Researchers
The KIT project has a multi-disciplinary base. Researchers who participate in this study come from a wide range of disciplines, including developmental psychology, family studies, early childhood education, clinical medicine, early intervention, survey research, test construction, measurement, etc. The research team members of Phase I , Phase II, and Phase III are as follows:
Phase III
Principal Investigator
Name | Affiliation | Job Title | Research Expertise |
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Chien-Ju Chang | Department of Human Development and Family Studies, NTNU | Professor | Language acquisition, literacy development in young children, child development |
Co-Principal Investigator
Name | Affiliation | Job Title | Research Expertise |
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Ching-Ling Cheng | Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, NTNU | Professor | Developmental psychology, social development, emotional development, social cognition, adolescent psychology |
Chia-Ling Chen | Department of Pediatric Rehabilitation, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Graduate Institute of Early Intervention, Chang Gung |
Physician and Director Professor and Chair |
Pediatric rehabilitation, early intervention, innovative therapies, evidence-based medicine, translational medicine, motor control |
Po-Hsi Chen | Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, NTNU | Professor | Testing and assessment, statistics in psychology & education, computerized adaptive tests |
Shu-Hui Hsieh | Center for Survey Research, RCHSS, Academia Sinica | Associate Research Fellow | Missing data analysis, survey design and data analysis, statistical computation |
Po-Wen Chi | Department Of Computer Science And Information Engineering, NTNU | Associate Professor | System security, computer networking, system integration |
Shu-Ching Chou | Graduate School of Curriculum and Instructional Communications Technology, NTUE | Professor | Curriculum theories, curriculum design, professional development of teachers, curriculum policy research, aesthetic inquiry for curriculum |
Collaborative Investigator
Name | Affiliation | Job Title | Research Expertise |
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Jun-Ren Li | Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, NTNU | Associate Professor | Cognitive neurology, reading disorders, reading development |
Shin-min Wang | Department of Human Development and Family Studies, NTNU | Associate Professor and Chair | Cognitive development (working memory, executive function), literacy development |
Huei-Mei Liu | Department of Special Education, NTNU | Professor and Chair | Communicative disorders, language development, hearing impairment |
Miao-Ju Tu | Department of Child and Family Studies, Fu Jen Catholic University | Associate Professor | Curriculum design for early childhood education and care, teaching materials and methods in preschool, children’s social and emotional development, child care service |
Chih-Wen Wu | Department of Human Development and Family Studies, NTNU | Assistant Professor | Chinese indigenous psychology, family psychology, personality psychology |
Ren-Huei Fu | Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Children‘s Hospital, Linkou Newborn Center, Chang Gung Children‘s Hospital, Linkou | Physician, Chief of the Newborn Center, Assistant Professor | General pediatrics, neonatal intensive care, general diseases of preterm infants, oxygen free radical injury, neonatal pulmonary diseases, preventive health care for neonatal and children, intensive care for preterm infants |
Ta-Chien Chan | Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica | Research Fellow | Health Informatics, epidemiology, Spatio-temporal analysis |
Nei-Yuh Huang | Department of Human Development and Family Studies, NTNU | Professor (Part-time) | Home economics education, family education, parent education, children’s literature |
Li-Tuan Chou | Department of Human Development and Family Studies, NTNU | Associate Professor (Part-time) | Family research, family life education, family theories |
Hsi-Ping Nieh | Department of Human Development and Family Studies, NTNU | Assistant Professor | Adolescent development, family studies, health behaviors, Interpersonal communication, health communication, health promotion |
International Consultanct
Name | Affiliation | Job Title | Research Expertise |
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Aubrey Wang | Department of Educational Leadership, Saint Joseph's University | Faculty Program Director, Organizational Development & Leadership Professor, Educational Leadership Chair, Institutional Review Board | Teaching and learning, child development, quantitative & qualitative research, longitudinal data analysis, mathematical sciences, school readiness |
