NIE ERFP Projects (2018 - 2022)

Proj Ref no. Proj Title Project PI Research Brief URL, if any
OER 01/18 KP The Transition and Adjustment of Children with Special Educational Needs in Primary or Special Schools: A Study of Three Year Outcomes and their Determinants Assoc Prof Poon Kin Loong, Kenneth
 
https://hdl.handle.net/10497/25619
OER 02/18 JH Diffusing Education Innovations at Different Levels of the System: Perspectives from Ecological Leadership Dr Ho Pau Yuen Jeanne Marie https://hdl.handle.net/10497/23710
OER 03/18 PS Studying the Development of Computational Thinking Skills in Students’ Use of Physical Computing Devices Dr Seow Sen Kee, Peter  
OER 04/18 MT ‘In the Shoes of Another’: An Exploratory Study of Immersive Technology for Social and Emotional Learning Asst Prof Tan Cheng Chye,   Marcus https://hdl.handle.net/10497/24462
OER 05/18 PC Improving Early Number Word Learning: Examining the Role of Input Dr Pierina Cheung https://hdl.handle.net/10497/25622
OER 06/18 RR Assessment for Learning in Primary School Malay Language Classrooms : Internalizing and Enacting Principled Assessment Reform Dr Roszalina Bte Rawi  
OER 07/18 PT What’s Your Story? Digital Storytelling as Reflective and Reflexive Practices for Teachers of Visual and Performing Arts Dr Phillip Alexander Towndrow 
OER 08/18 LEL Building an Evidence-Base to Support Teacher Growth: A Career-Long Perspective (Phase I) Prof Low Ee Ling https://hdl.handle.net/10497/22678
OER 09/18 HJS Preparation for Creative Transfer – From the Perspective of Developing Domain-Specific Knowledge Dr Huang Junsong, David
https://hdl.handle.net/10497/28035 
OER 10/18 LCK How to Bring Computational Thinking (CT) into Mathematics Classrooms: Designing for Disciplinary-Specific CT Prof Looi Chee Kit https://hdl.handle.net/10497/24457
OER 11/18 TSS Pathways to Meaningful Careers:Understanding Successes and Challenges in the Transitions from School to Work for Singapore's ITE students Dr Teng Siao See https://hdl.handle.net/10497/28038
OER 01/19 LSS A Study on a Model of in Situ Professional Development: Contexts, Conditions and Impact Dr Lee Shu Shing  
DEV 01/18 VL Integrating Multiliteracies into the English Language Classroom: Developing an Instructional Approach to Teach Multimodal Literacy (Critical Viewing and Effective Representing of Multimodal Texts) Asst Prof Victor Lim Fei https://hdl.handle.net/10497/28027
DEV 02/18 EK WiREAD+: Augmenting The Validated Prototype Design Of A Web-based Collaborative Critical Reading And Learning Analytics Environment Towards Scalability Readiness Dr Koh Ruilin Elizabeth https://hdl.handle.net/10497/24976
 
OER 02/19 KTHK Secondary Teachers' and Students’ Experiences of Assessment Feedback Assoc Prof Tan Heng Kiat, Kelvin https://hdl.handle.net/10497/24975
OER 03/19 SBQ Leisure Reading in Two Languages: Reading Habits and Preferences of Bilingual Children in Singapore Dr Sun Baoqi https://hdl.handle.net/10497/24987
OER 04/19 TWP How physical activity and digital media use impact brain activity, cognitive, physical, emotional and psychosocial wellbeing of Singaporean children aged 4 to 5 years Asst Prof Teo Wei Peng https://hdl.handle.net/10497/25609
OER 05/19 COH The effect of problem solving first vs. explicit instruction first on mathematics learning Assoc Prof Lee Ngan Hoe https://hdl.handle.net/10497/24471
