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RESEARCH PROJECT EXPERIENCE

FT POSITION: Research Director, CLAP@JC-Schools, Research and Development Office, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, S.A.R. ➤ Quantitative Research Accomplishments: Compiled, cleaned, and managed SPSS/Excel databases of 6,000+ student cases in 2021 and 3,000+ student cases in 2022 from 30+ secondary schools engaged in this project; identified a sample of 1,000+ longitudinal student cases (Spring 2023). Performed statistical data analyses on the 2021 (Time 1) and the 2022 (Time 2) student data and the 2021(Time 1) and 2022 (Time 2) school-level CLD education benchmark performances to study the relations between school CLDE benchmark performances (in terms of their performances on CLDE policy, teachers’ training, level of whole-school approach, counseling, etc.) and student outcomes (e.g., changes from 2021 to 2022). Reviewed literature of quantitative studies on impact of career intervention programs. ➤ Qualitative Research Accomplishments: Conducted focus-group interviews with samples of student participants of CLAP@JC/BM schools and of the Alternative Path Finder Scheme (APFS) and the career head teachers on changes and impact due to CLAP@JC and one-on-one interviews with CLAP@JC/BM schools’ principals (Spring 2023). Reviewed literature of qualitative studies on impact of career intervention program. ➤ Publication Accomplishment: Wrote the entire 157-page single-spaced Project Report of mainly the quantitative findings (supplemented with qualitative data provided by the SRA) submitted to the project director and HKJCCT (Apr-Aug 2023) by performing, interpreting, and writing up all the data analyses included in the report (incl. SEM), creating all the figures and tables presented in the report, compiling the qualitative verbatims as supplementary information, and discussing implications (Apr-Aug, 2023). ➤ Management Accomplishment: Directed and supervised a team of 2 Senior Research Assistants (Fall 2022), directed and supervised a team of 1 Assistant Project Manager and 1 Senior Research Assistant (Spring 2023), and recruited-directed-supervised a team of 2 Research Assistants and 3 Undergraduate Research Apprentices (Fall 2023) for carrying Cohort 2’s (2023) data collection preparation works (incl. selecting and translating items, conducting literature review, creating item databases) and actual data collection and data entry procedures (incl. creating Excel spreadsheet template for data entry, supervising URAs for data entry) for the impact study on the effect of the Hong Kong Benchmarks for Career/Life Development Education. **Publication: Ho, K. P., & Yip, S. Y. W. (2023). Hong Kong Benchmarks for Career and Life Development (HKBM) Adoption (Cohort 1 Schools): An Evaluation Report under the Career/Life Adventure Project at the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust (CLAP@JC) concerning the outcomes of a career intervention for Hong Kong’s secondary students.  [157-page report]. [Submitted to the project director and HKJCCT in Aug 2023.]	2022-2023 (Terms 1-2B 2022/23, Term 1 2023/24)
PT POSITION: Research Associate, CLAP@JC-Schools, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, S.A.R. Study I: Alternative Paths Finder Scheme(APFS; a career intervention program tailored for students at risk of dropping out): Impact Research; with team members Dr. Hayes Tang & Mr. Derek Chun ➤ Developed a theoretical model to investigate the impact of the APFS on its participants. Compiled questionnaires to measure student outcomes and mediating variables that may characterize the impact of the 6-month career intervention program. Conducted SEMs to test the relationship between treatment, mediators (teacher/leader support, community engagement), and student outcomes (e.g., outlook in life, vocational interest/efficacy profiles, career decision-making processes). ➤ Written work achievement: Wrote the 111-page, single-spaced Project Report submitted to the CLAP@JC-Schools director and the HKJCCT (Jul-Sep 2022). **Publication: Ho, K. P., & Yip, S. Y. W. (2022). APFS Report 1: Preliminary analysis of the Alternative Pathways Finder Scheme (APFS) data set of 2021/22: An interim report under the Career and Life Adventure Project at the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust (CLAP@JC) concerning the