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Abstract

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Although people often benefit from cooperating (learn more, solve complex problems, ...), some interactions are more effective than others. Hence, understanding how people influence one another’s emotions, thinking and actions (social metacognition) to achieve their goals and avoid pitfalls can improve their interactions. To develop social metacognition theory, we use artificial intelligence and advanced statistics to analyse complex, big data, specifically talk/action sequences, both face-to-face (e.g., discussions to improve teaching, technicians’ problem solving) and online (debates, mathematics problem solving forums).

  

1. How do people’s recent cognitive (e.g., new idea) and social metacognitive talk/action sequences (e.g., disagree, question) influence other’s talk/actions?

2. How do sequences of people’s cognitive and social metacognitive actions influence their outcomes (learning, teaching, problem solving, debates)?

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We situate our social metacognition theory within micro-time-, activity-, and society-contexts. Our Assessment Research Centre’s network of 36 researchers includes students, post-doctoral fellows, and professors at each rank from 22 universities/institutes in 10 countries/regions.

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Research Topics

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1. Young children's buddy reading

2. Students learning from feedback

3. Discussions to improve teaching

4. Primary technicians' problem solving

5. Mathematics problem solving forums

6. Online debate justifications

7. Winning online debates

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Convener

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Ming Ming Chiu, Chair Professor of Analytics and Diversity, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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Members

In Alphabetical Order

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• Poonam Arya, Professor of Reading, Language, and Literature, Wayne State University, USA

• Maureen P. Boyd, Professor, University of Buffalo, USA

• Gaowei Chen, Associate Professor, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

• Po-Hsi Chen, Professor, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan

• Wayne Chia-Wen Chen, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Oslo, Norway

• Wing Yin Bonnie Chow, Associate Professor, University College London, UK

• Tanya Christ, Professor, Oakland University, USA

• Fabiola H. Gerpott, Full Professor Chair for Leadership, WHU Otto-Beisheim School of Management, Germany

• Connie Chia-Ling Hsu, Manager – Assessment Technology & Research, Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority, Hong Kong

• Allan C. Jeong, Associate Professor, Florida State University, USA

• Jeong-Nam Kim, Gaylord Family Endowed Chair in Public Relations and Strategic Communication, University of Oklahoma, USA

• Siu Cheung Kong, Professor, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

• Bor-Chen Kuo, Director, Department of Information and Technology Education
  Ministry of Education, Taiwan

• Bick Har Lam, Associate Professor, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

• Nale Lehmann-Willenbrock, Full professor and department head of Industrial/Organizational Psychology, University of Hamburg, Germany

• Yan Li, Professor, Zhejiang University, China

• Ming Minnie Li, Lecturer II, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

• Man Ho Alpha Ling, Associate Professor, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

• Annika Luisa Meinecke, Postdoc, University of Hamburg, Germany

• Magdalena Mo Ching Mok, Honorary Professor, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

• Hiroaki Ogata, Professor, Kyoto University, Japan

• Yu Won Oh, Associate Professor, Sejong University, Korea

• Kin Man Leonard Poon, Machine Learning Scientist, Barings, UK

• Xue-Lan Qiu, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

• Ekaterina Strekalova-Hughes, Associate Professor, University of Missouri-Kansas City

• Lisa Tam, Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Advertising and Public Relations, QUT Business School, Australia

• Christine Wang, Associate Professor, University at Buffalo, SUNY, USA

• Zhan Wang, Consultant, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

• Yan Ping Xin, Professor, Purdue University, USA

• Zi Yan, Associate Professor, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

• Lan Yang, Assistant Professor, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

• Min Yang, Assistant Professor, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

• Flora Wai Ming Yu, Assistant Professor, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

• Jane Ying Zhan, Assistant Professor, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

• Jinxin Zhu, Research Assistant Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

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Scholars and students who are interested to join the Network or learn more about it, please contact Sze Ming Lam at lamsm@eduhk.hk.

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