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Hanna Eklof is an Associate Professor at Umeå University's Department of Applied Educational Science within the Faculty of Social Sciences. Her research focuses on educational psychology and assessment, particularly examining test-taking motivation in international large-scale assessments.
Her primary research interests include:
- Educational Psychology and Assessment
- Test-taking Motivation and Effort
- Mathematics Anxiety and Performance
- Working Memory and Cognitive Processes
- Large-scale Educational Studies (PISA, TIMSS)
- Psychometric Methods and Validation
Dr. Eklof's recent publications demonstrate a consistent focus on understanding how student motivation affects performance in international assessments, particularly examining response processes, questionnaire-taking behavior, and the relationship between cognitive factors and academic achievement. Her work often employs sophisticated psychometric methods including Item Response Theory and process data analysis to investigate test-taking behavior.
Her scientific contributions include numerous publications in high-impact journals examining test-taking motivation across different cultural contexts, the development of assessment tools like the Swedish MARS-E for measuring mathematics anxiety, and investigations into how cognitive factors like working memory mediate relationships between anxiety and performance.
