Professor Kang Chunhua

Personal Information

Main responsibilities: undergraduate teaching, graduate teaching and academic research

Awards and Honors: the school’s Young Outstanding Teacher, the Excellent Teaching Quality Award, the Excellent Teaching Quality Evaluation and the School Outstanding Teacher

Gender: Female

Graduation Institution: Beijing Normal University

Education: Doctoral Graduate

Degree: Doctoral degree

Employment Information: On duty

Work Unit: School of Psychology

Date of Entry: July 1, 2001

Discipline: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Office Location: Room 329, Tianjiabing Building

Contact Information: School of Psychology, Zhejiang Normal University

Email: akang@zjnu.cn

Other Contact Information

Postcode: 321004

Correspondence Address: Yingbin road No.688

       Email: akang@zjnu.cn

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Personal Profile

Kang Chunhua, from the School of Psychology at Zhejiang Normal University, holds a doctorate degree and serves as a professor and doctoral supervisor. Her research interests include psychological and educational measurement and evaluation research, family education and female care research, and research on adolescent mental health and psychological crisis intervention. Kang has presided over projects at or above the provincial-ministerial level for 5 times, presided over and participated in more than 20 basic education-related projects. She has published more than 50 academic papers in SSCI and CSSCI journals and obtained 1 national software copyright. She has supervised more than 30 students, among whom 13 have won various awards such as the National Scholarship. She has achieved excellent annual performance evaluations for many years and has been awarded the honorary titles such as the school’s Young Outstanding Teacher Funding Project, the Excellent Teaching Quality Award, the Excellent Teaching Quality Evaluation, and the School Outstanding Teacher.

Representative Academic Papers

[1] Kang, C., Yang, Y., Gong, H., & Zeng, P**. (2023). A Machine Learning Diagnostic Method Capable of Incorporating Additional Information. Psychological Science, 46(1), 212-220.

[2] KANG Chunhua, LIU Na, ZHU Yinru, LI Feiming, ZENG Pingfei***. (2023). Developing College Students’ Computational Thinking Multidimensional Test Based on Life Story Situations. Education and Information Techologies, 28（3）, 2661-2679.  

[3] Li, J., Ma, L., Zeng, P., & Kang, C**. (2022). Non-parametric CD-CAT Item Selection Strategies Based on Ideal Response Patterns. Psychological Science, 45(2), 470-480.

[4] Zhen, H., Li, J., Zeng, P., & Kang, C**. (2022). Two Test Assembly Methods with Two Statistical Targets. Frontiers in Psychology,13,1-13.

[5] Sun, X., Zhong, F., Xin, T. et al. (2021). Item response theory analysis of general self-efficacy scale for senior elementary school students in China. Current Psychology 40, 601–610. 

[6] Li, J., Ma, L., Zeng, P., & Kang, C**. (2021). New Item Selection Method Accommodating Practical Constraints in Cognitive Diagnostic Computerized Adaptive Testing: Maximum Deviation and Maximum Limitation Global Discrimination Indexes. Frontiers in Psychology,12,1-11.

[7] Kang, C., Yang, Y., & Zeng, P. (2019). Q-Matrix Refinement Based on Item Fit Statistic RMSEA. Applied Psychological Measurement,43(7) ,527–542.

[8] Kang, C., Yang, Y., & Zeng, P. (2019). A Non-parametric Cognitive Diagnosis Method with Mixed Scoring: Manhattan Distance Discriminant Method. Psychological Science, 42(2), 455-462.

[9] Kang, C., Wu, H., Sun, X., & Zeng, P. (2018). Multilevel Scoring Extension of the Hierarchical Consistency Index. Psychological Science, 41(1), 211-218.

[10] Gu, S., Zeng, P., Sun, X., & Kang, C*. (2018). Construction of a Graded Response Multilevel Rater Drift Model. Psychological Science, 41(1), 196-203.

[11] Kang, C., Sun, X., & Zeng, P. (2017). The Graded Response Multilevel Facet Model and Its Application in Scoring Subjective Items. Psychological Science, 40(6), 1483-1490.

