CV

University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley School of Education

Master of Arts in Education

Social Research Methodologies cluster

• Advisors: PROF. Michelle H. Wilkerson and PROF. Mark R. Wilson
• Awards: MA Scholarship for the 2024-25 Academic Year (one-time award of $5,000)
• Capstone Thesis: Establishing an Assessment Framework for Integrative Computational Thinking and STEM Education: An Application of BEAR Assessment System (In progress)

University of Macau, Faculty of Education

Bachelor of Education

Integrated Science, Specialization in Chemistry

• Grade: 3.57/4.00 (Ranking in major: 1st out of 10)
• Emerging Pedagogies of STEM Teaching (A)
• Assessment in Science Education (A)
• Science Education in Secondary Schools (A)
• Scientific Inquiry and Practical Work in Secondary Schools (A)
• Educational Research (A)

Supervised Teaching and School Experience, Chemistry and Scientific Inquiry Teacher

Macau Baptist College (Escola Cham Son de Macau)

Taught Chemistry to junior high school grade 2 and 3 students, and Scientific Inquiry to senior high school grade 2 students. Specific work includes giving lectures, teaching lab classes, and assessment.

• Supervisor: PROF. Bing WEI | Mentor: MS. Ka-Ming TSANG

Representation of Learning Outcomes Stipulated by the Intended Curriculum in Four Series of Chemistry Textbooks: Based on Legitimation Code Theory

Bing Wei, Zhangyu Zhan, Zhimeng Jiang & Linwei Yu

Modifying hollow glass microspheres to obtain self-floating separation adsorbents for adsorbing pollutants in wastewater: A review

Ruisi Qiu; Bing Wang; Jiajian Shang; Guojun Hu; Linwei Yu; Xuan Gao

Critical Reasoning for College Readiness project

University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley Evaluation & Assessment Research (BEAR) Center

Volunteer Graduate Student Researcher | BEAR Center

• Contributing to the Critical Reasoning for College Readiness (CR4CR) project, with a focus on the Computational Thinking (CoT) strand.
• Conducting final review and reversion of the CoT assessment content.

Students’ Curiosity and Academic Performance

Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Education

ME-WELL Lab Research Intern | Research Team Leader: PROF. Xin TANG

• Investigated the relationship between students’ subjective experiences, attitudes toward curiosity in school, and their academic performance. Contributed as a co-first author for a conference abstract (submitted to AERA 2025).
• Performed data analysis, and drafting the journal article titled “Perceptions of Curiosity in School and Their Relation with Academic Performance: A Quantitative Ethnography Study” as the first author.

A Study of Primary Teachers’ Perceptions about Science Curriculum in China; Representation of Learning Outcomes Stipulated by Chemistry Textbooks

University of Macau, Faculty of Education

Summer Research Programme | Principal Investigator: PROF. Bing WEI

• Analyzed the representation of learning outcomes stipulated by the intended curriculum in four series of chemistry textbooks, based on legitimation code theory.
• Conducted data analysis and drafted the results section of the paper (co-author).

A Pedagogical Framework to Foster Computational Thinking in STEM

University of Macau, Educational Research Center

Research Project | Advisor: PROF. Emily Pey-Tee OON

• Conducted research related to computational thinking (CT) in STEM education, including pedagogical framework and curriculum design aimed at improving students’ CT ability in STEM.
• Writing a paper titled “A Pedagogical Framework to Foster Computational Thinking in STEM: From the Perspective of Teachers” as the first author.

The Meaning of ‘Experiment’ in Junior and Senior High School Chemistry Curriculum Standards in China

University of Macau, Faculty of Education

Research Project | Advisor: PROF. Bing WEI

• Conducted content analysis on the meaning of ‘experiment’ in junior and senior high school chemistry curriculum standards in China.
• Writing a paper titled “The Meaning of ‘Experiment’ in Junior and Senior High School Chemistry Curriculum Standards in China: A Content Analysis” as the first author.

Preparation of Self-suspension Adsorption Functional Materials by Modification of Hollow Glass Microspheres

Southwest Petroleum University, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Research Intern | Principal Investigator: PROF. Bing WANG

• Assisted research on the production of self-suspension adsorption functional materials by modifying hollow glass microspheres.
• Conducted experiments, managed data, drafted and proofread the review paper (co-author).

A Comparative Study of Technological and Engineering Education Policies in China and U.S.

University of Macau, Faculty of Education

Assisted research | Principal Investigator: PROF. Bing WEI

• Assisted STEM education policy research of the Standards for Technological and Engineering Literacy published in the United States (ITEEA, 2020), and The Science Curriculum Standards of Compulsory Education (the 2020 version) in China (MoE, 2020).
• Conducted literature review and content analysis.

House Leader

House of Integrated Science, University of Macau

Academically Outstanding House Award 2022/2023; The Most Active House Award 2022/2023

Student Representative

University of Macau, Programme Management Committee

12th PR Student Ambassador

University of Macau

Secretary

Drama Society, University of Macau

Associate House Leader

House of Integrated Science, University of Macau