Ms Brenda YUEN – NUS CELC

Brenda Yuen

Senior Lecturer

Contact Information

Telephone: 6601 3921
Email: elcbypl@nus.edu.sg
Office: CELC #03-17 (10 Architecture Drive, Singapore 117511)

Brenda YUEN is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for English Language Communication, where she teaches and coordinates a science communication module. She holds an MPhil in English and Applied Linguistics from the University of Cambridge (Chevening Scholarship), an MA in English Language Teaching and a Postgraduate Diploma in Education from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Brenda is involved in the development and administration of large-scale English placement tests for NUS undergraduates and postgraduates, and assessment quality assurance through quantitative data analysis, particularly using Rasch analysis. Her key research areas are criterion-referenced assessment and feedback literacy development in higher education. Her recent research focuses on the impact of technology-enhanced dialogic feedback on student feedback literacy and writing competency development.

Recent Courses Taught

ES1000 Foundation Academic English
CG1111 Engineering Principles and Practice (Embedded)
MLE1010 Materials Engineering Principles & Practices (Embedded)
SP1541 Exploring Science Communication through Popular Science

Awards & Recognition

NUS Annual Teaching Excellence Award 2024
NUS Annual Teaching Excellence Award 2021
CELC Teaching Excellence Award 2022/2023
CELC Teaching Excellence Award 2021/2022
CELC Teaching Excellence Award 2020/2021
CELC Teaching Excellence Award 2019/2020

Grant Projects

Co-Investigator, Teaching Enhancement Grant 2023/2024, Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning, National University of Singapore. Project Title: Blended Learning 2.0: Best Practices in Designing a Community of Inquiry to Enhance Student Learning in Language and Communication Courses.
Principal Investigator, Teaching Enhancement Grant 2021/2022, Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning, National University of Singapore. Project Title: Developing student feedback literacy in a technology-enhanced learning environment.
Principal Investigator, Teaching Enhancement Grant 2017/2018, Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning, National University of Singapore. Project Title: Developing and validating an assessment rubric for popular science news article writing.

Selected Publications (since 2019)

Thompson, A., & Yuen, B. (2023). Enhancing students’ engagement through Miro: Transitioning from online to face-to-face learning in a science communication course. Teaching Connections. https://blog.nus.edu.sg/teachingconnections/2023/09/22/enhancing-students-engagement-through-miro-transitioning-from-online-to-face-to-face-learning-in-a-science-communication-course/
Thompson, A. A., & Yuen, B. (2022). Using Miro to enhance students’ online engagement and learning in a science communication module. Teaching Connections. https://blog.nus.edu.sg/teachingconnections/2022/08/26/using-miro-to-enhance-students-online-engagement-and-learning-in-a-science-communication-module/
Lee, M. C., Udalagama, C., Yuen, B., Goh, H. (2021). Forging Language-content Partnerships: Interdisciplinary collaboration in a reading and writing module for Science students. Teaching Connections. https://blog.nus.edu.sg/teachingconnections/2021/07/21/forging-language-content-partnerships-interdisciplinary-collaboration-in-a-reading-and-writing-module-for-science-students/
Pui, P., Yuen, B., & Goh, H. (2021). Using a criterion-referenced rubric to enhance student learning: a case study in a critical thinking and writing module. Higher Education Research & Development, 40(5), 1056- 1069. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2020.1795811
Tan, L. Y. L., Yuen, B., Loo, W. L., Prinsloo, C., & Gan, M. (2020). Students' conceptions of bell curve grading fairness in relation to goal orientation and motivation. International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 14(1), Article 7. http://doi.org/10.20429/ijsotl.2020.140107
Yuen, B., & Sawatdeenarunat, S. (2020). Applying a rubric development cycle for assessment in higher education: an evidence-based case study of a science communication module. Asian Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 10(1), 53-68. https://ctlt.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/v10n1_yuen_sawatdeenarunat.pdf

Selected Presentations (since 2019)

Thompson, A. A., & Yuen, B. (2023, December 7). Interdisciplinarity in science communication: Promoting student engagement and learning through the digital collaborative platform Miro [Paper presentation]. Higher Education Campus Conference (HECC) 2023, National University of Singapore, Singapore. https://blog.nus.edu.sg/hecc2023proceedings/interdisciplinarity-in-science-communication-promoting-student-engagement-and-learning-through-the-digital-collaborative-platform-miro/
Thompson, A. A., & Yuen, B. (2023, March 13-15). Technology-enhanced Approach to Promote Engagement: Using Miro in a Science Communication Module [Paper presentation]. 57th RELC International Conference, Singapore.
Yuen, B. & Thompson, A. A. (2022, December 6-9). Enhancing Students’ Online Engagement and Language Learning: Using the Digital Collaborative Platform Miro in a Science Communication Module. [Paper Presentation]. International Congress on English Language Education and Applied Linguistics, Hong Kong.
Yuen, B. (2022, December 1-3). Investigating the Impact of Technology-enhanced Peer Feedback on Feedback Literacy and Writing Performance. [Paper Presentation]. Pacific Rim Objective Measurement Symposium, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Yuen, B. (2022, May 30-31). Developing multi-faceted feedback literacy: Embedding technology-enhanced peer assessment for effective science communication [Paper presentation]. The 6th CELC Symposium, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Yuen, B. (2021, July 7-9). Integrating feedback technology in and beyond the classroom: using dialogic peer feedback to develop feedback literacy [Paper presentation]. International Conference on Technology-Enhanced Language Learning and Teaching & Corpus-based Language Learning and Teaching 2021, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Yuen, B. (2019, December 6-7). Examining the validity of an analytic rating scale for the assessment of critical thinking and writing [Paper presentation]. 20th English in Southeast Asia Conference, National Institute of Education and Singapore Association for Applied Linguistics, Singapore.
Yuen, B. (2019, December 4-5). Developing student feedback literacy to enhance peer feedback quality for academic writing [Paper presentation]. CELC Roundtable 2019, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Yuen, B. (2019, August 20). Rubric application and validation as a means to evidence student learning [Paper presentation]. NUS Teaching Academy's Teaching & Learning Club (TLC) Faculty Event, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Yuen, B., & Sawatdeenarunat, S. (2019, July 19). Applying a rubric development cycle: Challenges from rubric application to validation [Paper presentation]. NUS Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning's Faculty Sharing Session, National University of Singapore, Singapore.