Publications

Publications & Manuscripts

Journal articles, preprints, accepted conference papers, and manuscripts, with publication status and links updated from the October 2026 academic CV.

Publications & Manuscripts

Journal articles, preprints, accepted conference papers, and manuscripts, with publication status and links updated from the October 2026 academic CV.

Journal articlePublished

Cultivating Systems Thinking through Game-Making: A Systematic Review on Curriculum Design

Fan, S.

Educational Research Review · 2026

A systematic review of game-making curricula for systems thinking, synthesizing learning goals, design tasks, scaffolds, facilitation, assessment, and iterative design processes.

PreprintPreprint posted

Diagnosing Appraisal Practice in Systematic Reviews of Educational Interventions: A Methodological Review with a Draft Proposal for EIAT

Fan, S.

EdArXiv · 2026

A methodological review of 2,107 full-text systematic reviews identified through ERIC and PsycINFO, examining appraisal reporting, specification, and interpretive use, with a draft proposal for the Educational Intervention Appraisal Tool (EIAT).

ManuscriptUnder review

Layered Principalship: Role Boundaries, Teacher Relations, and Accountability in Chinese School Leadership Policy

Fan, S.

Manuscript under review · 2026

A policy analysis of Chinese school leadership that examines how multiple principal roles are assigned in policy and how those roles shape teacher relations, administrative responsibility, and school governance.

Accepted conference paperAccepted

Systems Before Code: A Goal-to-Milestone Framework for AI-Supported Creative Programming in K-12

Fan, S.

34th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE 2026), Christchurch, New Zealand · 2026

A framework paper proposing a systems-before-code scaffold that helps K-12 students clarify goals, break ideas into milestones, and then move into AI-supported creative programming.

ManuscriptUnder review

Have We Solved Them Yet? A Historical Analysis of Recurring Problem Constructions in Seminal Learning Design and Technology Literature

Fan, S.

Manuscript under review · 2026

Combines RPYS with qualitative content analysis across seven learning design and technology journals, screening 2,613 records and analyzing 104 focal articles to examine recurring problem constructions.

ManuscriptUnder review

Meaning & Purpose, Curiosity & Exploration: Motivational Rhetorics in China and Ontario Math Curricula

Fan, S.

Manuscript under review · 2025

A comparative curriculum study of how China and Ontario use meaning, purpose, curiosity, and exploration to explain why students should learn mathematics.

Refereed conference proceedingPublished

Evaluation of Artificial Intelligence Tutoring System Based on the Octalysis Framework: Improving Motivational Design and Management within the System

Fan, S.

International Conference on Game-Based Learning · 2020

Uses the Octalysis gamification framework to evaluate an AI tutoring system and examine how stronger motivational design can improve learner engagement and system management.