CHING CHING YAP

CHING CHING YAP 239 Pink Dogwood Lane, Pooler, GA 31322 (912)450-0218 E-mail: ccyap@mailbox.sc.edu EDUCATION University of South Carolina - Columbia, SC, USA Doctor of Philosophy: Music Education/Elementary and early childhood. University of South Carolina - Columbia, SC, USA Master of Music Education: Elementary and early childhood, 1999 Staatliche Hochschule für Musik - Trossingen, Germany Master of Music Performance: Piano, 1997 Staatliche Hochschule für Musik - Freiburg, Germany Bachelor of Music: Piano performance and pedagogy, 1994 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Introduction to Classroom Assessment, University of South Carolina, College of Education instructor Spring 2007 Responsibilities include instructing undergraduate students in developing and using assessment tools for elementary classesrooms, Educational Statistics I, University of South Carolina, College of Education Co-instructor Fall 2004 Responsibilities include instructing graduate students in the concept of measurement and statistics, methods to conduct preliminary statistical analysis, and the use of statistic software. Arts Assessment Institute II - Assessment & Application, USC, College of Education Faculty of Professional Development Courses for the Arts Teachers Responsibilities include instructing arts teachers in practical application of classroom assessment tools, construction and analysis of assessment reports, and concepts of large scale assessment. Summer 2004 & 2005 Arts Assessment Institute I - Classroom Assessment, USC, College of Education Faculty of Professional Development Courses for the Arts Teachers Responsibilities include instructing arts teachers in developing and using assessment tools and methods in the arts. Summer 2003 - 2006 Children’s Music Development Center, University of South Carolina, School of Music Co-instructor of Undergraduate Teaching Apprentices Training Responsibilities include conducting early-childhood music education methods classes and overseeing student teaching in outreach programs. 1997-2001 Children’s Development Center, South Carolina Educational Television Children’s Place and Children’s Music Development Center - University of South Carolina Early Childhood Music Instructor/Graduate Assistantship Responsibilities include teaching early childhood music classes at three locations. 1998-2001 St. Peter’s Elementary School – Columbia, South Carolina Elementary Music Teacher Responsibilities include teaching two elementary music classes. 2000-2002 Speech and Hearing Center - University of South Carolina General Music Teacher Responsibilities include teaching music therapy classes for children with hearing impairments and cochlear implants. 2000-2001 Wildwood Country Day School - Columbia, South Carolina Elementary Music Teacher Responsibilities include teaching one elementary music class. 1998-1999 Jugend Musikschule (Music School for the Youth) - Südliche Breisgau, Germany Piano Instructor Responsibilities include teaching studio piano, group piano, and music theory classes. 1994-1997 Montessori Kindergarten, - Freiburg, Germany Early Childhood Music Educator Responsibilities include teaching early childhood music classes. 1992-1995 GUEST LECTURER/INSTRUCTOR • Piano Masterclass. Instructed middle-school piano students in preparation for their Associate Board of Royal School of Music Diploma Examinations, Singapore 2006 • Guest Lecture: Introduction to assessment in music. Lecture session with music majors at the Nan Yang University Fine Arts Department, Singapore 2006 • Children with Cochlear Implant and Music Education. Music Education Practicum undergraduate class held at University of South Carolina. 2001 • Music Education In Malaysia. International Music Education graduate class held at University of South Carolina. 2000 • Piano Workshop. Independent studio piano teaching demonstration classes for private studio piano teachers, Taipei, Taiwan. 