Research Interest

How technology, culture, social environment, and individual psychological traits might influence curriculum and instruction

Education

2019 The University of Hong Kong, Ph.D. in Mathematics Education

2015 Beijing Normal University, M.Ed. in Science and Technology Education

Work Experience

2023.9 – Present Associate Professor, Renmin University of China

2019.12 – 2023.08 Assistant Professor, Renmin University of China

Main Publications

Guo, J., Marsh, H. W., Parker, P. D., & Hu, X.* (2024). Cross-Cultural Patterns of Gender Differences in STEM: Gender Stratification, Gender Equality and Gender-Equality Paradoxes. Educational Psychology Review, 36(2), 37. (IF = 10.1; Q1)

Guo, J., Hu, X.*, Elliot, A., Marsh, H., Murayama, K., Basarkod, G., Parker, P., & Dicke, T. (2023). Mastery-Approach goals: A large-scale cross-cultural analysis of antecedents and consequences. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 125(2), 397-420. (IF = 8.5; Q1)

Hu, X., Zuo, H., Lai, C., Zhu, G., Guo, J., & Tan, H. (2023). Is social media use for math learning beneficial for ethnic minority students' math identity? A socialization perspective. British Journal of Educational Technology. Online first. (IF = 6.6; Q1)

Guo, J., Hu, X.*, Marsh, H., & Pekrun, R. (2021). Relations of epistemic beliefs with motivation, achievement, and aspirations in science: Generalizability across 72 countries. Journal of Educational Psychology, 114(4), 734-751. (IF = 6.9; Q1)

Hu, X., Gong, Y., Lai, C., & Leung, F. K. (2018). The relationship between ICT and student literacy in mathematics, reading, and science across 44 countries: A multilevel analysis. Computers & Education, 125, 1-13. (IF = 11.2; Q1)

Hew, K.F., Hu X., Qiao, C., & Tang, Y. (2020). What predicts student satisfaction with MOOCs: A gradient boosting trees supervised machine learning and sentiment analysis approach. Computers & Education, 145, 103724. (IF = 11.2; Q1)

Hu, X.*, Leung, F. K., & Teng, Y. (2018). The influence of culture on students’ mathematics achievement across 51 countries. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 16(1), 7-24. (IF = 2.1; Q3)

Guo, M., Leung F.K.S., & Hu, X. * (2020). Affective determinants of mathematical problem posing: the case of Chinese Miao students. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 5(3), 367-387. (IF = 2.9; Q2)

Guo, M., Cao, Y., Hu, X.* (2023). Chinese students’ filial piety beliefs and procrastination in mathematics learning: The mediating role of academic emotions. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1050259. (IF = 4.2; Q1)

Hu, X., Leung, F. K., & Chen, G. (2018). School, family, and student factors behind student attitudes toward science: The case of Hong Kong fourth-graders. International Journal of Educational Research. 92, 135-144. (IF = 2.8; Q2)

Guo, M., & Hu, X.* (2021). Relationship of classroom goal structures to Chinese Miao and Han students’ goal orientations and mathematics achievement. The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 31, 345–355. (IF = 2.6; Q2)

Gong, Y., Hu, X.*, & Lai, C. (2018). Chinese as a second language teachers’ cognition in teaching intercultural communicative competence. System, 78, 224-233. (IF = 4.5; Q1)

Guo, M., Hu, X., & Leung, F. K. (2021). Culture, goal orientations, and mathematics achievement among Chinese students. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 20, 1225–1245. (IF = 2.1; Q3)

Guo, J., Basarkod, G., Perales, F., Parker, P. D., Marsh, H. W., Donald, J., Dicke, T., Sahdra, B.K., Ciarrochi, J., Hu, X., Lonsdale, C., Sanders, T., & del Pozo Cruz, B. (2022). The equality paradox: Gender equality intensifies male advantages in adolescent subjective well-being. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 01461672221125619. (IF = 4.6; Q2)

Projects

The Learning Adaptation of Students from Belt and Road Countries in China: The perspective of cross-cultural differences (Humanities and Social Sciences Project of the Ministry of Education; 2023)

Courses

Curriculum Studies in Higher Education (Postgraduate)

Introduction to Education (Postgraduate)

Social Psychology (Postgraduate)

Advances in Educational Psychology (Undergraduate)

Professional Community Services

Associate Editor, Frontiers in Education (STEM Education Section)

Editorial Board Member, Learning and Individual Differences (SSCI; Q1)

Reviewer for: Computers & Education; Learning & Individual Differences; Teaching and Teacher Education; International Journal of STEM Education; Journal of Computer Assisted Learning; Educational Studies in Mathematics; Science Education; Social Psychology of Education; European Journal of Education; Frontiers in Psychology; Research in Science Education; Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education; International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education; Asia Pacific Education Review; Asia-Pacific Education Researcher; Higher Education Pedagogies; etc.

Contact Information

E-mail: xianghu@ruc.edu.cn

Office: Room 315, Guoxueguan Building