Formerly teacher in secondary schools, Counsellor /Educational Psychologist at Alberta Vocational College, and Lecturer and Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Alberta. Teaching areas include teaching students with learning difficulties, introduction to special education, teaching students with special needs, and psychology of learning.

Areas of research interests include cognitive processes in reading, metacognitive processes in thinking and learning, learning disabilities, and giftedness.

1. Leong, C.K., Cheng, P.W., & Lam, C.C.C. (2000). Exploring reading-spelling connection as locus of dyslexia in Chinese. Annals of Dyslexia, 50, 239-259.

2. Cheng, P.(1999). Cognition, metacognition, and metacognitive theory: A critical analysis. The Korean Journal of Thinking & Problem Solving, 9(2), 85-103.

3. Cheng, P.(1998). Enhancing gifted Learners' metacognitive skills: Principles for effective instruction. In M.L. Quah & W.K.Ho(Eds.), Thinking processes: Going beyond the surface curriculum (pp. 277-288). Singapore: Simon & Schuster.

4. Cheng, P.(1998). Primary school teachers' perceptions and understanding of learning difficulties. In D.W.Chan(Ed.), Helping students with learning difficulties (pp. 121-134). Hong Kong: Chinese University Press.

5. Cheng, P.(1993). Metacognition and giftedness: The state of the relationship Gifted Child Quarterly, 37, 105-112.