Professional Appointments
Lecturer, School of Psychology, Central China Normal University |
2015 – present |
Post-doctoral Researcher, Department of Psychology, Ohio State University |
2013 – 2015 |
Research Interests
Self-regulatedlearning and metacognition in online learning; Educational data mining ofonline learning behaviors; Cognitive modeling
Education
Ph.D., Psychology, Ohio State University, USA |
2013 |
Master in Applied Statistics, Ohio State University, USA |
2012 |
M.A., Psychology, Beijing Normal University |
2007 |
B.Sc., Psychology, Beijing Normal University |
2004 |
Grant
Central ChinaNormal University grant titled “Modeling Learner’s Behaviors in a LearningManagement System” PI, ¥20,000 (2016-2017)
Central ChinaNormal University grant titled “How does Learning Behavior Indicate LearningEfficacy in an Internet Learning System?” PI, ¥40,000 (2015-2016)
Publications
Li, J., Tang,Y., & Hu, X. (2016). The moderating effects of discipline on therelationship between asynchronous discussion and satisfaction of MOOCs. International Journal of Psychology, Volume 51, Issue S1, 473.
Pitt, M. A.& Tang, Y. (2013). What should be the data sharing policy of cognitivescience? Topics in Cognitive Science, 5, 214-221.
Tang, Y., Young,C. J., Myung, J. I., Pitt, M. A. & Opfer, J. E. (2010). Optimal inferenceand feedback for representational change. In S. Ohlsson & R. Catrambone(eds.), Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive ScienceSociety (pp. 2572-2577). Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society.
Myung, J. I.,Tang, Y., & Pitt, M. A. (2009). Evaluation and comparison of computationalmodels. Methods in Enzymology, 454, 287-304.
Li, J., Tang,Y., & Zhang, H. (2008). Metacognitive regulation process and itsdomain-generality. Psychological Science, 31(3), 748-750. (In Chinese)
Presentations
Tang, Y. &Wang, L. (2015). A Factor Mixture Modeling approach for Understanding theSubtypes of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Poster presented at the 80th Annualand the 19th International Meeting of the Psychometric Society, Beijing, China.
Tang, Y.,Jastrzembski, S. T., Krusmark, M. A., Gluck, K. A., & Pitt, M. A. (May2014). Adaptive Design Optimization for Comparing Models of Spacing Effect.Fourth Annual Midwestern Cognitive Science Conference, Dayton, Ohio, USA
Tang, Y., Myung,J. I., & Pitt, M. A. (July 2012). Optimal experimental design for the decision-from-experienceexperiments. Poster presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Society forMathematical Psychology, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Tang, Y., Myung,J. I., Edwards, M. C., & Pitt, M. A. (July 2011). Computerized adaptive testingand adaptive experimental design. Presented at the 76th Annual and the 17thInternational Meeting of the Psychometric Society, Hong Kong SAR, China
Tang, Y., Young,C. J., Myung, J. I., Pitt, M. A. & Opfer, J. E. (August 2010). Optimalinference and feedback for representational change. Presented at the 43rdAnnual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology, Portland, Oregon,USA
Tang, Y.,Cavagnaro, D. R., Myung, J. I., & Pitt, M. A. (August 2009). Adaptivedesign optimization for developmental psychology experiments. Poster presentedat the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology,Amsterdam, Netherlands
Tang, Y. (July2006). Cross-cultural difference in the focus of life: Evidences from threescript-making tasks. Poster presented at the 19th Biennial Meeting of theInternational Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Melbourne,Australia