preliminary outcomes of a career intervention for at-risk secondary students. [111-page report.] [Submitted to the CLAP@JC-Schools director and the HKJCCT in September 2022.] Study II: Hong Kong Benchmarks (HKBM) as Measures of Career-and-Life Development (CLD) Education in Secondary Schools and Its Impact on Students: Impact Research; with research-assistant team members Mr. Derek Chun, Ms. Frances Wu, & Ms. Tiffany Tang ➤ Cleaned and managed the baseline database of the HKBM Questionnaire collected from the 50 network schools in 2021 with a student sample of N = 5137. Conducted exploratory factor analyses (EFA) on the Assessment Program for Affective and Social Outcomes” (APASO) Questionnaire and the Career Readiness Inde (CRI) data. Investigated the relationships between the 10 HKBMs and the APASO variables and the Career Readiness variables. Conduct and analyze SEM models to investigate the predictive pathways between these variables. **Working Publication: Ho, K. P. Relationships between motivation, attitude, goal setting, school behavior, and career-and-life development education on career decision-making readiness and skills confidence in Hong Kong Chinese secondary students. Manuscript under preparation (to Journal of Youth and Adolescence).	2020-2022 (Terms 2A & 2B, 2020/21, Terms 1-2B, 2021/22)
Co-Principal Investigator, Teaching Development Grant, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, S. A. R., with co-principal investigators Dr. Ka Wai Leung & Ms. Terri Chan Project Title: “Gamification of Teaching and Learning to Enhance Students’ Learning Experience in a Higher Education Classroom” (with a funding of $292,000) ➤ Research: Effects of Gamification of Teaching and Learning on University Students’ Learning Experience and Flow: Investigated the effect of gamification of teaching and learning activity (i.e., the implementation of gamified elements in in-class group-based teaching and learning activity) through an intervention section and a control section of an undergraduate psychology course (PSY3019 Stress and Coping); Time 1 and Time 2 measures include learning experience, study process, and flow, and mediators tested include curiosity and gamification process. ➤ Explored and analyzed the quantitative data through a series of SEMs. Processed and analyzed the qualitative, focus-group interview data from a sample of 6 students from the intervention group and a sample of 6 students from the control group. Presented the study at the International Conference for Learning and Teaching 2021. **Conference Presentation: Ho, K. P., Leung, Ka Wai, Chan, K. C., & Tang, T. (2021, December 8-10). Gamification of teaching and learning to enhance students’ learning experience in a higher education classroom [Project presentation]. 7th International Conference on Learning and Teaching 2021. Hong Kong, S.A.R. Project Website: https://sites.google.com/s.eduhk.hk/gamificationinhighereducation1/	Summer 2020-Fall 2022 (Term 2B, 2019/20, Terms 1-2B, 2020/21, Terms 1, 2021/22)
FT POSITION: Postdoctoral Fellow, City-Youth Empowerment Project (CYEP), Department of Applied Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, S.A.R., with Dr. Elaine S. C. Liu ➤ Developed and tested SEM models (after data cleaning and other preliminary analyses, e.g., CFA, EFA) on two data sets of the project to study (a) the mediating effect of service-learning pedagogy in higher education on academic learning approach, and (b) impact of service-learning on university students’ social support giving behavior and career choice readiness; write complete manuscripts for publication (in preparation). Wrote a 20-page single-spaced teaching and learning enhancement proposal entitled “Individual and Group Student Advising and Career Counseling Interventions as a Proactive Outreaching Teaching and Learning Enhancement Act toward the Promotion of Personal, Career, and Professional Development in Social Science Students” (as the second Co-Leader) submitted to CityU’s vetting committee. The proposal became one of the projects representing CityU to compete with other Universities’ projects for UGC funds.	2016/17 (Semesters A, B, & Summer)
PT POSITION: Research Assistant, Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, S.A.R., with Prof. S. Alvin Leung	2013
