37(4), 220- 227.

**Zembylas, M. & Papanastasiou, E. C. (2005). Modeling teacher empowerment. The role of teacher satisfaction.  Educational Research and Evaluation, 11(5) 433-459.

**Second most frequently downloaded article using the EBESCO database in 2007.

Papanastasiou, E. C. (2003). Item generation for test development. [Book review]. Journal of structural equation modeling, 10(3), 487-491.

Papanastasiou, E. C. (2003). Greek letters in measurement and statistics. Is it all Greek to you? STATS, 36, 17-18.

Papanastasiou, E. C. (2003). Science literacy by technology by country; USA, Finland and Mexico. Making sense of it all. Research in science and technology education, 21(2), 229-241.

Papanastasiou, E. C., Zembylas, M & Vrasidas, C. (2003). Can computer use hurt science achievement? The USA results from PISA. Journal of science education and technology, 12(3), 325-332.

Papanastasiou, C., Koutselini, M. & Papanastasiou E. (2003). The process of democratic values in Cyprus and Germany. Online journal for social science education, 1. http://www.sowi-onlinejournal.de/2003-1/cyprus_papanastasiou.htm Retrieved, August 29, 2003.

Patterson, M., Perry, E., Decker, C., Eckert, R., Klaus, S., Wendling, L. & Papanastasiou, E. C. (2003). Factors associated with high school mathematics performance in the United States. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 29.

Papanastasiou, E. (2002). Factors that differentiate mathematics students in Cyprus, Hong Kong, and the USA. Educational Research and Evaluation, 8 (1), 129-146.

Papanastasiou, E. C. & Conway, P. (2002). Teacher Professional Development through LATTICE. An International-intercultural Project. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 28(4), 315-328.

Papanastasiou, E. C. & Zembylas, M. (2002). The effect of attitudes on science achievement: A study conducted among high school students in Cyprus. International review of education, 48(6), 469-484.

Papanastasiou, C. & Papanastasiou, E. C. (2002). The process of science achievement. Science Education International, 13(2), 12-24.

Simoes, A. R. M. & Papanastasiou, E. C. (2002). Evaluating the usefulness and properties of a subjective assessment of Brazilian Portuguese. Hispania, 85 (3), 900-910.

Papanastasiou, C. & Papanastasiou, E. (2000). Social values and the factors that influence to become elementary school teachers. Developing Identities in Europe: Citizenship Education and Higher Education (pp. 469-475). London: Cice Publications.

Papanastasiou, C. & Papanastasiou, E. C., (1998). What influences students to choose the elementary education major: the case of Cyprus. Mediterranean Journal of Educational Studies, 3(1), 35-45.

Papanastasiou, C., & Papanastasiou, E., (1997). Factors that influence students to become teachers. Educational Research and Evaluation, 3(4), 305-316.