Jennifer Yeo

Associate Professor Jennifer Yeo

Associate Professor

Teaching & Learning Centre

Tel: +65 6248 0366

Email: amVubmlmZXJ5ZW9hY0BzdXNzLmVkdS5zZw==

Educational Qualifications

2009
PhD, Nanyang Technological University

2003
MA (Instructional Design and Technology), Nanyang Technological University

1992
PGDE (Secondary) with Credit, Nanyang Technological University

1991
BSc, National University of Singapore

Academic and Professional Experience

2022 - Present
Associate Professor, Singapore University of Social Sciences


2020 - 2021

Senior Lecturer, Singapore University of Social Sciences

2011 - 2020
Assistant Professor, National Institute of Education, Singapore

2007 - 2011
Lecturer, National Institute of Education, Singapore

2005 - 2007
Research Associate, National Institute of Education, Singapore

2004 - 2005
Part-time Research Assistant, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University

2001 - 2005
Part-time Tutor, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University

2001
Adjunct Lecturer, Temasek Polytechnic

2000
Senior Editor, SNP Education Pte Ltd

1999 - 2000
Subject Head, Victoria School, Ministry of Education, Singapore

1992 - 1998
Teacher, Victoria School, Ministry of Education, Singapore

Journal Articles:

Chen, W., Zhang, S., Pi, Z., Tan, J. S. H., Wen, Y., Loo, C.-K., Yeo, J., & Liu, Q. (inpress)
Students’ Appropriation of Collaboration Script in a Networked Class: An Exploratory Study. Technology, Pedagogy and Education.

Tan, K. C. D., & Yeo, J. (2022)
Advancing conceptual understanding of science. International Journal of Science Education and Teaching, 1(2), 56-64.

Yeo, J. & Gilbert, J. K. (2022)
Producing Scientific Explanations in Physics—A Multimodal Account. Research in Science Education, 52(3), 819 – 852. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11165-021-10039-1

Yeo, J., Lim, E., Tan, K. C. D., Ong, Y. S (2021)
The efficacy of an Image-to-Writing approach to learning abstract scientific concepts: Temperature and Heat. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 19, 21–44. DOI 10.1007/s10763-019-10026-z.

Yeo, J., Wong, W. L., Tan, K. C. D., Ong, Y. S., & Delserieys, A. P. (2020)
Using visual representation in realising the concept of “Heat” in primary science. Learning: Research & Practice, 6(1), 34-50, DOI: 10.1080/23735082.2020.1750674.

Tan, K. C. D., Yeo, J., Tan, P. H., & Ong, A. (2019)
Differentiating heat and temperature: An image-to-writing approach. Primary Science, 160, 21-24.

Yamashita, S., Yeo, J., Nakanishi, K., Kojima, K., Igarashi, R., Terasawa, A., Chang, J., Toh, J., Pang, A., Ashardianto, S., & Nomura, J. (2019)
Development and evaluation of GPS science lesson based on STEM model in Singapore. Science Education International, 30(3), 194-199.

Tay, S. L., & Yeo, J. (2017)
Analysis of a physics teacher's pedagogical ‘micro- actions' that support 17-year-olds' learning of free body diagrams via a modelling approach. International Journal of Science Education, 40(2), 109-138.

Yeo, J., & Tan S. C. (2014)
Redesigning problem-based learning in the knowledge creation paradigm for school science learning. Instructional Science, 42(5), 747 – 775.

Yeo, J., & Gilbert, J. K. (2014)
Constructing a scientific explanation - A narrative account. International Journal of Science Education, 36(11), 1902-1935.

Yeo, J., Tan, S. C., & Lee, Y. J. (2012)
A learning journey in problem-based learning in a physics classroom. The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 21(1), 39-50.

Tang, K. S., Tan, S. C., & Yeo, J. (2011)
Students' multimodal construction of Work-Energy Concept. International Journal of Science Education, 33, 1775-1804.

Yeo, J., & Tan, S. C. (2011)
How a group learns: Implications for collaborative work in science. The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 20(2), 231-245.