➤ Project I: PGI-HK Version: Compiled student report template for the Personal Globe Inventory-Hong Kong Chinese version in collaboration with the Hong Kong Association of Careers Masters and Guidance Masters; provided data norming and analyses instructions and documentation.	Fall 2013 (Term 1, 2013/14)
➤ Project II: Career Interests and Filial Piety: Compiled database, scaling, and norming and conducted data analyses for a study that examined career interests, career-related parental expectations, filial piety, and career choice commitment in Mainland and Hong Kong Chinese university students (data collected in 2012 and presented in a conference in Spring 2013).	Spring & Summer 2013 (Terms 2 & Summer, 2012/13)
FT POSITION: Research Assistant, Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, S.A.R., with Prof. S. Alvin Leung ➤ Project I: PGI-HK Version and PGI-PRC Version: Revised the Personal Globe Inventory PRC and HK versions based on itemized analysis on translation; compiled the Career Development Questionnaire, with measured filial piety, career-related parental expectations, parental attachment, and career choice commitment; wrote drafts of manuscripts (introduction, methods, and results) for the SII/SCI study on Hong Kong Chinese university students. **Publication: Peer-Reviewed: Leung, S. A., Zhou, S., Ho, E. Y.-F., Li, X., Ho, K. P., & Tracey, T. J. G. (2014). The use of interest and competence scores to predict educational choices of Chinese high school students. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 84, 385-394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2014.02.010 (Impact factor in 2022: 6.065)	Fall 2010-Fall 2011  (Terms 1, 2, & Summer, 2010/11, Term 1, 2011/12)
FREELANCER: Research Assistant, Department of Educational Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, S.A.R., with Prof. S. Alvin Leung ➤ Research: Interest and Competence in Vocational Options in University Students: Compiled database and conducted data analyses for a study that compared the predictive values of Strong Interest Inventory and Skills Confidence Inventory measures on Hong Kong Chinese university students’ educational choice.	Spring 2010 (Term 2, 2009/10)
FREELANCER: Research Assistant, Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, with Ms. Patricia Palmer & Prof. David Perkins ➤ Research: Thinking Disposition in Kids: Assisted in weekly data analyses, presentation, and interpretation for the Thinking Disposition projects on 4th graders to 8th graders.	2000/01 (Fall 2000-Spring 2001)
SERVICE: Research Consultant, New England Research Project, Ockenga Institute, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, Massachusetts, USA, with Dr. Garth Rosell & Dr. Raymond Pendleton ➤ Research: New Englanders’ Value System: Designed and conducted a study that examined the value systems of New Englanders using the Rokeach Value Survey and its implications on the origin of regional culture. **Publication: Master’s Thesis: Ho, K. P. (2000). Why Is There A New-England Culture? A Look at the Value Systems and Cultural Origins of New Englanders from the Histo-Analytical, Socio-Anthropological, and Socio-Cognitive Psychological Perspectives. Master’s Thesis. South Hamilton, MA: Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.	Fall 1998-Spring 2000
PT POSITION: Research Consultant, Church Attitude Survey, Vision New England, Acton, Massachusetts, USA, with Dr. Rev. Stephen Macchia & Rev. Dennis Baril ➤ Research: Church Attitude Survey: Conducted data analyses for a study that examined the ten characteristics of a healthy church via the Church Attitude Survey.	January-December 1998
PT POSITION: Research Scholar, New England Research Project, Ockenda Institute, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, Massachusetts, USA, with Rev. Don Gill ➤ Research: New England Cultures and Census Data: Conducted literature research and quantitative data presentation on GSS data to examine the cultural distinctiveness of New England.	January-December 1997
PT TO FT POSITION: Research Associate *promoted in 1996 to FT Data Analyst, World-Wide Resource Center, McBer & Company/The Hay Group, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, with Dr. Christine Rivers & Prof. David C. McClelland ➤ Research: Organizational Climate Survey, Managerial Style Inventory, Job Competency Models, Executive Leadership Profiles, Rewards and Productivity: Conducted data analyses for the company’s World-Wide Resource Center’s research studies that examined the content validity of the Organizational Climate Survey II and the Managerial Style Inventory; predictive validity of rewards on productivity between Eastern and Western managers and across managers from six industries; development of the client-based Job-Competency Models and Executive Leadership Profiles.	January 1995-August 1996
