(*) denotes research supervisee; underlined denotes corresponding authorship
Publications by Themes:
Special Issues Edited
Ng, O., Kynigos, C., & Clark-Wilson, A. (2027). Computational thinking for mathematics education: Emerging perspectives, design, and tools (Special Issue). ZDM Mathematics Education.
Ng, O., González-Calero, J., Jacinto, H. (2024). Advancing research and practice in the integration of computational thinking in mathematics education. Quadrante. https://doi.org/10.48489/quadrante.39744
Le Roux, K., Brown, J., Coles, A., Helliwell, T., & Ng, O. (2022). Editorial for a special issue on innovating the mathematics curriculum in precarious times. Research in Mathematics Education, 24(2). https://doi.org/10.1080/14794802.2022.2090422
1. Computational Thinking and Artificial Intelligence in Mathematics Education
Keywords: Artificial intelligence, AI literacy, educational computing
- Liang, B., Chen, Q., Zhang, Y., & Ng, O. (Accepted). From output to understanding: How programming outputs mediate mathematics learning via perturbation. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education.
- *Lin, Z., Dai, Y., & Ng, O. (2025). Constructionism in K-12 AI Literacy education: A systematic Review of pedagogical designs, student outcomes, and learning mechanisms. Journal of Educational Computing Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/07356331251360442
- Allison, J., Hwang, G.-J., Mayer, R., Pellas, N., Karnalim, O., de Freitas, S., Ng, O., Huang, Y.-M., Hooshyar, D., Seidman, R., Al-Emran, M., Mikropoulos, T., Schroeder, N., Roscoe, R.; & Sanusi, I. (2025). From generative AI to extended reality: Multidisciplinary perspectives on the challenges, opportunities, and future of educational computing. Journal of Educational Computing Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/07356331251359964
- *Weng, X., *Ye, H., Dai, Y., & Ng, O. (2024). Integrating artificial intelligence and computational thinking in educational contexts: A systematic review of instructional design and student learning outcomes. Journal of Educational Computing Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/07356331241248686
Keywords: Computational thinking; programming; digital making; mathematical problem-solving
- Liu, S., Dai, Y., Cai, Z., & Ng, O. (2025). Gender disparity in computational thinking pedagogy and assessment: A three-level meta-analysis. Educational Psychology Review, 37, 114. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-025-10095-3.
- *Ye, H., Liang, B., & Ng, O. (2025). A learner-centered exploration of teachers’ solution pathways in K-12 programming-based mathematical problem-solving. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcal.70102
- Ng, O. (2025). Problem solving with discrete variables from a computational thinking perspective. For the Learning of Mathematics, 45(2), 44-48.
- *Cui, Z., Ng, O., Jong, M., & Weng, X. (2025). Middle School Students’ In-Moment Engagement in Synchronous Online Learning: An Activity-Community of Inquiry Approach. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcal.70081
- Ng, O., González-Calero, J., Jacinto, H. (2024). Advancing research and practice in the integration of computational thinking in mathematics education. Quadrante. https://doi.org/10.48489/quadrante.39744
- *Yeung, W. L., Ng, O., & Zhang, Y. (2024). Young children’s embodied computational thinking developed with touchscreen mathematics applications. Quadrante. https://doi.org/10.48489/quadrante.37071
- *Weng, X., *Ye, H., Dai, Y., & Ng, O. (2024). Integrating artificial intelligence and computational thinking in educational contexts: A systematic review of instructional design and student learning outcomes. Journal of Educational Computing Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/07356331241248686
- *Ye, H., Ng, O., & Leung, A. (2024). Examining mathematics teachers’ creative actions in programming-based mathematical activities. ZDM Mathematics Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11858-024-01579-7.
