Kyong-Hee Melody Lee

Associate Professor

Contact

University of Southern Indiana

Department of Mathematics

Room SC 3263

8600 University Boulevard

Evansville, IN 47712

Phone: (812) 465-1273

Email: Kmlee1@usi.edu

Education

B.A. in Mathematics from New York University

M.A., M.S., and Ed. D. in Mathematics Education from Columbia University

Schedule (Spring 2013)

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
10:00-10:50	Office Hour	Office Hour	Office Hour	Research	Office Hour
11:00-11:50	Math 111.010	Math 111.010	Math 111.010		Math 111.010
12:00	Off Campus		Off Campus
1:00
2:00
3:00-4:15	Math 492.001		Math 492.001
4:20-5:20	Office Hour		Office Hour
5:30-7:20	Math 202.001		Math 202.001

Research Interest

My current research interests involve analyzing Singapore, Japanese, South Korea, and U.S. mathematics curriculum and teacher education programs. I am also interest in researching History of Mathematics.

Publications

· Kyong-Hee Melody Lee & Ekaterina N. Wassel, “How Can We Make One Step Forward in Curing a Sick Giant Elephant – The Current Elementary Mathematics Education in the United States?” National Teacher Education Journal, Vol. 5, No. 4, Nov. 2012

· Kyong-Hee Melody Lee, “Search for Meaning: A Guided Discovery Teaching Method”, Learning and Teaching Mathematics, Vol. 10, May 2011

· Kyong-Hee Melody Lee & Anne Statham, “The Impacts of a Service-Learning Experience on Preservice Mathematics Teachers”, Issues in the Undergraduate Mathematics Preparation of School Teachers: The Journal, Vol. 2 (Pedagogy), September 2010.

· Kyong-Hee Melody Lee, “Change in Preservice Teachers’ Understanding on Division With Zero”, International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Proceedings of Joint Meeting of PME 32 and PME-NA XXX, vol. No. 1, 2008.

· Michael L. Levitan, Bernard Kolman, Arnold Shapiro, and Kyong-Hee Melody Lee, “Understanding College Algebra”, Horizon Textbook Publishing, p639, 2006.

· Kyong-Hee Melody Lee, “Using Exam Review Sessions for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment”, Assessment Update, Vol. 18, No. 5, September/October 2006.

· Kyong-Hee Melody Lee, “Integrating the Golden Rectangle in Teaching Quadratic Equations”, Art+Math=X International Conference Proceedings, University of Colorado, 2005.

Courses Taught at USI

· Math 492 History of Mathematics

· Math 392 The Teaching of Elementary School Mathematics

· Math 226 Introductory Concepts in Geometry and Measurement for Elementary, Junior High,

and Middle School Teachers.

· Math 206 Mathematics Concepts for Elementary, Junior High, and Middle School Teachers.

· Math 202 Mathematics Concepts for Preschool through Primary Teachers

· Math 111 College Algebra (Used TI 83, 83+, and 84+)

· Math 106 Introductory Mathematical Concepts for Teachers

· Math 103 Mathematics for Elementary Teachers I

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