Office of Educational Research Submitted Projects for August 2021

Submitted Projects for August 2021

September 6, 2021

Best wishes to Thomasenia Lott Adams, Pasha Antonenko, Philip Poekert, Masoud Gheisari, and Markus Santoso for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Christopher Anthony for his subcontract proposal IES Flow Through from Northeastern University; Pasha Antonenko and Kara Dawson for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Bruce MacFadden, Pasha Antonenko, and Jeremy Waisome for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Anthony Botelho, Walter Leite, Seyedahmad Rahimi, and Wanli Xing for their proposal to the Institute of Education Sciences; Mary Bratsch-Hines, Paige Pullen, Walter Leite, and Wei Li for their proposal to the Institute of Education Sciences; Catherine Cavanaugh, Jose de Leon Alejandro, and Eunjin “Jinnie” Shin for their subcontract proposal IES Flow Through from Arizona State University; Chris Curran for his proposal to the U.S. Department of Justice/NIJ; Zhihui Fang for his proposal to the Spencer Foundation; Frank Fernandez for his subcontract proposal William T. Grant Foundation Flow Through from Northern Illinois University; Maya Israel for her subcontract proposal U.S. Dept. of Education Flow Through from the Broward County School Board; Herman Knopf for his proposal to the Early Learning Coalition of Palm Beach County; Kathrin Maki for her subcontract proposal IES Flow Through from the University of Missouri; Philip Poekert for his proposal to Lauren’s Kids; Philip Poekert for his proposal to the School Board of Seminole County; Eunjin “Jinnie” Shin, Holly Lane, and Walter Leite for their subcontract proposal TD Charitable Foundation Flow Through from the University of Alberta; Wanli Xing and Kara Dawson for their subcontract proposal U.S. Dept. of Ed. Flow Through from Texas Tech University; and Wanli Xing for his proposal to the National Science Foundation.

College of Education
Submitted Projects August 2021
Principal Investigator: Thomasenia Lott Adams (Dean’s Area)
Co-PI: Pasha Antonenko (STL), Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center for Learning), Masoud Gheisari (School of Construction Management), Markus Santoso (Digital Worlds Institute)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Developing and Testing Innovations (DTI): Girls Build: Using Augmented Reality and Mentoring by Women Build to Engage Girls in Math and Construction Engineering Management
Requested Amount: $1,465,083
Principal Investigator: Christopher Anthony (SSESPECS)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Northeastern University (Subcontract – IES Flow Through)
Proposal Title: Refining a Web-based System for the Formative Assessment of Student Social Behavior
Requested Amount: $523,598
Principal Investigator: Pasha Antonenko (STL)
Co-PI: Kara Dawson (STL)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: DTI: CyberComics: Adventures in Digital Forensics to Promote Cyber Security Interest, Career Awareness, and Character Development
Requested Amount: $1,190,090
Principal Investigator: Bruce MacFadden (Florida Museum)
Co-PI: Pasha Antonenko (STL), Jeremy Waisome (Engineering Education)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: DEEP TIME: understanding Evolution and PaleonTology via AI and MachinE learning
Requested Amount: $276,509
Principal Investigator: Anthony Botelho (STL)
Co-PI: Walter Leite (SHDOSE), Seyedahmad Rahimi (STL), Wanli Xing (STL)
Funding Agency: Institute of Education Sciences
Proposal Title: Developing Methods to Identify and Mitigate Parameter Drift in Support of Fair Education
Requested Amount: $898,638
Principal Investigator: Mary Bratsch-Hines (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: Paige Pullen (SSESPECS), Walter Leite (SHDOSE), Wei Li (SHDOSE)
Funding Agency: Institute of Education Sciences
Proposal Title: Scaling and Sustaining Targeted Reading Instruction (TRI) to Improve Reading for Learners with or at Risk for Disabilities
Requested Amount: $2,992,571
Principal Investigator: Catherine Cavanaugh (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: Jose de Leon Alejandro (Lastinger Center for Learning), Eunjin “Jinnie” Shin (SHDOSE)
Funding Agency: Arizona State University (Subcontract – IES Flow Through)
Proposal Title: MaT-Coach: A Personalized Communication Coach for Math Educators
Requested Amount: $896,366
Principal Investigator: F. Chris Curran (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Justice/NIJ
Proposal Title: Expanding Access to Real-Time School Safety Data: Development of a State-wide School Safety Dashboard
Requested Amount: $1,998,598
Principal Investigator: Zhihui Fang (STL)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Spencer Foundation
Proposal Title: Nominal Complexities in Sixth-Grade Students’ Informational Writing
Requested Amount: $50,000
Principal Investigator: Frank Fernandez (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Northern Illinois University (Subcontract – William T. Grant Foundation Flow Through)
Proposal Title: Merit Financial Aid and Inequality: Examining Variation in Policy and Effects on Social Mobility
Requested Amount: $20,620
Principal Investigator: Maya Israel (STL)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Broward County School Board (Subcontract – U.S. Dept. of Education Flow Through)
Proposal Title: Time4C²: A Problem-Based Learning (PBL) Approach to Finding Time for Science and Computer Science in the Elementary School Day
Requested Amount: $888,492
Principal Investigator: Herman Knopf (AZCEECS)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Early Learning Coalition of Palm Beach County
Proposal Title: Study of Client Experiences
Requested Amount: $46,240
Principal Investigator: Kathrin Maki (SSESPECS)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: University of Missouri (Subcontract – IES Flow Through)
Proposal Title: Targeting Reading Interventions to Accelerate Growth (TRIAG) After a Pandemic
Requested Amount: $774,971
Principal Investigator: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Lauren’s Kids
Proposal Title: Lauren’s Kids Courses Maintenance Agreement 2021-2022
Requested Amount: $30,000
Principal Investigator: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: School Board of Seminole County
Proposal Title: Seminole Instructional Coaching Development Year 9 Support
Requested Amount: $21,450
Principal Investigator: Eunjin “Jinnie” Shin (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: Holly Lane (SSESPECS), Walter Leite (SHDOSE)
Funding Agency: University of Alberta (Subcontract – TD Charitable Foundation Flow Through)
Proposal Title: An Intelligent Learning and Assessment System for Addressing Disproportionate Learning Losses in Reading
Requested Amount: $373,509
Principal Investigator: Wanli Xing (STL)
Co-PI: Kara Dawson (STL)
Funding Agency: Texas Tech University (Subcontract – U.S. Dept. of Ed. Flow Through)
Proposal Title: iDataScience: A Unified Virtual Approach to Data Science Integrating AI, Computing, Math, Statistics, and Beyond
Requested Amount: $954,198
Principal Investigator: Wanli Xing (STL)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: DTI: Project SPAC3: A Culturally Relevant Approach to Spatial Computational Thinking Skills and Career Awareness through an Immersive Virtual Environment
Requested Amount: $227,619