Sarah Shi Hui WONG
Dr Sarah Shi Hui Wong is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Singapore Management University. Her research bridges the fields of cognitive and educational psychology to design, test, and translate counterintuitive techniques that improve higher order learning. In particular, she studies how people can strategically learn from errors. Her pioneering research on the derring effect has established that deliberately committing and correcting errors in low-stakes contexts enhances learning. By discovering principles for designing effective learning and instruction, Dr Wong aspires to advance educational theory and practice.
Dr Wong’s research has been published in journals such as Educational Psychologist, Educational Psychology Review, Journal of Educational Psychology, and Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. She has received the American Psychological Association (APA) Paul R. Pintrich Outstanding Dissertation Award, Association for Psychological Science (APS) Student Research Award, and Wang Gungwu Medal and Prize for Best Ph.D. Thesis in the Social Sciences and Humanities.
Qualifications
- PhD (Psychology), National University of Singapore, 2020
- MA (with Distinction) (Music Psychology in Education), The University of Sheffield, 2015
- BSocSc (Hons) (Psychology), National University of Singapore, 2013
Research Interests
- Deliberate Errors
- Learning from Errors
- Learning by Teaching
- Higher Order Learning
- Cognitive Science and Education
Course(s) Taught in SMU
- Introduction to Psychology