OER 06/19 TLY Creating lifelong learners: Investigating metacognition as support for learning and learning transfer Dr Tay Lee Yonghttps://hdl.handle.net/10497/24472
OER 07/19 DMM WHOLE NUMBER AND FRACTION MAGNITUDE UNDERSTANDING IN KINDERGARTENERS Dr Jose David Munez Mendez https://hdl.handle.net/10497/24979
OER 08/19 KKH Mindfulness and child developmental outcomes: An integrative review and implications for education Dr Khng Kiat Hui https://hdl.handle.net/10497/24988
OER 09/19 YY Singaporean children’s emotion understanding and its relations to anxiety and academic achievement Dr Yang Yang https://hdl.handle.net/10497/28036
OER 10/19 YY Understanding the role of caregiver-child pedagogical questioning in Singaporean children's school readiness and achievement Dr Yue Yuhttps://hdl.handle.net/10497/28037
OER 11/19 FYP Teacher Resilience in Singapore Assoc Prof Fang Yanping https://hdl.handle.net/10497/24961
OER 12/19 LWC Creating a Motivating School Assoc Prof Liu Woon Chia  
OER 13/19 SH Mandarin eBook App and Singaporean Children’s Home Reading Quantity, Quality, and Emergent Literacy Outcomes Dr Sun He  
OER 14/19 WHM Building Teachers’ and Students' Capacities in Student-Involved Assessment in Primary Classrooms Dr Wong Hwei Ming https://hdl.handle.net/10497/25617
OER 15/19 ISC Rethinking Stress: The Influence of Stress Mindsets on the Well-being, Resilience and School Outcomes of Adolescents Dr Imelda Santos Caleon  
OER 16/19 YACJ Realising Lower Secondary Thematic Science Curriculum in the Classroom: Developing Teachers’ Competences in Thematic Science Teaching Assoc Prof Tan Kim Chwee, Danielhttps://hdl.handle.net/10497/28040
OER 17/19 CWL Computer-Supported Collaborative Argumentation in Social Studies and History Classrooms Assoc Prof Chen Wenli  
OER 18/19 SLH Developing Science Teachers’ Language Awareness to Enhance the Teaching of Disciplinary Literacy: A Study of Teachers’ Lesson Enactments through the Lens of Adaptive Expertise Dr Sun Baoqi https://hdl.handle.net/10497/25623
OER 19/19 TCL Uncovering the Process and Outcome of Computer-Supported-Collaborative-Learning (CSCL) using Multimodal Learning Analytics: New Environments and Assessment for CSCL in the learning continuum Dr Teo Chew Lee https://hdl.handle.net/10497/28041
OER 20/19 VV Biliterate Shared Book Intervention with Disadvantaged Preschoolers Assoc Prof Viniti Vaish  
OER 21/19 KBK CORE 3 Research Programme: Baseline Investigation of Mother Tongue Pedagogies in Singapore’s Primary and Secondary Classrooms (C3MT) Lead PI: Dr Kwek Beng Kiat, Dennis
Co-Lead PI: Dr Wong Hwei Ming
Project 1 PI: Dr Sun Baoqi
Project 2 PI: Dr Kwek Beng Kiat, Dennis
Project 3 PI: Dr Wong Hwei Ming
 
DEV 01/19 TBC Maker-centered Multidisciplinary Learning - Preparing Future Ready Learners In Singapore Schools for learning to learn Assoc Prof Teo Beng Chonghttps://hdl.handle.net/10497/24469
DEV 02/19 LYJ Development of Lower Secondary Integrated Science Curriculum Packages Assoc Prof Lee Yew Jinhttps://hdl.handle.net/10497/28029
OER 22/19 CMF Teacher conceptions and practice of discussion in lower primary Social Studies Dr Chee Min Fuihttps://hdl.handle.net/10497/25618
OER 23/19 SAJ Meta-thinking And Meta-talk In English And Mathematics Lessons In The Primary School Dr Sally Ann Joneshttps://hdl.handle.net/10497/28043