Phase II
Principal Investigator
Name | Affiliation | Job Title | Research Expertise |
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Chien-Ju Chang | Department of Human Development and Family Studies, NTNU | Professor | Language acquisition, literacy development in young children, child development |
Co-Principal Investigator
Name | Affiliation | Job Title | Research Expertise |
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Ching-Ling Cheng | Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, NTNU | Professor | Developmental psychology, social development, emotional development, social cognition, adolescent psychology |
Chia-Ling Chen | Department of Pediatric Rehabilitation, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Graduate Institute of Early Intervention, Chang Gung University |
Physician and Director Professor and Chair |
Pediatric rehabilitation, early intervention, innovative therapies, evidence-based medicine, translational medicine, motor control |
Li-Tuan Chou | Department of Human Development and Family Studies, NTNU | Associate Professor and Chair | Family research, family life education, family theories |
Po-Wen Chi | Department Of Computer Science And Information Engineering, NTNU | Assistant Professor | System security, computer networking, system integration |
Po-Hsi Chen | Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, NTNU | Professor | Testing and assessment, statistics in psychology & education, computerized adaptive tests |
Shu-Hui Hsieh | Center for Survey Research, RCHSS, Academia Sinica | Assistant Research Fellow | Missing data analysis, survey design and data analysis, statistical computation |
Collaborative Investigator
Name | Affiliation | Job Title | Research Expertise |
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Jun-Ren Li | Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, NTNU | Associate Professor | Cognitive neurology, reading disorders, reading development |
Shin-min Wang | Department of Human Development and Family Studies, NTNU | Associate Professor | Cognitive development (working memory, executive function), literacy development |
Huei-Mei Liu | Department of Special Education, NTNU | Professor | Communicative disorders, language development, hearing impairment |
Miao-Ju Tu | Department of Child and Family Studies, Fu Jen Catholic University | Associate Professor | Curriculum design for early childhood education and care, teaching materials and methods in preschool, children’s social and emotional development, child care service |
Nei-Yuh Huang | Department of Human Development and Family Studies, NTNU | Professor | Home economics education, family education, parent education, children’s literature |
Fong-Ruey Liaw | Department of Human Development and Family Studies, NTNU(Part-time) | Associate Professor | Early childhood education (or ECE) assessment, ECE education administration & policy, ECE research methods, ECE curriculum |
Su-Chen Chang | College of Teacher Education, NTNU | Associate Professor | Teacher education, special education, teacher’s professional development, curriculum and teaching |
Ren-Huei Fu | Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Children‘s Hospital, Linkou Newborn Center, Chang Gung Children‘s Hospital, Linkou | Physician, Chief of the Newborn Center, Assistant Professor | General pediatrics, neonatal intensive care, general diseases of preterm infants, oxygen free radical injury, neonatal pulmonary diseases, preventive health care for neonatal and children, intensive care for preterm infants |
Ching-Ching Cheng | Department of Early Childhood Education, National Chiayi University | Associate Professor & Chair | Curriculum in early childhood education, early childhood education assessment, curriculum design |
Wen-Hui Lu | Center for Teacher Education, Providence University Graduate Institute of Education, Providence University | Professor | Educational psychology, developmental psychology, educational statistics, math learning, educational testing and assessment |
Yu-Ching Yeh | Department of Early Childhood Education, National Chiayi University | Professor | Multicultural education in early childhood and families, families with foreign spouses, social development and counseling in early childhood |
Chih-Ting Hsu | Department of Education, National University of Tainan | Associate Professor & President of National University of Tainan Affiliated Elementary School | Moral education, foundation theory of education, discourse analysis of educational policy |
