Yuchang Yuan

yuany4@mail.uc.edu

Education
Ph.D. ​in Educational Studies ​ ​Aug.2017 - Current
University of Cincinnati

M.A.​ in Educational Studies ​ ​Aug.2015 - Apr. 2017

University of Cincinnati
Master’s Project: Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices regarding Developmentally Appropriate
Practice: A Case Study Conducted in China

B.A.​ in Public Utilities Management​ ​Sep.2011-June 2015

Guangdong Medical University, China
Bachelor’s Project: Research on Medical and Non-medical Professional Female
Undergraduates’ Concern Degree of Breast Health and Circumstance of Breast
Self-examination in Guangdong Medical University

Research Experience
Graduate Research Assistant
● STEM in the PlayScape: Building Knowledge for Educational Practice​ ​(Carr V., et al.)

Course Projects
● Reports
○ Children’s science learning: A growth curve analysis
○ Children’s Environmental Attitude and Behavior: The Use of Paper Towels
○ Critique: Child-oriented Environmental Education Influences Adult Knowledge
and Household Behavior
○ Individual Action for Sustainability
● Annotated Bibliography
○ The Importance of Outdoor Play to Children’s Social Development
● Literature Review
○ Environment: the Mediator of Peer Interaction
○ Effects of Different Instructional Approaches on Young Children’s Achievement
and Motivation
● Poster
○ Yuan, Y., (2017).​ Exploration of young children’s attention and nature playscape
- A literature review.​ Presented at the 2017 University of Cincinnati School of
Education Professional Seminar Research Symposium. Cincinnati, OH.
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Professional Experience
Graduate Research Assistant ​ ​ Aug.2017 - Current

Sub-investigator
Mar.2017

Graduate Assistant, Student Worker of Arlitt Center ​ ​ ​Feb.2016 - Apr.2017

Trainee of Medprin Regenerative Medical Technologies Co.,Ltd ​ ​July 2014 – Nov. 2014

Honors and Awards

Graduate Assistant Scholarship Recipient 2018

Graduate Assistant Scholarship Recipient 2017

Graduate Assistant Scholarship Recipient 2016

Graduate Incentive Award 2016

Outstanding Academic Paper Award

2011

Excellent Student Prize during Orientation Training (10 out of 155 students) 2011

Extracurricular Activities
Student Affairs

● Percussion Team Leader in GDMC Orchestra Club Sept. 2012 – Dec. 2013

● President of Sunny English Club Sept. 2012 – Sept. 2013

Voluntary Activities

● Joined Volunteer Association in Huadu District (my community) Oct. 2010 – July 2015

(Visit, offer assistance & console orphans/ elderly people living alone)

● Participated in a college activity to an orphanage to provide daily July. 2013

medical care/consolation

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Developing Paper
Yuan, Y., & Zeng, W. (in progress). Teacher questioning strategies: Promoting children’s
science learning in nature play.

Zeng, W., & Yuan, Y. (in progress). Preschoolers’ engineering play on Playscapes.

Rossmiller, A., & Yuan, Y. (in progress). "Because I Saw a Snake There": Lasting Impacts of a
Nature Excursion on Urban Preschoolers.

Research Interests
Technology and digital media used in young children

Play-based learning and young children play in nature

Learning environments (classroom design)

Teacher-child relationship in preschool classrooms

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