Dr. Mikyung Shin
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Biography
Mikyung Shin is a bilingual (Korean/English) educator and has supported students, families, and communities from diverse backgrounds. Mikyung specializes in mathematics, special education, technology, meta-analysis, and artificial intelligence. Shin’s research focuses on developing and field-testing technology-mediated mathematics lessons for students with learning disabilities and difficulties. Prior to joining Illinois State University, she worked at West Texas A&M University and Jeonju University as an assistant professor. Shin has served as a PI, co-PI, and consultant on several grants supporting the development and implementation of digital STEM textbooks, virtual manipulatives, and hybrid reading apps.
Current Courses
SED 368.001 Math Methods For Learners With Disabilities
SED 368.002 Math Methods For Learners With Disabilities
SED 366.001 Technology Applications in Today's Classroom
SED 366.002 Technology Applications in Today's Classroom
SED 366.004 Technology Applications in Today's Classroom
Teaching Interests & Areas
Dr. Shin’s teaching interests include math methods for learners with disabilities, assistive and instructional technology, and special education methodology.
Research Interests & Areas
Dr. Shin's research interests include developing and implementing math interventions using technology (e.g., virtual manipulatives and conversational AI) to support students with math learning disabilities and difficulties in enhancing math word problems, including fraction concepts and skills. She has applied meta-analytic and multilevel modeling to analyze item, student, and study or school-level data from single-case to large-scale data.
Recently, she has been employing language models and Bayesian statistics to analyze text (e.g., dialogues and interviews) and graphical data collected from students, parents, and teachers. She has also been developing and testing semi-automatized approaches to validate distinctive math vocabulary and the impacts of linguistic complexities on math problem-solving across students' grades, race/ethnicity, and difficulty levels. She plans to incorporate real-time data collection tools to fully examine how diverse learners with disabilities read and respond to word problem questions and interventions.