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Personal profile
Professor Zi YAN is Associate Head of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, the Education University of Hong Kong. He is also the Co-Director of the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) and Associate Director of the Assessment Research Centre (ARC). His publications and research interests focus on two related areas, i.e., educational assessment in the school and higher education contexts with an emphasis on student self-assessment; and Rasch measurement, in particular its application in educational and psychological research. He is the author of Student self-assessment as a process for learning (Routledge, 2022) and Applying the Rasch model: Fundamental measurement in the human sciences (Routledge, 2020). He is the recipient of the President's Research Excellence Award (2021/22) and in Stanford University's list of the world's top 2% most-cited scientists (2020, 2021).
Research interests
- Educational assessment
- Rasch measurement
- Test/survey development
- Teacher education
- Application of the Theory of Planned Behaviour
Teaching Interests
- Assessment
- Test/survey development
- Quantitative research methodology
External Appointments
Honourary Associate Professor, Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning, Deakin University.
Professional appointment/membership
- Co-director, Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, EdUHK
- Associate Director, Assessment Research Centre, EdUHK
- Deputy Chair, Pacific Rim Objective Measurement Society
- Member, Research and Development Committee, Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority
- Member, American Educational Research Association (AERA)
- Member, National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME), United States
- Founder member, International Forum of Researchers in Education (IFORE)
- Member, The European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI)
- Member, The International Association for Educational Assessment
- Affiliated Researcher, Collaborative for Student Assessment and Educational Improvement Research, Arizona State University, USA
Editorial Board
- Assistant Editor, Studies in Educational Evaluation
- Associate Section Editor, Assessment, Testing and Applied Measurement Section of Frontiers in Education
- Editorial Advisory Board, Educational Psychology
Reviewer
- Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly
- Advances in Educational Research
- Alberta Journal of Educational Research
- Asia-Pacific Journal of Education
- Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education
- Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
- CAISE Review
- Cambridge Journal of Education
- Child Development
- Computers & Education
- Education Journal (in Chinese)
- Educational Psychology
- Educational Studies
- Education Research International
- Evaluation & Research in Education
- International Journal of Human Factors and Ergonomics
- International Journal of Inclusive Education
- International Journal of Science Education
- International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education
- International Journal of Tourism Anthropology
- International Journal of Training Research
- Journal of Medical Internet Research
- Journal of Physical Education and Sport Management
- Journal of Sport and Health Science
- Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science
- Occupational Therapy International
- Quality of Life Research
- Psychology of Sport & Exercise
- Studies in Educational Evaluation
- Studies in Higher Education
- Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports
- Teaching and Teacher Education
- The Internet and Higher Education
- Universal Journal of Educational Research
- 心理科学 (Psychological Science)
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Investigating Primary School Teachers’ E-assessment Practices, Intentions and Influencing Factors in the New Normal: Implications for Developing E-assessment Policy
ZHAN, Y., YAN, Z. & SO, W. M. W.
16/05/22 → 15/05/23
Project: Research project
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Developing students’ evaluative judgment and feedback literacy through self-assessment: An experimental study
YAN, Z., Boud, D., CHIU, M. M. & King, R.
01/01/22 → 31/12/23
Project: Research project
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Harnessing the Power of Teacher Feedback to Enhance Learning Outcomes: The Roles of Students’ Feedback Orientations and Learning Engagement
YANG, L., YAN, Z., LEUNG, S. O., TANG, S., CHIU, M. M. & SIN, K. F. K.
01/03/21 → 30/09/22
Project: Research project
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Enhancing Assessment Literacy in Schools: Synergizing Assessment-for-learning and Assessment-as-learning 提升學校評估素養:協同運用「促進學習的評估」與「作為學習的評估」
01/01/21 → 30/06/22
Project: Research project
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Unpacking Student Self-assessment Processes: A Longitudinal Naturalistic Experiment
YAN, Z., CHIU, M. M., Brown, G. T. L. & KO, P. Y.
01/01/20 → 31/12/21
Project: Research project
Research Outputs
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Student self-assessment as a process for learning
YAN, Z., 2023, Oxon; New York: Routledge.Research output: Book/Report › Books
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The influence of self-assessment practices on online training for investigative interviewing skills
YAN, Z., BRUBACHER, S., BOUD, D. & POWELL, M., Mar 2023, In: Studies in Educational Evaluation. 76, 101236.Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
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Application of an Automated Essay Scoring engine to English writing assessment using Many-Facet Rasch Measurement
CHAN, K. K. Y., BOND, T. & YAN, Z., Feb 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Language Testing.Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
Are teachers literate in formative assessment? The development and validation of the Teacher Formative Assessment Literacy Scale
YAN, Z. & PASTORE, S., Sep 2022, In: Studies in Educational Evaluation. 74, 101183.Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
Assessing teachers’ collaborative lesson planning practices: Instrument development and validation using the SECI knowledge-creation model
MENDOZA, N. B., CHENG, C. K. E. & YAN, Z., Jun 2022, In: Studies in Educational Evaluation. 73, 101139.Research output: Contribution to journal › Articles › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus)
Prizes
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Certificate of Merit for the Knowledge Transfer Award
SIN, Kuen Fung, Kenneth 冼權鋒 (Recipient), AU, Mei Lan (Recipient), HO, Fuk Chuen 何褔全 (Recipient) & YAN, Zi 晏子 (Recipient), Jul 2010
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Dean’s Research Award 2019/20: Research Engagement and Impact
YAN, Zi 晏子 (Recipient), Aug 2020
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EdUHK President's Awards for Outstanding Performance in Reserach (Research Excellence Award)
YAN, Zi 晏子 (Recipient), May 2022
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Faculty Impact Development Award 2019/20 (Team Award)
YANG, Min (Recipient), YAN, Zi 晏子 (Recipient) & YANG, Lan 楊蘭 (Recipient), Aug 2020
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