Areas of Focus
- Factors and mechanisms influencing Chinese children's and adolescents' learning abilities/academic performance
- Relationship and mechanisms between family and children's/adolescents' academic performance and psychological development
- Metacognitive monitoring and learning behavior decision-making
- Analysis and model construction of key influencing factors of compulsory education quality
Work Experience
- 2022.1--Present - Beijing Normal University - Dean of the School of Psychology
- 2020.7—2022.1 - Beijing Normal University - Deputy Dean of the School of Psychology
- 2018.9---Present - Ministry of Education Key Research Base for Humanities and Social Sciences - Director of the Institute of Developmental Psychology
- 2016.4---Present - Ministry of Education Basic Education Quality Monitoring Center - Deputy Director
- 2015.7---Present - Beijing Normal University Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment for Basic Education Quality - Professor
- 2015.7---2022.2 - Beijing Normal University Collaborative Innovation Center of Assessment for Basic Education Quality - Deputy Director
- 2012.11---2015.7 - Beijing Normal University Development Planning and Discipline Construction Office - Deputy Director
- 2012.7---2014.8 - Beijing Normal University State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning - Associate Professor
- 2008.8---2012.7 - Beijing Normal University State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning - Lecturer
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2018-2019 Visiting Scholar: University of California, Los Angeles
- 2005.9-2008.7 Ph.D.: Beijing Normal University, School of Psychology
- 2007-2008 Visiting Scholar: University of California, Irvine
- 2002.9-2005.7 Master's: Beijing Normal University, School of Psychology
- 1998.9-2002.7 Bachelor's: Qufu Normal University, School of Education Science
Publications
- A Bayesian Inference Model for Metamemory, Xiao Hu, Jun Zheng, Ningxin Su, Tian Fan, Chunliang Yang, Yue Yin, Stephen M. Fleming, Liang Luo, 2021
- The Relation Between Family Socioeconomic Status and Academic Achievement in China: A Meta-analysis, Juan Liu, Peng Peng, Liang Luo, 2020
- Long-lasting effects of an instructional intervention on interleaving preference in inductive learning and transfer, Yuqi Sun, Aike Shi, Wenbo Zhao, Yumeng Yang, Baike Li, Xiao Hu, David R. Shanks, Chunliang Yang, Liang Luo, 2022
- Socioeconomic Status and Academic Achievement in Primary and Secondary Education: a Meta-analytic, Juan Liu, Peng Peng, Baobao Zhao, Liang Luo, 2022
- Mind the Gap Between Comprehension and Metacomprehension: Meta-Analysis of Metacomprehension Accuracy and Intervention Effectiveness, Chunliang Yang, Wenbo Zhao, Bo Yuan, Liang Luo, David R Shanks, 2022
- Are the Contributions of Processing Experience and Prior Beliefs to Confidence Ratings Domain-General or Domain-Specific?, Xiao Hu, Chunliang Yang, Liang Luo, 2022
- Parent-child discrepancy in educational aspirations and depressive symptoms in early adolescence: a longitudinal study, Xiaolin Guo, Huan Qin, Kexin Jiang, Liang Luo, 2022
- Developmental trajectories of children’s educational expectations in China: Contributions of academic achievement and maternal expectations, Surina He, Xiaolin Guo, Tiantian Bi, Tingdan Zhang, Liang Luo, 2023
Awards
- Beijing's 16th Philosophy and Social Science Outstanding Achievement Award Second Prize (2020)
- Beijing Higher Education Teaching Achievement Award Second Prize (2017, 2022)
- Beijing Basic Education Teaching Achievement Award Second Prize (2022)