Dr Yao Shih Ying

Teaching & Learning Centre

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

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

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

Principal Investigator, 12/2023-11/2025, MOE Start-Up Research Funding, Examining Factors Affecting Adult Learners’ Acceptance of Microlearning in Higher Education. Reference number: RFE23008. Grant amount approved: S$91,265.66.

Yao, S.-Y. (2024, July).
Adult students’ experience with microlearning in higher education [Conference session]. Thirty-First International Conference on Learning, Utrecht, Netherlands.

Yao, S.-Y. (2023, April).
Application of microlearning in adult education [Invited talk]. T & L Conversation, Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore.

Bull, R., Yao, S.-Y., & Ng, E.L. (2017, April).
Measuring quality of early childhood environments in Singapore [Conference session]. Society for Research in Child Development 2017 Biennial Meeting, Austin, Texas, United States.

Yao, S.-Y. (2015, April).
Investigating the properties of a science assessment: A multidimensional Rasch modeling approach [Invited talk]. ECDL Research Seminar Series, National Institute of Education, Singapore.

Yao, S.-Y., & Wilson, M. (2013, April).
Validation of a learning progression in science: A latent class analysis approach [Conference session]. 2013 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, United States.

Yao, S.-Y., & Wilson, M. (2013, April).
Developing and validating a learning-progression-based assessment of the structure of matter [Conference session]. 2013 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, United States.

Yao, S.-Y. (2011, April).
Examining relationship between gender differences in attitudes and in middle-grade science achievement in the United States: Results from TIMSS 2007 [Conference session]. 2011 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

Yao, S.-Y., & Wilson, M. (2010, May).
Random item profile modeling of DIF [Conference session]. 2010 National Council on Measurement in Education Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, United States.

Yao, S.-Y., & Choi, I.-H. (2010, May).
Investigating measurement invariance of the Chinese and English versions of TIMSS 2007 science assessment [Conference session]. 2010 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, United States.

2024-2025,
Program Committee, 2025 National Technology-Enabled Learning (NTEL) Conference

2024-2025,
Organizing Committee, 2025 Pacific Rim Objective Measurement Symposium (PROMS)

2024,
Reviewer, 2025 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting

2024,
Trainer, SUSS Academy, “Using Classroom Assessment Techniques” workshop

Assessment Development and Validation
Educational Technology
Adult Learning

Wilson, M., Osborne, J., Morell, L., Yao, S.-Y., & Chiu, T. (2013).
Learning progressions in middle school science instruction and assessment research performance progress report, Year 3 (Technical Report to the Institute of Education Sciences). Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Evaluation and Assessment Research Center.

Wilson, M., Osborne, J., Morell, L., Yao, S.-Y., Galpern, A., & Chiu, T. (2012).
Learning progressions in middle school science instruction and assessment research performance progress report, Year 2 (Technical Report to the Institute of Education Sciences). Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Evaluation and Assessment Research Center.

2022
Innovation Seed Grant, Singapore University of Social Sciences

2011 - 2012
Dean’s Normative Time Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley

2009 - 2010
Morphett Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley

2007 - 2009
University Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley

Dr Yao Shih Ying

Lecturer

Educational Qualifications

Academic and Professional Experience