The Berkeley Evaluation and and Assessment Research (BEAR) Center coordinates seminars for researchers to share cutting-edge findings and to prompt congenial discussion of topics in educational assessment and evaluation.
BEAR Seminar meets alternate Tuesdays from 2pm-4 at Berkeley Way West 1204 and also on Zoom.
Zoom links can be requested from convenors@bear.berkeley.edu.
| Date | Speaker | Topic | |
| September 12, 2023 | Luca Mari | Chatbots: facing a cultural revolution. And trying to understand it. | video, slides |
| September 26, 2023 | Ryan Carter and Brent Duckor | Measuring High School Counselor Beliefs on the Importance of MTMDSS Universal Supports Since COVID-19 | video, slides |
| October 10, 2023 | Matt Barney, Stefanie Wind, and Vaishak Krishna | AI-Quantified Ethics: Enhanced Persuasion Analysis through Advanced Rasch Models | video, slides |
| October 24, 2023 | Various Researchers | BEAR Center Research Roundup | video and slides |
| November 7, 2023 | Aubrey Condor | AI-Assisted feedback for student revisions of short responses | |
| Mingfeng Xue | Fine-tuning GPT Models for Auto-Scoring in Educational Measurement | video slides | |
| November 28, 2023 | Enrique Valencia López | Measurement invariance of a teacher professional development intervention in rural Honduras | |
Convenors & Coordinators:
Himilcon Inciarte (himilcon_inciarte@berkeley.edu)
Mingfeng Xue (mingfengxue@berkeley.edu)
Yunting Liu (yunting99@berkeley.edu)