Chinthaka Chandrakumara
Faculty of Education
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Self‑determination, empowerment and self‑efficacy
Journal Articles
Hummel, S., Sheehan, B., Munro, A., & Chandrakumara, C. (2021). Self‑determination, empowerment and self‑efficacy. In CONTESSA: Contemporary teaching skills for South‑East Asia (pp. 172–189). University of Graz. https://unipub.uni-graz.at/obvugrveroeff/content/titleinfo/6427107/full.pdf https://doi.org/10.25364/401.2021.CONTESSA
Publication year: 2021
සිංහල භාෂාව හා සාහිත්‍යය විෂය ආශ්‍රිත තක්සේරුකරණය පාසල්වල ක්‍රියාත්මක ස්වභාවය [Assessment practices in Sinhala language and literature in schools]
Journal Articles
Chandrakumara, C. (2018). සිංහල භාෂාව හා සාහිත්‍යය විෂය ආශ්‍රිත තක්සේරුකරණය පාසල්වල ක්‍රියාත්මක ස්වභාවය [Assessment practices in Sinhala language and literature in schools]. Sri Lanka Educational Magazine, (pp. 1–17). National Institute of Education.
Publication year: 2018
Reconceptualizing assessment in school education: Enhancing self-esteem and psycho-social well-being in adolescents
Journal Articles
Chandrakumara, C., & Gunasekara, N. (2025). Reconceptualizing assessment in school education: Enhancing self-esteem and psycho-social well-being in adolescents. VIVARA, 25, (pp. 25–34). Ruhunu National College of Education.
Publication year: 2025
අධ්‍යාපන තක්සේරුකරණය සහ එහි මෑතකාලීන ප්‍රවණතා [Educational assessment and recent trends]
Journal Articles
Chandrakumara, C. (2020). අධ්‍යාපන තක්සේරුකරණය සහ එහි මෑතකාලීන ප්‍රවණතා [Educational assessment and recent trends]. අධ්‍යාපනයේ මූලිකාංග (pp. 104–120). Pali and Buddhist University, Sri Lanka.
Publication year: 2020
ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ළමා මව්වරු සහ උපදේශනාත්මක මැදිහත්කරණය (Child mothers in Sri Lanka and counselling intervention)
Books
Samarasighe, I. & Chandrakumara, C. (2021). ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ළමා මව්වරු සහ උපදේශනාත්මක මැදිහත්කරණය (Child mothers in Sri Lanka and counselling intervention). Neptune Publications Pvt Ltd. Battaramulla.
Publication year: 2021
uthenticity of learning and assessment in teacher education: Opportunities and challenges within CONTESSA online modules. In Empowering education in Cambodia and Sri Lanka: Quality improvement in teaching and learning in the 21st century
Book Chapters
Chandrakumara, C. (2022). Authenticity of learning and assessment in teacher education: Opportunities and challenges within CONTESSA online modules. In Empowering education in Cambodia and Sri Lanka: Quality improvement in teaching and learning in the 21st century (pp. 135–149). Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-658-43306-2_9
Publication year: 2022
Developing ‘inter-personal capabilities’ associated with the ‘emotional intelligence’ of teacher trainees
Abstracts
Wijerathna, D.D.M.I.L & Chandrakumara, C. (2024). Developing ‘inter-personal capabilities’ associated with the ‘emotional intelligence’ of teacher trainees. Proceedings of the 2nd International Research Symposium on Education for Sustainable Development: Nurturing Responsible Global Citizens (IRSE-2024). Department of Research and Development, National Institute of Education, Sri Lanka.
