Yang-Hsin (Benson) Fan is a doctoral student in the Educational Psychology program at The University of Texas at Austin. He holds a bachelor's degree in Learning Sciences and a masters degree in Information and Computer Education. His research interests center on learning strategies, motivation, self-regulated learning, and educational technology. With a strong foundation in quantitative methods, especially clustering techniques, he investigates how students psychological characteristics and behaviors influence their learning processes and outcomes.
He is particularly interested in learning strategies, motivation, self-regulated learning, and educational technology. In addition, he is interested in studying various quantitative research methods, especially clustering techniques.
Patricia Chen (Supervisor)Studies the mindsets and behaviors that motivate learning, achievement and well-being; develops psychologically precise, scalable interventions to empower people, improving lives and societies.
Fan, Y.-H. & Lin, T.-J. (2024). Learning About Lunar Phases: Exploring Taiwanese University Students Conceptions of and Approaches to Learning by Holographic Projection.
Journal of Educational Computing Research,
62(8), 2076–2103.
https://doi.org/10.1177/07356331241282897.
Chang, Y.-C., Fan, Y.-H. & Lin, T.-J. (2024). Taiwanese university students approaches to learning by generative artificial intelligence: A comparison between STEM and non-STEM majors.
Contemporary Journal of Science Education,
32(3), 233–256.
https://doi.org/10.6173/CJSE.202409_32(3).0001.
Government Scholarship to Study Abroad, Taiwan Ministry of Education (2024 - 2026)
Graduate School Recruitment Fellowship, The University of Texas at Austin (2024 - 2025)
Best Paper Award, Taiwan E-learning Forum (2024 - 2024)
Graduate Student Merit Scholarship, National Taiwan Normal University (2021 - 2023)
Valedictorian Award, National Taiwan Normal University (2021 - 2021)
Undergraduate Research Grant, National Science and Technology Council (2019 - 2020)
Honors Student, National Taiwan Normal University (2019)
Elite Scholarship, Ping-An Elite Education Foundation (2018 - 2019)
