Education University of Hong Kong

Organisational Politics as Predictors of Teachers’ Job Crafting Profiles in K-12 Schools

Organisational politics and job crafting are two self-directed strategies through which teachers actively shape their work experiences, professional roles and social relations. This study examines the extent to which organisational political behaviours are associated with teacher...

Distraction Across Languages: The Impact of Background Music Lyrics on First‐ and Second‐Language Reading Comprehension

ABSTRACT Background music with lyrics can be a prevalent distraction in environments where people study or read while music plays. However, such effects on reading comprehension across different language contexts remain insufficiently investigated. Guided by the duplex‐mechanism...

Unpacking the state-private nexus in China’s AI development path

The Chinese AI regulatory model has been described as state-driven, where the Chinese government seeks technological supremacy by deploying AI to entrench power through surveillance, control, and cooptation of public and private sectors. It is portrayed as a comprehensive, top-do...

Asymmetry of inter-joint coordination patterns and variability between dominant and non-dominant legs during landing in young healthy adults: a cross-sectional study

Abstract Background Landing movement usually challenges motor control and causes lower limb injuries. Although asymmetries in landing biomechanics between the dominant and the non-dominant sides have been observed, the side-to-side differences in inter-joint coordination patterns...

A Survey of Causal Learning in Graph-Based Recommender Systems

Graph-based recommender systems (GBRs) have achieved remarkable success by leveraging Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) to model complex user-item interactions and structural relationships. However, they still face major challenges in real-world environments, including out-of-distribu...

Exploring new measures of accuracy in second language task-based spoken performance

Abstract This article focuses upon the measurement of accuracy in second-language task-based spoken performance, with measures related to unit of analysis, error gravity, and accuracy linked to clause length. Building on established indices, three new measures of accuracy, all li...

Affordances and Challenges of GenAI Feedback in Primary Students’ Scientific Drawing

GenAI can be a potential tool to facilitate students’ scientific practices through automated and real-time feedback. Yet, it is unknown how to design effective GenAI feedback to facilitate students’ progress in scientific practices, particularly at a primary age. In our study, we...

A multimodal discourse analysis of teacher discourse practices in early childhood STEM activities

Abstract This study investigates how a kindergarten teacher in Mainland China used multimodal discourse to support children’s problem-solving during STEM activities. A qualitative case study was conducted, combining systemic functional linguistics and grounded theory to analyze i...

Antecedents of student feedback uptake during online interactive peer assessment

Students’ uptake of peer feedback enhances their learning, but we do not know the antecedent behaviors that shape uptake (apply, copy, reject, or ignore). Hence, we analyzed the 29,545 behaviors of 135 university sophomores during online interactive peer assessment (OIPA) of thre...

Factors Influencing Teachers’ Self-Efficacy and Willingness in Teaching Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Hong Kong

Background: Today, most students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are included in general education settings. Teachers are at the forefront in implementing inclusive practices and supporting these students’ learning. Their self-efficacy and willingness can determine the succes...