- Leung, S. K. Y., Wu, J., Li, J. W., Yung, L., Ng, O. (2024). Examining young children’s computational thinking through animation art, Early Childhood Education Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-024-01694-w
- *Ye, H., Ng, O., *Cui, Z. (2023). Conceptualizing flexibility in programming-based mathematical problem-solving. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 62(2), 594-619. https://doi.org/10.1177/07356331231209773
- Ng, O., Leung, A., *Ye, H. (2023). Exploring computational thinking as a boundary object between mathematics and computer programming for STEM teaching and learning. ZDM-Mathematics Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11858-023-01509-z
- Ng, O., Sinclair, N., Ferrara, F., & *Liang, B. (2023). Transforming arithmetic through digital resource. In B. Pepin, G. Gueudet, & J. Choppin (Eds.), Handbook of Digital (Curriculum) Resources in Mathematics Education. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95060-6_17-1
- Zhang, Y., Ng, O., & Leung, S. (2023). Researching computational thinking in early childhood STEAM education context: A descriptive review of selected literature on the state of research and future directions. Journal of STEM Education and Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41979-023-00097-7
- *Cui, Z., Ng, O., & Jong, M. (2023). Integration of computational thinking with mathematical problem-based learning: Insights on affordances for learning. Educational Technology and Society, 26(2), 131-146. https://www.jstor.org/stable/48721001
- *Ye, H., *Liang, B., Ng, O., & Chai, C. S. (2023). Integration of computational thinking in K-12 mathematics education: A systematic review on CT-based mathematics instruction and student learning. International Journal of STEM Education, 10, 3. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-023-00396-w
- *Weng, X., Ng, O., *Cui, Z., & Leung, S. (2022). Creativity development with problem-based digital making and block-based programming for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics learning in middle school contexts. Journal of Educational Computing Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/07356331221115661
- *Weng, X., *Cui, Z., Ng, O., Jong, M., & Chiu, T. K. F. (2022). Characterizing students’ 4C skill development during problem-based digital making. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 31(3), 372-385. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10956-022-09961-4
- Ng, O., Liu, M, & *Cui, Z. (2021). Students’ in-moment challenges and developing maker perspectives during problem-based digital making. Journal of Research on Technology in Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/15391523.2021.1967817
- Ng, O., & *Cui, Z. (2021). Examining primary students’ mathematical problem-solving in a programming context: Toward a computationally enhanced mathematics education. ZDM-Mathematics Education, 53, 847–860. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11858-020-01200-7
- *Cui, Z., & Ng, O. (2021). The interplay between mathematical and computational thinking in primary students’ mathematical problem-solving within a programming environment. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 59(5), 988–1012. https://doi.org/10.1177/0735633120979930
2. 3D Pens, Multimodality, and Gestures in Mathematical Thinking and Learning
Keywords: 3D printing; 3D pens; gestures; embodied cognition
- Yeung, W. L., Ye, H., & Ng, O. (forthcoming). Crafting mathematics: Embodied creative actions and craftsman creativity in making-based geometry learning. In T. T. Lam, P. Taylor, P. J. Lin (Eds.), Mathematics Creativity, Challenges and Competition. Springer.
- Ng, O., & *Ye, H. (2023). Doing mathematics with 3D pens: Five years of research on 3D printing integration in mathematics classrooms. In F. Dilling, F. Pielsticker, & I. Witzke (Eds.), International Symposium on 3D Printing in Mathematics Education. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-38867-6_7
- Ng, O., & *Ye, H. (2022). Mathematics learning as embodied Making: Primary students’ investigation of 3-dimensional geometry with handheld 3d printing technology. Asia Pacific Education Review. http://doi.org/10.1007/s12564-022-09755-8
- Ng, O., *Liang, B., & Leung, A. (2022). Using first- and second-order models to characterise in-service teachers’ video-aided reflection on teaching and learning mathematics with 3D Pens. In A. Clark-Wilson, O. Robutti, & N. Sinclair (Eds.). The Mathematics Teacher in the Digital Era (2nd Edition). Springer: Cham, Switzerland. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05254-5
- Ng, O., & *Tsang, W. K. (2021). Constructionist learning in school mathematics: Implications for education in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. ECNU Review of Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/2096531120978414
- Ng, O., & Chan, T. (2021). In-service mathematics teachers’ video-based noticing of 3D Printing Pens ‘in action’. British Journal of Educational Technology, 52(2), 751-767. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjet.13053
- Ng, O., Shi, L., & Ting, F. (2020). Exploring differences in primary students’ geometry learning outcomes in two technology-enhanced environments: Dynamic geometry and 3D Printing. International Journal of STEM Education, 7, 50. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-020-00244-1
- Ng, O. (2020). How ‘tall’ is the triangle? Constructionist learning of shape and space with 3D Pens. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 52 (9), 1426-1432. https://doi.org/10.1080/0020739X.2020.1844910
- Ng, O., & Ferrara, F. (2020). Towards a materialist vision of ‘learning as Making’: The case of 3D Printing Pens in school mathematics. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 18, 925–944. doi: 10.1007/s10763-019-10000-9
- Ng, O., Sinclair, N., & Davis, B. (2018). Drawing off the page: How new 3D technologies provide insight into cognitive and pedagogical assumptions about mathematics. The Mathematics Enthusiast, 15(3), 563-578.
