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58
Citations
13157
World Ranking
1649
National Ranking
783

Overview

Okhee Lee is affiliated with New York University in the United States and specializes in social sciences with a particular focus on education. Their research spans multiple subfields, including education, literature and literary theory, developmental and educational psychology, computer science applications, as well as sociology and political science.

The primary topics of Okhee Lee's research involve science education and pedagogy, second language learning and teaching, teaching and learning programming, educator training and historical pedagogy, educational strategies and epistemologies, innovative teaching and learning methods, and multilingual education and policy.

Frequent publication venues for their research include Science and Children, Journal of Research in Science Teaching, Journal of Science Teacher Education, Science Education, and TESOL Journal.

Among Okhee Lee's recent papers are the following:

  • English Learners in STEM Subjects: Contemporary Views on STEM Subjects and Language With English Learners, 2020, Educational Researcher
  • The role of phenomena and problems in science and STEM education: Traditional, contemporary, and future approaches, 2022, Journal of Research in Science Teaching
  • Asset-oriented framing of science and language learning with multilingual learners, 2021, Journal of Research in Science Teaching
  • What Science and STEM Teachers Can Learn from COVID-19: Harnessing Data Science and Computer Science through the Convergence of Multiple STEM Subjects, 2020, Journal of Science Teacher Education
  • Developing Instructional Materials Aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards for All Students, Including English Learners, 2021, Journal of Science Teacher Education

Okhee Lee has collaborated frequently with several coauthors including Scott E. Grapin, Alison Haas, Lorena Llosa, Abigail Schwenger, with the highest number of joint publications being with Scott E. Grapin and Alison Haas.

Best Publications

  • Science for All, Including Students From Non-English-Language Backgrounds

    Okhee Lee;Sandra H. Fradd

  • Science and Language for English Language Learners in Relation to Next Generation Science Standards and with Implications for Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics

    Okhee Lee;Helen Quinn;Guadalupe Valdés

  • Changing middle school students' conceptions of matter and molecules

    Okhee Lee;David C. Eichinger;Charles W. Anderson;Glenn D. Berkheimer

  • Observations of Students with Learning Disabilities in General Education Classrooms

    Ruth McIntosh;Sharon Vaughn;Jeanne Shay Schumm;Diane Haager

  • Improving science inquiry with elementary students of diverse backgrounds

    Peggy Cuevas;Okhee Lee;Juliet Hart;Rachael Deaktor

  • Science Education With English Language Learners: Synthesis and Research Agenda

    Okhee Lee

  • Science Education and Student Diversity: Synthesis and Research Agenda

    Okhee Lee

  • Professional Development in Inquiry-Based Science for Elementary Teachers of Diverse Student Groups.

    Okhee Lee;Juliet E. Hart;Peggy Cuevas;Craig Kyle Enders

  • Motivational patterns observed in Sixth‐Grade science classrooms

    Okhee Lee;Jere Brophy

  • Research news and Comment: Teachers’ Roles in Promoting Science Inquiry With Students From Diverse Language Backgrounds

    Sandra H. Fradd;Okhee Lee

  • Task Engagement and Conceptual Change in Middle School Science Classrooms

    Okhee Lee;Charles W. Anderson

  • Teacher change in beliefs and practices in science and literacy instruction with English language learners

    Okhee Lee

  • Equity for Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students in Science Education: A Research Agenda.

    Okhee Lee

  • An instructional intervention's impact on the science and literacy achievement of culturally and linguistically diverse elementary students

    Okhee Lee;Rachael A. Deaktor;Juliet E. Hart;Peggy Cuevas

  • Teacher professional development to improve the science and literacy achievement of english language learners

    Juliet E. Hart;Okhee Lee

  • Science achievement of English language learners in Urban elementary schools: Results of a first-year professional development intervention

    Okhee Lee;Jaime Maerten-Rivera;Randall D. Penfield;Kathryn LeRoy

  • Language demands and opportunities in relation to Next Generation Science Standards for English language learners: What teachers need to know

    H. Quinn;Okhee Lee;G. Valdes

  • Science inquiry and student diversity: Enhanced abilities and continuing difficulties after an instructional intervention

    Okhee Lee;Cory Buxton;Scott Lewis;Kathryn LeRoy

  • Proposing a knowledge base for teaching academic content to english language learners: Disciplinary linguistic knowledge

    Sultan Turkan;Luciana C. De Oliveira;Okhee Lee;Geoffrey Phelps

  • Social Activism in Elementary Science Education: A science, technology, and society approach to teach global warming

    Benjamin T. Lester;Li Ma;Okhee Lee;Julie Lambert

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Kieffer
Michael J. Kieffer New York University
Angela Calabrese Barton
Angela Calabrese Barton Michigan State University
Charles W. Anderson
Charles W. Anderson Michigan State University
Craig K. Enders
Craig K. Enders University of California, Los Angeles
Guadalupe Valdés
Guadalupe Valdés Stanford University
Joseph Krajcik
Joseph Krajcik Michigan State University
Sharon Vaughn
Sharon Vaughn The University of Texas at Austin
Jere Brophy
Jere Brophy Michigan State University

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