OER 24/19 TAL Comparing students’ questioning, argumentation and creative thinking in problem-centric and solution-centric STEM activities Assoc Prof Tan Aik Ling https://hdl.handle.net/10497/25616
OER 25/19 MTLP Characterising the weak makerspace: How does material innovation happen in Singaporean classrooms? Dr Tan Lip Thye, Michaelhttps://hdl.handle.net/10497/28044
OER 26/19 WLK Leveraging on augmented reality technologies for Establishment of Science Trail: An exploratory study Asst Prof Wen Yun https://hdl.handle.net/10497/28045
OER 27/19 ISC Peer Power: How do Peer Relationships and Peer Network Attributes Influence Students' Academic, Motivational and Well-being Outcomes Dr Imelda Santos Caleon 
OER 28/19 LYT Designing for greater authenticity in Geographical Investigations (GI) through local microclimate studies with the Internet of Things (IoT) and open-source environmental sensors Dr Lim Yang Teck, Kenneth  
OER 29/19 MCYH International Ipreschooler Surveillance Study Among Asians and otheRs (IISSAAR): screen media use and off-screen behaviours among preschool children living in selected urban cities in some countries in Asia and elsewhere. Prof Chia Yong Hwa, Michael  
OER 30/19 LEL Building an evidence-base for teacher education: A longitudinal and cross-sectional study of the PGDE programmes Prof Low Ee Ling https://hdl.handle.net/10497/25615
OER 31/19 BK Big Ideas in School Mathematics Prof Berinderjeet Kaur  
OER 01/20 STKS What Matters Most: Beginning and Experienced Teachers’ Articulated Noticing In Physical Education through Pedagogies of Practice Assoc Prof Tan Kwang San, Steven  
OER 06/20 GADL Harnessing Positive Psychology Principles in Fostering Academic Motivation/Engagement and Wellbeing of Low-Progress Learners in Singapore Lead PI: Assoc Prof Gregory Arief D Liem
Co-Lead PI: Assoc Prof Chong Wan Har
Project 1 PI:  Dr Chue Kah Loong
Project 2 PI: Assoc Prof Chong Wan Har
Project 3 PI: Assoc Prof Gregory Arief D Liem
Project 4 PI: Asst Prof Dutt Anuradha Salil Kumar
Project 5 PI: Asst Prof Chye Yen Leng, Stefanie
 
OER 13/21 OBA Growth in Bilingual & Biliteracy Proficiency: Environmental, Individual & Experiential Factors (GIBBER) Lead PI: Dr Beth Ann O’Brien
Co-Lead PI: Dr Sun Baoqi
Co-Lead PI: Dr Sun He
Project 1 PI: Asst Prof Aryadoust Seyed Vahid
Project 2 PI: Assoc Prof Mohd Mukhlis Bin Abu Bakar
Project 3 PI: Assoc Prof Seetha Lakshmi
Project 4 PI: Dr Beth Ann O’Brien
Project 5 PI: Dr Sun Baoqi
Project 6 PI: Dr Sun He
 
DEV 05/19 CM Developing and Piloting an Assessment Tool of Daily Living Skills for Students with Special Educational Needs (SEN) in Singapore Dr Chen Mo  
DEV 01/20 CPH Development of a Tool for decision making on subject placement in secondary schools Dr Chua Puay Huat https://hdl.handle.net/10497/24986
DEV 02/20 LCE Designing School Libraries of the Future (LOTF Study) Assoc Prof Loh Chin Ee  
OER 02/20 WY Integrating Learning Analytics and Learning Design: Design and Implementation of Seamless Chinese Character Learning in Lower Primary Schools Asst Prof Wen Yun https://hdl.handle.net/10497/25620
OER 03/20 JHPY Examining Teachers’ Talk and Learning within Networked Learning Communities Dr Phillip Alexander Towndrowhttps://hdl.handle.net/10497/25621
OER 04/20 PGCO The Value of Aesthetic Experience in the Quality of Teaching and Learning Environments: Teachers' design and learning of aesthetically-infused inquiry-based learning Dr Pamela Grace Costes-Onishi https://hdl.handle.net/10497/28033
