Areas of Research:
- Motivation
- Learning Persistence
- Emotion
- Cultural Comparison
Dr. Wang conducts research in different areas of educational psychology including motivation, self-determination theory, academic persistance, and achievement emotion.
Her research agenda coalesces around self-determination theory, achievement emotions, and psychoeducation interventions. She has amalgamated technology into the exploration of new learning theory by building the Micro-facial Expression Tracking (MET) Lab.
Research Streams:
- Primary Expertise:
- Motivation: self-determination theory, internalization, and basic needs
- Emotion: achievement and cognitive emotions
- Motivation Intervention
- Secondary Expertise：
- Learning persistence
- International large-scale assessment
- Structural equation modeling
- Experimental design.
Dr. Yurou Wang is passionately dedicated to empowering disadvantaged and low-motivation students, aiming to bridge gaps in educational outcomes through her innovative research and practical interventions.
She is currently conducting community engagement research on teacher training and psychoeducation interventions.
