Educational Qualifications

2013
Ph.D., Education (Quantitative Methods and Evaluation Program), University of California, Berkeley, California, United States

2006
M.Ed., International Education Policy, Harvard University, Massachusetts, United States

2004
B.Ed., Education, National Chengchi University, Taiwan

Academic and Professional Experience

2023 - Present
Lecturer, Teaching & Learning Centre, Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore

2020 - 2023
Instructor, School of Humanities & Behavioural Sciences, Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore

2020
Course Developer, School of Humanities & Behavioural Sciences, Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore

2014 - 2017
Research Fellow, Office of Education Research, National Institute of Education, Singapore

2013 - 2014
Postdoctoral Scholar, Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States

2011
Graduate Student Instructor, Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States

2011
Research Intern, Riverside Publishing, Illinois, United States

2007- 2013
Graduate Student Researcher, Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States

2006 - 2007
Research Associate, Museum of Science, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Selected Publications

Yao, S.-Y., & Ho, Y. Y. (2024).
Evaluating the usefulness of microlearning to adult students in higher education: An empirical study in Singapore. Adult Learning. https://doi.org/10.1177/10451595241280672

Wilson, M., Yao, S.-Y., & Osborne, J. (2024).
Coordinating assessments with a learning progression. In H. Jin, D. Yan, & J. Krajcik (Eds.), Handbook of research on science learning progressions (pp. 88–115). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003170785

Bhatti, H. A., Mehta, S., McNeil, R., Yao, S.-Y., & Wilson, M. (2023).
A scientific approach to assessment: Rasch measurement and the four building blocks. In X. Liu & W. J. Boone (Eds.), Advances in applications of Rasch measurement in science education (Vol. 57, pp. 157–187). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28776-3_7

Yao, S.-Y. (2021).
HBC201 Research methods for the social and behavioural sciences (study guide). Singapore University of Social Sciences.

Yao, S.-Y., Bull, R., Khng, K. H., & Rahim, A. (2018).
Psychometric properties of the NEPSY-II affect recognition subtest in a preschool sample: A Rasch modeling approach. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 32(1), 63-80. https://doi.org/10.1080/13854046.2017.1343865

Yao, S.-Y., Muñez, D., Bull, R., Lee, K., Khng, K. H., & Poon, K. (2017).
Rasch modeling of the Test of Early Mathematics Ability–Third Edition with a sample of K1 children in Singapore. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 35(6), 615-627. https://doi.org/10.1177/0734282916651021

Bull, R., Yao, S.-Y., & Ng, E.L. (2017).
Assessing quality of kindergarten classrooms in Singapore: Psychometric properties of the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-Revised. International Journal of Early Childhood, 49(1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13158-017-0180-x

Yao, S.-Y., Wilson, M., Henderson, J.B., & Osborne, J. (2015).
Investigating the function of content and argumentation items in a science test: A multidimensional approach. Journal of Applied Measurement, 16(2), 171-192.

Black, P., Wilson, M., & Yao, S.-Y. (2011).
Road maps for learning: A guide to the navigation of learning progressions. Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research & Perspective, 9(2-3), 71-123. https://doi.org/10.1080/15366367.2011.591654

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