Name:

WANG Xiaocheng

Email:

cheng.wx@jiangnan.edu.cn

Research direction:

Reading motivation, reading engagement, adolescent literacy

Personal introduction: (text description about 500 words)

Xiaocheng Wang graduated from Shandong University with a bachelor degree and obtained her master and doctor degrees at the School of Education, Korea University. She currently works as an associate professor at the Department of Education, School of Humanities, Jiangnan University. In 2019, she was selected in the High-Level Innovation and Entrepreneurship Talents Introduction Program of Jiangsu Province of China. She has actively engaged in reading research for a long time, with particular expertise in reading motivation, reading engagement, adolescent literacy, and digital reading. She has published extensively in Chinese and international journals, including Chinese Social Science Citation Index journals such as Curriculum, Teaching Material and Method, Studies of Psychology and Behavior, Journal of Capital Normal University, and Social Science Citation Index journals such as Journal of Literacy Research, Journal of Research in Reading, Frontiers in Psychology, and Korea Citation Index journals such as Journal of Reading Research, Korean Language Education, and Journal of Curriculum and Evaluation. Moreover, she has published several academic books including Adolescent readers’ book selection and influencing factors and Reading literacy in a digital era: Inspirations from PIRLS and PISA. In addition, she has conducted multiple research projects with respect to adolescent reading, including National Social Science Fund of China, High-Level Innovation and Entrepreneurship Talents Introduction Program of Jiangsu Province of China, Social Science Fund of Shandong Province, Key Project of Educational Science of Jiangsu Province, Humanities and Social Science Research Project of Higher education of Shandong Province, and several university-level projects.

Learning Experience:

Shandong University, bachelor degree

Korea University, master degree

Korea University, doctor degree

Research projects conducted in the last five years (Max. 5 items)

1. 2015.12. National Social Science Fund of China (CHA150180; “Assessment of reading literacy of primary and middle school students: Based on the analysis of PIRLS and PISA data”).

2. 2019.4. High-Level Innovation and Entrepreneurship Talents Introduction Program of Jiangsu Province of China.

3. 2015.10. Social Science Fund of Shandong Province (15DJYJ03; “Assessment of adolescents’ reading literacy in a digital era: Based on the analysis of PISA data”).

4. 2015.5. Humanities and Social Science Research Project of Higher education of Shandong Province (J15WC05; “Research on international literacy assessment: Focusing on PIRLS, PISA, and PIAAC”)

5. 2023.12. Key Project of Educational Science of Jiangsu Province (B/2023/01/04; “Research on field teaching in a rural primary school: Focusing on children’s experience”).

Representative academic papers (Max. 5 papers)

1. Wang, X., & Huang, Z. (2021). Reading literacy in a digital era: Inspirations from PIRLS and PISA. Suzhou University Publications.

2. Wang, X., Jia, L., & Jin, Y. (2020). Effect of socioeconomic status on middle school students’ reading achievement: The mediating roles of reading motivation and reading activity. Studies of Psychology and Behavior (CSSCI), 18(6), 839-845.

3. Wang, X. (2023). Chinese adolescents’ reading engagement profiles and their relations to self-concept and reading literacy. Journal of Research in Reading (SSCI), 44(4), 333-357.

4. Wang, X., Jia, L., & Jin, Y. (2020). Reading amount and reading strategy as mediators of the effects of intrinsic and extrinsic reading motivation on reading achievement. Frontiers in Psychology (SSCI), 11, 1-16.

5. Wang, X., & Jin, Y. (2021). A validation of the Chinese Motivation for Reading Questionnaire. Journal of Literacy Research (SSCI), 53(3), 336-360.

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