[12] Kang, C., Ren, P., & Zeng, P. (2016). Influencing Factors of Multilevel Scoring Cluster Analysis Method. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 48(7), 891-902.

[13] Kang, C., Sun, X., & Zeng, P. (2016). Multilevel-Multifaceted Rater Model Based on the Graded Response Model. Psychological Science, 39(2), 214-223.

[14] Kang, C., Ren, P., & Zeng, P. (2015). Non-parametric Cognitive Diagnosis Method: Cluster Analysis of Multilevel Scoring. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 47(8), 1077-1088.

[15] KANG, C.H., SUN, X.J., &ZENG, P.F. (2015). Formulation of Grade Response Multilevel Facets Model. Paper accepted at the 80th International Meeting of the Psychometric Society. Beijing, China.

[16] KANG, C.H., SONG, H.P., ZENG, P.F. (2014). A Study of the Rater Effect of Subjective Questions under the Nested Designs——based on multilevel random coefficient model. Paper accepted at the 11th Cross-Straits Conference on Educational and Psychological Testing. Taichung, Taiwan, China.

[17] KANG, C.H., ZHONG, X.L., ZENG, P.F. (2014). COMPARE GRM-RSM AND GRM-AHM. Paper accepted at the 11th Cross-Straits Conference on Educational and Psychological Testing. Taichung, Taiwan, China.

[18] CHEN., J. KANG, C.H. ZENG, P.F. (2014). Cognition diagnosis of Primary Mathematics spatial and graphics problem solving: Comparison 0-1 scoring with the grade scoring. Paper accepted at the 11th Cross-Straits Conference on Educational and Psychological Testing. Taichung, Taiwan, China.

[19] Tian, W., Xin, T., & Kang, C. (2014). Parameter Estimation Methods and Their Evolution of Latent Trait “Imputation” in Item Response Theory. Advances in Psychological Science, 22(6), 1-11.

[20] Tao, X., & Chunhua, K. (2012). Qualitative Advances of China's Basic Education Since Reform and Opening Up. Chinese Education & Society, 45(1), 42-50.

[21] KANG, C.H., XIN. T. (2011). Cognitive Diagnostic Assessment on Primary School Students’ Arithmetic Word Problem Solving. 2011 76th PS, Hong Kong.

[22] Kang, C., Xin, T. (2010). The New Development of Test Theory: Multidimensional Item Response Theory. Advances in Psychological Science, 18(3), 530-536.

[23] Kang, C., Jiang, Y., & Xin, T. (2010). Research on the Application of Generalizability Theory in Personnel Assessment. Psychological Science, 33(6), 1456-1460.

Longitudinal Scientific Research Projects

[1] Key Open Topics of Zhejiang Intelligent Laboratory of Mental Health and Crisis Intervention for Children and Adolescents in 2023 (No. 23MHCICAZD04).

[2] Special Topics of the “14^th Five-Year” Action Plan of Zhejiang Educational Examinations Authority in 2023(ZJEEA14532): Intelligent Test Paper Generation Methods Capable of Meeting Multiple Content and Statistical Constraints.

[3] Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Project in 2022(22YJA190005): Machine Learning Technologies for Automatic Scoring of Subjective Questions and the Development of Their Application Systems.

[4] Open Research Fund of Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Intelligent Educational Technology and Application in 2020(jykf20050): A Machine Learning Diagnosis Method That Can Incorporate Multiple Kinds of Information.

[5] Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Project in 2016 (16YJA190002): Manhattan Distance Discrimination of Mixed Scoring and the Development of Its Application Software.

[6] The General Project of Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation in 2015 (LY15C090003): The Extension of the Multilevel Item Response Model and Its Application in the Scoring of Subjective Questions.

[7] The Key Project of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zhejiang Colleges and Universities in 2013(2013QN048): Research on the Diagnosis and Compensation of Mathematical Cognitive Defects of Rural Primary School Students.

