Area of Expertise:
Language and literacy teaching and learning (reading comprehension, writing development, multilingualism).
Research Intrests:
- Teaching and learning of language and literacy skills from early childhood through adolescence
- Employing both classroom-based and lab-based methods to study how students make sense of texts and express themselves in writing
- What strategies teachers can use to help students cultivate deep reading comprehension skills
- How varied experiences with language can shape literacy practices.
Her work integrates findings and insights from multiple disciplines, including literacy curriculum and instruction, psychology/educational psychology, science education, linguistics/psycholinguistics, neuroscience, implementation science, and the philosophy of science.
Hsin is committed to conducting research that matters for educational practice.