OER 05/20 MAB Singapore funds of knowledge: A qualitative study of lower-tracked learners’ literacy practices in- and out-of-school Dr Mardiana Bte Abu Bakar  
OER 07/20 WLH Singapore primary and secondary students’ perceptions, challenges and attainment in Chinese and Tamil composition writing: A comparative study on computer-based and paper-and-pen-based writing Dr Wong Lung Hsiang  
OER 08/20 GHH An Evaluative Study on the Mother Tongue Support Programme for Mid-Primary Students Dr Goh Hock Huan  
OER 09/20 YPD A sociological study of migrant parents' influences on children's education: Implications for 1.5- and second-generation immigrant students and their integration in Singapore schools Asst Prof Yang Peidong  
OER 10/20 KPKL Understanding the Classroom Engagement of Students with Special Educational Needs: An Exploration of Measurement, Levels, and Factors Assoc Prof Poon Kin Loong, Kenneth  
OER 11/20 JWCK A National Study on Adolescents’ Chronotype, Sleep Length, Time-Use on Technology Devices, Sedentary Activity, and Physical Activity Prof John Wang Chee Keng  
OER 01/21 KKH A Follow-up of the Singapore Kindergarten Impact Project (SKIP) Cohort in Middle Childhood: Social-Emotional, Physical, Academic Outcomes and Predictors Dr Khng Kiat Hui  
OER 02/21 LNH Paving the Way Towards Lifewide and Lifelong Learning: Exploring and Fostering Metacognition for Learning and Transfer Lead PI: Assoc Prof Lee Ngan Hoe
Co-Lead PI: Dr Imelda Santos Caleon
Project 1 PI: Dr Tay Lee Yong
Project 2 PI: Assoc Prof Ngan Hoe LEE
Project 3 PI: Asst Prof Teo Wei Peng
Project 4 PI: Dr Imelda Santos Caleon
Project 5 PI: Dr Ng Kit Ee, Dawn
 
OER 03/21 TAL Learning about the environment: Understanding development of interest andknowledge through immersive informal learning experiences Assoc Prof Tan Aik Ling  
OER 04/21 LDP Differentiated instruction to address diverse needs in the Singapore classroom Dr Letchmi Devi d/o Ponnusamy  
OER 05/21 OYS Actualising Integrated STEM Lessons Asst Prof Ong Yann Shiou  
OER 06/21 MCCY Examining educational transitions and pathways in Singapore: From secondary to post-secondary. Dr Chan Chee Yeen,   Melvin  
OER 07/21 CW Literate lives: Youth’s emotive-embodied experiences of literacy Assoc Prof Csilla Weninger  
OER 08/21 SCSL Investigating Enactments of Values Pedagogy in Two Schools in Singapore Assoc Prof Choo Shen Li, Suzanne
https://hdl.handle.net/10497/28034 
OER 09/21 JK SCALE-UP: Investigating the effect of modified CCA competition format in Singapore Schools Asst Prof John Komar  
OER 10/21 NARW Perspectives and Experiences of Transition from Early Childhood Education to Primary School in Singapore Dr Nicolette Waschl  
OER 11/21 WQY Promoting and monitoring the cognitive engagement of online students in the blended synchronous learning environment Assoc Prof Wang Qiyun  
DEV 01/21 AMG Developing Educators’ Brain Literacy: BrainMap for Teacher Professional Development Asst Prof Alicia Marie Goodwill  
DEV 05/21 WY AI-Powered Seamless Vocabulary Learning: Enhancing Learner-generated Contexts Asst Prof Wen Yun  
DEV 06/21 LYT Designing for the nurturing of new norms of social responsibility with the Socially Responsible Behaviour through Embodied Thinking (SORBET) Project Dr Lim Yang Teck,   Kenneth  