[8] The Provincial Philosophy and Social Sciences Planning Project in 2010 (10CGJY15YBB): Research on Cognitive Diagnosis of Problem Solving in Primary School Mathematics Application Problems - Taking Travel Problems as an Example.

[9] The Project of the Provincial Department of Education in 2010(Y2010117786): Research on Cognitive Diagnosis of Problem Solving in Primary School Mathematics Application Problems.

Horizontal Scientific Research Projects

[1] The Project of the Basic Education Quality Monitoring Center of the Ministry of Education in 2021: Research and Development of Monitoring Tools for the Quality of Science Education in the Fourth Grade of Compulsory Education in 2021.

[2] The Project of the Basic Education Quality Monitoring Center of the Ministry of Education in 2021: Research and Development of Monitoring Tools for the Quality of Science Education in the Eighth Grade of Compulsory Education in 2021.

[3] The Project of the Basic Education Quality Monitoring Center of the Ministry of Education in 2021 (2021-34-002-BZGK02): Research and Development of 2021 Scientific Computer Interactive Testing (Collaborative Problem Solving) Tools.

[4] The Entrusted Project of Beijing Tianji Zhiye Education Technology Co., Ltd. in 2020 (KYH06Y20182): Technical Services for the Quality Monitoring of Compulsory Education in Taiyuan City (Mathematics and Physical Education and Health).

[5] The Entrusted Project by the Social Development Bureau of Jinhua Economic and Technological Development Zone in 2019: Academic Quality Monitoring of Primary School Mathematics and Junior High School Science in Jinhua Economic and Technological Development Zone.

[6] The Entrusted Project by the Taizhou Basic Education Quality Monitoring Center in 2019: Research and Development of Monitoring Tools for Taizhou Primary School Science in 2019.

[7] The Project of the Basic Education Quality Monitoring Center of the Ministry of Education in 2019: Research and Development of Test Papers for Monitoring the Quality of Science Education in the Fourth and Eighth Grades of Compulsory Education.

[8] The Entrusted Project by the Taiyuan Municipal Education Bureau in 2017: The Project of Basic Education Quality Monitoring in Taiyuan City.

[9] The Entrusted Project by the Collaborative Innovation Center for Quality Monitoring of Basic Education in China in 2016: Analysis of Shanghai Teaching Materials and Compilation of New Test Questions.

[10] The Entrusted Project by the Taizhou Basic Education Quality Monitoring Center in 2016: Research and Development of Monitoring Tools for the Sixth Grade Science Subject in Taizhou in 2016.

[11] The Entrusted Project by the Taizhou Basic Education Quality Monitoring Center in 2016: Analysis of the Problems Discovered in the Science Monitoring in Taizhou in 2016.

[12] The Project of National Basic Education Quality Monitoring in 2016: Revision and Research & Development of Monitoring Tools for the Quality of Science Education in the Fourth and Eighth Grades of Compulsory Education.

[13] The Project of National Basic Education Quality Monitoring in 2016 (2016KX001-f): Research and Development of Monitoring Tools for the Quality of Science Education in the Fourth and Eighth Grades of Compulsory Education.

[14] The Entrusted Research Project by Ocean University of China in 2015: Educational Quality Monitoring in Qingdao City (Academic Levels of Mathematics and Science).

[15] The Project of the Basic Education Quality Monitoring Center of the Ministry of Education in 2014 (2014AC001-D): Research and Development of Testing Tools for Monitoring the Quality of Students’ Science Learning in the Compulsory Education Stage and Special Research on Science Monitoring.

[16] Science Quality Monitoring for Grade 8 in Taizhou in 2014.

Education Background

September 2008-June 2011: Graduated as a Doctoral Candidate in Psychology from Beijing Normal University, with a Doctoral Degree. Major in Developmental and Educational Psychology, School of Psychology.

Work Experience

July 2001-Present: Teacher, Zhejiang Normal University

Research Focus

Research on Psychological and Educational Measurement and Evaluation; Research on Family Education and Women’s Care; Research on Adolescent Mental Health and Crisis Intervention

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