1997 PROFESSIONAL WORKSHOPS • Scoring Performance Assessment. Robert Johnson, James Penny, & Ching Ching Yap. A professional development training at the 2008 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. • Creating a Survey: Where do I begin? Ching Ching Yap. A professional development training at the 2008 Canadian Evaluation Society annual conference in Quebec City. SCHOLARSHIPS Dissertation • Technical Characteristics of Gordon’s Primary Measures of Music Audiation and A Music Achievement Measure among Young Cochlear Implant Recipients. Thesis • Investigating Method Used to Measure Music Aptitude among 3-and 4-year-old Children. Publication/Reports D’Amico, Hardee, Yap, C.C., & Thompson, C. (2008). Evaluation of A Professional Development Program in Classroom Assessment: 2007-08. Final Report submitted to the South Carolina Department of Education. Yap, C.C., Zhu, M., Lewis, A., & Pearsall, T. (2008) Technical Documentation for the South Carolina Arts Assessment Project (SCAAP): Middle-Level Music & Visual Arts Assessments 2008. South Carolina Department of Education. Yap, C.C., Zhu, M., Lewis, A., & Pearsall, T. (2008) Technical Documentation for the South Carolina Arts Assessment Project (SCAAP): Entry-Level Dance and Theatre Assessments 2008. South Carolina Department of Education. Yap, C.C., Zhu, M., Lewis, A., & Pearsall, T. (2008) Technical Documentation for the South Carolina Arts Assessment Project (SCAAP): Entry-Level Music and Visual Arts Assessments 2008. South Carolina Department of Education. Yap, C.C., Pearsall, T., Morgan, G., Maganda, F., Gilmore, J., Lewis, A., Halladay, K., & D’Amico, L., (2008). Evaluation of A Professional Development Program in Classroom Assessment: 2006-07. Final Report submitted to the South Carolina Department of Education. Yap, C.C. & Pearsall, T. (2008). A Statewide Web-based Music Assessment: A Collaborative Effort. In Brophy, T.S., (Ed)., Proceedings of the 2007 Symposium on Assessment in Music Education: Assessment in music Education, Integrating Curriculum, Theory, and Practice. (pp.183-191). Chicago: GIA Publications, Inc. Yap, C.C. & D’Amico, L. (2006). Arts Education Research Project: Year 2005-2006. South Carolina Arts Commission. Yap, C.C., Whittaker, L., Liao, C.Y., D’Amico, L., (2006). Evaluation of A Professional Development Program in Classroom Assessment: 2005-06. Final Report submitted to the South Carolina Department of Education Yap, C.C., Moore, M., & Peng, P., (2005). Technical Documentation for the South Carolina Arts Assessment Project (SCAAP) Year 3: Fourth-Grade Music and Visual Arts Assessments. South Carolina Department of Education. Kim, D. H., Yap, C. C., Peng P., & Moore, M. (2005) Arts Education Program in South Carolina Public Schools: 2004 Status Report. South Carolina Arts Commission. Yap, C.C., Johnson, R.L., Blankenship-Brown, L.. Moore, M., & Yoshioka, Y. (2004). Technical Documentation for the South Carolina Arts Assessment Project (SCAAP) Year 2: Fourth-Grade Music and Visual Arts Assessments. South Carolina Department of Education. Kim, D.H., Meyer, J.P., Banich, M., Moore, M., Blankenship-Brown, L. Yap, C.C., & Seaman, M. (2004) 2002-2003 Arts Education Project Year-End Report. South Carolina Arts Commission. Peng, P., Banich, M., Blankenship-Brown., L., Yap, C.C., & Seaman, M., (2003) Arts Participation Project Report: Year 1. South Carolina Arts Commission. Yap, C.C., Schneider, C, Johnson, R.L., Mazzie, D., & Porchea, S. (2003). Technical Documentation for the South Carolina Arts Assessment Project (SCAAP) Year 1: Fourth-Grade Music and Visual Arts Assessments. South Carolina Department of Education. Yap, C.C. (In Press). Cochlear Implant Users’ Music Perception: A Review (Southeastern Journal of Music Education.) Presentations • State Legislative Action to Improve Student Health. Christine Beyer, Ching Ching Yap, & Lynn Hammond. Paper Presentation at 2008 American School Health Association in Tampa, Florida. • Examining Arts Educators’ Use of Assessment Results. Ashlee Lewis, Tara Pearsall, Ching Ching Yap, & Kate Halladay. Multi-Paper Session at 2008 American Evaluation Association in Denver, Colorado. • Longitudinal Evaluation of a Professional Development Program: Lessons Learned., Leigh D’Amico, Ching Ching Yap, & Christina Schneider. Multi-Paper Session at 2008 American Evaluation Association in Denver, Colorado. • State Policy and Arts Assessment System. Ching Ching Yap, Nancy Carr, Scott Shuler, & Phillip Shepherd. Multi-Paper Session at 2008 American Evaluation Association in Denver, Colorado. • Bridging the Gap Between Policy and Practice: Health Education Program Evaluation in South Carolina. Grant Morgan, Vasanthi Rao, Ching Ching Yap, & Christine Beyer. Multi-Paper Session at 2008 American Evaluation Association in Denver, Colorado. • Comparing Two Measurement Approaches in Understanding Teachers’ Classroom Assessment Practices. Ching Ching Yap. Joanna Gilmore, & Pu Peng. Paper Session at 2008 AERA Meeting. • Raters Characteristics and Performance Scores. Ching Ching Yap, Robert L. Johnson, & David Feldon. Roundtable Session at the 2008 AERA Meeting • Impact of Rater Accuracy on Performance Task Scores. Katherine Halladay, Ching Ching Yap, Ashlee