Dr. YANG Lan (Joy) is Assistant Professor at the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, the Education University of Hong Kong. She obtained her PhD degree from the University of Hong Kong in 2012 on examining the effects of performance feedback and a combination of performance and attributional feedback on enhancing Chinese students’ academic self-concept and academic achievement. She was the recipient of the Global SELF Research Network Highly Commended PhD Award (2013) based on her PhD research. Her recent research focuses on harnessing the power of formative assessment from the perspective of psychology including a wide range of influential psychological constructs (e.g., self-concept, achievement emotions, learning engagement etc.). Recently, the Psychology and Assessment SIG led by Dr. Joy Yanghas been established under the KRA (https://www.eduhk.hk/artist), the Education University of Hong Kong.

• Self-concept

•Harnessing the power of feedback in education

• Achievement emotions

• Learning and motivation

• Educational interventions

• Positive youth development

• Feedback and emotion
• Assessment for learning
• Assessment as learning
• Questionnaire development
• Quantitative research methodology

Member

• International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA)
• The European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI)
• International Forum of Researchers in Education (IFORE)
• International Association of Cross-cultural Psychology (IACCP)
• The Comparative Education Society of Hong Kong
• The Special Education Society of Hong Kong
• Centre for Advancement in Inclusive and Special Education (CAISE), The University of Hong Kong

Editorial Board

• International Journal of Comparative Education and Development
• Frontiers in Education: Assessment, Testing and Applied Measurement Section (Associate Editor)
• Frontiers in Education: SpecialEducational Needs Section (Review Editor)
• Frontiers in Education: Educational Psychology (Review Editor)
• Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology (Consulting Editor)

Reviewer

• Asia Pacific Journal of Education
• British Journal of Educational Psychology
• CAISE Review
• Education Psychology
• Educational Research and Evaluation
• Educational Research for Policy and Practice
• EuropeanJournalofPsychologyofEducation
• Education Journal
• Frontier in Education
• Frontier in Psychology
• Hong Kong Journal of Special Education
• International Journal of Educational Psychology
• Pedagogies: An International Journal
• PlosOne
• SAGE Open
• School Psychology International
• The Asian-Pacific Education Researcher
• The Internet and Higher Education