吳丹丹博士
助理教授
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ddwu@eduhk.hk

Ph.D. in Early Childhood Education, Macquarie University
M.Ed. in Early Childhood Education, The University of Hong Kong
B.Ed. in Preschool Education, South China Normal University
Research areas
Early development of spatial cognition and language
Developmental cognitive neuroscience,
Formal and Informal learning in Early STEM
Teacher-child interactions in constructive play
Early language acquisition and Early multilingualism
Selected Funded Projects
2021-2022
Wu, D. (PI). “Application of the ‘PBL3 Mode’ to Enhance Bed (ECE) Students’ Engagement and Deep Learning during the Covid-19 Pandemic”. ECE Special Teaching Enhancement Scheme, Department of ECE, EDUHK.

2021-2023
Wu, D. (CI). “Longitudinal Investigation on Neural Correlates of Cognitive Development in Early Years Using fNIRS”. Shenzhen Science and Technology Research and Development Fund. (PI: Dr. Sha Xie)

2020-2021
Wu, D. (CI). “Family Language Policy and Bilingual Parenting in Beijing, Hong Kong and Singapore: A Corpus-based Comparison”. University-level Research Project of Multilingual Research Centre in Macquarie University. (PI: Prof. Philip Hui Li)

2018-2020
Wu, D. (CI). “Investigating Neural Correlates of Executive Function and Spatial Cognition in Early Years Using fNIRS Approach” International Research and Collaboration Project in Shenzhen University. (PI: Prof. Chunqi Chang)

2018-2020
Wu, D. (CI). “Exploring early development of spatial ability: a mix-method approach to investigate the kindergarten and family factors”. (Project No. ZJYZQN201812). Research Funds for Humanity and Social Sciences. (PI: Ting Liao)


Selected Output
Refereed Journal Articles (Selected)
2021
Wu, D., Liao, T., Yang, W., & Li, H. (2021). Exploring the Relationships between Scientific Epistemic Beliefs, Science Teaching Beliefs and Science-Specific PCK among Pre-Service Kindergarten Teachers in China.Early Education and Development,32(1), 82-97. https://doi.org/10.1080/10409289.2020.1771971.

2021
Li, H. ⁺, Wu, D. ⁺, Yang, J., Xie, S., Luo, J., Chang, C., & Li, H. (2021). An fNIRS Examination of the Neural Correlates of Cognitive Shifting in Dimensional Change Card Sort Task.Frontiers in Human Neuroscience,14, 607. (+ Co-first author).

2021
Xie, S., Wu, D., & Liang, L. (2021). Family Environment Profile in China and Its Relation to Family Structure and Young Children’s Social Competence. Early Education and Development, 1-22.

2021
Li, H., Wu, D., Yang, J., Luo, J., Xie, S., & Chang, C. (2021). Tablet Use Affects Preschoolers’ Executive Function: fNIRS Evidence from the Dimensional Change Card Sort Task. Brain Sciences.

2020
Wu, D., & Sun, J. (2020). Exploring the Relationship between Parental Involvement, Paper Folding Skills, and Early Spatial Ability: A Mediation Model. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 3357. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.568439.

2020
Wu, D., Yang, J., Xie, S., Luo, J., Chang, C., & Li, H. (2020). An fNIRS examination of the neural correlates of mental rotation in preschoolers. Human Behavior & Brain, 1(2), 37-42. https://doi.org/10.37716/HBAB.2020010201.

2020
Cai, L., Wu, D.*, Chen, X., Zhu, J., & Li, H. (2020). The fusion of Constructivism and Instructivism in Chinese Kindergartens: An Analysis of the Teaching Dialogues in the Engineer Block Building Activities. Early Education and Development, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/10409289.2020.1812936.

2020
Yang, J.⁺, Wu, D.⁺, Luo, J., Xie, S., Chang, C., & Li, H. (2020). Neural Correlates of Mental Rotation in Preschoolers with High or Low Working Memory Capacity: An fNIRS Study. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 3487. (+ Co-first author). doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.568382

2020
Xie, S., Wu, D., Yang, J., Luo, J., Chang, C., & Li, H. (2020). An fNIRS Examination of Executive Function in Bilingual Young Children. International Journal of Bilingualism, 1367. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367.