OER 15/21 SFB Do Outcome Success, Gender and Motivation Influence Fundamental Movement Skills (FMS) Assessment? Assoc Prof Burns Stephen Francis  
OER 16/21 CJY An investigation on PE teachers' understanding and enactment of Nonlinear Pedagogy Assoc Prof Chow Jia Yi  
OER 17/21 PAJ Trialing agentic curriculum making for Character and Citizenship Education: Implications for teacher professionalism Dr Andrew Joseph Pereira 
OER 18/21 WLH Orchestrating the trajectories of Student-Generated Ideas (SGIs) through teacher-student discourses Dr Wong Lung Hsiang  
OER 19/21 FA NMASTE: Network Meta-AnalysiS in Translating Educational Neuroscience Research Asst Prof Farhan Ali  
OER 20/21 LSS An Inquiry into Instructors’ and Teachers’ Perspectives and Experiences of Online Professional Learning Dr Lee Shu Shing  
OER 21/21 KKT The Effects of An Information Communication and Technologies-Based Intervention Programme on Students’ Learning Outcomes of Physical Education (PE) in Singapore Schools Assoc Prof Koh Koon Teck  
OER 22/21 PC Early Foundations of Place Value Dr Pierina Cheung  
OER 23/21 TTL Hands-On Minds-Engaged (HOME): A revisit of the Concrete-Pictorial-Abstract (CPA) Strategy Assoc Prof Toh Tin Lam  
OER 24/21 BNLL Self-determination Theory (SDT): A preliminary study on developing Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) in a school community Dr Betsy Ng Ling Ling  
OER 25/21 EK A Multimodal Learning Analytics Approach Towards Learner Dashboard Designs for Better Engagement and Metacognitive Regulation (LADDER) Dr Elizabeth Koh Ruilin 
OER 01/22 LSS Characterising Situated Professional Learning in Schools: Contexts, Approaches and
Perspectives
Dr Lee Shu Shing 
OER 02/22 HTT Understanding how Teachers Hybridise Differentiated Instruction in Singapore Asst Prof Tang Tang Heng  
OER 06/22 WPS Constructing Values – Meanings and Implications for Practice in Singapore’s Pre-school
Education Curriculum
Dr Sandra Wu Pinhui  
OER 03/22 PAJ Dialogic Principles for a Research-Practice Partnership for Character Citizenship
Education
Dr Andrew Joseph Pereira  
OER 04/22 WCY Meta-Analyses of the Neural Networks for Reading and Mathematical Processing in Development: The Role of Executive Function Dr Wu Chiao-Yi 
OER 05/22 JDMM Mechanisms underlying numeral ordering skills in children Dr Jose David Munez Mendez  
OER 07/22 LEL Building an evidence-base to support teacher growth: A career-long perspective (Phase II) Prof Low Ee Ling 
OER 08/22 TSC An investigation of Learning and Teaching Supported by Personalised Digital Devices (PLDs) in secondary schools Lead PI: Assoc Prof Tan Seng Chee
Co-Lead PI: Assoc Prof Chen Wenli
2nd Co-Lead PI: Assoc Prof Shanti Divaharan
3rd Co-Lead PI: Mr. Hsien Ming Tan, Samuel (MOE)
4th Co-Lead PI:
Miss Tay Siu Hua (MOE)
Project 1 PI: Assoc Prof Chen Wenli
Project 2 PI: Assoc Prof Shanti Divaharan
 
OER 09/22 GADL Self-Beliefs, Well-Being, Motivation, and Perceived Social Contexts of Students in the Ability Streaming and Full Subject-Based Banding: Considering Subject Specificity and Time Point Effects Assoc Prof Gregory Arief D Liem 
OER 10/22 LSS What shapes and enables the development of expertise of expert teachers: A case study of Singapore expert teachers Dr Lee Shu Shing 
OER 11/22 VLF The Singapore Student Digital Literacies Profile Asst Prof Victor Lim Fei 
