Dr Sarah Shi Hui Wong is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Singapore Management University. Bridging cognitive and educational psychology, she investigates counterintuitive strategies that improve higher order learning. She pioneered deliberate erring, where people intentionally commit and correct errors in low-stakes contexts for better learning, and studies learning by teaching, another counterintuitive way to harness learning benefits via the act of teaching. Through both laboratory and field studies, she aims to uncover and test the psychological mechanisms beneath these strategies, advancing both 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 been named a Rising Star by the Association for Psychological Science (APS) and has received multiple research awards, such as the American Psychological Association (APA) Paul R. Pintrich Outstanding Dissertation Award, 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
- Psychology Research Methods I