Hsin-Kai Wu (hkwu@ntnu.edu.tw)

Brief CV

 

Honors | Journal Articles | 中文論文 | Presentations | Academic Experiences | Service  |


Current Position

Research Chair Professor, Graduate Institute of Science Education

National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan

Academic Background

Ph.D., 2002, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

School of Education, Educational Studies, Science Education Program

Dissertation: Middle School Students' Development of Inscriptional Competencies in Inquiry-Based Science Classrooms (2003 NARST Outstanding Dissertation Award)

Committee: Drs. Joseph S. Krajcik (chair), Elizabeth A. Davis, Priti Shah, and Elliot Soloway

M.S., 1997, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan

B.S., 1995, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan

Certification: Ministry of Education, Taiwan, Teaching Certificate: Grade 10-12 Chemistry

Honors and Awards

Distinguished Professor, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan, 2013-2016.

Research Chair Professor, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan, 2009-2013.

Outstanding Research Award, National Science Council, Taiwan, 2009.

NARST Early Career Award, National Association of Research in Science Teaching, USA, 2008.

Wu Da-Yu Memorial Award, National Science Council, Taiwan, 2004.

NARST Outstanding Dissertation Award, National Association of Research in Science Teaching, USA, 2003.

Barbour Scholarship, University of Michigan, USA, 2001-2002.

Wang Ti-Wu Scholarship, UDN Foundation, Taiwan, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000.

Graduate Scholarship, Department of Education, Taiwan, 1995-1997.

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Publications

Journal Articles (* corresponding author)

Wu, P. H., Wu, H.-K.*, Kuo, C. Y. & Hsu, Y. S. (in press). Supporting scientific modeling practices in atmospheric sciences: Intended and actual affordances of a computer-based modeling tool. Interactive Learning Environments.

Eshach, H.*, Hwang, F. K., Wu, H.-K., & Hsu, Y. S. (2013). Introducing Taiwanese undergraduate students to the nature of science through Nobel Prize stories. Physical Review Special Topics-Physics Education Research, 9(1), 010116. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.9.010116

Wu, H.-K.*, Wu, P. H., Zhang, W. X., & Hsu, Y. S. (2013). Investigating college and graduate students’ multivariable reasoning in computational modeling. Science Education, 97, 337-366. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sce.21056

Chang, H.-Y.*, Wu, H.-K., & Hsu, Y. S. (2013). Integrating a mobile augmented reality activity to contextualise student learning of a socioscientific issue. British Journal of Educational Technology, 44(3), E95-E99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8535.2012.01379.x

Wu, H.-K.*, Lin, Y. F. & Hsu, Y. S. (2013). Effects of representation sequences and spatial ability on students’ scientific understandings about the mechanism of breathing. Instructional Science, 41(3), 555-573. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11251-012-9244-3

Wu, H.-K.*, Lee, S. W.-Y., Chang, H.-Y., & Liang, J.-C. (2013). Current status, opportunities and challenges of augmented reality in education. Computers & Education, 62, 41-49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2012.10.024

Wu, H.-K.* & Puntambekar, S. (2012). Pedagogical affordances of multiple external representations in scientific processes. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 21(6), 754-767. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10956-011-9363-7

Chen, S., Lo, H. C., Lin J. W., Liang, J. C., Chang, H.-Y., Hwang, F. K., Chiou, G. L., Wu, Y. T., Lee, S. W.-Y., Wu, H.-K., Wang, C. Y., & Tsai, C. C.* (2012). Development and implications of technology in reform-based physics laboratories. Physical Review Special Topics-Physics Education Research, 8(2), 020113-1-020113-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.8.020113

Hsu, Y. S.*, Lin, L. F., Wu, H.-K., Lee, D. Y., & Hwang, F. K. (2012). A novice-expert study of modeling skills and knowledge structures about air quality. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 21(5), 588-606. doi: 10.1007/s10956-011-9349-5.

Hsin, C.-T. & Wu, H.-K.* (2011). Using scaffolding strategies to promote young children’s scientific understandings of floating and sinking. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 20(5), 656-666.

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Wu, H.-K.*, & Wu, C. L. (2011).  Exploring the development of fifth graders’ practical epistemologies and inquiry skills in inquiry-based learning classrooms. Research in Science Education, 41(3), 319-340.

Wu, H.-K.*, Hsu, Y. S., & Hwang, F. K. (2010). Designing a technology-enhanced learning environment to support scientific modeling. Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, 9(4), 58-65.

Wu, H.-K. (2010). Modeling a complex system: Using novice-expert analysis for developing an effective technology-enhanced learning environment. International Journal of Science Education, 32(2), 195-219.