Lewis, & Min Zhu. Presentation at the 2008 AERA Annual Meeting • Rhythm Syllables System and Rhythm Achievement. Tara Pearsall, Katherine Halladay, Ashlee Lewis, Ching Ching yap, and Meng Wu. Roundtable session at the 2008 AERA Meeting • Multiyear Evaluation of the Arts Education Reform Effort in South Carolina. Ching Ching Yap, Leigh D’Amico, Pu Peng, Christine S. Fisher, & Ken May. Multi-Paper Session at 2007 American Evaluation Association in Baltimore, Maryland. • Efficacy of a Web-Based Training and Monitoring Procedure in Scoring Performance Tasks. Ching Ching Yap, Ashlee Lewis, & David F. Feldon. AERA Poster Session at 2007 AERA Meeting. • Investigating Arts Programs and Implementation Strategies for Infusing Arts Into Curriculum. Ching Ching Yap, Pu Peng, & Leigh D’Amico. AERA Roundtable Session at 2007 AERA Meeting. • Measuring Fidelity of Implementation of a Coach-Based Professional Development Model. Tara Pearsall, Ashlee Lewis, Ching Ching Yap, Leigh D’Amico, & Tammiee S. Dickenson. • A state-wide web-based music assessment: A collaboration effort. Ching Ching Yap & Tara Pearsall. Paper Presentation at Integrating Curriculum, Theory, and Practice: A Symposium on Assessment in Music Education in March 2007 • Using Technology to Assess Arts Achievement. Ching Ching Yap. Demonstration Session at the 2006 American Evaluation Association Meeting in Portland, Oregon • Attitudes and Practices of Japanese and American Music Teachers Towards Integrating Music with Other Subjects. Zdzinski, S.F., Ogawa, M., Dell, C., Yap, C. Adderley, C., & Dingle, R. Research poster session at the 2004 International Society for Music Education XXVI International Conference, Tenerife, Spain,. • An Exploratory Study of the Dimensionality Structure of a Music Multiple-Choice Assessment. Ching Ching Yap, Pu Peng, & Tara M. Pearsall. AERA Paper Session at the 2006 AERA Meeting in San Francisco • A Web-Based Arts Assessment: Development & Implementation. Ching Ching Yap, Tara M. Pearsall, & Pu Peng. AERA Poster Session at the 2006 AERA Meeting in San Francisco • Comparing the Dimensionality Structures of Music & Visual Arts Multiple-Choice Assessments. Ching Ching Yap, Tara M. Pearsall, & Pu Peng. South Carolina Educators for Practical Use of Research, Columbia, South Carolina, 2006. • Evaluating the Program Characteristics of Arts Schools with Disparate Achievement Levels. Ching Ching Yap, Pu Peng, Tara M. Pearsall, & Ying Xiong. .South Carolina Educators for Practical Use of Research, Columbia, South Carolina, 2006. • Rating Design & Score Reliability of Music Performance Tasks. Ching Ching Yap, Dorinda Gallant, & Michael W. Moore. South Carolina Educators for Practical Use of Research, Columbia, South Carolina, 2005. • Comparing Arts Achievement to English Language Arts and Mathematic Achievement in Arts Education Reform Schools. Ching Ching Yap, DoHong Kim, & Pu Peng. South Carolina Educators for Practical Use of Research, Columbia, South Carolina, 2005. • Tracking Aggregate Level Attitude Change with Item Category Maps. Patrick Meyer, DoHong Kim, & Ching Ching Yap. NCME Paper Session at the 2004 NCME Meeting. • Assessing the Reading of Music Notation.. Ching Ching Yap, Michael W. Moore & R. Lee Blankenship-Brown. South Carolina Educators for the Practical Use of Research, Columbia, South Carolina, 2004. • Assessing Students’ Perception of the Engineering Profession. South Carolina Educators for the Practical Use of Research, Columbia, South Carolina, 2003 • Diagnosis and Prescription in Program Evaluation Via Maximum Information: Item Category Mapping and Scale Description, Patrick Meyer and Ching Ching Yap, South Carolina Educators for the Practical Use of Research, 2003 • South Carolina Arts Assessment Program, South Carolina Music Educators Association, Charleston, South Carolina. 2003 • The Art of Grant Writing. South Carolina Art Education Conference, Christina Schneider & Ching Ching Yap, Greenville, South Carolina, 2002 • A New Approach to Arts Integration Model. Spoleto Creative Teachers Institute, Charleston, South Carolina, 2002 • Music Responses of Children with Cochlear Implant. South Carolina Music Educators Association, Charleston, South Carolina. 2002 • Cochlear Implant Users’ Music Perception: A Review, Southeastern Music Education Symposium, Athens, Georgia. 2001 • Project Music in Mind , South Carolina Music Educators Association, Greenville, South Carolina. 2001 • Investigating Methods Used To Measure Music Aptitude Among 3-and 4-year-old Children, South Carolina Music Educators Association, Greenville, South Carolina. 