- Ng, O., & Sinclair, N. (2018). Drawing in space: Doing mathematics with 3D pens. In L. Ball, P. Drijvers, S. Ladel, H.-S. Siller, M. Tabach, C. Vale (Eds.). Uses of Technology in Primary and Secondary Mathematics Education (pp. 301-313). Cham: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-76575-4_16
Keywords: Embodied cognition, gestures, multimodality, touchscreen, Touchcounts
- Zhang, Y., Ng, O., & Liang, B. (2025). From pre-ritual to exploration: Young learner’s gestural routine development in manipulative-based number discourse. Educational Studies in Mathematics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10649-025-10457-2
- Ng, O., & *Yeung, W. L. (2025). Making tens with four hands: Touchscreen-based classroom activity for early number learning. Digital Experience in Mathematics Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40751-025-00171-2
- *Yeung, W. L., Ng, O., & Zhang, Y. (2024). Young children’s embodied computational thinking developed with touchscreen mathematics applications. Quadrante. https://doi.org/10.48489/quadrante.37071
- *Yeung, W. L.., & Ng, O. (2023). Characterizing touchscreen actions in technology-enhanced embodied learning for mathematics instruction in K-12 setting – A systematic review (2010 – 2023). Computers & Education. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2023.104881
- Ng, O., Sinclair, N., Ferrara, F., & *Liang, B. (2023). Transforming arithmetic through digital resource. In B. Pepin, G. Gueudet, & J. Choppin (Eds.), Handbook of Digital (Curriculum) Resources in Mathematics Education. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95060-6_17-1
- Ng, O., & *Ye, H. (2022). Mathematics learning as embodied Making: Primary students’ investigation of 3-dimensional geometry with handheld 3d printing technology. Asia Pacific Education Review. http://doi.org/10.1007/s12564-022-09755-8
- Ng, O., Shi, L., & Ting, F. (2020). Exploring differences in primary students’ geometry learning outcomes in two technology-enhanced environments: Dynamic geometry and 3D Printing. International Journal of STEM Education, 7, 50. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-020-00244-1
- Ng, O. (2019). Examining technology-mediated communication using a commognitive lens: The case of touchscreen-dragging in dynamic geometry environments. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 17(6), 1173-1193. doi: 10.1007/s10763-018-9910-2
- Ng, O. (2018). Supporting the development of bilingual learners’ mathematical discourse through dynamic, touchscreen technology. In T. Bartell (Ed). Toward equity and social justice in mathematics education (pp. 173-189). Cham: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-92907-1_11
- Ng, O. (2016). The interplay between language, gestures, dragging, and diagrams in bilingual learners’ mathematical communications. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 91(3), 307-326. doi: 10.1007/s10649-015-9652-9
- Ng, O. (2016). Comparing calculus communication across static and dynamic environments using a multimodal approach. Digital Experiences in Mathematics Education, 2(2), 115-141. doi: 10.1007/s40751-016-0014-8.
- Ng, O., & Sinclair, N. (2015). ‘Area without numbers’: Using touchscreen dynamic geometry to reason about shape. The Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education, 15 (1), 84-101. doi: 10.1080/14926156.2014.993048.
3. Technology-rich Geometry, and STEM Education
Keywords: Dynamic geometry environments; geometry education, technology-mediated learning
- Ng, O. & Dorier, J.-L. (forthcoming). Resources for teaching and learning geometry. In A. Gutierrez & T. Lowrie (Eds), The 26th ICMI Study, Advances in Geometry Education. Springer.
- Athias, F., Coutat, S., Ng, O. (forthcoming). Principles of task design. In A. Gutierrez & T. Lowrie (Eds), The 26th ICMI Study, Advances in Geometry Education. Springer.
- *Yeung, W.L., & Ng, O. (2021). Developing the meaning of volume and deriving the volume of hemispheres with dynamic geometry. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1080/0020739X.2021.1949058
- Ng, O., Shi, L., & Ting, F. (2020). Exploring differences in primary students’ geometry learning outcomes in two technology-enhanced environments: Dynamic geometry and 3D Printing. International Journal of STEM Education, 7, 50. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-020-00244-1
- Ng, O., Ting, F., Lam, W.H., Liu, M. (2020). Active learning in undergraduate mathematics tutorials via cooperative problem-based learning and peer assessment with interactive online whiteboards. The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 29, 285–294. doi: 10.1007/s40299-019-00481-1
- Ng, O. (2019). Examining technology-mediated communication using a commognitive lens: The case of touchscreen-dragging in dynamic geometry environments. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 17(6), 1173-1193. doi: 10.1007/s10763-018-9910-2
- Ng, O. (2018). Supporting the development of bilingual learners’ mathematical discourse through dynamic, touchscreen technology. In T. Bartell (Ed). Toward equity and social justice in mathematics education (pp. 173-189). Cham: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-92907-1_11
- Ng, O. (2016). Comparing calculus communication across static and dynamic environments using a multimodal approach. Digital Experiences in Mathematics Education, 2(2), 115-141. doi: 10.1007/s40751-016-0014-8.