OER 12/22 PAJ Emotional Capital and Teacher Professionalism Dr Andrew Joseph Pereira  
OER 13/22 SB Words in two Languages: Fostering Vocabulary Development in Kindergarten Children through Synchronized Bilingual Reading Programme Dr Sun Baoqi 
OER 14/22 YR Automated Boredom Detection using Multimodal Physiological Signals Dr Yuvaraj Rajamanickam  
OER 15/22 YY Emotion Socialization in Singaporean Children Dr Yang Yang  
OER 16/22 YY How do Singaporean children understand “I can choose”? Phase 2: Examining early development of free will, mindset, achievement goals, and persistence Dr Yue Yu  
OER 17/22 TKY Engaging Students as Feedback Partners in Singapore Schools: An Exploratory Study Dr To Kar Yan, Jessica 
OER 18/22 PAJ Critical Affective Literacy for an Affective Teacher Professionalism Dr Andrew Joseph Pereira  
OER 19/22 KET Exploring the Effect of Data Literacy Professional Development on Beginning Teachers’ Data Literacy Knowledge, Self-Efficacy and Perceived Value of Data Use Dr Khor Ean Teng, Karen 
OER 20/22 OYS Construction and Validation of Scientific Practices Survey Instrument for School Assoc Prof Ong Yann Shiou  
OER 21/22 CBH Teaching Mathematics Through Problem-solving: Developing a pedagogical approach for low progress students in Singapore Asst Prof Choy Ban Heng  
OER 23/22 QCLG Designing an Analytics Toolbox for Enculturating Teachers’ Data-driven Mindset and Reflective Teaching Practice in Singapore Schools Assoc Prof Quek Choon Lang, Gwendoline 
OER 25/22 AAR BENEPHYT: Boosting Executive fuNction through cognitively-Engaging PHYsical acTivities. Dr Aishah Abdul Rahman  
OER 26/22 JF Self-Regulated Learning, Emotion, and Achievement: Applying Multimodal Classroom Research in a Singapore School Dr Jack Fogarty  
OER 27/22 PC A study on early mathematics professional development Dr Pierina Cheung  
OER 28/22 MSK Are our children feeling good and functioning well? Examining student well-being using a multi-dimensional approach Dr Munirah Binte Shaik Kadir  
OER 29/22 TCL Sustained Creative Discourse for Deep Learning: Synchronous, asynchronous and blended environment. Dr Teo Chew Lee  
OER 30/22 ISC Peer Power 2.0: A Longitudinal Investigation of Students’ Peer Networks and their Academic, Motivational, Social and Psychological Outcomes Dr Imelda Santos Caleon  
OER 31/22 KBK Phase 1 of CORE 4 Research Programme: Baseline Investigations of Designated Subject Domain (DSD) Pedagogies in Singapore's Primary and Secondary Classrooms (C4P1) Dr Kwek Beng Kiat, Dennis 
OER 33/22 TAL Adoption of Integrated Resources to Shape Integrated Learning Experiences: Insights from Implementation of 2023 Primary Science Syllabus Assoc Prof Tan Aik Ling  
OER 34/22  PKLK Understanding the Development and Drivers of Adolescents’ Educational Pathways: The Singapore Longitudinal Cohort Study (Phase 1 of Year 1) Lead PI: Prof Poon Kin Loong, Kenneth
Co-Lead PI: Dr Chan Chee Yeen, Melvin; Dr Kang Lu-Ming, Trivina

Project 1: Dr Chan Chee Yeen, Melvin
Project 2: Assoc Prof Gregory Arief D Liem
Project 3: Dr Imelda Santos Caleon
Project 4: Prof Ang Pei-Hui, Rebecca
Project 5: Dr Khng Kiat Hui
Project 6: Prof Poon Kin Loong, Kenneth
Project 7: Asst Prof Azilawati Bte Jamaludin
 
OER 35/22  NYY The Impact Of The Moe-Obs Challenge Programme On Students A/P Nie Youyan