Alexandra Petridou, BA, MSc, PhD

BACKGROUND
Alexandra completed her undergraduate studies in the Department of Primary Education at the University of Athens where she obtained her BA in 2000 with Distinction. Her undergraduate studies were funded by the Cyprus Government. Between 2000 and 2002 she worked as a primary school teacher under the employment of the Ministry of Education in Cyprus. She undertook postgraduate studies in 2002/2003 at the University of Manchester where she was awarded the degree of M.Sc. in Educational Research with Distinction. Recently she has finished her doctoral studies at the School of Education at the University of Manchester. Her Ph.D thesis is entitled ‘Identifying, modelling and explaining person misift’. Her doctoral studies were funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the University of Manchester and the A.G. Leventis Foundation. Currently she is an ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of Education at the University of Manchester.

RESEARCH

Research Interests:
Person-fit, educational measurement, assessment, multilevel models, Rasch, quantitative and qualitative research, mathematics, UK national curriculum, statistical literacy.

Journal Papers:
Petridou, A., and Williams, J. Accounting for Real Misfit Using Multilevel Models. (Revise and re-submit for the Journal of Educational Measurement, June 2006)

Children’s and Teacher’s Explanations of  Unexpected Test Responses (Paper under review for the American Educational Research Journal)

Conference Papers:
Petridou, A., and Williams, J. (2005). Accounting for Real Misfit Using Multilevel Models. Presented at the Australian Council for Educational Research Annual Conference, Melbourne, July 2005

Petridou, A., and Williams, J. (2005). Identifying Sources of Invalidity in a Mathematics Test from the Point of View of Misfitting Examinees. Presented at the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics Meeting held at St Martin’s College, Lancaster, November 2005

Petridou, A., and Williams, J. (2006). Exploring Three Multilevel Techniques of Modelling of Misfit. Presented at the annual meeting of American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, San Francisco.

Petridou, A., and Williams, J. (2006). Explaining ‘Examinee Misfit: Case Studies. Presented at the annual meeting of American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, San Francisco.

Petridou, A., and Williams, J. (2006). Instability of Person Misift and Ability Estimates Subject to Assessment Modality. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Association for Educational Assessment, Singapore.

Petridou, A., Pampaka, M., Williams, J., Hadjidemetriou, C. & Wo, L. Empirical Hierarchy of Pupils’ Attainment of Measurement in Early Primary School Years. Paper to be presented to the annual conference of European Society for Research in Mathematics Education, February 2007.

Hadjidemetriou, C., Pampaka, M., Williams, J., Petridou, A., & Wo, L.. Developmental Assessment of Algebraic Performance. Paper to be presented to the annual conference of European Society for Research in Mathematics Education, February 2007.

Petridou, A., and Williams, J. Explaining Person Aberrance: A Case Study of One Classroom (under review for the annual conference of the British Educational Research Association).

Petridou, A., and Williams, J. Cross-Sectional (Age-Related) Patterns of Classroom Contribution to Person Aberrance (under review for the annual conference of the European Educational Research Association).

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Jan 2006 to Mar 2006	Teaching Assistant of “Quantitative Methods and Analysis ” (EDUC 60542) for MSc, MEd, MPhil and PhD students; School of Education, University of Manchester
Sept 2006 to Dec 2006	Teaching Assistant of “Introduction to Quantitative Methods” (EDUC 60521) for MSc, MPhil and PhD students; School of Education, University of Manchester
Sept 2004 to Dec 2006	Teaching Assistant of “Issues in Research and Inquiry” (MD 6041) for MSc, MEd and PhD students; School of Education, University of Manchester
Sept 2004 to Aug 2006	Part-time lecturer of “Introduction to Mathematics Education” (ED 1881) for BA (Hons) in Education; School of Education, University of Manchester
Sept 2004 to Aug 2006	Part-time lecturer of “Research Methods in Education I & II ” (ED 2762) for BA (Hons) in Education; School of Education, University of Manchester
March 2005	Part-time lecturer of “Planning and Preparation of Research” (MD 615) for Dip/MEd in Special and Inclusive Education; School of Education, University of Manchester
March 2005	Teaching SPSS module for ‘Dip/MEd in Management and Leadership’; School of Education, University of Manchester
Sept 2003 to Dec 2003	Teaching Assistant of “Introduction to Mathematics Education” (ED 1881) for BA (Hons) in Education; School of Education, University of Manchester

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University email: alexandra.petridou@manchester.ac.uk
Personal email: alexandra_p99@yahoo.com