Shih-Jay Tzeng | Department of Special Education, National Taitung University | Professor & Dean | Abnormal psychology, emotional disorders, reading disorders |
Tsung-Ning Huang | Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, MacKay Children's Hospital | Physician | General pediatrics, clinical advice on vaccination, infectious diseases, respiratory diseases, allergies, asthma |
Shou-Chi Huang | Department of Child and Family Studies, Fu Jen Catholic University | Assistant Professor | Early childhood and family studies |
Collaborative Investigator (On-site)
Name | Affiliation | Job Title | Site |
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Chiao-Ling Chen | Department of Early Childhood Educare, Ching Kuo Institute of Management and Health | Associate Professor |
Keelung Yilan |
Yi-Yun Wang | College of General Studies, Yuan Ze University | Assistant Professor |
Taoyuan Hsinchu Miaoli |
Yu-Ju Chou | Department of Early Childhood Education, National Tsing Hua University | Associate Professor | |
Ming-Fang Hsieh | Department of Early Childhood Education, National Tsing Hua University | Associate Professor | |
Szu‐Yin Chu | Department of Special Education, National Tsing Hua University | Associate Professor | |
Ming-Jiun Sung | Department of Early Childhood Development and Education, Chaoyang University of Technology | Assistant Professor |
Taichung Changhua Nantou |
Chin-Kuo Wang | Department of Education, National Taichung University of Education | Professor | |
Yi-Kai Lin | Center of Teacher Education, Chaoyang University of Technology | Assistant Professor | |
Hsiang-Ju Ho | Department of Early Childhood Education, National Chiayi University | Assistant Professor |
Chiayi Tainan |
Jon-Fan Hu | Department of Psychology, National Cheng Kung University | Assistant Professor | |
Chiu-Hua Huang | Department of Early Childhood Education, Tainan University of Technology | Assistant Professor | |
Shu-Hui Lee | Department of Child Care and Family Studies, Shu-Te University | Assistant Professor & Chair |
Kaohsiung Pingtung |
Shu-Ching Wang | Department of Child Care, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology | Associate Professor | |
Huei-Chuan Su | Department of Early Childhood Education, National Taitung University | Lecturer |
Taitung Hualian |
Phase I
Principal Investigator
Name | Affiliation | Job Title | Research Expertise |
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Chien-Ju Chang | Department of Human Development and Family Studies, NTNU | Professor | Language acquisition, literacy development in young children, child development |
Co-Principal Investigator
Name | Affiliation | Job Title | Research Expertise |
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Ching-Ling Cheng | Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, NTNU | Associate Professor | Developmental psychology, social development, emotional development, social cognition, adolescent psychology |
Chia-Ling Chen | Department of Pediatric Rehabilitation, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Graduate Institute of Early Intervention, Chang Gung |
Physician and Director Professor and Chair |
Pediatric rehabilitation, early intervention, innovative therapies, evidence-based medicine, translational medicine, motor control |
Li-Tuan Chou | Department of Human Development and Family Studies, NTNU | Associate Professor and Chair | Family research, family life education, family theories |
Fong-Ruey Liaw | Department of Human Development and Family Studies, NTNU | Associate Professor | Early childhood education (or ECE) assessment, ECE education administration & policy, ECE research methods, ECE curriculum |
Ching-Ching Cheng | Center for Teacher Education, Providence University | Associate Professor | Curriculum in early childhood education, early childhood education assessment, curriculum design |
Yu-Ching Yeh | Department of Early Childhood Education, National Chiayi University | Associate Professor & Chair | Multicultural education in early childhood and families, families with foreign spouses, social development and counseling in early childhood |
Szu‐Yin Chu | Department of Early Childhood Education, National Taitung University | Assistant Professor | Early childhood special education in curriculum and instruction, parent-professional partnership and family support, transition and school readiness, culturally responsive teaching and teacher efficacy |
Li-Yun Wang | Department of Education, NTNU Center for Educational Research and Evaluation, NTNU | Professor and Director | Analysis of education policy and administration, educational sociology, higher |
Po-Hsi Chen | Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, NTNU | Associate Professor | Testing and assessment, statistics in psychology & education, computerized adaptive tests |
