Xin Liu

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Brukernavn
Besøksadresse Moltke Moes vei 35 Niels Henrik Abels hus 0851 Oslo
Postadresse Postboks 1099 Blindern 0317 Oslo
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Xin is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Teacher Education and School Research (ILS), University of Oslo, working on the MATHMot Project. She is originally from the People's Republic of China and has been studying and working in Europe since 2016. She received her PhD in Educational Sciences from Ghent University in 2022. Her dissertation focused on linking TALIS and PISA data to explore how student, teacher, and school characteristics related to mathematics achievement.

Academic interests

  • International large-scale analysis

  • Educational measurement and assessment

  • Cross-cultural comparative education

  • Instructional quality and teacher effectiveness

  • Educational equity

  • Teaching and learning Motivation

  • Teacher well-being and career development

Expertise in research method 

  • Quantitative analysis

  • Structural equation modelling

  • Factor analysis

  • Multilevel analysis

  • Longitudinal analysis

  • Growth curve modelling

Background

  • 2022, PhD in Educational Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium (Under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Martin Valcke, Prof. Dr. Kajsa Yang Hansen, and Prof. Dr. Jan De Neve)

  • 2018, M.Sc., International Master’s Program in Educational Research (IMER), University of Gothenburg, Sweden (Under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Kajsa Yang Hansen; Fully funded by the Swedish Institute)

  • 2011, B.Eng., Measurement and Control Technology and Instruments (the Second Bachelor's Degree), Northeast Petroleum University, P.R. China

  • 2009, B.A., English Education & B.Ed., Applied Psychology (Double Degree), Harbin Normal University, P.R. China

Positions held

  • 2022-Present, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Oslo, Norway

  • 2011-2017, Lecturer, Daqing Vocational College, P.R. China

Funding

  • 2020, Grant for a long stay abroad, Research Foundation – Flanders, Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO), Belgium

  • 2018, China Council Scholarship, Ministry of Education, P.R. China

  • 2016, Swedish Institute Study Scholarships (SISS), Swedish Institute, Sweden   

Awards

  • 2019, Outstanding Leader of Chinese Student and Scholar Association, Education Section, Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the Kingdom of Belgium, Belgium        

  • 2014, Outstanding University Teachers’ Ethics, Department of Education of Heilongjiang Province, P.R. China

  • 2014, Outstanding Female Teacher, Daqing Vocational College, P.R. China

  • 2013, Annual Prize for Student Counselor, Daqing Vocational College, P.R. China 

  • 2013, Excellent Young Staff, Daqing Vocational College, P.R. China    

  • 2012, Excellent Class Tutor, Daqing Vocational College, P.R. China

  • 2011, Excellent Student Counselor, Daqing Vocational College, P.R. China    

Publications

  • Liu, X., Valcke, M., Yang Hansen, K., & De Neve, J. (2022). Does school-level instructional quality matter for school mathematics performance? Comparing teacher data across seven countries. Sustainability14(9), 5267. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14095267.
  • Liu, X., Valcke, M., Yang Hansen, K., & De Neve, J. (2022). Exploiting the linked TALIS and PISA data in examining school effects: a case study of Singapore. Frontiers in Education, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2022.912837.
  • Zhou, N., & Liu, X.* (2022). The Study in the Profiles of Secondary Teachers’ Instructional Quality and their Relationship with Self-efficacy and Job Satisfaction: Based on the TALIS 2018 Shanghai Data. Shanghai Research on Education, 2022(1), 55-59. http://dx.doi.org/10.16194/j.cnki.31-1059/g4.2022.01.010.
  • Yang Hansen, K., Radišić, J., Ding, Y., & Liu, X. (2022). Contextual effects on Student’s Achievement and Academic Self-concept in Sweden, Norway, and China. Large-scale Assessments in Education 10, 16. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40536-022-00133-9.
  • Liu, X. (2022). Understanding Teaching Practice Across the Confucian Countries/Regions: Insights from TALIS 2018. 16th Annual International Technology, Education and Development Conference, 4526-4530. 
  • Liu, X., Yang Hansen, K., Valcke, M., & De Neve, J. (2022). Measuring Instructional Quality and Exploring Factors Related to Mathematics Performance. 16th Annual International Technology, Education and Development Conference, 4574-4581.
  • Zhou, N, Liu, X., Jin, X(2022). Teachers’ perceptions of instruction quality and self-efficacy in Singapore. 2022 European Conference on Educational Research (ECER)-European Educational Research Association (EERA).
  • Chen, S., Ding, Y., & Liu, X. (2021). Development of the growth mindset scale: Evidence of structural validity, measurement model, direct and indirect effects in Chinese samples. Current Psychology, 2021, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-01532-x.
  • Liu, X., & Tang, M. (2021). East meets West: teaching motivation, instructional quality, and academic achievers, the19th Biennial EARLI Conference for Research on Learning and Instruction, 278–278.
  • Tang, M., Liu, X., & Luo, Y. (2021). Exploring the dimensions and the scale of deep reading literacy in Chinese secondary school students. In EDULEARN21 proceedings: 13th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, 4691–4696.
  • Liu, X., Yang Hansen, K., Valcke, M., & De Neve, J. (2021). Evaluating the Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance of Instructional Quality in Mathematics Education across Countries. 14th annual International Technology, Education and Development Conference, 1249-1256.
  • Liu, X., Valcke, M., Yang Hansen, K., & De Neve, J. (2020). A Technical Report on Linking TALIS 2013 and PISA 2012: Developing a Multi-level Perspective on the Student, Teacher and School-level Variables Related to Mathematics Achievement. EDULEARN 2020 Proceedings,12th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, 7147-7153.
  • Yang Hansen, K., Radišić, J., Liu, X., & Natasha Glassow, L. (2020). Exploring diversity in the relationships between teacher quality and job satisfaction in the Nordic countries: insights from TALIS 2013 and 2018. In T. Frones (Ed.), Equity, equality and diversity in the Nordic model of education (pp. 99–137). Springer.

Key words

EKVALEA, ILSA, instructional quality, motivation, mathematics competence, educational equity, comparative education, teacher effectiveness, educational measurement and evaluation multilevel analysis, structural equation modelling

 

Emneord: LEA, ILSA, EKVA, PISA, TALIS, instructional quality, motivation, teacher effectiveness, equity, educational measurement, educational evaluation
Publisert 11. mai 2023 19:55 - Sist endret 11. mai 2023 19:55