- Ng, O., & Sinclair, N. (2015). Young children reasoning about symmetry in a dynamic geometry environment. ZDM-Mathematics Education, 47(3), 421-434. doi: 10.1007/s11858-014-0660-5.
- Ng, O., & Sinclair, N. (2015). ‘Area without numbers’: Using touchscreen dynamic geometry to reason about shape. The Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education, 15 (1), 84-101. doi: 10.1080/14926156.2014.993048.
Keyword: STEM education; 21st century skills, constructionist learning
- Gao, L., Jong, M. S.-Y.; Chai, C.-S.; Ng, O. (2025). Undergraduate engineering students’ epistemic cognition and changes in the course of being engineering design mentors. International Journal of STEM Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-025-00564-0
- *Yeung, W. L., & Ng, O. (2024). Using empathy maps to support design-thinking enhanced transdisciplinary STEM innovation in K-12 setting. International Journal of Design and Technology Education, 34 (4), 1325-1350. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10798-023-09861-7
- Zhang, Y., Ng, O., & Leung, S. (2023). Researching computational thinking in early childhood STEAM education context: A descriptive review of selected literature on the state of research and future directions. Journal of STEM Education and Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41979-023-00097-7
- *Weng, X., *Cui, Z., Ng, O., Jong, M., & Chiu, T. K. F. (2022). Characterizing students’ 4C skill development during problem-based digital making. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 31(3), 372-385. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10956-022-09961-4
- *Weng, X., Ng, O., *Cui, Z., & Leung, S. (2022). Creativity development with problem-based digital making and block-based programming for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics learning in middle school contexts. Journal of Educational Computing Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/07356331221115661
- Ng, O., & *Tsang, W. K. (2021). Constructionist learning in school mathematics: Implications for education in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. ECNU Review of Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/2096531120978414
- Ng, O., & Chan, T. (2019). Learning as Making: Using 3D computer-aided design to enhance the learning of shapes and space in STEM-integrated ways. British Journal of Educational Technology, 50(1), 294-308. doi: 10.1111/bjet.12643
- Ng, O. (2017). Exploring the use of 3D computer-aided design and 3D printing for STEAM learning in mathematics. Digital Experience in Mathematics Education, 3(3), 257–263. doi: 10.1007/s40751-017-0036-x.
4. Teacher Professional Development
Keywords: Technology-rich pedagogies; videos; teacher noticing; professional noticing; 3D pens
- Liu, M., Ng, O., Dai, Y., Chai, C. S. (2024). Prospective mathematics teachers’ hiccups and professional noticing during technology-rich teaching and learning. Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42330-024-00340-2
- *Weng, X., Ng, O., Chiu, T. (2023). Competency development of pre-service teachers during video-based learning: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis. Computers and Education. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2023.104790.
- Ng, O., *Liang, B., & Leung, A. (2022). Using first- and second-order models to characterise in-service teachers’ video-aided reflection on teaching and learning mathematics with 3D Pens. In A. Clark-Wilson, O. Robutti, & N. Sinclair (Eds.). The Mathematics Teacher in the Digital Era (2nd Edition). Springer: Cham, Switzerland. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05254-5
- Ng, O., & Park, M. (2021). Using an enhanced video-engagement innovation to support STEM teachers’ professional development in technology-based instruction. Educational Technology and Society, 24(4), 193-204. https://www.jstor.org/stable/48629255.
