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RGC General Research Fund (GRF) / Early Career Scheme (ECS)

2020-2021

Scheme	Principal Investigator	Department	Project Title
GRF	Prof Lau, Kit-ling	Dept of Curriculum & Instruction	Enhancing students' classical Chinese reading comprehension and motivation through self-regulated learning-based instruction: A longitudinal and holistic design
GRF	Prof Lau, Wilfred Wing-fat	Dept of Curriculum & Instruction	Longitudinal profiles of risky online behaviors among early adolescents: Associations with indicators of positive technological development using a person-centered approach
GRF	Prof NG , Oi Lam	Dept of Curriculum & Instruction	Mathematical Problem Solving through Digital Making: Envisioning a Computationally Enhanced Mathematics Curriculum in Hong Kong's Primary and Secondary Schools
GRF	Prof Wong, Yu-ka	Dept of Curriculum & Instruction	Role of transcription skills in young Chinese language learners' writing development
GRF	Prof CHUI , Tsz Yeung Harold	Dept of Educational Psychology	Effects of Emotion Lexicon Training for Counsellors on Counselling Process and Outcome
ECS	Prof Lam, Gary Yu-hin	Dept of Educational Psychology	Development and Evaluation of a Culturally-Responsive and Participatory Autism Training
GRF	Prof Tse, Chi-Shing	Dept of Educational Psychology	The effects of construal level and psychological distance at retrieval on reducing perceived emotional intensity of negative autobiographical memory and boosting psychological well-being in young adults
GRF	Prof Tse, Thomas Kwan-choi	Dept of Educational Administration & Policy	Religious Education Curricula in Hong Kong Schools: A Comparative Study across Religious Bodies and Time
GRF	Prof Sit, Cindy Hui-ping	Department of Sports Science and Physical Education	A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of School-based Physical Activity Intervention on Mental Health and Risk Behaviours in Adolescents with Special Educational Needs

2019-2020

Scheme	Principal Investigator	Department	Project Title
GRF	Prof Jong, Morris Siu-yung	Dept of Curriculum & Instruction	Developing Pedagogic Strategies for Incorporating Interactive Learner-Immersed Video-based Virtual Reality in Learning and Teaching of Physical Geography
ECS	Prof Leung, Suzannie Kit-ying	Dept of Curriculum & Instruction	Investigating kindergarten teachers’ content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge of visual arts education in Hong Kong
ECS	Prof Ng, Oi Lam	Dept of Curriculum & Instruction	The effects of implementing a ‘learning as Making’ pedagogy on school mathematics learning: Primary students’ inquiry-based Making with 3D Printing Pens
GRF	Prof Ho, Sui-chu	Dept of Educational Administration & Policy	Transition to Adulthood: Voices and Choices of a New Generation of Hong Kong Young Adults
GRF	Prof Chui Tsz Yeung Harold	Dept of Educational Psychology	Teachers’ attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help and their relation to referring students for mental health support
GRF	Prof Hawk, Skyler	Dept of Educational Psychology	Competitive Advantages in a Threatening World: Investigating Predictors of Helicopter Parenting among First-Year University Students in Hong Kong
GRF	Prof Tse, Chi-Shing	Dept of Educational Psychology	Chinese Lexicon Project Part II: A Database of Normed Naming Performance for Chinese Two-character Compound Words
GRF	Prof Wong, Wai Ho Savio	Dept of Educational Psychology	Disentangle the role of the right inferior frontal cortex in inhibitory control and working memory with a modified Go-NoGo task
GRF	Prof Wong, Yetta Kwai-Ling	Dept of Educational Psychology	Understanding the neural mechanisms of expert recognition of musical notation and Roman letters

2018-2019

Scheme	Principal Investigator	Department	Project Title
ECS	Prof Bai, Barry	Department of Curriculum & Instruction	Hong Kong primary school students' use of self-regulated writing strategies and effects of a strategy-based writing intervention 香港小學生使用的自主學習寫作策略探索和介入
GRF	Prof Yin, Hong-biao	Department of Curriculum & Instruction	A Longitudinal Investigation on Student Engagement in Mathematics in Chinese Higher Education Institutions from Multiple Perspectives 多元視角下中國高校學生數學學習投入的縱向研究
GRF	Prof Wong, Jocelyn Lai-ngok	Department of Educational Administration & Policy	Nurturing teachers for culturally diverse schools in Hong Kong: How can teachers be equipped to be culturally responsive teachers? 培養教師回應香港學校的多元文化：如何裝備教師成為回應多元文化的教師?
GRF	Prof Ng, Fei Yin Florrie	Department of Educational Psychology	Effectiveness of a mobile application-based intervention program for promoting positive parenting: A randomized controlled study 鼓勵正面育兒的手機應用程式介入計劃的成效：一個對照試驗
GRF	Prof So, Catherine Wing-chee	Department of Educational Psychology	Does a social robot lend a helping hand to learning gestures among children with ASD? Effects of robotic versus human intervention in the development of gestural skills. 社交機械人是否幫助自閉症兒童學習手勢？機械人與人為干預對手勢技能發展的影響
GRF	Prof Wong, Yetta Kwai-Ling	Department of Educational Psychology	Understanding the role of visual recognition of musical notation in music sight-reading 視覺辨識音符的能力在音樂視奏之角色
GRF	Prof Sit, Cindy Hui-ping	Department of Sports Science & Physical Education	A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of Physical Activity Intervention on Motor and Cognitive Functions and Psychosocial Outcomes of Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder 體力活動干預對動作協調障礙兒童動作技能、認知功能及社會心理健康影響的集群隨機對照研究

Research Grants Council Research Impact Fund (RIF)

2020-2021

Project no.	Project Title	Coordinating University/ Collaborating University(ies)	Project Coordinator (PC)	Duration (months)	*Budget to be funded by the RGC($) (exclusive of on-cost)**
R4018-20	Promoting physical activity among primary school children and their families in Hong Kong: A community-based healthy lifestyle program ("F.I.T. Family")	CUHK / HKBU	Professor WONG Heung-Sang, Stephen Department of Sports Science and Physical Education	36	3,450,000

*The RGC funds 70% of the project cost while university/partner(s) will match the remaining 30% of the project cost.