Okhee Lee

(Congratulations to Okhee Lee for receiving the Distinguished
Career Award from the American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Standing Committee for Scholars of Color in Education in 2003)



Mailing address:
School of Education Research Building
University of Miami
1551 Brescia Avenue
Coral Gables, FL 33155

Email: olee@miami.edu

MSU degree: Ph.D., 1989, Educational Psychology

Dissertation topic: Motivation to learn science in middle school classrooms Publications:

Publications:
Fradd, S. H., & Lee, O. (1999). Teachers’ roles in promoting science inquiry with students from diverse language backgrounds. Educational Researcher, 28(6), 14-20, 42.

Lee, O. (1999). Equity implications based on the conceptions of science achievement in major reform documents. Review of Educational Research, 69(1), 83-115.

Lee, O. (1999). Science knowledge, world views, and information sources in social and cultural contexts: Making sense after a natural disaster. American Educational Research Journal, 36(2), 187-219.

Lee, O. (2002). Science inquiry for elementary students from diverse backgrounds. In W. G. Secada (Ed.), Review of research in education, Vol. 26 (pp. 23-69). Washington, DC: American Educational Research Association.

Lee, O. (2003). Equity for culturally and linguistically diverse students in science education: A research agenda. Teachers College Record, 105(3), 465-489.

Lee, O. (2005). Science education and English language learners: Synthesis and research agenda. Review of Educational Research, 75(4), 491-530.

Lee, O., & Anderson, C. W. (1993). Task engagement and conceptual change in middle school science classrooms. American Educational Research Journal, 30(3), 585-610.

Lee, O., & Brophy, J. (1996). Motivational patterns observed in sixth-grade science classrooms. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 33(3), 303-318.

Lee, O., Eichinger, D., Anderson, C. W., Berkheimer, G. D., & Blakeslee, T. C. (1993). Changing middle school students' conceptions of matter and molecules. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 30(3), 249-270.

Lee, O., & Fradd, S. H. (1998). Science for all, including students from non-English language backgrounds. Educational Researcher, 27(4), 12-21.

Lee, O., & Luykx, A. (2005). Dilemmas in scaling up innovations in science instruction with nonmainstream elementary students. American Educational Research Journal, 42(3), 411-438.

Lee, O., & Luykx, A. (2006). Science education and student diversity: Synthesis and research agenda. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Lee, O., & Luykx, A. (2007). Science education and student diversity: Race/ethnicity, language, culture, and socioeconomic status. In S. K. Abell & N. G. Lederman (Eds.), Handbook of research in science education (2nd ed., pp. 171-197).Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Lee, O., & Porter, A. C. (1993). A teacher's bounded rationality in middle school science. Teaching and Teacher Education, 9(4), 397-409.

Lee, O., & Yarger, S. J. (1996). Modes of inquiry in research on teacher education. In J. Sikula, T. J., Buttery, & E. Guyton (Eds.), Handbook of research on teacher education (2nd ed., pp. 14-37). New York: Macmillan.

Current position: Professor at University of Miami Coral Gables, Florida

Areas of special competence: Science education, language and culture, teacher education

Language: English, Korean, some knowledge of Chinese and German