Yeo, J. & Tan, S.C. (2010)
Constructive use of authoritative sources in science meaning making. International Journal of Science Education, 32(13), 1739-1754.

Tan, S. C., Yeo, J., & Lim, W. Y. (2005)
Changing epistemology of science learning through inquiry with Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning. Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 24(4), 367-386.

Books:

Yeo, J., Teo, T. W., & Tang, K.-S. (Eds.). (2018)
Science education research and practice in Asia-Pacific and beyond. Singapore: Springer.

Tan, S. C., So, H. J., & Yeo, J. (Eds.). (2014)
Knowledge creation in education. Singapore: Springer.

Book Chapters:

Yeo, J., & Tan, K. C. D. (2022)
From image-to-writing: A teacher’s PCK in supporting primary school students in making sernse of the specialised language of science. In Seah, L. H., Silver, R. E., & Baildon, M. C. (Eds.), The role of language in content pedagogy (pp. 115 – 136). Springer.

Yeo, J., & Tan, K.C.D. (2021)
Science education in Singapore. In O-.S Tan, E. L. Low, E. G. Tay & Y. K Yan. (Eds.), Singapore math and science education innovation: Beyond PISA (pp. 00-00). Singapore: Springer.

Yeo, J., Chen, W.L., Lee, Y.J., & Tan, T. (2021)
Innovative science and STEM pedagogies in Singapore. In O-.S Tan, E. L. Low, E. G. Tay & Y. K Yan. (Eds.), Singapore math and science education innovation: Beyond PISA (pp. 00-00). Singapore: Springer.

Tan., K.C.D, & Yeo, J. (2021)
Moving Research into the Classroom: Synergy in Collaboration. In O-.S Tan, E. L. Low, E. G. Tay & Y. K Yan. (Eds.), Singapore math and science education innovation: Beyond PISA (pp. 00-00). Singapore: Springer.

Yeo, J. (2018)

Showcasing Singapore Science Teachers’ Research. In J. Yeo, T. W. Teo, & K. S. Tang (Eds.), Science education research and practice in Asia-Pacific and beyond (pp. 151-158). Singapore: Springer Nature.

Yeo, J., & Gilbert, J. K. (2017)
The role of representations in students' explanations of phenomena in physics. In D. F Treagust, R. Duit, & H. E. Fischer (Eds.), Multiple representations in physics education (pp. 255-287). Cham: Springer International Publishing.

Yeo, J. (2015)
Building theory-practice nexus in pre-service physics teacher education through Problem-Based Learning. In A. Walker, H. Leary, C. E. Hmelo- Silver, & P. A. Ertmer (Eds.), Essential reading in Problem-based Learning: Exploring and extending the legacy of Howard S. Barrows (pp. 165- 178). Indiana: Purdue University Press.

Tan, S. C., Yeo, J., So, H. J., Ow, E. G. J., Chai, C. S., & Teo, C. L. (2014)
Knowledge creation in Singapore schools: Our journey and ways forward. In S. C. Tan, H. J. So, & J. Yeo (Eds.), Knowledge creation in education (pp. 283-302). Singapore: Springer.

Yeo, J. (2014)
Knowledge building as a boundary object in formal/informal learning. In A. L. Tan, C. L. Poon, & S. L. S. Lim (Eds.), Inquiry into the Singapore science classroom. Singapore: Springer.

Yeo, J. (2014)
From Problem-Based Learning to Knowledge Creation. In S. C. Tan, H. J. So & J. Yeo (Eds.), Knowledge creation in education. Singapore: Springer.

Tan, S. C, & Yeo, J. (2014)
Implementing inquiry science with knowledge creation approaches. In A. L. Tan, C. L. Poon & S. L. S. Lim (Eds.), Inquiry into the Singapore science classroom (pp. 191-210). Singapore: Springer.

Yeo, J. (2014)
Understanding students' conceptions of electromagnetic induction: A semiotic analysis. In C. Bruguière, A. Tiberghien & P. Clément (Eds.), 9th ESERA Conference Contributions: Topics and trends in current science education (pp. 339-352). Dordrecht: Springer.

