Peer-reviewed international journals

Zhang, L., Lin, Y., & Oon, P. T. (2024). The implementation of engineering design-based STEM learning and its impact on primary students’ scientific creativity. Research in Science & Technological Education. DOI: 10.1080/02635143.2024.2309907.

Chai, S. M., Oon, P. T., Chai, Y., & Li. Z. K. (2023). Examining the role of metadiscourse in collaborative knowledge building community. Library Hi Tech. Advance online publication.

Chan, W. K., Zhang, L., & Oon, P. T. (2023). Classroom assessment that tailor instruction and direct learning: A validation study. International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 10(2), 376-394.

Oon, P. T., & Sumramaniam, R. (2023). Gender differences in attitudes towards science: Comparison of middle school students in England, Singapore and USA using complete TIMSS 2011 data. Research in Science & Technological Education. DOI: 10.1080/02635143.2023.2177267.

Oon, P. T., Pegrum, M., Stevensson, M., & Benson, S. (2023). Exploring science pedagogy on the Web 2.0/mobile border: Teachers’ views of a mobile Wiki-based inquiry approach. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 19(1), em2218.

Oon, P. T., Subramaniam, R., Wong, A. S. L., & Abrahams, I. (2022). School students’ views about Physics: A cross-national study involving England, Hong Kong and Singapore. Research in Science & Technological Education DOI: 10.1080/02635143.2022.2136649

Fisher, Jr. W. P., Oon, P. T., & Benson, S. (2021). Rethinking educational assessment from the perspective of design thinking. Educational Design Research, 5(1), 1-33.

Oon, P. T., Cheng, M. M. W., & Wong, A. S. L. (2020). Gender differences in attitude towards science: Methodology for prioritising contributing factors. International Journal of Science Education, 42(1), 89-112.

Mak, M. C. K., Yin, L., Li, M., Cheung, R. Y. H., & Oon, P. T. (2020). The relation between parenting stress and child behavior problems: Negative parenting styles as Mediator, Journal of Child and Family Studies, 29(11), 2993-3003.

Oon, P. T., U, H. K., & Fisher, W. P., Jr. (2019). Metrologically coherent assessment for learning: what, why, and how. Journal of Physics: Conference series, 1379(1), 1-6.

Fan, H., Oon, P. T., Fisher, W. P., Jr. (2019). Coherence in measuring student evaluation of teaching: a new paradigm. Journal of Physics: Conference series, 1379(1), 1-6.

Huang, L., Huang, F., Oon, P. T., & Mak, M. C. K. (2019). Assessing the constructs of and measuring Chinese secondary school students’ attitudes towards science using the Rasch model. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 15(12), 1-16.

Oon, P. T., Hu, B. Y., & Wei, B. (2019). Early childhood educator’s attitudes towards science teaching in Chinese schools. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 44(4), 423-435.

Oon, P. T., & Fisher, W. P., Jr. (2018). Coherently connecting computer and information literacy classroom and accountability assessments. Journal of Physics: Conference series, 1065, 022010.

Oon, P. T., & Subramaniam, R. (2018). Comparative study of middle school students’ attitudes towards science: Rasch analysis of entire TIMSS 2011 attitudinal data for England, Singapore, and USA as well as psychometric properties of attitudes scale. International Journal of Science Education, 40(3), 268-290.

Fisher, W. P., Jr., Oon, P. T., & Benson, S. (2018). Applying design thinking to systemic problems in educational assessment information management. Journal of Physics: Conference series, 1044, 012012.

Gan, Z., Oon, P. T., & Davidson, G. (2017). ESL students’ oral performance in English language school-based assessment: Results of an empirical study. Language Testing in Asia, 7(9).

Oon, P. T., & Fan, X. (2017). Rasch analysis for psychometric improvement of science attitude rating scale. International Journal of Science Education, 39(6), 683-700.

Cheng, M. M. W., & Oon, P. T. (2016). Understanding metallic bonding: Structure, process, and interaction by Rasch analysis. International Journal of Science Education, 38(12), 1923-1944.

Oon, P. T., Benson, S., & Chester, K. (2016). Psychometric quality of a student evaluations of teaching survey in higher education, Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 42(5), 788-800.

Oon, P. T., & Subramaniam, R. (2015). University programme preferences of high school science students in Singapore and reasons that matter in their preferences: A Rasch analysis. International Journal of Science Education, 37(2), 367-388.

——Publications produced prior to joining University of Macau—–

Oon, P. T., & Subramaniam, R. (2013). Singapore school students’ views about physics according to whether they intend to choose this subject as a tertiary field of study: A Rasch analysis. International Journal of Science Education, 35(1), 86-118.

Oon, P. T., & Subramaniam, R. (2011). On the declining interest in physics among students—from the perspective of teachers. International Journal of Science Education, 33(5), 727-746.

Oon, P. T., & Subramaniam, R. (2010). Views of physics teachers on how to address the declining enrolment in physics at the university level. Research in Science & Technological Education, 28(3), 277-289.

Oon, P. T., & Subramaniam, R. (2009). The nature of light: I. A historical survey up to the pre-Planck era and implications for teaching. Physics Education, 44(4), 384-391.

Oon, P. T., & Subramaniam, R. (2009). The nature of light: II. A historical survey from the Planck era and its implications for budding physicists. Physics Education, 44(4), 392-397.

