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Avivit Arvatz is a cognitive psychologist. Her MA thesis detected the development of automaticity in numeric cognition processes (ordinality and cardinality). She is a psychometrician who developed various methods and tools of testing and evaluating different aspects of human behaviors. She used to be a team member and a manger of large-scale examinations development and administration. She is also a social sciences high school teacher, and worked in centers of professional development of teachers. Avivit is a social and educational entrepreneur, and is the owner of AB Altedu, which specializes in pedagogical innovation and technology in education.
Her doctoral research, under Prof. Judy Dori’s supervision, was conducted at the Technion and completed in 2024. The doctoral dissertation topic: “Fostering and Assessing Teachers’ and Students’ Self-Regulated Learning through Reflective Prompts”. Avivit’s research focused on developing innovative assessment tools for fostering teachers’ and students’ reflective practices, with a particular emphasis on understanding how SRL skills can be enhanced through technological interventions. Her work contributes to the emerging field of technology-enhanced pedagogical strategies, bridging cognitive psychology, educational technology, and professional development. During her studies, Avivit presented her research at two international conferences and participated in a seminar for outstanding doctoral students of the ESERA Association.
Below is a link to the SRL assessment questionnaire (T-SQsrl) for teachers and students that was developed by Dr. Avivit Arvatz as part of her doctoral studies.
The T-SQsrl and its rubric
Since 2024, Avivit is a postdoctoral research fellow, specializing in self-regulated learning (SRL) and AI in education, at the Center for Teacher Education and Learning Research (CTL), at the Seymour Fox School of Education at the Hebrew University. She resides in the south of Israel with her husband and their three lovely children.