- Ng, O., & Chan, T. (2021). In-service mathematics teachers’ video-based noticing of 3D Printing Pens ‘in action’. British Journal of Educational Technology, 52(2), 751-767. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjet.13053
Keyword: Classroom discourse; discourse behaviours; dialogic discourse; teacher authority; teacher professional development; intervention studies
- Ng, O., Ni, Y., Shi, L., Tam, W., Cheung, A. (2025). Linking changes in teacher discourse behaviors to changes in student learning outcomes in Hong Kong mathematics classrooms. Asian Journal of Mathematics Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/27527263241308028
- Cheng, W.K., Ng. O., & Ni, Y. (2022). Enhancing student authorship and broadening personal latitude in the mathematics classroom with rich dialogic discourse. ECNU Review of Education 7(4), 1089-1113. https://doi.org/10.1177/20965311221142887
- Ni, Y., Shi, L., Cheung, A., Chen, G., Ng, O., & Cai, J. (2021). Implementation and efficacy of a teacher intervention in dialogic mathematics classroom discourse in Hong Kong primary schools. International Journal of Educational Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2021.101758
- Ng, O., Ni, Y., Shi, L., Chen, G., & Cui, Z. (2021). Designing and validating a coding scheme for analysis of teacher discourse behaviours in mathematics classrooms. Journal of Education for Teaching, 47(3), 337-352. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2021.1896340
- Ng, O., Cheng, W.K., Ni, Y., & Shi, L. (2020). How linguistic features and patterns of discourse moves influence authority structures in mathematics classrooms. Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education. doi: 10.1007/s10857-020-09475-z
- Ni, Y., Ho, G., Cai, J., Cheung, A., Chen, G., & Ng, O. (2017). Research protocol: Teacher interventions in engaging students with dialogic classroom discourse for rich learning opportunity in mathematics classrooms. International Journal of Educational Research, 86, 23-35. doi: 10.1016/j.ijer.2017.08.008
Keywords: Double discontinuity
- *Liang, B., Ng, O., & Chan, Y. (2022). Seeing the continuity behind “double discontinuity”: Investigating Hong Kong prospective mathematics teachers’ secondary–tertiary transition. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 113, 107-124. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10649-022-10197-7
Keywords: Teaching for sustainability
- Helliwell, T., & Ng, O. (2022). Imagining possibilities: Innovating mathematics (teacher) education for sustainable futures. Research in Mathematics Education, 24(2). https://doi.org/10.1080/14794802.2022.2079553
Publications appearing in Professional Venues
Keywords: Computational thinking; double discontinuity; dynamic geometry
- Ng, O., & Yan, W.-L. (forthcoming). Evaluating the impact of programming-based mathematical activities on students’ conception of learning. EduMath.
- Ng, O., Chan, A., Ho, T., Tsoi, D., Liu, A., Law, M., … (2023). Integration of programming, problem solving and recreational mathematics for a computationally enhanced mathematics education. School Mathematics Newsletter, 26, 7-28.
- Ng, O., *Liang, B., Chan, A., Ho, T., Lam, L., Law, M., … (2023). A collective reflection on the transition from secondary to university mathematics through the lens of the “Double discontinuity” by Felix Klein. EduMath 45.
- Ng, O., Tsang, W. K., Tsoi, C. K., Ng, W. H., Cheng, P. K. (2020). Teaching secondary mathematics students about climate change: Towards an environmentally conscious mathematics education. EduMath, 42, 82-91.
- *曾詠琪,吳藹藍 (2020). 為三角形「度高」:以3D打印筆進行建構式學習的課堂構思. 數學教育, 43(1), 50-58.
Publications by Year:
2025 and forthcoming
- Ng, O., Kynigos, C., & Clark-Wilson, A. (2027). Computational thinking for mathematics education: Emerging perspectives, design, and tools (Special Issue). ZDM Mathematics Education.
- Yeung, W. L., *Ye, H., & Ng, O. (forthcoming). Crafting mathematics: Embodied creative actions and craftsman creativity in making-based geometry learning. In T. T. Lam, P. Taylor, P. J. Lin (Eds.), Mathematics Creativity, Challenges and Competition. Springer.
- Ng, O. & Dorier, J.-L. (forthcoming). Resources for teaching and learning geometry. In A. Gutierrez & T. Lowrie (Eds), The 26th ICMI Study, Advances in Geometry Education. Springer.
- Athias, F., Coutat, S., Ng, O. (forthcoming). Principles of task design. In A. Gutierrez & T. Lowrie (Eds), The 26th ICMI Study, Advances in Geometry Education. Springer.
- Noster, N., Ng, O., Fock, A., Siller, H.-S. (2026). Pre-Service Teachers’ Self-Efficacy of Using Generative Artificial Intelligence in Mathematics Instruction – a comparison between Germany and Hong Kong. In M. Lee, O. Ng, & S. Yeo (Eds). The Essence of Mathematics Education in the Use of Digital Technology. Springer.
- Lee, M., Ng, O., Yeo, S. (Eds.) (2026). The Essence of Mathematics Education in the Use of Digital Technology: An East Asian Perspective. Springer.
- Liang, B., Chen, Q., Zhang, Y., & Ng, O. (Accepted). From output to understanding: How programming outputs mediate mathematics learning via perturbation. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education.
- Liu, S., Dai, Y., Cai, Z., & Ng, O. (2025). Gender disparity in computational thinking pedagogy and assessment: A three-level meta-analysis. Educational Psychology Review, 37, 114. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-025-10095-3.