—— Publications in Chinese Journals—–

林炎龍, 溫佩娣.STEM視域下的學科大觀念單元教學設計——以「動量守恒」教學為例[J].物理教學,2023,45(06):18-25.

溫佩娣, 王闖. 迎難而上, 開闢本澳綜合應用技能課程新範式[J]. 澳門教青雜誌, 2023(1), 18-22.

林炎龍, 溫佩娣,溫紫峰等.基於STEM整合視角的物理大觀念逆向單元設計路徑[J].物理教學,2022,44(11):11-14.

Peer-reviewed book chapter in book of international publisher

Huang, F., Oon, P. T., & Benson, S. (2023). The use of learner-centered pedagogies and E-portfolios to facilitate pre-service and in-service teachers’ development in an Asian system. In M. S.-S. Wai-Cook & A. S. K. Bista (Eds.), Online teaching and learning in Asian higher education (pp. 49-72). Springer Nature.

Oon, P. T., Wan, C. F., & Lin, Y. L. (2023). The 5E pedagogical approach in integrated STEM learning. In So, WWM, Wan, ZH, & Luo, T. (Eds.), Cross-disciplinary STEM learning for Asian primary students: Design, practices, and outcomes (pp. 47-66). Taylor & Francis.

Huang, F., Liu, H., & Oon, P. T. (2020). Evaluating mainland Chinese students attitudes towards Physics and Biology. Singapore: Springer.

Oon, P. T., & Subramaniam, R. (2011). Rasch modeling of a scale that explores the take-up of Physics among school students from the perspective of teachers. In R. F. Cavanagh & R. F. Waugh (Eds.), Applications of Rasch measurement in learning environments research (pp. 119-139). Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.

Curriculum guide

Oon, P. T., & Li, Z. (2022). 綜合應用技能教育課程（綜合課程）.

Available at: https://www.dsedj.gov.mo/crdc/guide/data/comprehensive_application_guide_c.pdf

Outstanding Academic Staff 2020/2021, awarded by Faculty of Education, The University of Macau.

Dean’s Commendation for Research (2011), awarded by the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, for publication in International Journal of Science Education (UK)

Dean’s Commendation for Research (2011), awarded by the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, for publication in Research in Science and Technology Education (UK)

Dean’s Commendation for Research (2010), awarded by the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, for publication in book on Applications of Rasch Measurement for Learning Environments Research (Sense Publishers, Netherlands)

Outstanding Paper Award for Graduate Students (2009) for a paper presented at the Pacific Rim Objective Measurement Symposium 2009 Hong Kong (PROMS 2009 HK), awarded by The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong

University

-Programme Committee Member for the Bachelor of Education in Integrated Science major.

-Spokesperson for the promotion of STEM education in Macau for Macau Base for Primary & Secondary STEM Education since 2018.

-In collaboration with UM Faculty of Science and Technology (FST), I design and organize annual STEM summer camp in Macau for primary school students since 2019.

-As an Associate Fellow for Stanley Ho East Asia College (SHEAC) Residential College since 2017.

-Selection Panel in FED Scholarship Committee (2017 – Present).

-Selection Panel in FED Postgraduate Certificate Committee (2017 – Present).

-Organizing Committee Member to STEM Education in Asia Symposium (May 2017).

-Evaluator to in- and pre-service teachers’ performance assessments.

Education and Youth Affairs Bureau

-At the request of and appointment by the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ), I am the lead in the designing of modern STEM curriculum that include contents, pedagogy and assessments for Macau schools (3 years’ time frame with a launch in 19 schools in September 2019 and in all Macau schools in subsequent years).

Service to Macau schools

-I am a consultant for numerous local schools and museums in Macau on the formulation and execution of STEM education.

-As a regional expert on STEM education and assessment, I routinely give talks in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese on ‘careers in STEM’ and ‘women in STEM’ to recruit female students into STEM disciplines.

International Services

-Reviewer to international peer-reviewed journals and international conference: (a) Science & Education; (b) Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching; (c) The Asia Pacific Education Researcher; (d) Studies in Higher Education; (e) Studies in Educational Evaluation; (f) Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education; (g) Science Education; (h) International Journal of STEM Education; and (i) Research in Science & Technological Education.

-Invited speaker to international conferences and workshops in US, Hong Kong, England, and China on Assessment and Measurement, Design Thinking, and STEM education. These include: (a) Hong Kong (8 October and 15 October 2016) invited by Prof. Maurice Cheng at The University of Hong Kong; (b) China Association of Suzhi Education (29 Oct. 2016) in Hefei, China; (c) England (7 December 2016) invited by Prof. Ian Abrahams at Lincoln University; (d) International Mobile Learning Festival (8 June 2017) at The University of Hong Kong; (e) Hong Kong invited by US Lily Conference (15 May 2019) at Baptist University; (f) 華南師範大學「人工智能助推灣區新師範高品質建設」學術研討會 June 2023; and (g) 粵港澳大灣區教師聯合會 November 2023

External Committee Work

-教育部高等學校大學物理課程教育指導委員會師範類專業工作委員會委員

-Awarded Research Scholarship to pursue PhD in Science Education in Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (2008 – 2011)

-Awarding authority: Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 
Amount: around SG$121,200 (around USD$95,000) in total