Official Title: Adjunct Assistant Professor (Visiting Academic)

Faculty: School of Education

Email: liu.yong@usj.edu.mo

Short Bio

Yong Liu, PhD in Educational Sciences, Lecturer, serves as Assistant Director of the English Department at the School of Foreign Languages, Chongqing Technology and Business University, Chongqing, China. His primary research interests include educational measurement and assessment, critical thinking, and problem-based learning (PBL).

He has published over 20 papers (7 as first/corresponding author in SSCI/SCI journals). He has led 2 research projects on critical thinking and served as principal investigator for 6 additional projects. He has presented at 17 domestic and international conferences in Education (in the UK, Spain, Greece, Hungary, Chongqing, Xi’an, etc.).

Dr. Liu has acted as an anonymous reviewer for nearly 20 prestigious international journals, including Educational Research Review, Thinking Skills and Creativity, Asia Pacific Education Review, and Educational Philosophy and Theory, completing over 50 peer reviews. He has also served as an anonymous reviewer for international conferences such as EARLI (European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction), SIG, JURE, and AERA (American Educational Research Association), with over 20 reviews. Additionally, he chaired one session at the EARLI-JURE conference and served as the reviewer for PhD proposals and dissertations for University of Szeged, Hungary, and University of Saint Joseph, Macao, China.

Employment & Education

2025-Present, Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Education, University of Saint Joseph, Macao, China.

2024-Present, Lecturer, School of Foreign Languages, Chongqing Technology and Business University, Chongqing, China.

2020-2024, PhD in Educational Sciences (Educational Measurement and Assessment), Doctoral School of Education, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.

2017-2020, Master in Educational Sciences (Curriculum and Instruction), School of International Education, Sichuan International Studies University, Chongqing, China.

2009-2013, Bachelor in Arts (English Language and Literature), School of English Language and Literature, Sichuan International Studies University, Chongqing, China.

Research Interests (ORCID)
Educational Assessment & Measurement; Critical Thinking; Problem-Based Learning

