Research

Research Projects

Research Projects

Principal Investigator / Co-Investigator Funding Source Duration Project Title
Dr YUM Yen Na, Cherry HMRF Sept 2020 - Aug 2022 Effectiveness of music therapy in social skill intervention for children with ASD/ID: a randomized controlled trial
Dr Jiang Da ECS 2019-2020 Are Older Adults Lonely? Elucidating Age Differences in the Relationship between Solitude and Well-Being
Dr Wang Li-Chih Angus GRF 2019-2022 Do Children Learn Chinese with Receiving Phonetic System Training Affect the Role of Auditory Temporal Processing to Reading? – A Longitudinal Study
Dr Yum Yen Na Cherry ECS 2018-2019 The Multilingual Reading Brain: An ERP Study of Language Interactions in Three Writing Systems
Dr LIU Duo, Phil SCOLAR Aug 2018 – July 2020 Improving children’s Chinese literacy performance by developing an educational computer game for training morphological skills
Dr Kwok Kan Diana GRF 2018-2021 Empowering Teachers to Challenge Transprejudice Against Trans Students in Hong Kong
Dr CHIM, Ho Yeung Hastings IRG 2016-2017 Developing and validating a Chinese version of Teacher Evaluation Form (C-TEF) for an in-service special education training program
Dr. He Wu Jing, Mavis HKJCC 2016-2020 Promoting School-based Talent Development and Gifted Education in Hong Kong
Ms LAM Sze Ching Cici & Dr CHIM Ho Yeung Hastings (Correct) TDG 2016 - 2017 Fostering Discussion and Collaborative Inquiry through Establishment of a Case Video Library
Dr. Kean Poon Kei Yan / Dr. Wang Li-Chih CRF July 2016 - Jun 2017 Working memory training in your children with ADHD and/or RD: a randomized placebo-controlled trial
Dr. Liu Duo / Dr. Ho Fuk Chuen CRF July 2016 - Jun 2017 The effects of training on visual-spatial attention on improving the reading performance of Hong Kong Chinese children with typical or poor reading abilities
Dr LEUNG Chi Hung / Dr Kwan-Chen Yi Ling, Lorinda CRF July 2016 - Jun 2017 Develop a play-based learning apps for ADHD / ADD students to enhance their memorization
Prof SIN Kuen Fung, Kenneth TDG 2016 - 2017 Empowering BEd Students for Catering for Diversity in Their Field Experience Work
Dr. Kevin YUEN / Dr. YUAN Meng / Dr. Anna KAM / Prof. Kenneth HUGDAHL HMRF Jun 2015 - May 2017 Identification of young Cantonese-speaking children with language learning disorders via lexical tone dichotic listening by profiling their instructional-driven (top-down) and stimulus-driven (bottom-up) information processing abilities
Dr. LIU Duo, Phil / Prof. Kevin CHUNG, Prof. Becky CHEN, Prof. LI Hong GRF Jan 2015 - Dec 2018 Unfolding the role of morphological awareness in word learning of Chinese children
Prof. Kenneth SIN / Dr. LUI Ming GRF Jan 2015 - Dec 2016 Examining the pivotal factors of attitudes towards inclusive education among parents of children with and without special educaional needs in a Chinese community: Hong Kong
Prof HUE Ming Tak (PI), Prof LEUNG Chi Hung GRF Sep 2013 - Aug 2016 Creating culturally responsive classrooms in a Chinese context: A study of teacher and school attitudes to multicultural teaching competence in Hong Kong schools
Dr WANG Hui GRF 2024-2026 United by Common Goals: Influences of Teacher Goals and School Goal Structures on Teacher Retention
Dr LIU Duo, Phil GRF 2024-2027 Mental imagery and its role in Chinese primary school children’s reading comprehension
Dr JIANG Da GRF 2024-2027 Reducing Loneliness Among Older Adults through Enhancing Positive Affect: A Randomized Controlled Trial with Ecological Momentary Assessments
Dr CHAN Wai Lan, Winnie / Dr CHEUNG, Sum Kwing GRF 2024 -2027 Development of Spontaneous Focusing on Numerosity in Kindergarteners
Dr YUM Yen Na, Cherry GRF 2022-2025 Learning Concepts in Different Languages: Cognitive and Affective Mechanisms
Dr JIANG Da GRF 2021-2025 Staying alone but happy? Elucidating Age Differences in the Relationship between Solitude and Well-Being
Dr JIANG Da GRF 2022-2025 It Is Never Too Late to Learn: Leveraging Goals to Increase Learning Behaviors in Older Adulthood
Dr LIU Duo, Phil GRF 2020-2024 The dynamic relations among cognitive, ecological, psychological factors and reading comprehension in lower grade primary school Chinese children: A three-year longitudinal investigation of the componential model of reading
Prof SIN Kuen Fung, Kenneth GRF 2021-2023 Self-dehumanization and other-dehumanization toward students with special educational needs: Examining their prevalence, consequences and identifying solutions
Dr WANG Li-Chih, Angus QEF 2025-2027 The Impact of Virtual Reality Disability Simulation on Hong Kong Teachers' Attitude and Professional Knowledge of Chinese Dyslexia
Dr CHAN Wai Lan, Winnie / Dr CHEUNG, Sum Kwing CRF 2024-2027 Development of Spontaneous Focusing on Numerosity in Kindergarteners
Prof LEUNG Chi Hung QEF 2023-2026 Apply AI teaching and classroom management skill practice for pre-service teachers in Field Experience
Dr LIU Duo, Phil QEF 2019-2022 The effective use of Chinese stem-deriving instruction for Chinese children with dyslexia
Dr JIANG Da PPR 2021-2022 Determinants of Hong Kong Secondary Students' Senses of Belonging to School, City, Country and the World
Prof LEUNG Chi Hung PPR 2019-2020 Investigating the Effectiveness of an Information Technology Entrepreneurship Training Program for Ethnic Minorities in Hong Kong
Dr CHEN YUEN GRF 2023-2026 Efficacy of a novel auditory-working-memory training program in improving speech-in-noise perception, cognitive functions and subcortical of pitch in order adults with untreated hearing impairment
Dr WANG Hui ECS 2022-2025 Understanding the Roots of Teacher Turnover: A Transactional Model

CRF: Collaborative Research Fund
DRF: Departmental Research Fund, EdUHK
EOC: Equal Opportunities Commission
GRF: General Research Fund, HKSARG
HKJCC: Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust
HMRF: Health and Medical Research Fund, HKSARG
IRG: Internal Research Grant, EdUHK
PPR: Public Policy Research Funding Scheme
QEF: Quality Education Fund, HKSARG
SCOLAR: Standing Committee on Language Education and Research
TDG: Faculty TDG
UCR: University of California, Riverside

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