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    Jiahui Wang

    Assistant Professor
    Campus:
    Kent
    Contact Information
    Email:
    jwang79@kent.edu
    Phone:
    330-672-0664

    Biography

    Dr. Jiahui Wang is an Assistant Professor of Educational Technology at Kent State University. She received M.Ed. in Curriculum & Instruction from the University of Virginia and Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction with a concentration in Educational Technology from the University of Florida. 

    Dr. Wang’s  research focuses on (1) examining the influences of individual differences on learning STEM content with educational technology and (2) studying the underlying learning processes while people learn with educational technology, via process measures (e.g., visual attention, neural oscillations, mouse clicks, etc.). These process measures of learning provide insights into how students learn by revealing their underlying attentional and cognitive processes. The learning environments include but are not limited to K-12 classrooms, online learning, multimedia learning, and digital game-based learning. 

    Her research has been published in a number of well-respected journals, such as Computers & Education, Computers in Human Behavior, Educational Technology Research and Development, International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, Journal of Special Education Technology, Mind, Brain, and Education. 

    Education

    Ph.D. in Educational Technology, University of Florida
    M.Ed. in Curriculum & Instruction, University of Virginia

    Research Methods

    Quantitative Methods, Eye-tracking

    Publications

    • Wang, J. (2023). Mind wandering in videos that integrate instructor’s visuals: An eye-tracking study. Innovations in Education and Teaching International.
    • Wang, J. (2022). Does working memory capacity influence learning from videos and attentional processing of the instructor’s visuals? Behaviour & Information Technology, 1-15.
    • Wang, J., Stebbins, A., & Ferdig, R. E. (2021). Examining the effects of students’ self-efficacy and prior knowledge on learning and visual behavior in a physics game. Computers & Education, 178, 104405.
    • Wang, J., Antonenko, P., Keil, A., & Dawson, K. (2020). Converging subjective and psychophysiological measures of cognitive load to study the effects of instructor-present video. Mind, Brain, and Education.
    • Wang, J., Antonenko, P., & Dawson, K. (2020). Does visual attention to the instructor in online video affect learning and learner perceptions? An eye-tracking analysis. Computers & Education.
    • Wang, J., Antonenko, P., Celepkolu, M., Jimenez, Y., Fieldman, E., & Fieldman, A. (2019). Exploring relationships between eye tracking and traditional usability testing data. International Journal of Human Computer Interaction, 35(6), 483-494.
    • Wang, J. et al. (2018). Investigating the effects of modality and multimedia on the learning performance of college students with dyslexia. Journal of Special Education Technology, 33(3), 182-193.
    • Wang, J. & Antonenko, P. (2017). Instructor presence in instructional video: Effects on visual attention, recall, and perceived learning. Computers in Human Behavior, 71, 79-89.
    • Wang, J., Schneps, M., Antonenko, P., Chen, C., & Pomplun, M. (2016). Is reading impairment associated with enhanced holistic processing in comparative visual search? Dyslexia, 22, 345-361.

    Awards/Achievements

    • Kent State University Research Council Summer Research Appointment Award, 2024
    • Kent State University Research Council Summer Research Appointment Award, 2022
    • Kent State University EHHS SEED award, 2021
    • Kent State University Research Council Summer Research Appointment Award, 2020
    • Kent State University EHHS SEED award, 2019
    • American Educational Research Association (AERA) SIG Instructional Technology Best Paper Award, 2018
    • Florida Statewide Graduate Research Symposium Outstanding Poster Presentation, 2017
    • Florida Society of the Social Sciences 12th Annual Conference Outstanding Paper, 2017

    Documents

    PDF icon CV_Wang_September2024.pdf
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