Winnie Ko
Full Professor of Mathematics Education
Director of the Mathematics Education Program
Indiana State University
Recent News
December 2022
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Dr. Ko presents “The heart of math: Exploring math with one-cut origami” with Mr. Goodwin (Co-Presenter, IDOE Program Coordinator at Indiana State University), Ms. Daner (Co-Presenter, Undergraduate Student at Indiana State University), Ms. Ream (Co-Presener, Undergraduate Student at Indiana State University), and Ms. Rebber (Co-Presenter, Undergraduate Student at Indiana State University) at the 2022 National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Regional Conference and Exposition, Baltimore, MD.
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November 2022
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Dr. Ko will present “Does student-centered instruction matter? Investigating undergraduate students’ perceptions on proof” with Ms. Johnson (Co-Presenter, Master’s student at Indiana State University) and Ms. Rose (Co-Presenter, Former master’s student at Indiana State University) at the International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation 2022, Seville, Spain.
September 2022
Dr. Ko has an article “Considering proofs: Pre-service secondary mathematics teachers’ criteria for self-constructed and student-generated arguments” with Ms. Rose (Co-Author, Former master’s student at Indiana State University) published in the Journal of Mathematics Behavior.
Dr. Ko has an article “Exploring geometry with one-cut-heart” with Ms. Holden (First Author, Undergraduate student at Indiana State University), Mr. Maxwell (Co-Author, Undergraduate student at Indiana State University), Mr. Goodwin (Co-Author, IDOE Program Coordinator at Indiana State University), Mr. Lee (Co-Author, Middle School Mathematics Teacher at Linkou Junior High School in Taiwan), Ms. Runge (Co-Author, Undergraduate student at Indiana State University), and Ms. Beeman (Co-Author, Undergraduate student at Indiana State University) published in Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching Pre-K–12.
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March 2022
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Dr. Ko is appointed as the incoming Treasurer for the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME-NA).
December 2021
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Dr. Ko presents “Pre-service mathematics teachers proof perceptions across grade levels” with Ms. Rose at the Thirty-Seventh Annual International Conference of Association of Science Education Taiwan.
Dr. Ko has an article “Are self-constructed and student-generated arguments acceptable proofs? Pre-service secondary mathematics teachers’ evaluations” with Ms. Rose (Co-Author, Graduate Student at Indiana State University) published in the Journal of Mathematical Behavior, Volume 64 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmathb.2021.100912).
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November 2021
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Dr. Ko presents “An origami activity that doesn’t “cut” out geometry” with Ms. Holden (Lead Presenter, Undergraduate Student at Indiana State University), Ms. Runge (Co-Presenter, Undergraduate Student at Indiana State University), and Mr. Maxwell (Co-Presenter, Undergraduate Student at Indiana State University) at the 2021 National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Conference, Phoenix , AZ.
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May 2021
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Dr. Ko receives a "Student learning recovery grant" from the Indiana Department of Education.
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February 2021
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Dr. Ko presents “Multiple universities, multiple degrees, one content: Secondary Mathematics” with Ms. Runge (Lead Presenter, Undergraduate Student at Indiana State University), Ms. Holden (Co-Presenter, Undergraduate Student at Indiana State University), and Ms. Beeman (Co-Presenter, Undergraduate Student at Indiana State University) at the 2021 Indiana Council of Teachers of Mathematics Conference, Indianapolis, IN.
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December 2020
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Dr. Ko presents “Relationships between convincing arguments and mathematical proofs: Pre-service secondary mathematics teachers’ evaluations of own constructions” and “Mathematical proofs vs. convincing arguments: Pre-service secondary mathematics teachers’ criteria for self-constructions” with Ms. Rose (Co-Presenter, Graduate Student at Indiana State University) at the Thirty-Sixth Annual International Conference of Association of Science Education Taiwan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
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September 2019
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Dr. Ko presents “One cut, multiple concepts: A joyful approach to learning geometry” with Ms. Davis (Co-Presenter, Undergraduate Student at Indiana State University) and Mr. Goodwin (Co-Presenter, Undergraduate Student at Indiana State University) at the 2019 Indiana Council of Teachers of Mathematics Conference, Indianapolis, IN.
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Dr. Ko presents “Building our love of geometry” with Mr. Edgecomb (Co-Presenter, Undergraduate Student at Indiana State University) and Mr. Kooi (Co-Presenter, Undergraduate Student at Indiana State University) at the 2019 Indiana Council of Teachers of Mathematics Conference, Indianapolis, IN.
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April 2019
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Dr. Ko receives student wages support from the Indiana State University Center for Student Research and Creativity. This project is entitled
Analyzing undergraduate students' learning of proof through communal engagement.
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February 2019
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Dr. Ko receives student wages support from the Indiana State University Center for Student Research and Creativity. This project is entitled Reasoning-and-proving opportunities in the College Preparatory Mathematics (CPM) curriculum materials.
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January 2019
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Dr. Ko presents “Making proof accessible to undergraduate students through communal engagement” with Mr. Edgecomb (Co-Presenter, Undergraduate Student at Indiana State University) and Mr. Kooi (Co-Presenter, Undergraduate Student at Indiana State University) at the 2019 Joint Mathematics Meetings, Baltimore, MD.