Yewon Lee is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Counseling, Higher ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ, and Special ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ at the ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂ 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.
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.
Davis, T. M., & Lee, Y. (2023). Journey into Adulthood: Understanding the Changing Landscape of Transition Planning. The Clearing House: A Journal of ºÚÁÏ´óÊÂal Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 96:5, 137-145,
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.
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.
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.
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).