 

Hsu, Y. S.*, Wu, H.-K., & Hwang, F. K. (2008). Fostering high school students’ conceptual understandings about seasons: The design of a technology-enhanced learning environment. Research in Science Education, 38(2), 127-147.

 

Wu, H.-K.*, Hsu, Y. S., & Hwang, F. K. (2008). Teachers’ adoption of technology in classrooms: Does school size matter? International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education,  6(1), 63-85.

 

Hsu, Y. S.*, Wu, H.-K., & Hwang, F. K. (2007). Factors influencing junior high school teachers’ computer-based instructional practices regarding their instructional evolution stages. Educational Technology & Society, 10(4), 118-130.

 

Wu, H.-K.*, & Huang, Y.-L. (2007).  Ninth grade student engagement in teacher-centered and student-centered technology-enhanced learning environments.  Science Education, 91, 727-749.

 

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Wu, H.-K.*, & Krajcik, J. S. (2006b). Exploring middle school students’ use of inscriptions in project-based science classrooms, Science Education, 90, 852-873.

 

Wu, H.-K.*, & Krajcik, J. S. (2006a). Inscriptional practices in two inquiry-based classrooms: A case study of seventh graders’ use of data tables and graphs. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 43(1), 63-95.

 

Wu, H.-K.*, & Hsieh, C.-E. (2006). Developing sixth graders’ inquiry skills to construct scientific explanations in inquiry-based learning environments, International Journal of Science Education, 28(11), 1289-1313.

 

Wu, H.-K.*, & Shah, P. (2004). Exploring visuospatial thinking in chemistry learning, Science Education, 88, 465-492.

 

Wu, H.-K. (2003). Linking the microscopic view of chemistry to real life experiences: Intertextuality in a high-school science classroom. Science Education, 87, 868-891.

 

Hoffman, J. L., Wu, H.-K.*, Krajcik, J. S., & Soloway, E. (2003). The nature of learners' science content understandings with the use of on-line resources. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 40(3), 323-346.

 

Fretz, E. B.*, Wu, H.-K., Zhang, B., Krajcik, J. S., Davis, E. A., & Soloway, E. (2002). An Investigation of software scaffolds as they support modeling practices, Research in Science Education, 32(4), 567-589.

 

Wu, H.-K.*, Krajcik, J. S., & Soloway, E. (2001). Promoting conceptual understanding of chemical representations: students' use of a visualization tool in the classroom. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 38, 821-842.

Wu, H.-K., Chuang, W.-C., Sheu, S.-J. (1998). Separation of nine iridoids by capillary electrophoresis and high-performance liquid chromatography. Journal of Chromatography A, 803, 179-187.

Wu, H.-K., Sheu, S.-J.* (1996). Capillary electrophoretic determination of the constituents of Paeoniae Radix. Journal of Chromatography A, 753, 139-146.

Chuang, W.-C., Wu, H.-K., Sheu, S.-J.*, Chiou, S.-H., Chang, H.-C., Chen, Y.-P. (1995) A comparative study on commercial samples of Ginseng Radix. Planta Medica, 61, 459-465.

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中文期刊論文

 

吳心楷、宋曜廷、簡馨瑩 (2010)錄影分析在教育研究應用教育科學研究期刊,55(4)1-37

 

吳百興、吳心楷 (2010)八年級原住民學生在設計導向活動的科學學習科學教育學刊,18(4)277-304

 

吳百興、張耀云、吳心楷 (2010)科學探究過程中的科學推理科學教育研究與發展季刊,5653-74

 

簡頌沛、吳心楷 (2010)探討教學歷程中信念、知識、與實務的相互影響:一位高中實習教師的個案研究科學教育研究與發展季刊5675-104

 

簡頌沛、吳心楷 (2008)高中實習教師的實務參與及身分變動:情境認知觀點的探討科學教育學刊,16(2)215-237

 

謝州恩、吳心楷 (2006)探究情境中國小學童科學解釋能力成長之研究師大學報,50(2)55-84

 

吳心楷 (1997)科學學習相關的認知能力與認知風格之性別差異探討科學教育月刊 204 16-232059-18

Book & Book Chapters

Chiu, M. H., Tuan, H.-L., Wu, H.-K., Lin, J.-W., & Chou, C.-C. (Eds.). (2013). Chemistry education and sustainability in the global age. New York, NY: Springer.