Publications

Papers

Liu, Y.*, & Pásztor, A. (2022). Effects of Problem-Based Learning Instructional Intervention on Critical Thinking in Higher Education: A Meta-Analysis. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 45, 101069. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2022.101069  [SSCI, Q1]
Liu, Y.*, & Pásztor, A. (2022). Design and validate the Employer-Employee-Supported Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory (2ES-CTDI) for undergraduates. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 46, 101169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2022.101169  [SSCI, Q1]
Liu, Y.*, & Pásztor, A. (2023). Moderated Mediating Effects of Gender Among the Components of Critical Thinking Disposition in Undergraduate Students. Heliyon, 9(4), e14664. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e14664 [SCIE, Q1]
Liu, Y.*, & Pásztor, A. (2023). Survey on the influential demographic factors of Chinese undergraduate students’ critical thinking disposition: Evidence from plausible values. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 50, 101397. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2023.101397  [SSCI, Q1]
Zhao, Y., Liu, Y.*, & Wu, H. (2024). Relationships Among Critical Thinking Disposition Components of Chinese Undergraduates: A Moderated Mediating Effect Analysis. International Journal of Educational Research, 124, 102306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2023.102306  [SSCI, Q1]
Liu, Y., Chen, D.*, Liu, Y., & Zhou, X. (2024). The Evolution of Postgraduate Enrollment Expansion Policies: Is it Dependent on the Path, Strategy Determined or Environment Induced? - A Qualitative Comparative Analysis. Heliyon, 10(4), e25772. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e25772 [SCIE, Q1]
Zhao, Y., Liu, Y.*, Pásztor, A., & Molnár, G. (2025). Relationships among components of critical thinking disposition in primary school students: An investigation based on Hungarian context. Psychology in the Schools, PITS23445. https://doi.org/10.1002/pits.23445  [SSCI, Q3]
Siu Lam, C., Liu, Y., Zhang, Y., & Wu, H. (2025). Assessing critical thinking disposition through text analysis in traditional Chinese: An empirical study of tourism and gaming undergraduates in Macao. Frontiers in Education, Volume 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2025.1553145 [ESCI]
Chen D., Liu, Y., Zhao, Y., Liu, Y., & Luo M. (2025). The influence of emotional intelligence on graduate employability: Using university-industry linkages as a moderator. Acta Psychologica, 261:105959. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105959 [SSCI, Q1]
Liu, Y.*, Pásztor, A., & Molnár, G. (2026). A cross-national assessment on critical thinking disposition between Hungarian and Chinese undergraduate students. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 60, 102121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2025.102121  [SSCI, Q1]
Liu, Y.*, Pásztor, A., & Molnár, G. (2026). Relationships Among Self-efficacy, Instant Judgment, and Habitual Truth-digging in Undergraduates’ Critical Thinking Disposition. European Journal of Education, 70497. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejed.70497 [SSCI, Q1]
Pásztor-Kovács A.*, Pásztor, A., Liu, Y., & Molnár, G. (2026). Self-assessment of teamwork skills among adolescents: the Collaborative Skills Scale. Education Sciences, 16(1), 167. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci16010167 [ESCI]
International Conferences
Liu, Y., Pásztor, A., & Molnár, G. (2023). Validation of the Hungarian Employer-Employee-Supported Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory, Abstract submitted to European Association for Practitioner Research on Improving Learning (EAPRIL), Belfast, UK, November 22-24, 2023, p. 58, PDF
Liu, Y., & Pásztor, A. (2023). Item and Test Endorsement of the Employer-Employee-Supported Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory, Abstract submitted to European Association for Practitioner Research on Improving Learning (EAPRIL), Belfast, UK, November 22-24, 2023, p.57, PDF
Liu, Y. (2023). The assessment of critical thinking disposition in Hungarian undergraduate students: A multi-dimensional Rasch analysis. Abstract presented at XXIII. National Conference on Educational Science. Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary, October 26-28, 2023, p.445, PDF
Liu, Y. (2023). Moderated Mediating Effects of Gender in Critical Thinking Disposition Components for Undergraduates, Paper presented at the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction conference for junior researcher (EARLI-JURE 2023), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, August 20-21, 2023, p.24, PDF
Liu, Y. (2023). Measurement Invariance of the Employer-Employee- Supported Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory (2ES-CTDI) Across Gender, Paper presented at 19th Conference on Educational Assessment. Programme and abstracts. Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary, April 20-22, 2023, p.29, PDF.
Liu, Y. & Pásztor, A. (2022). The Influencing Factors of Undergraduate Students' Critical Thinking Disposition: The Evidence from Plausible Values ​​of Rasch Modeling, Paper presented at 22nd Conference on Educational Sciences, Pécs, Hungary, November 17-19, 2022, p.424, PDF
Liu, Y. & Pásztor, A. (2022). Validate the Employer-Employee-Supported Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory for Undergraduates, Paper presented at the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction SIG 1&4 (EARLI), Cadiz, Spain, June 27-30, 2022 PDF
Liu, Y. & Pásztor, A. (2022). Design the Employer-Employee-Supported Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory for Undergraduates, Paper presented at the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction SIG 1&4 (EARLI), Cadiz, Spain, June 27-30, 2022 PDF
Liu, Y. & Pásztor, A. (2022). Mediating Effects Among the Components of Critical Thinking Disposition for Undergraduates: A PLS-SEM Analysis. In Fejes, J. B. & Pásztor-Kovács, A. (Eds.), 18th Conference on Educational Assessment. Programme and abstracts. University of Szeged, Szeged, April 21-23, 2022. p67. PDF
Liu, Y. & Pásztor, A. (2022). Impacts of demographic factors on critical thinking disposition among undergraduates. In Fejes, J. B. & Pásztor-Kovács, A. (Eds.), 18th Conference on Educational Assessment. Programme and abstracts. University of Szeged, Szeged, April 21-23, 2022. p20. PDF
Liu, Y. (2021). The Effectiveness and Influential Factors of Problem-Based Learning Intervention on Critical Thinking Skills for Undergraduates: A Meta-Analysis, Paper presented at 21st Conference on Educational Sciences, Szeged, Hungary, November 18-20, 2021, p.95, PDF
Liu, Y. (2021). The Effectiveness and Influential Factors of Problem-Based Learning Intervention on Critical Thinking Disposition for Undergraduates: A Meta-Analysis, Paper presented at 14th Training and Practice Conference on Educational Science, Kaposvár, Hungary, September 2-4, 2021, p.89, PDF
 
主要国内会议：
重庆翻译学会2024年年会暨第22届学术研讨会, 2024年11月30日，四川外国语大学，小组发言《元分析在翻译研究中的运用》；
中国高等教育学会外语教学研究分会2024年学术年会, 2024年11月8日-10日，四川外国语大学及重庆丽苑维景国际大酒店；
重庆市外文学会2025年年会（国际传播与外语教育创新发展论坛），2025年11月15日，重庆理工大学，主旨报告 A Cross-national Assessment on Critical Thinking Disposition Between Hungarian and Chinese Undergraduate Students；
第十届全国英语演讲与写作教学学术研讨会，2025年12月5日-7日，北京外国语大学国际会议中心，小组发言《智能赋能与财经叙事：英语演讲课程中AI驱动的重庆财经故事国际传播实践》；
全国高等学校《理解当代中国》系列教材任课教师培训研讨会，2025年7月29日-8月1日，武汉；
第九届高等学校外语教育改革与发展论坛，2025年3月21日-23日，北京；