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HREC) Since April 2015 Research Projects Approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) since April 2015 HREC Ethical Approval Period Name of Principal Project Title Department No. Investigator Start Date End Date Bilateral (Hong Kong): Experiential learning in legal education (ELLE): An investigation Department of Professional Legal EA031010 08/10/2010 31/08/2024 Mr WSW Chow into the variation of learning and construction of identity Education Rethinking Professionalism in Three Asian Common Law Jurisdictions: A Comparative EA340514 and Empirical Study of Conflicts of Interest Issues Encountered by Lawyers in Hong Kong 10/06/2014 31/12/2021 Mr J Lee Department of Law and Singapore EA1508026 Perceptions and realizations of linguistic politeness among HKU students 28/08/2015 27/08/2022 Mr K Pat Centre for Applied English Studies Start from the beginning - Chinese supporting scheme for non-Chinese speaking students EA1512011 11/01/2016 31/08/2023 Dr EKY Loh Faculty of Education in kindergartens EA1604035 Learning and assessment for digital citizenship 17/05/2016 31/12/2021 Professor NWY Law Faculty of Education EA1606028 Civics teaching in 'Young' and 'Old' democracies and student learning outcomes 23/06/2016 31/12/2021 Dr F Reichert Faculty of Education The effectiveness of prayer/chanting/meditation to ameliorate the influence of negative EA1606043 07/07/2016 01/08/2022 Ven HH Sik Centre of Buddhist Studies events: A multimodal neuroimaging study EA1608012 Developing E-Learning Resources for Speech & Hearing Sciences 23/08/2016 31/08/2025 Dr AMY Wong Faculty of Education Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching EA1608028 Feeding Feedback Forward with Formative Tests 19/09/2016 18/09/2024 Dr LK Fryer and Learning Drawing inferences about systemic changes and differences in student learning and school EA1611015 24/11/2016 31/12/2021 Dr F Reichert Faculty of Education effectiveness using large-scale educational data Page 1 HREC Ethical Approval Period Name of Principal Project Title Department No. Investigator Start Date End Date EA1701020 The impact of keyboarding skills on reading and writing skills 07/02/2017 31/01/2022 Dr WT Siok School of Humanities (Linguistics) Role of the home and school in children's early English language and literacy development EA1701046 07/02/2017 31/08/2022 Dr GLC Lau Faculty of Education in Hong Kong Public and Private Safety Nets and Poverty Dynamics in Taiwan, Southeast China, Hong Department of Social Work & Social EA1701047 28/02/2017 28/02/2023 Ms JSH Wang Kong, Singapore, New York City, and London Administration EA1702030 Teacher informal learning 28/02/2017 27/02/2023 Dr X Hu Department of Psychology EA1702052 Investigating Mechanisms of Reference Production in Chinese 28/02/2017 31/12/2022 Dr H Hwang School of Humanities (Linguistics) EA1702014 Understanding the role of visual recognition of musical notation in music sight-reading 14/03/2017 13/03/2022 Dr KL Wong Faculty of Education A Long-term Prospective Follow-up Study on Persons with Schizophrenia in Chengdu, Department of Social Work & Social EA1702018 14/03/2017 13/03/2022 Dr M Ran China Administration Writing motivation and Chinese written composition development among typically EA1702034 14/03/2017 31/12/2024 Dr PS Yeung Faculty of Education developing children and children with learning difficulties in Hong Kong International human rights law and refugee protection in Asian states not party to the 1951 EA1703021 14/03/2017 01/09/2021 Ms KA Loper Department of Law Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees Discovering mass transit's capacity and resilience in social movements with an Department of Urban Planning and EA1703040 unprecedented testbed: A mixed-methods study of Hong Kong's MTR in anti-extradition 24/03/2017 01/10/2023 Dr J Zhou Design protests EA1703050 Operationalizing Hollywood: Storytelling in the Service of the State 29/03/2017 11/09/2021 Dr SJ Martin Department of Sociology Effectiveness of Targeting Residual Delusional Ideations in Cognitive Behavioural Department of Social Work & Social EA1703071 31/03/2017 31/12/2021 Dr GHY Wong Approach to Reduce Social Anxiety in People with Early Psychosis Administration Page 2 HREC Ethical Approval Period Name of Principal Project Title Department No. Investigator Start Date End Date EA1703082 Investigating the Nubri language 31/03/2017 31/01/2022 Dr CJ Donohue School of Humanities (Linguistics) PhD Student EA1703081 The influence of brand rituals on consumer psychology and decision making 11/04/2017 10/04/2023 Ms L Zheng School of Business Department of Social Work & Social EA1703095 Time Banking: Pilot Scheme of Productive Aging and Community Social Capital 11/04/2017 03/09/2022 Professor TYS Lum Administration Centre for Enhancement of Teaching EA1704009 Professional Development at a Meso-level: Conceptual Development and Impact Analysis 12/04/2017 31/12/2021 Dr XT Zou and Learning Centre for Enhancement of Teaching EA1704016 Assessing the university student learning