Asli Ozgun-Koca Ph.D. (ay3141)

Hacettepe University, Turkiye, 1993, B.S., Mathematics Education
Middle East Technical University, Turkiye, 1996, M.S., Mathematics
The Ohio State University, 2001, Ph.D., Mathematics Education

Mathematics Education

• Mathematics education
• Technology use in mathematics education
• The use of technology in education
• Mathematics teacher education
• Professional development
• Teacher education
• Teacher learning
• Lesson study
• Middle school
• Secondary education

• President's Awards for Excellence in Teaching, 2015
• COE Faculty Research Award, 2014
• Career Development Chair Award, 2013

• Student Success Through Evidence-Based Pedagogies (SSTEPs), NSF-DUE,  2015 - 2021
• Noyce Mathematics Fellows, TeachDETROIT, NSF-Noyce, 2015 - 2021
• REALM 2.0, Realizing Equity and Achievement for Learning Mathematics, MDE-Title II, 2018-2019
• REALM: Realizing Equity and Achievement for Learning Mathematics, MDE-MSP, 2016 - 2018
• Improving Proportional Reasoning Instruction through eNgineering Tasks (IMPRINT), MDE-MSP, 2013 - 2016
• Mathematics Enhancement for Detroit Area teachers (MEDeATe), NSF-Noyce, Capacity Building, 2012 - 2014

 Lewis, J., Özgün-Koca, S. A., Nazelli, C., Hernandez, L., Greco, A. (2024). The effects of curriculum pacing policies on teachers' decision-making in instruction. 15th International Congress on Mathematical Education, Sydney, Australia.

Lee, H. J., & Özgün-Koca, S. A. (2024). Investigating the capability of collaborative online international learning (COIL) in improving mathematical feedback practices of preservice teachers. 15th International Congress on Mathematical Education, Sydney, Australia.

Özgün-Koca, S. A., Lewis, J., Nazelli, C., & Hernandez, L. (2024). Using transformative technology to teach central tendency and promote equity. International Association for Statistical Education (IASE) Roundtable Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.

Meagher, M. S., Nazelli, C., Özgün-Koca, S. A., & Edwards, M. T. (2023). Project CRAFTeD: An adapted lesson study for pre-service mathematics teachers. In T. Lamberg, & D. Moss, Eds.), Proceedings of the forty-fifth annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. 1, pp. 523-531). Reno, NV: University of Nevada, Reno.

Lewis, J. Nazelli, C.; Özgün-Koca, S. A.; French, K.; & Hernandez, L. (2023). Professional development for human flourishing. Thirteenth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (CERME 13). Budapest, Hungary.

Meagher, M. S., Edwards, M. T., & Özgün-Koca, S. A. (2022). Preservice teachers’ task choice in technology-rich environments. In A. E. Lischka, E. B. Dyer, R. S. Jones, J. N. Lovett, J. Strayer, & S. Drown, (Eds.), Proceedings of the forty-fourth annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp. 2034-2038). Nashville, TN: Middle Tennessee State University.

Hardamon, K., Nazelli, C. D., & Özgün-Koca, S. A. (2022, February). High-quality professional development to support and nurture lesson study. Session presented at the at the Twenty-sixth Annual Conference of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE).

Hoffmann, P., Kacin, S., Myhr, K., Özgün-Koca, S. A., & Hutchinson, A. (November 2021). Complexities of change: Lessons learned from an institution-level project to transform undergraduate STEM instruction. Session presented at 2021 AAC&U Virtual Conference on Transforming STEM Higher Education.

Özgün-Koca, S. A., Chelst, K., & Edwards, T. (April, 2021). Intentionally building "M" into STEM activities. Session presented at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting and Exposition.

Edwards, T., Chelst, K., & Özgün-Koca, S. A. (April, 2021). Standards for mathematical practice and scenario-based learning in middle school mathematics. Pre-recorded presentation at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting and Exposition.

Nazelli, C. D., & Özgün-Koca, S. A. (2021, April). Lesson planning for a real classroom: Adapted lesson study for preservice. Research and poster roundtable sessions presented at Mathematics Teachers Lesson Study in Mathematics and Science Teacher Education Conference (LSMSTEC) (Virtual Conference due to COVID-19).

Nazelli, C. D., & Özgün-Koca, S. A. (2021, April). Lesson study as professional development tool for preservice mathematics teachers. Structured poster session presented at the 2021 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting (Virtual Conference due to COVID-19).

Hardamon, K., Nazelli, C. D., & Özgün-Koca, S. A. (2021, April). Project REALM: High-quality professional development to support and nurture lesson study. Poster session presented at the 2021 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting (Virtual Conference due to COVID-19).

Özgün-Koca, S. A., Zopf, D., & Nazelli, C. (February, 2021). Enhancing elementary teachers’ mathematical knowledge: From peer review to inter-institutional conversations. Session presented at the Twenty-fifth Annual Conference of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE) (Virtual Conference due to COVID-19).

Sönmez, D. & Özgün-Koca, S. A. (2024). The use of technology to integrate biology and mathematics. International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 11(3), 703-719.

Meagher, M., Edwards, M. T., & Özgün-Koca, S. A. (2023). Challenging misconceptions about the coefficient of determination (R2) with a dynamic GeoGebra applet. North American GeoGebra Journal, 11(1), 48-61.

Nazelli, C., Zopf, D., & Özgün-Koca, S. A. (2022). Engaging elementary pre-service teachers with high leverage mathematical practices. In P. Jenlink (Ed.), Mathematics as the science of patterns: Making the invisible visible through teaching (pp. 183-201). Information Age Publishing.

Crawford-McKinney, K., & Özgün-Koca, S. A. (2022). Mathematics through children’s literature. Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching Pre-K–12, 115(9), 625-632.

Lewis, J. M., Özgün-Koca, S. A., Hernandez, L., Nazelli, C., & French, K. R. (2022). Does the choice of observation instrument matter? The Mathematics Educator, 30(2), 33-63.

Crawford-McKinney, K., Özgün-Koca, S. A. & Rebar, K. (2022). “Power of yet”: The integration of the culturally responsive literature with the productive struggle in mathematics. Michigan Reading Journal 54(2), 50-56. https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/mrj/vol54/iss2/11/

Crawford-McKinney, K., & Özgün-Koca, S. A. (2022). When Sophie thinks she can’t. Worlds of Words Reviews, 14(2), Special issue on Global Perspectives on STEM. https://wowlit.org/on-line-publications/review/xiv-2/

Meagher, M., Edwards, M. T., & Özgün-Koca, S. A. (2021). A quadratic to a quadratic? This is new! Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching Pre-K–12, 114, 860-868.

Edwards, T. G., Özgün-Koca, S. A., & Chelst, K. (2021). Visualizing complex roots of quadratic equation. Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching Pre-K–12, 114(3), 238-243.

Shafer, K. & Özgün-Koca, S. A. (2021). GPS: Investigating variability. Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PreK-12, 114(1), 78-82.