Yue Yin, PhD

Dr. Yin received her BS in Chemistry and MA in Education at Peking University and her MA in Psychology and PhD in Science Education at Stanford University. Prior to taking a position at UIC, she worked at the University of Hawaii at Manoa for three years as an Assistant Professor in Educational Psychology.

Dr. Yin's scholarly interests include: classroom assessment, science education, and applied measurement. She is particularly interested in assessments aligned with cognition, curriculum, and instruction to improve student learning.

Dr. Yin has conducted research on: performance assessment, concept mapping assessment, formative assessment, assessments measuring misconception and conceptual change, feedback, and applications of Generalizability Theory.

Dr. Yin's work has been published in journals such as the Journal of Research in Science Teaching, Applied Measurement in Education, Educational Assessment, and Science Scope. In her research, she used learning theory as a foundation, and measurement and statistics as tools to examine ways of using assessments to improve student learning.

Dr. Yin's major teaching interests are quantitative methods. She has taught various courses, such as educational assessment, educational measurement, introductory statistics, ANOVA, regression, multivariate analysis, and research design. Dr. Yin was awarded the UIC Teaching Recognition Award in 2012.