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NEWS
- A seminar on ShinyTAM was held successfully on Nov. 8, 2024.
- Post-doctoral research opportunity (Jockey Club STEM Early Career Research Fellowship) with Dr. Zhu and Prof. Chiu. If you are interested in working on AI-assisted Learning, you can contact Dr. Zhu by 15 Sep, 2024 for the Jockey Club STEM Early Career Research Fellowship for Translation and Application 2024/25 (see the pdf file for details).
- Research opportunity with Dr. Zhu and Prof. Chiu (Postdoctoral Fellowship). If you are interested in working on assessment/feedback research, you can contact Dr. Zhu by 9 Sep, 2024 for the RGC Junior Research Fellow Scheme (previously known as RGC Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme; see the pdf file for details).
- Good news. Dr. Zhu has secured an ECS project as the principal investigator: Investigating the Factors Associated with Teachers' Feedback Literacy: Instrument Development and Validation (HK$ 906,648, 11/2024 – 11/2027). Prospective applicants interested in PhD or Post-doctoral Fellow positions are encouraged to get in touch with Dr. Zhu at least 1.5 months prior to the deadline, with the required documents as specified on his website.
- A seminar on ShinyTAM was held successfully on March 21, 2024. There were 198 participants and 98.7% of them were satisfied with this seminar.
- A new version of ShinyTAM was released on March 3, 2024.
Dr Jinxin ZHU is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK). He received a bachelor’s degree from Beijing Normal University majoring in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics and a Ph.D. from EdUHK majoring in Educational and Psychological Measurement. Before re-joining EdUHK as an Assistant Professor, he worked as a Research Assistant Professor at the Department of Education Studies at Hong Kong Baptist University, a manager at the Assessment Technology & Research Division in the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority, a post-doctoral fellow at Assessment Research Centre at EdUHK, and a mathematics teacher at Fuyong Secondary School in Shenzhen, Guangdong, Mainland China.
His research focuses on digital assessment and learning, aiming to reduce teachers’ workload with digital tools allowing them to have more time and energy to help students to take an active role in the assessment and feedback process and become self-directed learners and thereby lifelong learners. Meanwhile, he applies rigorous data analytic methods (e.g., structural equation modeling, Rasch model, and multilevel modeling) to educational studies.
Research projects:
- Investigating the Factors Associated with Teachers' Feedback Literacy: Instrument Development and Validation (ECS, Principal Investigator, HK$ 906,648, 11/2024 – 11/2027).
- Understanding university students' informal statistical thinking using a computer adaptive testing system: Instrument development (Start-up Research Grant, EdUHK $199,993, 04/2024 - 03/2025).
- Understanding and facilitating pre-service teachers’ digital assessment literacy (Donation from Renshan Fortune Charity Association, Co-Principal Investigator, HK$ 2,000,000, 09/2023 - 08/2028).
- Investigating the facilitators and barriers of mathematics teachers’ assessment literacy in the digital era: Instrument development and validation (GRF, Principal Investigator, HK$ 856,852, 11/2022 – 11/2025).
- Using ‘Big Data’ to support school improvement: insights from international large-scale assessment data sets (Start-up Grant, HKBU; Principal Investigator, HK$ 100,000, 11/2020-06/2023).
Accept Post-doctoral Fellow :Researchers who have obtained a PhD degree after 1 Jan 2022 or will obtain a PhD degree by 8 Sep 2026 are welcome to contact me for the RGC Junior Research Fellow Scheme (研资局新晋学者计划; previously known as RGC Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme; 研资局博士后奖学金计划).
Accept PhD (self-financed & Fellowship Scheme) students.
Accept EdD students (English & Chinese):
Please contact me after July 1st, 2024 about the PhD/EdD admission for the 2025/26 academic year.
-Preferred research areas include but not limited to
Assessment and Feedback in the Digital Era
Data Analytics in Education (educational measurement and assessment)
Educational Psychology, specifically related to
Mathematics/STEM Education
Self-regulated Learning
-For either Post-doctoral Fellow (see thepdf file for details) / PhD / EdD application, please get in touch with Dr Zhu (online CV here) via email (jxzhu@eduhk.hk) with
- a cover letter stating your understanding of educational research and long-term career plan,
- a research proposal,
- a CV (please specify your research experience, English level; specify the language of the publication, if any), and
- other supporting documents such as transcripts of bachelor's and master’s degrees, certificates, published articles, awards, and other documents that might be helpful.
An informal test and an informal interview may be arranged before the formal application.
Willingness to learn or readiness to apply advanced quantitative research methods using Mplus or R and qualitative analysis using NVivo is desirable.
Responsible, fast learning, self-motivated, and meticulous are expected.
!!! Dr Zhu's project team also maintains a Xiaohongshu (49459350926) account to publish the latest news of his research team. You are welcome to follow this account. !!!
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