 

吳心楷、辛靜婷 (2011)。數位學習研究中質性資料的管理與分析:以 NVivo 軟體的使用為例。載於宋曜廷(主編)數位學習研究方法。台北市:高等教育出版社。

 

Chiu, M. H. & Wu, H.-K. (2009). Ways forward: Eliciting students’ mental models and exploring multimedia in science learning. In J. Gilbert & D. Treagust (Eds.) Multiple Representations in Chemical Education. New York: Spring.

 

Wu, H.-K. (2006). Connecting the microscopic view of chemistry to real life experiences. In L. A. Rex (Ed.) Discourse of opportunity: How talk in learning situations creates and constrains  (pp. 297-327). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

 

Wu, H.-K. (2003). Middle School Students’ Development of Inscriptional Practices in Inquiry-Based Science Classrooms, Unpublished Dissertation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (NARST Outstanding Dissertation Award).

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Presentations

Hsu, Y. S., Wu, H.-K., Hwang, F. K., Yeh, Y. F., & Chien, S. P. (2012). The development of an evaluative instrument for teachers’ practical technological pedagogical content knowledge. Paper presented at the International Science Education Conference, December 13-15, Taipei, Taiwan.

Jen, T. H., Hsu, Y. S., Wu, H.-K., Hwang, F. K., & Yeh, Y. F. (2012). The development and validation of a survey instrument in TPACK-practical. Paper presented at the International Science Education Conference, December 13-15, Taipei, Taiwan.

Kuo, C-Y. & Wu, H.-K. (2012). The current applications of simulations in computer-based science assessments.  Paper presented at the 20th International Conference on Computers in Education, November 26-30, Singapore.

Lee, W. Y. S., Chang, H. Y., & Wu, H.-K. (2012). Relationships between representational characteristics, students’ education levels, and beliefs of models. Paper presented at the International Conference on the Learning Sciences 2012, July 2-7, Sydney, Australia.

Wu, H.-K., Wu, P. H., Zhang, W. X., Chang, Y. Y., Hsu, Y. S., & Hwang, F. K. (2011). College and graduate students' multivariable reasoning practices in computational modeling. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the European Science Education Research Association, September 5-9, Lyon, France.

Wu, P. H., Wu, H.-K., Hsu, Y. S., & Hwang, F. K. (2011). Designed features and actual affordances of a computer-based modeling tool. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the European Science Education Research Association, September 5-9, Lyon, France.

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Hsu, Y. S., Wu, H.-K., Zhang, W. X., Wu, P. H., & Hwang, F. K. (2011). Development of students' inquiry ability in a technology-infused learning environment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the European Science Education Research Association, September 5-9, Lyon, France.

Wu, H.-K., & Wu, C. L. (2009). Exploring the development of fifth graders’ practical epistemologies and inquiry skills in inquiry-based learning classrooms. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the European Science Education Research Association, August 31-September 4, Istanbul, Turkey.

Hsu, Y. S., Wu, H.-K., Hwang, F. K. & Lin, L. F., (2009). Design distributed scaffolding for modeling a complex system. Paper presented at the 9th International Conference Computer Supported Collaborative Learning, June 8-13, Rhodes, Greece. 

Lin, L. F., Hsu, Y. S., Wu, H.-K., & Hwang, F. K. (2008). Development of senior high school students’ modeling about air quality. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, March 31-April 2, Baltimore, MD.

Wu, H.-K., Hsu, Y. S., & Hwang, F. K. (2007). Modeling a complex system: Using novex analysis for developing an effective learning module. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, April 15-18, New Orleans, LA.

Huang, Y.-L. & Wu, H.-K. (2007). Ninth graders’ conceptual understanding and cognitive engagement in teacher-centered and student-centered technology-enhanced learning environments. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, April 15-18, New Orleans, LA.

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Hsu, Y. S., Lin, L. F., Ke, I. C., Wu, H.-K. & Hwang, F. K. (2007). A comparison of experts, intermediates, novice, and naives in modeling. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, April 15-18, New Orleans, LA.

Wu, H.-K., & Huang, Y.-L. (2006). Ninth graders’ conceptual understanding and cognitive engagement in teacher-centered and student-centered technology-enhanced learning environments. Paper presented at the World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications, June 26-June 30, Orlando, Florida.

Hsu, Y. S., Ho, Y., & Wu, H.-K. (2006). Examining Instructional Designs in Technology Enhanced Learning Environment. Paper presented at the World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications, June 26-June 30, Orlando, Florida.

Hsin, C.-T. & Wu, H.-K. (2005). Scaffolding preschoolers’ scientific learning of floating and sinking. Paper presented at the Pacific Early Childhood Education Research Association Sixth Conference, July 15-18. Taipei, Taiwan.