Yeo, J., Lee, Y.-J. (2012)
Knowledge advancement in environmental science through knowledge building. In K. C. D. Tan & M. Kim (Eds.), Issues and challenges in science education research (pp. 317 - 332). Dordrecht: Springer.

So, H. J., Lim, W. Y., & Yeo, J. (2010)
Essential design features of online collaborative learning. In H. Song (Ed.), Distance learning technologies, current instruction, and the future of education: Applications of today, practices of tomorrow (pp. 230-244). Hershey: IGI Global.

Tan, S. C., Kim, B., & Yeo, A. C. J. (2010)
Learning with technology: Learner voice and agency. In M. Orey, S. A. Jones, & R. M. Branch (Ed.), Educational media and technology yearbook 2010 (pp. 117-134.). New York: Springer.

Yeo, J., & Lee, Y. J. (2010)
Situating science inquiry learning in knowledge creation metaphor of learning. In Lee, Y. J. (Ed.), The world of science education: Handbook of research in Asia (pp. 335-354). Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.

Tan, S. C., Seah L. H., Yeo, J., & Hung, D. (2008)
Online learning communities in K-12 settings. In J. Voogt, & G. Knezek (Eds.), Springer international handbook of information technology in primary and secondary education (pp. 249-266). Dordrecht: Springer.

Yeo, J., Tan S. C., & Tang, K. S. (2008)
Making sense of a, b, c's of science? A dialectics between everyday and scientific conception. In Y. J. Lee & A. L. Tan (Eds.), Science education at the nexus of theory and practice (pp. 25-44). Netherlands: Sense Publishing.

Yeo, J., & Hung, D. (2007)
Technology mediated problem-centered learning environments. In O. S. Tan (Ed.), Problem-based Learning in E-learning Breakthroughs (pp. 185-206). Singapore: Thomson Learning.

Editorials and Commentaries:

Nielsen, W., & Yeo, J. (2022)
Introduction to the Special Issue: Multimodal Meaning-Making in Science. Research in Science Education, 52(3), 751 – 754. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11165-022-10051-z

Yeo, J., & Nielsen, W. (2020)

Multimodal science teaching and learning, Learning: Research and Practice, 6:1, 1-4, DOI: 10.1080/23735082.2020.1752043.

Yeo, J. (2019)
Facing the Challenges of the Future of Education. Learning: Research and Practice, 5(1), 1-3.

Koh, E., Yeo, J., & Hung, D. (2015)
Pushing boundaries, taking risks. Learning: Research and Practice, 1(2), 95-99.

Yeo, J. (2009)
Finding science in students' talk. Cultural Studies of Science Education, 913-919. Netherlands: Springer.

Final Reports:
Tan, K.C.D., Yeo, J., Seah, L.H., Teo, C. L., (2024).
Realising lower secondary thematic science curriculum in the cassroom: Developing teachers’ competences in thematic science teaching. MOE Education Research Funding Programme: Closure Report. National Institute of Education, Singapore.

Yeo, J., Tan, K.C.D., & Tan, P.H. (2020).
From images to writing: A formative assessment approach for developing understanding of abstract concepts in primary science. MOE Academies Fund: Closure Report. National Institute of Education, Singapore

2017 - 2020
Member, MOE Science Curriculum Full Term Review – Syllabus and Resource Development Committee for Secondary Physics

2017 - 2018
Member, NIE Educational Research Funding Programme and MOE Academies Fund Committee (OER Internal Review Team)

2016 - Present
Member, Editorial Board of International Journal of Science Education

2014 - Present
Associate Editor, Learning: Research and Practice

2012
Consultant (TWINCLE project, Chiba University)

2011 - Present
Treasurer, East Spring Primary School Advisory Committee

2020 - Present
Author, Primary Science Textbook, Ministry of Education, Singapore

2018
Consultant for E1 Cluster on “Developing Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) for Formative Assessment”

2017
Keynote speaker, E3 Cluster Networked Learning Community Sharing Session, Ministry of Education, on 29 March 2017

2017 - 2020
Member, MOE Science Curriculum Full Term Review – Syllabus and Resource Development Committee for Secondary Physics

