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Yewon Sung

Yewon Sung

Assistant Professor

Contact

Assistant Professor
Teacher Education and Foundation
Office Phone(909) 537-7595
Office LocationCE-263

Education

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI                                                 Aug 2022
    • Ph.D. in Mathematics Education, Ph.D. Minor in Educational Psychology
    • Dissertation: Korean immigrant parents’ ways and reasons to support their elementary-aged children’s mathematical meaning-making at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Defense May 2022)
    • Advisor/Chair: Erika Bullock
    • Committee Members: Maxine McKinney de Royston, Thomas Popkewitz, Mary Louise Gomez, Martha Alibali, and Ana Stephens
  • Gyeongin National University of Education, Gyeonggi, South Korea                   Feb 2022
    • M.Ed. in Global Teacher Education
  • St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN                                                               Aug 2017
    • M.S. in Curriculum and Instruction (Math Ed) & Special Education (Dual Major)
  • Gyeongin National University of Education, Gyeonggi, South Korea                   Aug 2013
    • M.Ed. in Mathematics Gifted Education
  • Gyeongin National University of Education, Gyeonggi, South Korea                  Aug 2009
    • B.S. in Elementary Education (specialized in Mathematics Education)
    • Naruto University of Education, Tokushima, Japan                               Oct 2007-Aug 2008
      • Exchange Student (Mathematics Education)

Courses/Teaching

Fall 2022

  • EDMS 5104 (1) Mathematics Teaching and Learning
  • EDMS 5104 (5) Mathematics Teaching and Learning
  • EDMS 4107A (12) Supervised Clinical Practice (Student Teaching)

Spring 2023

  • EDMS 5104 (1) Mathematics Teaching and Learning 
  • EDMS 5104 (2) Mathematics Teaching and Learning
  • EDMS 5104 (3) Mathematics Teaching and Learning 

Fall 2023

  • EDMS 5104 (60) Mathematics Teaching and Learning 
  • EDMS 5104 (61) Mathematics Teaching and Learning

Specialization

  • Thomas A. Romberg Fellowship (A Nine-Month Stipend, $22,909)      Sep 2021-May 2022
    • The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
  • Hartzman International Conference Award ($ 400)                                          July 2021
    • The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

 

  • Google Scholar Profile Link
  • Project Learning Through an Early Algebra Progression (LEAP) Link

 

Research and Teaching Interests

  • Cross-cultural use of language and gesture in mathematics learning
  • Parental involvement in mathematics education
  • Mathematical meaning-making
  • Mathematics identities and belonging
  • Early Algebra intervention
  • Narrative Inquiry