SERVICE: Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA, with Dr. James A. Lea ➤ Research: Social Psychology, Perceived Fairness, and Affirmative Action: Conducted data collection and partial data analysis for a study that examined the relation between supporting affirmative action programs and the perceived fairness of the program, self-interest, and racial attitude.	1993/94 (Fall 1993-Spring 1994)
SERVICE: Research Assistant, Decision Making Laboratory, Institute of Personality & Social Research/Department of Psychology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA, with Prof. Barbara Mellers & Mr. Alan Schwartz ➤ Research: Subjective Feelings and Decision Making of Risky Options (Gambles): Conducted data collection and partial data analysis for a study that examined emotional reactions to risky options. Publications: Poster Presentations: **Schwartz, A., Mellers, B., & Ho, K. (1994, June). Risky outcomes and emotional reactions. Stanford-Berkeley Symposium on Cognitive Psychology, Stanford, CA. **Schwartz, A., Mellers, B., Weber, E., & Ho, K. (1994, November). Risk attitudes from a behavioral perspective. Poster session presented at the meeting of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making, St. Louis, MO. **Schwartz, A., Mellers, B., & Ho, K. (1993, November). How do we feel about the outcomes of risky options? Poster session presented at the meeting of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making, Washington, D.C.**Publications: Peer-Reviewed: Mellers, B., Schwartz, A., Ho, K., & Ritov, I. (1997). Elation and disappointment: Emotional reactions to risky options. Psychological Science, 8(6), 423-429. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40063228#metadata_info_tab_contents (Impact factor in 2022: 7.029)	1993/94 (Fall 1993-Spring 1994)
PT TO FT POSITION: Undergraduate Research Apprentice (from 20 hrs/week *promoted to 40 hrs/week), Decision Making Laboratory, Institute of Personalty & Social Research/Department of Psychology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA, with Prof. Barbara Mellers & Mr. Alan Cooke ➤ Research: Context Effects of Attribute Range and Frequency on Choices of Apartments and Other Product Options: Conducted data collection for a study that examined judgment and choice under range and frequency context effects.	Fall 1992-Summer 1993
STUDY: Honors Thesis, Department of Psychology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA, with Prof. Barbara Mellers ➤ Research: Asymmetric Context Effects in Marketing and Consumer Psychology: Designed and conducted a study that examined the interaction between memory and asymmetric context effects in consumer choice, using experimental design. **Publication: Honors Thesis: Ho, K. P. (1993). The Interaction of Memory and Context Effects in Consumer Choice. Honors Thesis. Berkeley, CA: The University of California at Berkeley.	Spring 1992-Spring 1993
PT POSITION: Undergraduate Research Apprentice, Decision Making Laboratory, Institute of Personalty & Social Research/Department of Psychology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA, with Prof. Barbara Mellers & Ms. Lisa Ordonez ➤ Research: Preferences and Tradeoffs in Risky Decision Making: Conducted data collection for studies that examined judgment on fairness and tradeoff in society, and preferences, prices, and ratings in risky decision making.	Spring & Summer 1992
SERVICE: Undergraduate Research Assistant, Behavioral Laboratory, Department of Psychology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA, with Dr. Seth Roberts ➤ Research: Associative Learning of Light and Sound Signals in Rats: Conducted data collection and partial data analysis for a study that examined light and sound signal effects on associative learning in rats using Skinner Boxes. Responsible for transferring lab rats between cages and Skinner Boxes before and after experimental periods and switching on computerized Skinner Box experiments.	1991/92 (Fall 1991-Spring 1992)