Research Focus
- Research includes effective instructional strategies in mathematics problem solving with students with learning disabilities or problems, conceptual model-based problem solving, computer-assisted differentiated instructional system, algebra readiness, cross-culture curriculum comparison, and meta-analysis.
Recent Publication & Grant Project
- Xin, Y. P. (2008). The effect of schema-based instruction in solving word problems: An emphasis on pre-algebraic conceptualization of multiplicative relations. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education. 39, 526-551..
- Xin, Y. P., Wiles, B., & Lin, Y. (2008). Teaching conceptual model-based word-problem story grammar to enhance mathematics problem solving. The Journal of Special Education, 42, 163-178..
- Xin, Y. P. & Zhang, D. (accepted, Sept., 2008). Exploring a Conceptual Model-based Approach to Teaching Situated Word Problems. The Journal of Educational Research
- Xin, Y. P., Tzur, R., & Si, L. (Aug. 2008). Nurturing Multiplicative Reasoning in Students with Learning Disabilities in a Computerized Conceptual-Modeling Environment (NMRSD), National Science Foundation, $2,969,894 (2008 to 2013).