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	Hollylynne Stohl Lee Associate Professor of Mathematics Education Director of Graduate Programs for Mathematics Education Department of Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education North Carolina State University 502D Poe Hall Raleigh, NC 27695 (919)-513-3544 Hollylynne@ncsu.edu

Education

Ph.D., Mathematics Education, University of Virginia, 2000
M.A.Ed., Secondary Education-Mathematics, College of William and Mary, 1995
B.S., Secondary Education-Mathematics, The Pennsylvania State University, 1991

My complete curriculum vita

Current Research and Projects

My research interests:

• teaching and learning of probability and statistics, especially with technology

• designing technology tools that facilitate students' learning of mathematics
  (e.g., Probability Explorer,and Dominoes & Dice)

• preparing preservice and inservice teachers to use technology in K-12 mathematics

PTMT: Preparing to Teach Mathematics with Technology: An Integrated Approach.

An NSF-funded research and development project aimed at creating materials that integrally develop teachers' understanding of mathematics, technology, pedagogy, and students' thinking. The focus of our first module is on teaching and learning data analysis and probability with technology tools.

Middle Grade Learners' Probabilistic Reasoning in a Digital Learning Environment

• Research project with 6th grade students at Centennial Campus Middle School . Students were engaged in a teaching experiment on probability using the Probability Explorer software co-taught by the researchers. The software was used as a primary learning tool. Pre/post/retention tests were given to all students, as well as task-based interviews for 6 case study students. The case study students were also video-taped using internal and external computer sources to capture their interactions with the software.
• Research project with sixth and seventh grade students as part of the IML: Informal Mathematics Learning Project at Rutgers University.

Noyce Mathematics Education Teaching Scholars. An NSF-funded scholarship program to prepare highly qualified high school mathematics teachers to meet the needs of students in high-need school districts.

Facilitating and Analyzing Students' Understanding of Mathematics Using Technology

• Research project to study how middle school students use java applet technologies to solve problems utilizing ratio and probability concepts. Project also involves analysis of how preservice teachers learn to facilitate and analyze middle school students as they work on these problems and communicate their solution processes. Problems and java applets used in study were developed as part of my work on the ESCOT ePOW project. (See Fish Farm I and Fish Farm II problems)

My dissertation research: Children's Probabilistic Reasoning With a Computer Microworld

Past Development Projects

Impact Project at the Curry Center for Technology and Teacher Education, UVA

My colleagues and I developed activities to help preservice and inservice teachers learn how to effectively integrate technology into 7-12 mathematics courses. I developed Microsoft Excel activities and interactive spreadsheets. These spreadsheet files can be downloaded for FREE (PCs and MACs with Excel 5.0+). 

ESCOT (Educational Software Components of Tomorrow) with  SRI International's Center for Technology in Learning and MathForum.com

ESCOT was a NSF research project investigating how software innovations can accumulate, integrate, and scale up to meet the needs of systemic reform of K-12 mathematics and science education. Check out previous ESCOT POW's.

Teaching  (Sample courses from recent semesters!)

EMS 203: Introduction to Teaching Mathematics Fall 2005	EMS 513: Teaching and Learning Algebraic Thinking Fall 2006
EMS 474: Teaching Strategies for Middle School Mathematics Fall 2002	EMS 580: Advanced Applications of Technology in Mathematics Education Spring 2007
EMS 480: Teaching Mathematics with Technology Fall 2004 Fall 2003	EMS592a: Teaching and Learning Statistics and Probability Spring 2007
	EMS792x Mathematics Education Research Literature and Methods Fall 2007

Lists of Useful Links

Interactive Mathematics Websites

Websites for Collecting Data

Mathematics Education Websites

Personal

I grew up in a community about 45 miles east of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. However, I have lived in either NC or Virginia since 1992. I enjoy reading, movies (especially outdoor in the summer), music, swimming, the beach, dancing, and the theater--all usually done with my husband Todd Lee, my daughter Delta, my family & friends!

Last updated September 29, 2008