experience: From process to pattern 12/04/2017 30/08/2024 Dr LK Fryer and Learning MPhil Student EA1706034 Ethnographic Study of Internet Entrepreneurs in China 01/08/2017 31/07/2022 Miss Y Guo Department of Sociology EA1708013 Formative Evaluation Research On Big Silver Community 05/09/2017 04/09/2021 Dr VW Lou Sau Po Centre on Ageing The Interplay of Tourism Development and Place Transformation in Small Island PhD Student EA1708014 05/09/2017 04/09/2021 Mr W Wang Destinations Department of Geography EA1708015 Survey on Sleep Quality 05/09/2017 04/09/2021 Ms KKL Pang Public Opinion Programme EA1708016 Evaluation of Effectiveness on Lok Chi Service 05/09/2017 04/09/2021 Dr VW Lou Sau Po Centre on Ageing EA1708017 Technology Enhanced STEM Integration Models: A Whole School Approach 05/09/2017 04/09/2021 Dr KFT Chiu Faculty of Education PhD Student EA1708018 Role of Private Tutoring in Engineering Higher Education Admission in India 05/09/2017 04/09/2021 Mrs P Ghosh Faculty of Education Page 3 HREC Ethical Approval Period Name of Principal Project Title Department No. Investigator Start Date End Date EA1708019 Supporting Success 05/09/2017 04/09/2021 Dr TJ Barry Department of Psychology EA1708029 Survey on Housing Issues 05/09/2017 04/09/2021 Ms KKL Pang Public Opinion Programme EA1708020 (SDLS-MLN) 14/09/2017 13/09/2021 Professor NWY Law Faculty of Education Investigating science teachers' deployment of pedagogical content knowledge in response EA1708021 14/09/2017 13/09/2021 Dr KH Chan Faculty of Education to critical classroom incidents in Mainland China A phenomenological study of the project: 'Enhancing English language learning in China: EA1708022 14/09/2017 13/09/2021 Mr BL Moorhouse Faculty of Education Collaboration with teachers in Ningbo' EA1708023 Exploring Hong Kong English language student-teachers' political-ethical identities 14/09/2017 13/09/2021 Dr MM Lo Faculty of Education Service-learning Pedagogy: The Role of psychological Characteristics and Student PhD Student EA1708024 14/09/2017 13/09/2021 Ms ST Lo Engagement in Social Responsibility Development Faculty of Education EA1708030 The effects of sleep duration variability on cognitive functions 14/09/2017 13/09/2021 Dr XS Li Department of Psychology To what extent does the cognitive capacity for visual statistical learning mediate L2 PhD Student EA1708031 14/09/2017 13/09/2021 Miss C Qiu (English) spelling proficiency? Department of Psychology An ethnomethodological video-based study of interaction in cognitive neuroscience EA1709001 14/09/2017 13/09/2021 Dr JHW Hsiao Department of Psychology experiments EA1709002 Evaluation and validation of devices for measurement of motor dexterity and handedness 14/09/2017 13/09/2021 Professor CSH Ho Department of Psychology PhD Student EA1709003 Using video to strengthen the implementation and PCK development in lesson study 14/09/2017 13/09/2021 Miss Y Lin Faculty of Education Page 4 HREC Ethical Approval Period Name of Principal Project Title Department No. Investigator Start Date End Date Validation of interpretive bias measurement paradigms and associations of interpretive PhD Student EA1709005 14/09/2017 13/09/2021 Mr YA Yeung bias with attention and memory Department of Psychology Department of Urban Planning and EA1709007 HK Pedestrian sampling 14/09/2017 13/09/2021 Mr AJF Chiaradia Design EA1709009 Public Survey on Cantonese Pop Songs Music Awards 14/09/2017 13/09/2021 Ms KKL Pang Public Opinion Programme Diffusion of Innovations and Stakeholder Salience in Higher Education: Perspectives on PhD Student EA1709010 14/09/2017 13/09/2021 Ms AC Kildahl Campus Sustainability in Hong Kong Faculty of Education Department of Urban Planning and EA1709011 Low-end Housing Provision under Finanialisation 14/09/2017 13/09/2021 Dr S He Design Oral History of the Sino-British Negotiations over Hong Kong and the Drafting of the Department of Politics & Public EA1709012 14/09/2017 13/09/2021 Dr X Yan Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Administration Department of Social Work & Social EA1709013 Enduring Love Project 19/09/2017 18/09/2021 Professor PSY Ho Administration EA1708007 WeChatscope: "hacking" China's online censored messages 26/09/2017 25/09/2021 Dr KW Fu Journalism and Media Studies Centre The Principle of Self-Regulation in the Development of Online Dispute Resolution in the PhD Student EA1708026 26/09/2017 25/09/2021 Mr Y Lin Big Data Era: The Case of China Department of Law PhD Student EA1709008 The antecedents and consequences of parents' unconditional acceptance of their children 26/09/2017 25/09/2021 Miss KY Tsang Department of Psychology Joint PhD Student EA1709015 The neuropsychological mechanism of fear learning and memory 26/09/2017 25/09/2021 Miss LM Lam Department of Psychology Joint PhD Student EA1709016 The interrelationship among cognitive biases in Individuals with Social Anxiety 26/09/2017 25/09/2021 Miss CJ Leung Department of Psychology Page 5 HREC Ethical Approval Period Name of Principal Project Title Department No.
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