Blair Lehman is a research scientist in the ETS Research Institute. She received a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology and cognitive science certificate with a focus on artificial intelligence in education from the University of Memphis in 2014. Her research interests in general include the investigation of student emotional and motivational states during the completion of educational activities (assessment, learning). She is interested in then leveraging the information about student emotional and motivational states to modify educational activities to promote engaged interactions and to develop emotion-sensitive systems that support students based on their characteristics, prior experiences, and current experience with the task. In the context of assessment, modifications based on student emotional and motivational states are employed to improve assessment validity. Her other research interests include natural language interactions (assessment, learning), game-based educational activities (assessment, learning), intelligent tutoring systems, affective computing, and pedagogical strategies.
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Last updated: 1/3/2025