Juan Zheng Receives TICL Outstanding Early Career Researcher Award
An assistant professor in the College of Education’s Teaching, Learning, and Technology program, Juan Zheng recently received the TICL Outstanding Early Career Researcher Award from the American Educational Research Association. With a background in both educational technology and educational psychology, her research focuses on integrating artificial intelligence (AI) and computer simulations into science, technology, engineering and mathematics education (STEM).
Most recently, her work focuses on integrating AI into a simulated learning environment to facilitate students' engineering design. She uses think-aloud, self-report, computer trace data, facial expressions, and physiological sensors to measure students’ cognitive, metacognitive, and emotional processes.