- Zhang, Y., Ng, O., & Liang, B. (2025). From pre-ritual to exploration: Young learner’s gestural routine development in manipulative-based number discourse. Educational Studies in Mathematics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10649-025-10457-2
- Gao, L., Jong, M. S.-Y.; Chai, C.-S.; Ng, O. (2025). Undergraduate engineering students’ epistemic cognition and changes in the course of being engineering design mentors. International Journal of STEM Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-025-00564-0
- *Ye, H., Liang, B., & Ng, O. (2025). A learner-centered exploration of teachers’ solution pathways in K-12 programming-based mathematical problem-solving. Journal of Computer Assisted learning. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcal.70102
- *Lin, Z., Dai, Y., & Ng, O. (2025). Constructionism in K-12 AI Literacy education: A systematic Review of pedagogical designs, student outcomes, and learning mechanisms. Journal of Educational Computing Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/07356331251360442
- Allison, J., Hwang, G.-J., Mayer, R., Pellas, N., Karnalim, O., de Freitas, S., Ng, O., Huang, Y.-M., Hooshyar, D., Seidman, R., Al-Emran, M., Mikropoulos, T., Schroeder, N., Roscoe, R.; & Sanusi, I. (2025). From generative AI to extended reality: Multidisciplinary perspectives on the challenges, opportunities, and future of educational computing. Journal of Educational Computing Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/07356331251359964
- Ng, O. (2025). Problem solving with discrete variables from a computational thinking perspective. For the Learning of Mathematics, 45(2), 44-48.
- *Cui, Z., Ng, O., Jong, M., & Weng, X. (2025). Middle School Students’ In-Moment Engagement in Synchronous Online Learning: An Activity-Community of Inquiry Approach. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcal.70081
- Ng, O., & *Yeung, W. L. (2025). Making tens with four hands: Touchscreen-based classroom activity for early number learning. Digital Experience in Mathematics Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40751-025-00171-2
- Ng, O., Ni, Y., Shi, L., Tam, W., Cheung, A. (2025). Linking changes in teacher discourse behaviors to changes in student learning outcomes in Hong Kong mathematics classrooms. Asian Journal of Mathematics Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/27527263241308028
2024
- Ng, O., González-Calero, J., Jacinto, H. (2024). Advancing Research and Practice in the Integration of Computational Thinking in Mathematics Education. Quadrante. https://doi.org/10.48489/quadrante.39744
- *Yeung, W. L., Ng, O., & Zhang, Y. (2024). Young children’s embodied computational thinking developed with touchscreen mathematics applications. Quadrante. https://doi.org/10.48489/quadrante.37071
- Liu, M., Ng, O., Dai, Y., Chai, C. S. (2024). Prospective mathematics teachers’ hiccups and professional noticing during technology-rich teaching and learning. Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42330-024-00340-2
- *Weng, X., *Ye, H., Dai, Y., & Ng, O. (2024). Integrating artificial intelligence and computational thinking in educational contexts: A systematic review of instructional design and student learning outcomes. Journal of Educational Computing Research.
https://doi.org/10.1177/07356331241248686 - *Ye, H., Ng, O., & Leung, A. (2024). Examining mathematics teachers’ creative actions in programming-based mathematical activities. ZDM Mathematics Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11858-024-01579-7.
- Leung, S. K. Y., Wu, J., Li, J. W., Yung, L., Ng, O. (2024). Examining young children’s computational thinking through animation art, Early Childhood Education Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-024-01694-w
- *Yeung, W. L., & Ng, O. (2024). Using empathy maps to support design-thinking enhanced transdisciplinary STEM innovation in K-12 setting. International Journal of Design and Technology Education, 34 (4), 1325-1350. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10798-023-09861-7
- *Ye, H., Ng, O., *Cui, Z. (2024). Conceptualizing flexibility in programming-based mathematical problem-solving. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 62(2), 594-619. https://doi.org/10.1177/07356331231209773
2023
- *Yeung, W. L.., & Ng, O. (2023). Characterizing touchscreen actions in technology-enhanced embodied learning for mathematics instruction in K-12 setting – A systematic review (2010 – 2023). Computers & Education. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2023.104881
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- Ng, O., & *Ye, H. (2023). Doing mathematics with 3D pens: Five years of research on 3D printing integration in mathematics classrooms. In F. Dilling, F. Pielsticker, & I. Witzke (Eds.), International Symposium on 3D Printing in Mathematics Education. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-38867-6_7
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- Ng, O., *Liang, B., Chan, A., Ho, T., Lam, L., Law, M., … (2023). A Collective Reflection on the Transition from Secondary to University Mathematics through the Lens of the “Double Discontinuity” by Felix Klein. EduMath 45.