Publication year: 2024
endency of school children to become victims of crime (Sinhala version)
Abstracts
Wijerathna, D.D.M.I.L & Chandrakumara, C.(2024, October 3–4). Tendency of school children to become victims of crime (Sinhala version). Paper presented at the First International Conference on Criminology & Criminal Justice, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka
Publication year: 2024
Preconceptions of authentic assessment in graduate trained teachers: A fact-finding study for a journey towards more authenticity in assessment
Abstracts
Chandrakumara, C. (2021). Preconceptions of authentic assessment in graduate trained teachers: A fact-finding study for a journey towards more authenticity in assessment. Proceedings of the 1st International Research Symposium 2021 – Faculty of Education, University of Colombo (pp. 86–94). Faculty of Education, University of Colombo. https://edu.cmb.ac.lk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Proceedings-IRS-2021.pdf#page=86
Publication year: 2025
Psycho-social issues faced by child mothers in Sri Lanka
Abstracts
Samarasinghe, I. M., & Chandrakumara, C. (2021, March). Psycho-social issues faced by child mothers in Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the 7th International Research Conference on Humanities & Social Sciences (IRCHSS 2021), Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3808944
Publication year: 2021
A study on needs for improving authentic assessment competencies of pre-service teacher trainees in a national university in Sri Lanka
Abstracts
Chandrakumara, C. (2021, March). A study on needs for improving authentic assessment competencies of pre-service teacher trainees in a national university in Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the 7th International Research Conference on Humanities & Social Sciences (IRCHSS 2021), Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3809063
Publication year: 2021
The nature of authentic assessment: Evidence from literature review
Abstracts
Chandrakumara, C. (2014). The nature of authentic assessment: Evidence from literature review. Proceedings of the Annual Research Symposium 2014, Faculty of Education, University of Colombo. University of Colombo.
Publication year: 2014
The predictive validity of the Grade Five Scholarship Examination: A study based on the successful entry to the B.Ed program
Abstracts
Chandrakumara, C. (2016). The predictive validity of the Grade Five Scholarship Examination: A study based on the successful entry to the B.Ed program. Proceedings of the Annual Research Symposium 2016, Faculty of Education, University of Colombo. University of Colombo.
Publication year: 2016
The strength of the authentic assessment methods for empowering inclusive education: Evidence from literature review
Abstracts
Chandrakumara, C. (2016). The strength of the authentic assessment methods for empowering inclusive education: Evidence from literature review. Proceedings of the International Conference on Inclusive Education 2016, Savitribai Phule Pune University, India.
Publication year: 2016
The impact of the Grade Five Scholarship Examination on higher education: Views of B.Ed undergraduates in Sri Lanka
Abstracts
Chandrakumara, C. (2016). The impact of the Grade Five Scholarship Examination on higher education: Views of B.Ed undergraduates in Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Innovation Challenges in Multidisciplinary Research Practices 2016. Singapore: Global Illuminators.
Publication year: 2016
Perception of in-service teacher trainees on the quality of the Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Sinhala medium – full time) programme
Abstracts
Chandrakumara, C. (2020). Perception of in-service teacher trainees on the quality of the Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Sinhala medium – full time) programme. Proceedings of the Annual Research Symposium 2020, Faculty of Education, University of Colombo. University of Colombo
Publication year: 2020
Assessment practices of Sinhala language and literature in Sri Lanka: Are the assessments authentic?
Abstracts
Chandrakumara, C. (2018). Assessment practices of Sinhala language and literature in Sri Lanka: Are the assessments authentic? Proceedings of the International Conference on Future of Education 2018. The International Institute of Knowledge Management.
Publication year: 2018
Investigating the comprehensiveness of sexuality education curriculum in Sri Lanka.
Full Papers
Jayantha, S.A., & Chandrakumara, C. (2022). Investigating the comprehensiveness of sexuality education curriculum in Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the 2nd International Research Symposium 2022 – Faculty of Education, University of Colombo. https://edu.cmb.ac.lk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Symposium-Proceedings-2022-FoE-Online_-ISSN-2961-5364-2-1.pdf
Publication year: 2022
Psycho-social issues faced by child mothers in Sri Lanka
Full Papers
Samarasinghe, I. M., & Chandrakumara, C. (2021). Psycho-social issues faced by child mothers in Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the 7th International Research Conference on Humanities & Social Sciences (IRCHSS 2021).
Publication year: 2021