Biography & Scholarship

My program of research focuses on the role of metacognition in early childhood science learning while simultaneously attending to teachers’ professional development. My laboratory-based research aims to investigate young children's emergent metacognition using a behavior coding method. My applied research translates studies on children's metacognition and self-regulated learning into instructional interventions to boost early science education.

Links

On my lab's website, you can find our projects, publications, latest update, and lab members.
Click to see Shiyi's CV (updated Apr 2026)

Honors

Presidential Mid-Career Award
University of Idaho (United States, Moscow) - UI, 2026
Trailblazer Alumni Award
Florida State University (United States, Tallahassee) - FSU, 2025
Emerging Scholar Award
Eastern Educational Association, 2024
Alumni Award for Excellence
University of Idaho (United States, Moscow) - UI, 2023
Purdue University Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence Fellowship
Purdue University System (United States, West Lafayette), 2019
Research and Creativity Award
Florida State University
Robert Gongre Research Award
Florida State University
Undergraduate Teaching Award
Florida State University

Organizational Affiliations

Affiliate Faculty, College of Education, Health and Human Sciences, University of Idaho

Associate Professor, Margaret Ritchie School of Family and Consumer Sciences, College of Agricultural & Life Sciences, University of Idaho

Education

Florida State University
2019, PhD
Missouri State University
2012, MS
Shanghai Normal University
2010, BS