- *Cui, Z., Ng, O., & Jong, M. (2023). Integration of Computational Thinking with Mathematical Problem-based Learning: Insights on Affordances for Learning. Educational Technology and Society, 26(2), 131-146. https://www.jstor.org/stable/48721001
- *Ye, H., *Liang, B., Ng, O., & Chai, C. S. (2023). Integration of computational thinking in K-12 mathematics education: A systematic review on CT-based mathematics instruction and student learning. International Journal of STEM Education, 10, 3. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-023-00396-w
2022
- *Liang, B., Ng, O., & Chan, Y. (2022). Seeing the continuity behind “double discontinuity”: Investigating Hong Kong prospective mathematics teachers’ secondary–tertiary transition. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 113, 107-124. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10649-022-10197-7
- Cheng, W.K., Ng. O., & Ni, Y. (2022). Enhancing student authorship and broadening personal latitude in the mathematics classroom with rich dialogic discourse. ECNU Review of Education 7(4), 1089-1113. https://doi.org/10.1177/20965311221142887
- Le Roux, K., Brown, J., Coles, A., Helliwell, T., & Ng, O. (2022). Editorial for a special issue on innovating the mathematics curriculum in precarious times. Research in Mathematics Education, 24(2). https://doi.org/10.1080/14794802.2022.2090422
- Helliwell, T., & Ng, O. (2022). Imagining possibilities: Innovating mathematics (teacher) education for sustainable futures. Research in Mathematics Education, 24(2). https://doi.org/10.1080/14794802.2022.2079553
- *Weng, X., Ng, O., *Cui, Z., & Leung, S. (2022). Creativity development with problem-based digital making and block-based programming for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics learning in middle school contexts. Journal of Educational Computing Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/07356331221115661
- Ng, O., *Liang, B., & Leung, A. (2022). Using first- and second-order models to characterise in-service teachers’ video-aided reflection on teaching and learning mathematics with 3D Pens. In A. Clark-Wilson, O. Robutti, & N. Sinclair (Eds.). The Mathematics Teacher in the Digital Era (2nd Edition). Springer: Cham, Switzerland. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05254-5
- *Weng, X., *Cui, Z., Ng, O., Jong, M., & Chiu, T. K. F. (2022). Characterizing students’ 4C skill development during problem-based digital making. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 31(3), 372-385. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10956-022-09961-4
- Ng, O., & *Ye, H. (2022). Mathematics learning as embodied Making: Primary students’ investigation of 3-dimensional geometry with handheld 3d printing technology. Asia Pacific Education Review. http://doi.org/10.1007/s12564-022-09755-8
- de Freitas, E., Sinclair, N., Le Roux, K., Solares, A., Coles, A., Ng, O. (2022). New spatial imaginaries for international curriculum projects: Creative diagrams, mapping experiments, and critical cartography. Qualitative Inquiry [Special Issue on “Posthuman Creativity”], 1-15. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/10778004211068201
2021
- Ng, O., & Park, M. (2021). Using an enhanced video-engagement innovation to support STEM teachers’ professional development in technology-based instruction. Educational Technology and Society, 24(4), 193-204. https://www.jstor.org/stable/48629255.
- Ng, O., Liu, M, & *Cui, Z. (2021). Students’ in-moment challenges and developing maker perspectives during problem-based digital making. Journal of Research on Technology in Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/15391523.2021.1967817
- Ni, Y., Shi, L., Cheung, A., Chen, G., Ng, O., & Cai, J. (2021). Implementation and efficacy of a teacher intervention in dialogic mathematics classroom discourse in Hong Kong primary schools. International Journal of Educational Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2021.101758
- Ng, O., & *Cui, Z. (2021). Examining primary students’ mathematical problem-solving in a programming context: Toward a computationally enhanced mathematics education. ZDM-Mathematics Education, 53, 847–860. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11858-020-01200-7
- *Cui, Z., & Ng, O. (2021). The interplay between mathematical and computational thinking in primary students’ mathematical problem-solving within a programming environment. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 59(5), 988–1012. https://doi.org/10.1177/0735633120979930
- *Yeung, W.L., & Ng, O. (2021). Developing the meaning of volume and deriving the volume of hemispheres with dynamic geometry. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1080/0020739X.2021.1949058
- Ng, O., & *Tsang, W. K. (2021). Constructionist learning in school mathematics: Implications for education in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. ECNU Review of Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/2096531120978414
- Ng, O., & Chan, T. (2021). In-service mathematics teachers’ video-based noticing of 3D Printing Pens ‘in action’. British Journal of Educational Technology, 52(2), 751-767. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjet.13053
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2019-2020
- Ng, O., Shi, L., & Ting, F. (2020). Exploring differences in primary students’ geometry learning outcomes in two technology-enhanced environments: Dynamic geometry and 3D Printing. International Journal of STEM Education, 7, 50. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-020-00244-1
- Ng, O. (2020). How ‘tall’ is the triangle? Constructionist learning of shape and space with 3D Pens. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 52 (9), 1426-1432. https://doi.org/10.1080/0020739X.2020.1844910
- Ng, O., Tsang, W. K., Tsoi, C. K., Ng, W. H., Cheng, P. K. (2020). Teaching secondary mathematics students about climate change: Towards an environmentally conscious mathematics education. EduMath, 42, 82-91.