Wu, H.-K., Hsu, Y. S., & Hwang, F. K. (2005). Teachers’ adoption of technology in classrooms: Does school size matter? Paper presented at the World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications, June 27-July 2, Montreal, Canada.

Hsu, Y. S., Wu, H.-K., & Hwang, F. K. (2005). Do Teachers’ Instructional Evolution and Teaching Seniority Affect Educational Innovation with Technology? Paper presented at the World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications, June 27-July 2, Montreal, Canada.

Wu, H.-K., & Hsieh, C.-E. (2005). Developing sixth graders’ inquiry skills to construct scientific explanations in inquiry-based learning environments. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, April 4-7, Dallas, TX.

Wu, H.-K., & Krajcik, J. S. (2004). Exploring middle school students’ use of inscriptions in an inquiry-based science classroom. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, April 1-4, Vancouver, Canada.

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Wu, H.-K., & Krajcik, J. S. (2003). Inscriptional practices in inquiry-based classrooms: How do seventh graders construct and interpret data tables and graphs? Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, March 23-26, Philadelphia, PA.

Zhang, B., Wu, H.-K., Krajcik, J. S., Fretz, E. B., & Soloway, E. (2002). Comparison of modeling practices between experts and novice learners using a dynamic, learner-centered modeling tool. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, April 7-10, New Orleans, LA.

Wu, H.-K. (2001). Connecting the Microscopic View of Chemistry to Real Life Experiences. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, March 26-28, 2001, St. Louis, MO.

Fretz, E. B., Wu, H.-K., Zhang, B., Krajcik, J. S., & Soloway, E. (2001). An Investigation of Scaffolding Design and Use in a Dynamic Modeling Tool. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, March 26-28, 2001, St. Louis, MO.

Zhang, B., Wu, H.-K., Fretz, E. B., Krajcik, J. S., & Soloway, E. (2001). Exploring Middle School Science Students' Modeling Process and Strategies When Using a Computational Modeling Tool. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, March 26-28, 2001, St. Louis, MO.

Wu, H.-K., Krajcik, J. S., & Soloway, E. (2000). Using Technology to Support the Development of Conceptual Understanding of Chemical Representations. Paper presented at the International Conference on the Learning Sciences, June 14-17, 2000, Ann Arbor, MI.

Wu, H.-K., Krajcik, J. S., & Soloway, E. (2000). Promoting Conceptual Understanding of Chemical Representations: Students' Use of a Visualization Tool in the Classroom. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, April 28-May 1, 2000, New Orleans, LA.

Wu, H.-K., Krajcik, J. S., & Soloway, E. (2000). Students' Use of a Visualization Tool in the Classroom. Paper presented at the Second International Conference on Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education, January 10-13, 2000, Taipei, Taiwan.

Wu, H.-K., & Krajcik, J. S. (1999). Explore eChem: A Virtual 3D Chemical Experience. Presented at the National Science Teacher Association Area Convention, Oct 21-23, 1999, Detroit, MI.

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Academic Experience

2006-2010: Associate Professor

Graduate Institute of Science Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan

2008 January-September: Honorary Fellow

Learning Sciences Program, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin, USA

2003-2006: Assistant Professor

Graduate Institute of Science Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan

Fall 2002-Winter 2002: Research Associate

School of Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Primary project: IMD

Fall 1997-Summer 2002: Graduate Student Research Assistant

School of Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Primary project: Middle Year Digital Library (MYDL), eChem, LeTUS, ASSESS/KDI

Fall 1995-Summer 1996: Graduate Student Research Assistant

Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan

Fall 1994-Summer 1995: Chemistry Teacher and Science Club Moderator

Lan-Yang Senior High School, I-lan, Taiwan

Fall 1993-Summer 1994: Research Assistant

Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan

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Service to Professional Organizations

2012-2015: Editorial Board Member, Journal of Research in Science Teaching (JRST).

2012-2015: Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education (IJSME).

2006-present: Editorial Board Member, Science Education.

2008-present: Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Environmental and Science Education (IJESE).

2006-present: Consulting Editor (Research Section), Educational Technology Research and Development (ETR&D).

2003-2006: International Contributing Editor, Science Education.

2002-2003: Paper reviewer, Educational Technology Research and Development (ETR&D).

2001-present: Paper reviewer, Journal of Research in Science Teaching (JRST).

2001, 2002: Proposal reviewer, The Annual Meeting of American Education Research Association (AERA).

2000, 2001, 2002: Proposal reviewer, The Annual Meeting of National Association of Reseach in Science Teaching (NARST).

2000: Paper reviewer, International Conference on the Learning Sciences (ICLS).

Organizational Affiliations

1998-present: American Education Research Association (AERA)

1998-present: National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST)

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