Yin Hong Cheah is an assistant professor of instructional technology in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, in the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences. She holds a doctoral degree in learning technologies from the University of Texas at Austin.

Cheah’s research focuses on investigating and developing K-12 teachers' technology practices, aimed at mitigating the digital learning divide between privileged and underserved students. Specifically, she examines whether, how, and under what conditions technology can be effectively utilized by teachers to promote equitable learning and empower students as digital learners. To bridge the research-practice gap, she translates her research findings into practice by collaborating with teachers to develop instructional models that support lesson design, implementation, and reflection in using technology to teach.

Prior to her academic career, Cheah was a middle school math and science teacher for eight years. She has also served at the National Institute of Education as a research associate for three Singapore government-funded educational research projects.

• K-12 Technology Integration
• Teacher Education
• Digital Equity
• Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)
• Artificial Intelligence in Education

• Cheah, Y. H., Oliveri, A. R., & Hughes, J. E. (2023). Unpacking K-12 teachers’ technology-supported, equitable practices: A mixed-methods systematic review. Teaching and Teacher Education, 125, 103984. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2022.103984
• Hsu, H.-P., Cheah, Y. H., Hughes, J. E. (2023). A case study of a secondary Biology teacher’s pedagogical reasoning and actions with augmented reality technology. Education Sciences, 13(11), 1080. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci13111080
• Hughes, J. E., Cheah, Y. H., Shi, Y., & Hsiao, K.-H. (2020). Pre-service and in-service teachers’ pedagogical reasoning underlying their most-valued technology-supported instructional activities. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 26(4), 549-568. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcal.12425
• Cheah, Y. H., Chai, C. S., & Toh, Y. (2019). Traversing the context of professional learning communities: Development and implementation of technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) of a primary science teacher. Research in Science and Technological Education, 37(2), 147-167. https://doi.org/10.1080/02635143.2018.1504765
• Tan, A.-L., Lee, P. P. F., & Cheah, Y. H. (2017). Educating science teachers in the 21st century: Implications for pre-service teacher education. Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 37(4), 453-471. https://doi.org/10.1080/02188791.2017.1386092

• 2023 Technology as an Agent of Change in Teaching and Learning SIG: Graduate Travel Award. 2023 AERA Annual Meeting.
• 2022 Division D Graduate Student In-Progress Research Gala: Top-10 Papers. 2022 AERA Annual Meeting.
  Graduate Student Research Award. College of Education, The University of Texas at Austin.
• 2020 Technology as an Agent of Change in Teaching and Learning SIG: Best Paper Award. 2020 AERA Annual Meeting.
  Division D Graduate Student In-Progress Research Gala: Top-10 Papers. 2020 AERA Annual Meeting.