2000 GRANTS Yap, C.C. Developing Health Education Program Assessment. South Carolina Department of Education $198,000 Fall 2007 – Summer 2008 Yap, C.C. Standards-Based Arts Assessment in South Carolina for Dance & Theatre. South Carolina Department of Education. $115,000. Fall 2006-Summer 2008. Yap, C.C. Standards-Based Arts Assessment in South Carolina: Music and Visual Arts Assessments for Distinguished Arts Programs. South Carolina Department of Education. $551,000 Fall 2004-Fall 2009 Yap, C.C. Evaluation of a Professional Development Program in Classroom Assessment. South Carolina Department of Education, Office of Assessment, & $295,000, Fall 2005 – Fall 2008. Yap, C.C. Arts Education Research Project. Arts in Basic Curriculum and South Carolina Arts Commission, $94,000. Fall 2004 – Spring 2008. Yap, C.C. Evaluation of the Participation in the Arts. Project funded by the South Carolina Arts Commission and sponsored by the Wallace Foundation. $23,000 2004 – 2005. Yap, C.C. & Seaman, M. Arts Education Research Project. Arts in Basic Curriculum, $32,000. Fall 2003 – Fall 2004. Yap, C.C. & Johnson, R. Standards-Based Arts Assessment in South Carolina: Music and Visual Arts Assessments for Distinguished Arts Programs. South Carolina Department of Education. $123,000 Fall 2003-Summer 2004 Yap, C.C. & Johnson, R. Standards-Based Arts Assessment in South Carolina: Year 3( Music and Visual Arts Assessments). South Carolina Department of Education. $84,000, Fall 2003-Summer 2004 Yap, C.C. & Johnson, R. Standards-Based Arts Assessment in South Carolina: Year 3( Dance & Theatre). South Carolina Department of Education. $75,000. Fall 2003-Summer 2004. PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCES • Guest soloist and accompanist for the “En Suelo Más Alto” Concert Singapore. 2006 • Moveable Musical Feast. Solo performance. University of South Carolina. 2001 • Graduate recital. University of South Carolina. 2000 • Solo recital/accompanist for Heather Roberts, voice. St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Columbia, South Carolina. 1999 • Mendelssohn Piano Concerto in G-minor, School of Music Reading Orchestra, conducted by In-Hung Cha, 1998 • Solo performance and interview in television documentary “Baa-Baa-Beethoven” produced by South Carolina Education Television, South Carolina. 1998 • Teacher’s Recital. Jugendmusikschule Südlicher. Breisgau, Germany. 1997 • So1o recital. Stubenhaus Staufen, Germany. 1997 • Schumann piano concerto for four hands. Taipei, Taiwan. 1997 • Carnival of the Animals for four hands with Martina Moritz-Burger in the “Benefiz Gala.” , Germany. 1997 • Solo recital, Final recital at Staatliche Hochschule für Musik, Trossingen, Germany. 1996 • Guest soloist and accompanist for “New Voices” ensemble. Singapore. 1996 • Teacher’s Recital in the Jugendmusikschule Südlicher Breisgau, Germany. 1996 • Solo recital “Meisterklasse mit Wolfgang Wagenhäuser”. 1995 • Guest soloist and accompanist “A Joint Recital.” Singapore. 1994 • Solo recital. Staatliche Hochschule für Musik, Freiburg, Germany. 1994 • Teacher’s Recital. Jugendmusikschule Südlicher Breisgau, Germany. 1994 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Schools/Agencies Arts in Basic Curriculum Project, steering committee member, 2002-2010 South Carolina Arts Curricular Grant Rater 2002-2003, 2006 Brockman Elementary School, Steering committee members 2002-2007 South Carolina Visual and Performing Arts Curriculum Standards, 2002 Professional Organizations South Carolina Alliance for Arts Education Music Educators National Conference South Carolina Music Educator Association American Educational Research Association American Evaluation Association (Program Chair for the Topical Interest Group: Evaluating Arts and Culture) COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE         Statistics software – SPSS, SAS, Statview, EQS, BILOG, HLM Web-based Education – Blackboard, Breeze Publication Software - PageMaker Music Notation & Sequencing software – Finale, Audition Web Design software – Dreamweaver, Microsoft Frontpage Graphic Design software – Photoshop, Illustrator, Freehand, Video Editing Software – Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premier Microsoft Office – Words, Excel, PowerPoint, Access HONORS & AWARDS • Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society • Music Education Graduate Fellowship awarded by School of Music, University of South Carolina • Malaysian National Piano Competition – 1st Prize (1994) LANGUAGES     English German Mandarin, Hokkien, and Cantonese (Chinese) Malay