Ji-Hyun Hwang
Yonsei University · 社会科学
研究室紹介
Professor Ji-Hyun Hwang's research lab focuses on the intersection of education, cognitive psychology, and environmental design, with a strong emphasis on how learning environments—both digital and physical—affect students’ mathematical reasoning, spatial thinking, and psychological well-being. The lab investigates the role of perceived control, attributional beliefs, and learning environments in shaping academic motivation and achievement, particularly through international large-scale assessments like PISA and TIMSS. Additionally, the lab explores biophilic design principles in historical architecture, linking human psychological responses to natural elements in built environments. These interdisciplinary studies integrate quantitative methods such as structural equation modeling, multilevel modeling, and spatial analysis to uncover cultural and contextual influences on learning and cognition.
Research Overview
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Selected Papers
15We investigated how the opportunity to learn (OTL) with different types of mathematics tasks are related to mathematical literacy and the role of perceived control in the relationship between OTL and mathematical literacy. The structural equation modeling was applied to the data of 1,649 Korean students from the PISA 2012 database. OTL with the four different types of tasks – algebraic word problems, procedural tasks, pure mathematics reasoning, and applied mathematics reasoning – were measured
This study investigated differences between the US and Finland in terms of how students’ attitude is related to mathematical reasoning skills through the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2011. Attitude towards mathematics was observed via 3 TIMSS contextual variables: liking mathematics, valuing mathematics, and confidence in mathematics. Scores for mathematical reasoning were collected from the TIMSS 2011 database. We used hierarchical linear modelling to construct
The purpose of this research is to gather empirical evidence for attribution theory (Weiner in J Educ Psychol 71(1):3–25. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0663.71.1.3 , 1979) to explain students’ feelings of helplessness when learning mathematics. The relationships between mathematics literacy in PISA 2012 and learned helplessness were also observed. Korean and Finnish students’ responses were analyzed with ordinal and linear regression analyses. Similar patterns were found between the two countries
This study examines the characteristics of the online child-rearing community launched by the voluntary motivations of consumers, and the effects of those characteristics on community loyalty and the intentions to buy baby wear via community sites. The study was implemented by a descriptive survey method using an online questionnaire. The sample consisted of 212 members of online child-rearing communities. The data were analyzed by frequency, factor analysis, and regression analysis. Results are
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of object building activities in Second Life on playerspsila spatial reasoning and to explore the relationships between learnerspsila information perceiving styles and spatial reasoning. The participants of this study included 70 undergraduate students who were taking the class dasiaNew Media in Educationpsila. For this study, Kolbpsilas learning style inventory was administered to the participants in advance of activities in Second Life. Also
자연을 향한 인간의 본능을 심리학 용어로 ‘바이오필리아’라고 한다. 바이오필리아 관점에서 공간에서 사람들에게 편안함을 제공하는 자연 요소에 관한 실험적 연구가 많다. 이러한 연구들은 정신적 스트레스를 겪고 있는 사람들이 자연환경에서 보다 빨리 회복되고, 자연과 연계되어 있다는 느낌을 통한 긍정적인 심리적 경험이 중요하다는 것을 보여준다. 이와 관련하여 몇몇 선행연구들은 자연과 함께 했던 인류 조상들의 경험이 사람들의 이러한 반응을 설명한다고 한다. 그러나 현대 사회의 과학과 산업의 발전은 현대 건축물을 자연으로 분리시켜놓았다. 따라서 본 연구는 현대사회에서도 사람들이 역사적 건물을 찾는 이유가 바이오필리아에 기반을 둔 바이오필릭 디자인에 있다는 가설을 증명하고자 한다. 이에 바이오필릭 디자인 요소 중 전망과 은신처 요소에 초점을 맞추어 경복궁에 나타난 전망과 은신처의 공간 특성을 분석하였다. 우선, 경복궁의 권역별로 전망과 은신처의 공간 특성을 정성적으로 기술하였다. 또한, 이를 정
Reward-based crowdfunding is a funding platform that allows funds to be raised to early operators who have lack of funds, and is seen as an outstanding infrastructure that is going to lead the fourth industrial revolution in that it is a field of realization of new technologies and creative ideas by start-ups. Reward-based crowdfunding has grown in line with the trend of the fourth industrial revolution, and funding success cases are taking place in various industries that culture/art to technol
Summative assessment data are rarely adapted into instructional decision making. In this project, teachers and researchers work together to identify how teachers use diagnostic data (students’ development of common core standards). We analysed students’ responses to trimester tests that teachers and researchers modified together using cognitive diagnosis modelling approach. Teachers’ use of diagnostic data was explored through interviews and observations. It was found that teachers tended to use