Areas of Focus
- Factors and mechanisms affecting the learning ability/academic performance of Chinese children and adolescents
- Relationship and mechanism between family and children's academic performance and psychological development
- Metacognitive monitoring and learning behavior decision
- Analysis and model construction of key factors affecting the quality of compulsory education
Work Experience
- 2022.1-Present: Dean of the Psychology Department at Beijing Normal University
- 2020.7-2022.1: Vice Dean of the Psychology Department at Beijing Normal University
- 2018.9-Present: Director of the Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education
- 2016.4-Present: Deputy Director of the Ministry of Education's Basic Education Quality Monitoring Center
- 2015.7-Present: Professor at Beijing Normal University's China Basic Education Quality Monitoring Collaborative Innovation Center
- 2015.7-2022.2: Deputy Director of Beijing Normal University's China Basic Education Quality Monitoring Collaborative Innovation Center
- 2012.11-2015.7: Deputy Director of Beijing Normal University's Development Planning and Discipline Construction Office
- 2012.7-2014.8: Associate Professor at Beijing Normal University's National Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning
- 2008.8-2012.7: Lecturer at Beijing Normal University's National Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2018-2019: Visiting Scholar at University of California, Los Angeles
- 2005-2008: PhD in Psychology from Beijing Normal University
- 2007-2008: Visiting Scholar at University of California, Irvine
- 2002-2005: Master's in Psychology from Beijing Normal University
- 1998-2002: Bachelor's in Education Science from Qufu Normal University
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
- National Major Talent Project Young Scholar
- Second Prize of the 16th Beijing Philosophy and Social Science Outstanding Achievement Award (2020)
- Second Prize of Beijing Higher Education Teaching Achievement (2017, 2022)
- Second Prize of Beijing Basic Education Teaching Achievement (2022)
