Yewon Lee is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Counseling, Higher Education, and Special Education at the University of Maryland at College Park. A career in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields is considered to be highly valuable in contemporary society; however, students with disabilities are grossly underrepresented in the field. She is committed to ensuring equitable access and opportunity to pursue a career in STEM for all individuals through writing research. She began her work with the younger, adolescent-aged population as many students with learning disabilities struggle with writing. Her research focuses on designing and implementing science writing intervention for adolescent students with learning disabilities and English learners. In her most recent work, she investigated the effectiveness of a novel science writing intervention that provides linguistic and cognitive resources on students' ability to engage in causal and mechanistic thinking. 

 

  • Graduate School Scholarship by the University of Maryland at College Park (2017)
  • Graduate School Fellowship by the University of Maryland at College Park (2014-2015)

Lee, Y., Davis, T. M., Lopez, E., Yakubova, G., & Cummings, I. (2024). Preparing Students with Intellectual Disability for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Careers. Including Disability.

Yakubova, G., Nozari, M., & Lee, Y. (2024). A Systematic Review of Evidence-based Instruction for Developing Fraction Concepts of Autistic Students and those with Intellectual and Developmental Disability. Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40489-024-00473-y

Davis, T. M., & Lee, Y. (2023). Journey into Adulthood: Understanding the Changing Landscape of Transition Planning. The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 96:5, 137-145, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00098655.2023.2221016

Lee, Y., & De La Paz, S. (2021). Science Writing Intervention Research for Students With and At Risk for Learning Disabilities, and English Learners: A Systematic Review. Learning Disability Quarterly, 44(4), 261–274. https://doi.org/10.1177/07319487211018213

Lee, Y., & Paz, S. D. L. (2021). Writing Scientific Explanations: Effects of a Cognitive Apprenticeship for Students With LD and English Learners. Exceptional Children, 87(4), 458–475. https://doi.org/10.1177/0014402921999310

Lee, Y., Levin, D. M., & De La Paz, S. (2021). "Now I've Seen What They Can Do": How Implementing a Cognitive Apprenticeship Can Impact Middle School Science Teachers' Beliefs and Practices. Science Educator, 28(1), 10–18. 

Levin, D. M., De La Paz, S., Lee, Y., & Escola, E. N. (2021). Use of cognitive apprenticeship models of instruction to support middle school students' construction and critique of written scientific explanations and arguments. Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 26(1), 58–72. https://doi.org/10.18666/LDMJ-2021-V26-I1-10380

Silverman, R. D., Proctor, C., Harring, J. R., Taylor, K. S., Johnson, E. M., Jones, R., Lee, Y. (2021) The Effect of a Language and Literacy Intervention on Upper Elementary Bilingual Students' Argument Writing. Elementary School Journal. 122(2). https://doi.org/10.1086/716897

  • Maryland State Department of Education ($62,104.00) (2020) (Martin, D., Lee, Y., Williams, S. Co-Principal Investigators)
  • Maryland State Department of Education ($67,821.00) (2020) (Martin, D., Lee, Y., Williams, S. Co-Principal Investigators)
  • Teaching and Learning Transformation Center ($5,000) (2020) (Lee, Y. Principal Investigator)
  • Teaching and Learning Transformation Center ($2,404) (2020) (Lee, Y. Principle Investigator)
  • College of Education SPARC Grant ($800) (2018 to 2019) (Lee, Y. Principal Investigator)
  • CHSE 205: Disability: From Stigma and Sideshow to Mainstream and Main Street (Undergraduate, online and traditional)
  • EDSP 311: Peer Mentor Training for TerpsEXCEED Program (Undergraduate, traditional)
  • EDSP 611: Special Education for School Counselors (Graduate, online)
  • EDSP 411: Universal Designs for Learning (Undergraduate, hybrid)
  • EDSP 401: Teaching Students with Disabilities in Elementary Classroom (Undergraduate, hybrid)
  • EDSP 210/470: Introduction to Special Education Instructor (Undergraduate, online and traditional)
  • EDSP 485/683: Teaching Elementary/Middle School Mathematics (Undergraduate)