2017
Invited Speaker, AST ST-LT Sharing Session for Primary Science on 6 March 2017

2016
Invited Speaker, Science Inquiry in Action Networked Learning Community on 31 March 2016

2015
Consultant, Creation of Problem-based Learning supported by Knowledge Forum for Primary Science @Fuhua Primary School

2015
Consultant, West Zone Info-Communications Technology Community of Practice (WZ ICT COP) in Primary Science

2014
Consultant, GP-AP Programme for Gongshang Primary School

2012 - 2014
Member, Ministry of Education (Singapore)’s Physics Taskforce for Prototyping Curation of Online Resources

2012
Member, Organising Committee of International Biology Olympiad (IBO)

2011 - 2020
Member, Physics Subject Chapter, Ministry of Education

2010 - 2012
Member, MOE physics curriculum review

  • Constructivists’ Learning Environment
  • Practice-based work
  • Multimodality and Meaning-making
  • Teacher Professional Learning and Pedagogical Content Knowledge

Competitive Grants:

2023 - 2026 (in-progress), Collaborator
Adoption of Integrated Resources to Shape Integrated Learning Experiences: Insights from Implementation of 2023 Primary Science Syllabus
$434,855, NIE ERFP Tier 3

2022 - 2024 (in-progress), PI
Examining the Implementation of Practice-based Work Approach for the Professional Learning of Associate Faculty
$240,912

2019 - 2023, PI
Realising Lower Secondary Thematic Science Curriculum in the Classroom: Developing Teachers' Competences in Thematic Science Teaching (OER 16/19 YACJ)
$340,866, NIE ERFP Tier 2

2017 - 2020 (Completed), Co-PI
Assessment and visualisation of collaborative argumentation in science classroom (OER 07/17 CWL)
$249,976, NIE ERFP Tier 2

2016 - 2019 (Completed), PI
From Images to Writing: A Formative Assessment Approach for Developing Understanding of Abstract Concepts in Primary Science (AFR 02/15 JY)
$247,410, MOE Academies Fund Tier 2

2014 - 2018 (Completed), PI
Developing a framework for assessing students' construction of scientific explanations in physics (OER 13/13 JY)
$248,722, NIE ERFP Tier 2

2013 - 2017 (Completed), Co-PI
Examining normal academic/technical students' science learning from a sociological and cultural lens (OER 51/12 TWT)
$249,980, NIE ERFP Tier 2

2012 - 2015 (Completed), PI
Designing a physics curriculum for developing students' science competencies (OER 11/11 JY)
$99,431, NIE ERFP Tier 1

2009 - 2012 (Completed), PI
Understanding the development of students' abstract concepts in Electromagnetic Induction using visualization-based instruction (OER 13/08 JY)
$98,538.71, NIE ERFP Tier 1

2008 - 2011 (Completed), Co-PI
Making meaning of environmental science through Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (R8019.735.ES08)
$197,134, NIE Learning Sciences Lab (LSL) Grant Tier 2

Start-up Grants:

2013 - 2014, Co-PI
Understanding pre-service teachers’ physics disciplinary literacy and 21st century competencies through a science apprenticeship model (SUG 10/13 RSR)
$20,000, OER Start-up Grant

2023
Teaching Excellence Award (Singapore University of Social Sciences)

2017, 2018
"Partner of Academy of Singapore Teachers" Award

2016
Excellence in Research Award, National Institute of Education

2016
Silver award under the category of Natural Science for innovatively synthesising insights from problem-based learning with open-source platforms like Google Site to improve instructor competency for pre-service physics teacher education. (The Wharton School – SEI Center at the University of Philadelphia,and QS Quacquarelli Symonds at the QS Stars Reimagine Education Awards 2016 held during the 2016 Reimagine Education Conference)

2016
Bronze award for Teaching Delivery for introducing theory-practice nexus in pre-service physics teacher education through Problem-based Learning (The Wharton School – SEI Center at the University of Philadelphia and QS Quacquarelli Symonds at QS Stars Reimagine Education Awards 2016

2015
John Cheung Award for Social Media, Nanyang Technological University

2012
Nanyang Award (Team) for contribution as member of International Biology Olympiad (IBO) Organising Committee

2009, 2010
Dean's Commendation for Research, National Institute of Education

Yeo, J. (2019, Feb).
Scientific explanation as a boundary object for STEM/integrated curriculum. Keynote Address, Asian & ASEAN Center for Educational Research Symposium: Educational Globalization from Asian & ASEAN, Chiba, Japan.