Shu-Hui Hsieh | Center for Survey Research, RCHSS, Academia Sinica | Assistant Research Fellow | Missing data analysis, survey design and data analysis, statistical computation |
Collaborative Investigator
Name | Affiliation | Job Title | Research Expertise |
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Jun-Ren Li | Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, NTNU Research Center for Testing and Assessment, National Academy for Educational Research |
Associate Professor Associate Research Fellow & Interim Director |
Cognitive neurology, reading disorders, reading development |
Huei-Mei Liu | Department of Special Education, NTNU | Associate Professor | Communicative disorders, language development, hearing impairment |
Miao-Ju Tu | Department of Child and Family Studies, Fu Jen Catholic University The Kindergarten of Fu Jen Catholic University |
Associate Professor Director |
Curriculum design for early childhood education and care, teaching materials and methods in preschool, children’s social and emotional development, child care service |
Nei-Yuh Huang | Department of Human Development and Family Studies, NTNU Family Research and Development Center, NTNU |
Professor Director |
Home economics education, family education, parent education, children’s literature |
Pei-Hsuan Lin | Graduate School of Curriculum and Instructional Communications Technology, National Taipei University of Education | Professor | Curriculum evaluation, research methodology in teaching, teaching theories |
Shu-Fei Tsai | Department of Infant and Child Care, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences | Assistant Professor | Positive behavior support, social skill training, language intervention in early childhood, functional analysis |
Ren-Huei Fu | Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Children‘s Hospital, Linkou Newborn Center, Chang Gung Children‘s Hospital, Linkou | Physician, Chief of the Newborn Center, Assitant Professor | General pediatrics, neonatal intensive care, general diseases of preterm infants, oxygen free radical injury, neonatal pulmonary diseases, preventive health care for neonatal and children, intensive care for preterm infants |
Tsung-Ning Huang | Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, MacKay Children's Hospital | Physician | General pediatrics, clinical advice on vaccination, infectious diseases, respiratory diseases, allergies, asthma |
Collaborative Investigator
Name | Affiliation | Job Title | Site |
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Chiao-Ling Chen | Department of Early Childhood Educare, Ching Kuo Institute of Management and Health | Associate Professor |
Keelung Yilan |
Yi-Yun Wang | College of General Studies, Yuan Ze University | Assistant Professor | Taoyuan |
Hsin-I Pao | Teacher Education Center, Minghsin University of Science and Technology | Associate Professor and Director |
Taoyuan Hsinchu Miaoli |
Yu-Ju Chou | Department of Early Childhood Education, National Tsing Hua University | Associate Professor | |
Ming-Fang Hsieh | Department of Early Childhood Education, National Tsing Hua University | Associate Professor & Chair | |
Wen-Hui Lu | Center for Teacher Education, Providence University Graduate Institute of Education, Providence University | Professor | Taichung |
Chin-Kuo Wang | Department of Education, National Taichung University of Education | Professor | |
Ming-Jiun Sung | Department of Early Childhood Development and Education, Chaoyang University of Technology | Assistant Professor | |
Chiu-Hua Huang | Department of Early Childhood Education, Tainan University of Technology | Assistant Professor |
Yunlin Changhua |
Yi-Kai Lin | Center of Teacher Education, Chaoyang University of Technology | Assistant Professor |
Changhua Nantou |
Hsiang-Ju Ho | Department of Early Childhood Education, National Chiayi University | Assistant Professor | Chiayi |
Jon-Fan Hu | Department of Psychology, National Cheng Kung University | Assistant Professor | Tainan |
Shu-Hui Lee | Department of Child Care and Family Studies, Shu-Te University | Assistant Professor & Chair | Kaohsiung |
Shu-Ching Wang | Department of Child Care, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology | Associate Professor | Pingtung |
Ming-Ying Shih | Department of Early Childhood Education, National Dong Hwa University | Associate Professor and Chair | Hualian |
Huei-Chuan Su | Department of Early Childhood Education, National Taitung University | Lecturer | Taitung |
Hsiao-Yun Chang | Department of Infant and Child Care, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences | Associate Professor |
Taitung Penghu |