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Dr. Shimeng Liu

PhD
Pronouns: She/her/hers

Positions

Postdoctoral Associate

Werklund School of Education, Specialization, Learning Sciences

Sessional Instructor

Werklund School of Education, Undergraduate Programs in Education

Research Assistant/Project Coordinator

Werklund School of Education, Specialization, Learning Sciences

Research

Areas of Research

STEM education; authentic assessments; multilingual learners; embodied learning; design-based research; mixed methods; education equity

Participation in university strategic initiatives

Courses

Course number Course title Semester
EDUC 427 STEM education Fall 2021

Publications

  • A unified cognitive explanation for English words and discourses: From the perspective of cognitive metaphor and conceptual integration. Liu, Y. F., Yin, B., & Liu, S. . Sichuan University Press. (2014)
  • Intellectual emancipation and embodiment in early mathematics learning. Liu, S., & Takeuchi, M.A. . Gresalfi, M. and Horn, I. S. (Eds.), The Interdisciplinarity of the Learning Sciences, 14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) Volume 4 . pp. 2061-2068. (2020)
  • Gender Differences in Experiences of Authentic STEM Assessments. Koh, K., Chapman, O., & Liu, S. . 2023 Annual Conference for American Educational Research Association. (2023)
  • Development and validation of surveys on undergraduate students’ perceptions of and experiences with exemplars . Koh, K., Kowch, E., Bedilu, L., Grant, K., Liu, S., McGuinness, C., & Bene, R. 2023 Annual Conference for American Educational Research Association. (2023)
  • Elementary girls’ growth mindset afforded by authentic STEM assessment. Liu, S., Koh, K., & Chapman, O. . 2022 Annual Conference for American Educational Research Association. (2022)
  • Building elementary school teachers’ capacity in the design and implementation of authentic STEM assessments . Koh, K., Chapman, O., & Liu, S. . 2022 Annual Conference for American Educational Research Association. (2022)