Yeo, J. (2017, Feb).
The role of representations in producing a scientific explanation in physics. Keynote Address, 2017 Korean Association of Science Education Conference, Seoul, Korea.

Yeo, J. (2015, Jul).
Making thinking visible with ICT: Meaning, multimodality, and the new media. Keynote Address, WZ ICT in Teaching and Learning Seminar 2015, Singapore.

Yeo, J. (2010, Jul).
Science inquiry-based learning for the knowledge age. Keynote Address, W4 Science Teachers’ Seminar 2010, Singapore

International

  • Invited workshop entitled “Image to Writing Approach to Science Concept Learning” at Universitas Negari Yogyakarta, 7 December, 2021, Indonesia.
  • Invited presentation entitled “Image to Writing Approach to Science Concept Learning at the Primary Science Level” at the Webinar series, Better things for Better Living through Chemistry, Universitas Negari Yogyakarta, 8 October, 2021, Indonesia.
  • Invited seminar entitled “An Image-to-Writing Approach to Learning Science at the Elementary Levels” at The University of Hong Kong, 6 Dec 2019, Hong Kong.
  • Invited presentation entitled “What It Takes to Produce a Scientific Explanation in Dynamics” at the Joint Research Forum, TWINCLE seminar, 19 March 2016, Chiba University, Japan.
  • Invited presentation entitled “Producing Scientific Explanations in Physics” at Institute of Education (London), Science Education SIG seminar, 18 June 2015, London, UK.
  • Invited speaker at the international symposium on “Japanese Science Lessons from the View Point of Foreigners” at Chiba University, 29 January 2013, Chiba, Japan.
  • Invited seminar entitled “Science Inquiry-based Learning for the Knowledge Age: A Knowledge Creation Approach” at Chiba University, 24 January 2013, Chiba, Japan.
  • Invited presentation entitled “Secrets of Singapore’s High Performance in TIMSS and PISA” at Chiba University, 27 January 2012, Chiba, Japan.

Local

  • Invited workshop entitled “Using Multiple representation in the teaching of Energy” at Physics Subject Chapter Physics Learning Day, Academy of Singapore Teachers, Ministry of Education, Singapore on 12 November 2019.
  • Invited workshop entitled “Drawing as an alternative way of understanding primary school students’ conception of science” at OER-AST Assessment Seminar, Leveraging Assessment in a Differentiated Classroom on 2 September 2019.
  • Invited workshop entitled “An Image-to-Writing Approach to Learning Temperature and Heat” at Primary Science Subject Chapter Networked Learning Community, Academy of Singapore Teachers, Ministry of Education, Singapore on 27 June 2018.
  • Invited seminar “Towards a Framework of Constructing Scientific Explanation in Physics” at NIESNU Joint Symposium, Singapore in February 2018.
  • Invited presentation entitled “Towards the Development of Students’ Competencies in Producing Scientific Explanation in Physics” at OER 3rd Tranche Closing Symposium, Singapore in November 2017.
  • Invited presentation entitled “Meaning making and representation” at Science Education in Singapore: Where to Next? Seminar, Singapore in March 2017.
  • Invited presentation entitled “What it takes to produce a law-based and causal explanation in physics” at 2017 Physics Instructional Programme Support Group Sharing, MOE, Singapore in January 2017.
  • Invited workshop entitled “Representations to Support Science Learning” at Primary Science STLT Networked Learning, MOE, Singapore in March 2017.
  • Invited presentation entitled “Disciplinary literacy: What's its value and implication to pre-service teacher education” at A dialogue on the nexus of learning sciences research and practice, NIE, Singapore in November 2016.
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