Zhang Baohui
 
 
 
 
Designation
Assistant Professor
 
Telephone
(65) 6 790 3284
 
Fax
(65) 6 896 8038
 
Email address
 
URL
 
 
 
 
Biographical Sketch
 

 
 
Dr. BaoHui Zhang is a faculty researcher at the Learning Sciences Lab and an Assistant Professor in the Learning Sciences and Technologies Academic Group at the National Institute of Education (NIE), Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Before he joined NIE, he worked as a high school chemistry teacher for two years at Zhaolin High School
(1989-1991) and a chemistry teacher educator for four and a half years at Beijing Normal University (1994-1998) in China.  He worked as a postdoctoral fellow at LRDC at the University of Pittsburgh and at Carnegie Mellon University for a year (2003-2004) after receiving his Ph.D. His last position before joining NIE was an education researcher for the Teachers for a New Era project (TNE) and US-China Center for Research on Education Excellence at Michigan State University. His research has focused on how young students at primary and secondary levels learn science through inquiry and computer-based modeling activities and science teacher education. Along with other NIE and international researchers, his most recent projects will focus on using modeling, visualization and/or mobile technologies to promote student-centered and inquiry-based science learning in Singapore schools. Dr. Zhang has published a number of papers and book chapters on student learning with technologies and science teacher education. He also has had rich academic exchange experiences. BaoHui Zhang received his Master of Education degree from Beijing Normal University in 1994. He received his Master of Science degree in 2002 and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 2003.
 
 
Education
 
 
PhD (University of Michigan, USA)
 
 
Master of Science (University of Michigan, USA)
 
 
Master of Education (Beijing Normal University, China)
 
 
Bachelor of Science (Harbin Normal University, China)
 
 
Selected Publications
 
 
 
 
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Zhang, B. H., Liu, X., & Krajcik, J. S. (2006). Expert Models and Modeling Processes associated with a Computer Modeling Tool, Science Education, 90(4), 579-604
 
 
 
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Zhang, B. H., Krajcik, J. S., Sutherland, L. M., Wang, L., Wu, J., & Qian, Y. (2003). Opportunities and challenges of China's inquiry-based education reform in middle and high schools: Perspectives of science teachers and teacher educators. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 1(4), 477-503. (An earlier version of this paper was presented at AERA 2004 annual conference, April 21-25, Chicago, Illinois) 
 
 
 
 
  
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Fishman, B., & Zhang, B. H. (2003, July-August). Planning for technology: The link between intentions and use. Educational Technology, 43(3), 14 18.
 
 
 
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Fretz, E. B., Wu, H.-K., Zhang, B. H., Davis, E. A., Krajcik, J. S., & Soloway, E. (2002). An investigation of software scaffolds supporting modeling practices. Research in Science Education, 32(4), 567-589.
 
 
 
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Zhang, B. H., Ge, W., and Yang, W. (1998) What Can A Computer Do For Chemistry Teachers? Journal of Chemistry Education, 2, p. 29-31 [In Chinese]
 
 
 
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Zhang, B. H., Lustick, D., & Chang, S.-P. (In press). What accounts for good curricula?—A basic framework. In Y. Zhao, D. Lustick, & W. Ya (Eds.), Research and the Five Dimensions of Effective Schools: A Self-assessment Guide for the Chinese Educators. Shanghai: East China Normal University Press. [In Chinese, English version will be published on the center's web site.]
 
 
 
 
 
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Njus, R., Zhang, B. H., & Lustick, D. (In press). Chapter 7: Where the rubber meets the road: A principal's story concerning policy implementation. In Zhao, Y. & Lustick, D. (Eds.), Government, Assessment, and Accountability in the United States: A Primer For Chinese Educational Leaders. Beijing: Beijing Normal University Press.
 
 
 
 
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Zhang, B. H., Qiu, W. and Wang, C. (1997), editor of Chemistry section, in Liu M. (Eds), Learning methods of middle school subjects, Hunan Education Press. [In Chinese]
 
 
 
- ZHANG, B. H., PATTERSON, R., RICHMOND, G., Joyce PARKER, MERRILL, J., URBAN-LURAIN, M., et al. (November 28-December 2, 2005). Using Self-response System and Online Learning Environment to Promote Science Learning in A Large College Class.Paper presented at the 13th International Conference on Computers in Education, Singapore.
 
 
   
- Zhang, B. H., Evans, K., Leinhardt, G., Yaron, D., Cuadros, J., Karabinos, M., & Palucka, T. (2004, July 18-22). Using an online virtual laboratory to promote undergraduate students’ reasoning and conceptual understanding about chemistry: Comparison of different instructional designs. Paper presented at the 18th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Ames, Iowa.
 
 
   
- Zhang, B. H., Wong, L. H., Chew, L. C., Jacobson, M. J., & Looi, C. K. (2006, May 21-26). Using Computer-Based Modelling for Primary Science Learning and Assessment. Paper accepted at the 32nd Annual Conference of International Association for Educational Assessment, Singapore.
 
 
   
- Zhang, B. H. (2006). Using ICT Programs as Cognitive Tools for Student-Centered Learning. In M. S. Khine (Ed.), Teaching with Technology: Strategies for Engaged Learners (pp. 95-123). Singapore: Pearson Prentice Hall.
 
 
   
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Li, Z., Zhang, B. H. (1995). Analysis of MEC Problems In A New Environment, Journal of Teaching Reference for Middle School Chemistry, 4, p. 5-8 [In Chinese]
 
 
   
   
 
Research Interest
 
 
 
Learning Sciences Research (e.g. how to use computer-based modeling, mobile technologies, and gaming as cogntive tools for student-centered learning), Science Teacher Education, Research Methods (e.g. how to use ICT for educational research)
 
 
 
Projects
 
Principal investigator of Project LSL 3/05 ZBH: Inquiry and computer-based modeling for science learning
 
Professional Activities
 
Executive committee member, GCSCE (Global Chinese Society for Computers in Education) (2006-2010)
 
Journal paper reviewer for the Journal of the Learning Sciences; International Journal of Science Education; Science Education; International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education; and Technology Pedagogy and Education
 
Awards
 

2006, Being awarded a $500.00 stipend and complimentary registration for ICLS 2006 Junior Faculty Consortium (Funded by the US National Science Foundation)
 

2003-2004, CARAT (Collaboratory for Advanced Research and Academic Technologies) fellow, Office of the Provost, University of Michigan
 

October 2002, $500 Complementary fund for the effort of promoting academic exchange between colleagues at the UM and China, the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies, University of Michigan
 

1995, Nominated the first grade paper by the Chinese National Conference on the Relationship of MEC and the High School Chemistry Teaching, Beijing, China