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Dr. S. (Sharon) Klinkenberg

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
CW : Youth & Media Entertainment
Area of expertise: Assessment, Psychometrics, Research Methods, Statistics, EdTech, Digital didactics, OER
Photographer: Johannes Abeling
Visiting address
  • Nieuwe Achtergracht 129
  • Room number: 10.10
Postal address
  • Postbus 15906
    1001 NK Amsterdam
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  • Profile

    I’m a psychometrician, statistician, and educational innovator based in Amsterdam. I’m co-director of the Teaching & Learning Centre at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences at the University of Amsterdam, where I teach statistical reasoning at the department of communication science, and conduct research in psychometrics, computer adaptive testing, and the integration of digital assessment with learning. I also lead the university’s involvement in national initiatives to modernize digital assessment practices. As lead for research universities in the NpulsDigital Testing & Development division, I work with colleagues across the Dutch education sector to support secure, reliable, and pedagogically sound digital assessment processes and help institutions develop a clear vision for assessment in the digital age.

  • Publications

    2026

    2025

    • Namesnik-Silvester, K., Polak, M., Smits, N., Swinkels, J., Arends, L., Pavlopoulos, D., Psychogyiopoulos, A., Lindemann, O., Klinkenberg, S., & de Moor, M. H. M. (2025). ShareStats: An open statistics item bank developed by a community of instructors in higher education. Teaching Statistics, 47(2), 129-138. https://doi.org/10.1111/test.12399 [details]

    2017

    • Klinkenberg, S. (2017). The Role of Formative Assessment in a Blended Learning Course. In D. Joosten-ten Brinke, & M. Laanpere (Eds.), Technology Enhanced Assessment: 19th International Conference, TEA 2016, Tallinn, Estonia, October 5-6, 2016 : revised selected papers (pp. 63-71). (Communications in Computer and Information Science ; Vol. 653). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57744-9_6 [details]

    2015

    • Draaijer, S., & Klinkenberg, S. (2015). A Practical Procedure for the Construction and Reliability Analysis of Fixed-Length Tests with Randomly Drawn Test Items. In E. Ras, & D. Joosten-ten Brinke (Eds.), Computer Assisted Assessment : Research into E-Assessment: 18th international conference, CAA 2015, Zeist, The Netherlands, June 22-23, 2015 : proceedings (pp. 47-60). (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 571). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27704-2_6 [details]
    • van der Ven, S. H. G., Straatemeier, M., Jansen, B. R. J., Klinkenberg, S., & van der Maas, H. L. J. (2015). Learning multiplication: An integrated analysis of the multiplication ability of primary school children and the difficulty of single digit and multidigit multiplication problems. Learning and Individual Differences, 43, 48-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2015.08.013 [details]

    2014

    • Klinkenberg, S. (2014). High speed high stakes scoring rule: assessing the performance of a new scoring rule for digital asssesment. In M. Kalz, & E. Ras (Eds.), Computer Assisted Assessment : Research into E-Assessment: international conference, CAA 2014, Zeist, The Netherlands, June 30-July 1, 2014 : proceedings (pp. 114-126). (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 439). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08657-6_11 [details]

    2013

    • Jansen, B. R. J., Louwerse, J., Straatemeier, M., van der Ven, S. H. G., Klinkenberg, S., & van der Maas, H. L. J. (2013). The influence of experiencing success in math on math anxiety, perceived math competence, and math performance. Learning and Individual Differences, 24, 190-197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2012.12.014 [details]

    2011

    • Klinkenberg, S., Straatemeier, M., & van der Maas, H. L. J. (2011). Computer adaptive practice of Maths ability using a new item response model for on the fly ability and difficulty estimation. Computers and Education, 57(2), 1813-1824. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2011.02.003 [details]

    2009

    • Klinkenberg, S., Straatemeier, M., & van der Maas, H. (2009). Serious gaming in de Rekentuin: spelenderwijs oefenen en meten. In M. van Zanten, B. Heijman, & M. Uwland (Eds.), Leren van evalueren: de lerende in beeld bij reken-wiskundeonderwijs: verslag van de 27ste Panama-conferentie gehouden op 21, 22 & 23 januari 2009 te Noordwijkerhout (pp. 161-174). FIsme, Universiteit Utrecht. [details]
    • Straatemeier, M., Klinkenberg, S., & van der Maas, H. L. J. (2009). Gedifferentieerd en adaptief rekenonderwijs in de Rekentuin. Pulse Primair Onderwijs, 1(3), 32-34. http://www.pulseprimaironderwijs.nl/nl/pulse/detail/211 [details]
    • Straatemeier, M., van der Maas, H. L. J., & Klinkenberg, S. (2009). Rekentuin.nl: web-based en game-based leren is leuk! Vives, 98, 26-27. http://www.oefenweb.nl/VIVES-P26_27.pdf [details]
    • Straatemeier, M., van der Maas, H., & Klinkenberg, S. (2009). Werken in de Rekentuin: spelenderwijs oefenen en meten. Willem Bartjens, 28(5), 4-7. [details]
    • van der Maas, H., Straatemeier, M., & Klinkenberg, S. (2009). Rekenen in Rekentuin: ook voor zwakke rekenaars? Tijdschrift voor Remedial Teaching, 17(3), 18-21. [details]

    2010

    Prize / grant

    Membership / relevant position

    • Klinkenberg, S. & van der Maas, H. L. J. (2010). Nieuwe scoreregel voor digitale toetsen, aanvraag Surf Digitaal toetsen: €80.266, SURFfoundation.

    2023

    • Klinkenberg, S. (2023). A psychometric perspective on personalized assessment in education. [Thesis, fully internal, Universiteit van Amsterdam]. [details]
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