Varier, Divya | College of Education and Human Development

Phone: 703-993-5047
Fax: 703-993-3678
Email: dvarier (@gmu.edu)

George Mason University
Fairfax Campus
West Building 2106
4400 University Dr.
MS 6D2
Fairfax, VA 22030

Dr. Varier teaches graduate level courses in education research, assessment, and program evaluation at George Mason University. Dr. Varier received her Ph.D. in Education from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2015. Her research is focused on educational assessment, specifically examining ways to use assessments to support learning and instruction. Dr. Varier has presented her work at national and international educational research conferences such as the American Educational Research Association (AERA), American Evaluation Association (AEA), and the International Association of Educational Assessment (IAEA).

Educational Assessments
K-12 Teachers Assessment and Data Literacy
The role of assessments in learning and instruction
Technology based learning and instruction
Application of sociocultural theory, cognition and motivation to assessment
Mixed Methods Research
Program Evaluation

Seeking Collaborators: Competencies Offered and Sought

Varier, D., Kitsantas, A., Zhang, X., & Saroughi, M. (2021). Self-efficacy for self-assessment: Development and validation of the SEESA-AW scale for argumentative writing. International Journal of Educational Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2021.101885

Abrams, L., Varier, D., & Mehdi, T. (2020). The intersection of school context and teachers’ data use practices: Implications for an integrated approach to capacity building. Studies in Educational Evaluation, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stueduc.2020.100868

Varier, D., Zumbrunn, S.K., Conklin, S., Marrs; Stringer, J., & Furman, J. (2020). Getting stuck in writing: Exploring elementary students’ writing self-regulation strategies. Educational Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/03055698.2020.1729095

Zumbrunn, S., Broda, M., Varier, D, & Conklin, S. (2019). Examining the multidimensional role of self-efficacy for writing on student writing self-regulation and grades in elementary and high school. British Journal of Educational Psychology. DOI:10.1111/bjep.12315

Varier, D., Dumke, E., Conklin, S., Abrams, L., Barnes, J., & Hoover, N. (2017). Potential of one-to-one computing in the classroom: Teachers and students weigh in. Educational Technology, Research & Development. DOI: 10.1007/s11423-017-9509-2