UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #1373

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  approximately_how_many_hours_a_week_would_the_research_assistant: '10'
  are_you_currently_looking_for_students_: 'Yes'
  confirmation_1: '1'
  contact_email_fsu_email: ''
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  contact_email_fsu_email_if_affiliated_: yc24m@fsu.edu
  faculty_advisor_confirmation: '1'
  faculty_advisor_name: 'Beth M. Phillips'
  faculty_advisor_s_fsu_email: bmphillips@fsu.edu
  fsu_college: 'Education, Health, and Human Sciences'
  fsu_department_if_applicable_: 'Educational Psychology and Learning Systems'
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  if_the_project_location_is_off_campus_does_the_student_need_to_p: ''
  mentoring_philosophy: |-
    Every mentee is different. Grounded in educational psychology, my philosophy centers on motivation–action pairing: I begin by understanding each mentee’s needs, motivations, and context, then we co-design roles and milestones. I move mentees from scaffolded practice to independent stewardship by calibrating support and challenge so they can work at the edge of their competence as it grows. I practice culturally responsive, inclusive mentoring, recognizing how background, identity, and lived experience shape aspirations and needs. As an international scholar studying children’s language development, I attend closely to linguistic, cultural, and institutional contexts. Using a flexible, customized approach, I adapt strategies to honor and leverage this diversity, ensuring each mentee feels valued, supported, and empowered to thrive.  

    Moreover, I view mentorship as a reciprocal learning dialogue. I share my own reasoning and experiences openly and invite critique to model curiosity and reflective practices. Through open communication and constructive feedback, I aim to create a safe and respectful space where challenges are shared, ideas are refined, and growth is continuous. Feedback is not one-directional but a collaborative process that supports critical thinking, reflection, and professional identity development.  

    My ultimate goal as a mentor is to empower mentees to build their research aligns with their interest, strengthen their critical-thinking skills, and develop into confident, ethical and independent scholars or educators prepared for careers in education.  
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  number_of_assistants_needed_faculty_postdoc_max_6_graduate_stude: '2'
  other_faculty_collaborator_s_preferred_pronouns: ''
  overall_research_project_description: 'Early childhood narrative skills have been widely studies and predict later literacy skills and academic achievement. Despite this, few study has traced the narrative competence trajectories at preschool age over time. Therefore, the present study aim to investigate the development of preschool children’s narrative competences, both macrostructure and microstructure skills, in children with and without language delay. The study specifically explore developmental trajectories and groups different in narrative skills over time. '
  please_add_any_additional_information_here: ''
  please_provide_a_link_to_your_publications_a_video_clip_or_a_web: ''
  please_select_the_choice_that_most_accurately_describes_your_exp: 'Partially Remote'
  please_select_the_location_of_your_project_: 'On FSU Main Campus'
  position_availability_for_student_research: 'During Business Hours'
  position_title: 'Graduate Student'
  primary_research_mentor_name: 'Yarui Chen'
  project_keywords: 'early childhood, narrative development, longitudinal study'
  relevant_student_major_s_: 'open to all majors '
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  research_mentor_supervisor_if_different_from_above_: ''
  research_tasks_for_student_research_assistant_s_: 'Data coding  '
  roundtable_times_and_zoom_links: ''
  skills_that_research_assistants_may_need_: |-
    Strong attention to detail and commitment to producing high-quality work.  

    Ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment. 
  title_of_the_project: 'Tracking Preschool Narrative Development'
  update_url: 'https://cre.fsu.edu/urop-research-mentor-project-submission-portal?token=AQ3XdHvd8lDR2a4hYmU8vlqjkV4CVL6gEDZOSWjiuX8'
  urop_performance_evaluation: '1'
  urop_poster_presentation: '1'
  when_potential_research_assistants_are_reaching_out_via_email_2: ''
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  when_students_are_reaching_out_via_email_what_is_your_preferreda: ''
  would_you_like_to_participate_in_the_urop_research_mentor_round2: 'Yes'
  would_you_like_to_participate_in_the_urop_research_mentor_roundt: 'Yes'
  year: '2026'