2020
Li, L., Chen, X., Wu, D.*, & Li, H. (2020). Effects of attending preschool on adolescents' reading literacy: Evidence from the ethnic minority children in China. Children and Youth Services Review, 105211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105211.

2020
Hong, X., Zhu, W., Wu, D., & Li, H. (2020). Parental Satisfaction with Early Childhood Education Services in Rural China: A National Survey. Children and Youth Services Review, 105100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105100.

2020
Li, L., Shi, J., Wu, D.*, & Li, H. (2020). Only Child, Parental Educational Expectation, Self-Expectation and Science Literacy in Zhuang Adolescents in China: A Serial Mediation Model. Children and Youth Services Review, 105084. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105084.

2020
Hong, X., Zhu, W., Wu, D.*, & Li, H. (2020). Are Parents Satisfied with Early Childhood Education Service in Urban China? Empirical Evidence from the Validation Study of the Parent Satisfaction with Educational Experiences Scale. Early Education and Development, 31(2), 200-217. https://doi.org/10.1080/10409289.2019.1651163.

2020
Tsung, L., & Wu, D.*. (2020). A Corpus-Based Comparison of the Pragmatic Use of Qian and Hou to Examine the Applicability of Space-Time Metaphor Hypothesis in Early Child Chinese.Frontiers in Psychology,11, 3765.

2019
Liang, L. Y., Wu, D., & Li, H. (2019). Chinese preschoolers' acquisition of temporal adverbs indicating past, present, and future: a corpus-based study. Journal of child language, 46(4), 760-784. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0187.

2019
Li, H., Wu, D., Liang, L., & Jing, M. (2019). Predicting Chinese and English interrogative development in a multilingual context: a corpus-based study of Singapore preschoolers. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/13670050.2019.1662368.

2017
Wu, D., Lau, C.K.L. & Li, H. (2017). "Physical Space First!": A Corpus-Based Study on the Use of Localizer 'Shang' in Early Child Mandarin. Corpus Pragmatics, 2(2), 149-166. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41701-017-0027-6.


Conference Presentations/Papers (Selected)
2020
Wu, D., Yang, J., Xie, S., Luo, J., Chang, C., & Li, H. (2020). Neural Correlates of Mental Rotation in Preschoolers with Differentiated Working Memory Capacity: An fNIRS Study. 2021 SRCD Biennial Meeting, virtually.

2020
Xie, S., Wu, D., Yang, J., Luo, J., Chang, C., & Li, H. (2020). An fNIRS Examination of the Neural Correlates of Cognitive Shifting in DCCS Task. 2021 SRCD Biennial Meeting, virtually.

2019
Wu, D. & Sun, J. (2019). Could Executive Function Predict Spatial Ability in Early Years? A Preliminary Study. Abstract accepted by the 2019 SRCD Biennial Meeting, Baltimore, United States.

2019
Hai, Y., Wu, D.*, & Liu, T. (2019). Understanding Preschool Teachers' Self-Regulated Learning in China. Abstract accepted by the 2019 AERA Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada.

2019
Liang, L., Wu, D.*, Jing, M.G., & Li, H. (2019). English Questions Versus Chinese Questions: A Corpus-based Study of English-Chinese Bilingual Preschoolers in Singapore. Abstract accepted by the 2019 SRCD Biennial Meeting, Baltimore, United States.

2019
Cai, L.M., Wu, D.*, Zhu, J., Chen, X. & Li, H. (2019). How do Chinese Kindergarten Teachers Interact with Children during Engineering Designed Process (EDP) in the Architecture-based Blocks Building Activity: Teacher-Child Interaction Patterns and the Perceived Obstacles. Abstract accepted by the 2019 ASTEM Conference in The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

2019
Wu, D., Liao, T., Yang, W., Tsai, C.C., & Li, H. (2019). The Role of Science Epistemic Beliefs in Predicting Science Teaching Beliefs among Chinese Pre-service Kindergarten Teachers: A Preliminary Exploration. Accepted by The 3^rd PEL conference in NTNU, Taiwan.