Welcome to My Home Page!
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Kyungsoon Jeon, Ph.D Associate
Professor 600
Lincoln Avenue Dept.
of Mathematics and Computer Science Eastern
Illinois University Charleston,
IL 61920 (phone)
217-581-6281 (email)
kjeon@eiu.edu |
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"We are each of us angels
with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another. - Luciano de Crescenzo" |
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About Me
I am a mathematics educator and my
responsibilities in the department include teaching of various mathematics
education courses (content, methods, and topics), advising students in the
teacher certification program, being the director of the curriculum resource
center, and working with graduate students.
I enjoy teaching my students
immensely. In my classroom, students experience a great amount of discussions
and collaborative work as a significant skill for them to learn mathematics and
to become an excellent future teacher of mathematics.
I was a 3rd grade math
teacher for the gifted students at Carl Sandburg Elementary School in
Charleston, Illinois in 2010 -2012. During my postdoctoral study in 2001-2003,
I worked for the UIC- Community College Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher
Preparation, an NSF-funded project (PI Phil Wagreich,
University of Illinois at Chicago), conducting evaluative research on faculty
development and curricular development. I also worked for the development of a
mathematics curriculum, Cryptography. The Mathematics of Secret Codes
(Principal investigators: Drs. Janet Beissinger and
Vera Pless).
I completed my Ph.D
degree in mathematics education at the University of Georgia, Athens in 1999
under the direction of Dr. Jeremy Kilpatrick.
Helpful
Links for My Students
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MAT
3420 Teaching Mathematics in
Grades PreK-6 ·
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives (Virtual Manipulatives) ·
Annenberg Media (Teaching Math Video
Library) ·
TIMSS Video (Mathematics) ·
Place Value (Marilyn
Burns’ video) ·
Ten Frame (e-ten frame. Four games that help students
develop counting and addition skills) ·
Standards-based Curricula
(Elementary) (1)
UCSMP Elementary (K-6): Everyday
Mathematics (2)
Investigations of Numbers,
Data, and Space (K-5) (3)
Math Trailblazers:
A Mathematical Journey Using Science and Language Arts (K-5) ·
Shodor
Interactivate (Shodor Education Foundation)
for a list of applets, lessons, and activities ·
Arcytech
(for tool applets for base-ten blocks, pattern blocks, Cuisenaire rods,
fraction bards, and integer bars and also for interactive lessons) |
MAT 2420 Mathematics for Elementary Teachers II ·
Statistics_Normal
Distribution (ND
web applet) ·
Empirical Rule (ER web
applet) ·
Modeling Probability (Fire Simulation) ·
Quadrilaterals Exploration (Quadrilaterals) ·
History of Measurement (Inspired
by “How
big is a foot?”) ·
A
New
Study on Children’s Understanding of Probability |
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MAT 4920 Algebra for Elementary and Middle School Teachers ·
Cryptography, The Mathematics of
Secret Codes (Cryptoclub) ·
Interactive Mathematics Program (IMP) ·
Standards-based Curricula (Middle
School) (1)
Connected Mathematics (CMP) (6-8) (2)
Mathematics
in Context (MIC) (5-8) (3)
MathScape (6-8) (4)
Middle Grades Math Thematics (STEM) (6-8) (5)
Middle School Mathematics Through Applications Project (MMAP) |
Other Links
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
Illuminations
(for lessons, interactive applets, and links to websites for teaching math)
NCTM Research
Clips and Briefs (example: definition of formative assessment and five key
strategies for effective formative assessment)
TeachingWorks
at University of Michigan
Teacher Education and Development Study in Mathematics (TED S-M)
Mathematics Common Core Coalition (MC3) for
access to documents and links to material, information, and resources about
CCSSM
Other Websites related to Common Core Standards
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Common Core Standards: http://www.corestandards.org
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Common Core Live Binder (this
is a sort of a mega site): http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/187117=
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PARCC: http://www.parcconline.org
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MAP (Mathematics Assessment
Project): http://map.mathshell.org/materials/tasks.php
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Illustrative Mathematics: http://illustrativemathematics.org/standards
Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching (Shea’s
Numbers)
Best Practices
Weekly (for summaries of recent research and development in elementary education_English, Mathematics and General Interests)
ICTS Basic Skills (Basic Skills Test)
Connected Math (CMP games website)
National Assessment of Educational Progress, The Nation’s
Report Card (NAEP)
Classic
Problems (website for a nice collection of well-known problems)
A Maths
Dictionary for Kids
Online
Math Calculators
(Thanks to Ms. Kristy Griffin and her students!)
MathSolutions
Lessons from the Classroom (a great collection of lessons for teaching through
problem solving)
Ask Dr. Math (a
homework resource for students and teachers)
LDOnline (articles on
mathematical disabilities in the “LD in Depth” section)
National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) (Visit “Tools for Educators” section for
online articles and resources
United States’ Educational System in comparison to other
nations (International Benchmarking
Tool Kit)
Benchmarking for Success: Ensuring US Students Receive a
World-Class Education (BehcnmarkingforSuccess)
You will find as you look back upon your life that the
moments when you have really lived are the moments when you have done things in
a spirit of love.