- Ng, O., Ting, F., Lam, W.H., Liu, M. (2020). Active learning in undergraduate mathematics tutorials via cooperative problem-based learning and peer assessment with interactive online whiteboards. The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 29, 285–294. doi: 10.1007/s40299-019-00481-1
- Ng, O., Cheng, W.K., Ni, Y., & Shi, L. (2020). How linguistic features and patterns of discourse moves influence authority structures in mathematics classrooms. Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education. doi: 10.1007/s10857-020-09475-z
- Ng, O., & Ferrara, F. (2020). Towards a materialist vision of ‘learning as Making’: The case of 3D Printing Pens in school mathematics. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 18, 925–944. doi: 10.1007/s10763-019-10000-9
- *曾詠琪,吳藹藍 (2020). 為三角形「度高」:以3D打印筆進行建構式學習的課堂構思. 數學教育, 43(1), 50-58.
- Ng, O. (2019). Examining technology-mediated communication using a commognitive lens: The case of touchscreen-dragging in dynamic geometry environments. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 17(6), 1173-1193. doi: 10.1007/s10763-018-9910-2
- Ng, O., & Chan, T. (2019). Learning as Making: Using 3D computer-aided design to enhance the learning of shapes and space in STEM-integrated ways. British Journal of Educational Technology, 50(1), 294-308. doi: 10.1111/bjet.12643
2018 and prior
- Ng, O., Sinclair, N., & Davis, B. (2018). Drawing off the page: How new 3D technologies provide insight into cognitive and pedagogical assumptions about mathematics. The Mathematics Enthusiast, 15(3), 563-578.
- Ng, O., & Sinclair, N. (2018). Drawing in space: Doing mathematics with 3D pens. In L. Ball, P. Drijvers, S. Ladel, H.-S. Siller, M. Tabach, C. Vale (Eds.). Uses of Technology in Primary and Secondary Mathematics Education (pp. 301-313). Cham: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-76575-4_16
- Ng, O. (2018). Supporting the development of bilingual learners’ mathematical discourse through dynamic, touchscreen technology. In T. Bartell (Ed). Toward equity and social justice in mathematics education (pp. 173-189). Cham: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-92907-1_11
- Ng, O. (2017). Exploring the use of 3D computer-aided design and 3D printing for STEAM learning in mathematics. Digital Experience in Mathematics Education, 3(3), 257–263. doi: 10.1007/s40751-017-0036-x.
- Ni, Y., Ho, G., Cai, J., Cheung, A., Chen, G., & Ng, O. (2017). Research Protocol: Teacher Interventions in Engaging Students with Dialogic Classroom Discourse for Rich Learning Opportunity in Mathematics Classrooms. International Journal of Educational Research, 86, 23-35. doi: 10.1016/j.ijer.2017.08.008
- Chorney, S., Ng, O., & Pimm, D. (2016). A tale of two more metaphors: Storylines about mathematics education in Canadian national media. Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 16(4), 402-418. doi: 10.1080/14926156.2016.1235746.
- Ng, O. (2016). Comparing calculus communication across static and dynamic environments using a multimodal approach. Digital Experiences in Mathematics Education, 2(2), 115-141. doi: 10.1007/s40751-016-0014-8.
- Ng, O. (2016). The interplay between language, gestures, dragging, and diagrams in bilingual learners’ mathematical communications. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 91(3), 307-326. doi: 10.1007/s10649-015-9652-9
- Hare, A., & Ng, O. (2015). ‘Looking back, looking forward’: The past 15 years of mathematics education in CJSMTE. The Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education, 15(4), 387-397. doi: 10.1080/14926156.2015.1091900
- Ng, O., & Sinclair, N. (2015). Young children reasoning about symmetry in a dynamic geometry environment. ZDM-Mathematics Education, 47(3), 421-434. doi: 10.1007/s11858-014-0660-5.
- Ng, O., & Sinclair, N. (2015). ‘Area without numbers’: Using touchscreen dynamic geometry to reason about shape. The Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education, 15 (1), 84-101. doi: 10.1080/14926156.2014.993048.