Northern Illinois University
Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment
College of Education

Pi-Sui Hsu, Ph.D.
Professor

Research Interests

Technology integration in science teaching and learning

Education

• Ph.D., Instructional Systems, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
• M.A., Instructional Technology and Media, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY

Recent Papers

Hsu, P.-S., Lee, E. M., Smith, T. J., and Kraft, C. (2023). Exploring youths' attitudes toward science in a Makerspace-infused after-school program. Interactive Learning Environments, 31(1), 355-369.

Hsu, P.-S., Lee, E. M., and Smith, T. J. (2023). Designing an online undergraduate engineering course in response to the COVID-19 epidemic using a Community of Inquiry framework. Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 41(3), 1-29.

Hsu, P.-S., Freedman, R., *Brockmann, D., Hueneke, Z., La Barbera, D., Kluga, B., *Zhang, R., *Sullivan, I., and Van Dyke, M. (2022). Development of a gamified tool for middle school students. International Journal of Designs for Learning, 13(1), 114-125.

Hsu, P.-S., Lee, E. M., and Smith, T. J. (2022). Exploring the influence of equity pedagogy on non-dominant youths' attitudes toward science through Making. RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 45(8), 1-16.

Hsu, P.-S. (2021). Using technology to support collaborative argumentation in science classrooms. Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 40(2), 103-110.

Hsu, P.-S., and Van Dyke, M. (2021). A case study of exploring learning experiences in a science summer camp for middle level students from Taiwan and the United States. RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 44(5), 1-17.

Hsu, P.-S., Al-Ararah, R., and Mukhopadhyay, S. (2020). Exploring collaborative scientific argumentation in science classrooms. Middle Grades Review, 6(1), Article 6.

Hsu, P.-S., Lee, E. M., Ginting, S., Smith, T. J., and Kraft, C. (2019). A case study exploring non-dominant youth's attitudes toward science through Making and scientific argumentation. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 17(Suppl 1), 185-207.

Hsu, P.-S., Van Dyke, M., Smith, T. J., and Looi, C.-K. (2018). Argue like a scientist with technology: the effect of within-gender versus cross-gender team argumentation on science knowledge and argumentation skills among middle-level students. Educational Technology Research and Development, 66(3), 733-766.

Hsu, P.-S., Ginting, S., and Van Dyke, M. (2018). Development of an online graph-oriented collaborative argumentation tool for middle school students: A faculty expert's perspective. International Journal of Designs for Learning, 9(1), 171-178.