Office of Educational Research Submitted Projects for October 2021

Submitted Projects for October 2021

November 8, 2021

Best wishes to Pavlo “Pasha” Antonenko for his subcontract proposal NSF Flow Through to East Carolina University; Mary Bratsch-Hines for her U.S. Department of Education/IES proposal and her subcontract proposal IES Flow Through to the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; Kent Crippen and Julie Brown for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Zhihui Fang, Zandra de Araujo, Gayle Evans, Angela Kohnen, and Paige Pullen for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Frank Fernandez and Banafsheh Moradi for their proposal to the Spencer Foundation; Maya Israel and Anne Corinne Manley for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Kristy Boyer, Maya Israel, and Mehmet Celepkolu for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Maya Israel for her proposal to the Technical Education Research Center; Hyunyi Jung, Mary Bratsch-Hines, Chonika Coleman King, and Zandra de Aruajo for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Philip Poekert for his two proposals to Bright from the Start Georgia’s Department of Early Care and Learning and the School District of Hillsborough County; Paige Pullen for her three proposals, two to the School Board of Sarasota County and one to the Early Learning Coalition of Orange County; Kristy Boyer and Seyedahmed Rahimi for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Kristy Boyer, Seyedahmed Rahimi, and Mehmet Celepkolu for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Albert Ritzhaupt and Maya Israel for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Zuchao Shen and Walter Leite for their proposal to the American Educational Research Association; Eunjin “Jinnie” Shin for her proposal to the American Educational Research Association; Travis Smith and Lane Washington for their proposal to the Proctor and Gamble Fund; Megan Ennes, Jacqueline Swank, and Alison Adams for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Wanli Xing for his three proposals, two to the National Science Foundation and one subcontract NSF Flow Through to the South Big Data Regional Innovation Hub; and Wanli Xing, Elizabeth Washington, and Hector Sandoval Gutierrez for their proposal to the National Science Foundation.

College of Education
Submitted Projects October 2021
Principal Investigator: Pavlo “Pasha” Antonenko (STL)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: East Carolina University (Subcontract – NSF Flow Through)
Proposal Title: Examining the Critical Role of Long-Term Memory in Writing to Learn Approaches
Requested Amount: $376,882
Principal Investigator: Mary Bartsch-Hines (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Education/IES
Proposal Title: School Characteristics, Classroom Processes, and PK-1 Learning and Development
Requested Amount: $724,818
Principal Investigator: Mary Bratsch-Hines (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (Subcontract – IES Flow Through)
Proposal Title: Early Education in Rural North Carolina (Early Learning Network; ELN)
Requested Amount: $111,243
Principal Investigator: Kent Crippen (STL)
Co-PI: Julie Brown (STL)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: Integrating Data Science and Molecular Science Education to Prepare High School Students for Accelerated Materials and Drug Discovery
Requested Amount: $990,660
Principal Investigator: Zhihui Fang (STL)
Co-PI: Zandra de Araujo (Lastinger Center), Gayle Evans (STL), Angela Kohnen (STL), & Paige Pullen (Lastinger Center)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Developing Nature of Science Understanding in Fourth Grade: An Integrated Approach
Requested Amount: $2,176,622
Principal Investigator: Frank Fernandez (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: Banafsheh Moradi (Women’s Studies)
Funding Agency: Spencer Foundation
Proposal Title: An Interdisciplinary Convening on Using Intersectionality Theory in Quantitative Research: Seeking Shared Expectations on Review and Publishing Standards
Requested Amount: $50,000
Principal Investigator: Maya Israel (STL)
Co-PI: Anne Corinne Manley (SHDOSE)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: Applied Learning Trajectories for Everyday Computing: Preparing Teachers to Integrate Computational Thinking across Elementary Mathematics Curricula (ALTEC)
Requested Amount: $2,025,813
Principal Investigator: Kristy Boyer (Computer & Information Science & Engineering)
Co-PI: Maya Israel (STL) & Mehmet Celepkolu (Computer & Information Science and Engineering)
Funding Agency: National Science Learning
Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: Guiding Effective Collaborative Learning Processes in Upper Elementary Computer Science with Adaptive Scaffolding
Requested Amount: $384,570
Principal Investigator: Maya Israel (STL)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Technical Education Research Center (Subcontract – NSF Flow Through)
Proposal Title: NEXT-CT: Neurodiversity and EXecutive function Teaching in Computational Thinking
Requested Amount: $34,926
Principal Investigator: Hyunyi Jung (STL)
Co-PI: Mary Bratsch-Hines (Lastinger), Chonika Coleman Kind (STL), & Zandra de Araujo (Lastinger Center)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Empowering Students with Choice through Equitable and Interactive Mathematical Modeling (EIM2)
Requested Amount: $1,962,925
Principal Investigator: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Bright from the Start Georgia’s Department of Early Care and Learning
Proposal Title: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning (DECAL) Professional Learning Supports and Services
Requested Amount: $622,044
Principal Investigator: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: School District of Hillsborough County
Proposal Title: Hillsborough Lastinger Leadership Institute
Requested Amount: $66,500
Principal Investigator: Paige Pullen (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: School Board of Sarasota County
Proposal Title: Sarasota County Schools – Flamingo Literacy Coaching Program – Option 1
Requested Amount: $120,000
Principal Investigator: Paige Pullen (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: School Board of Sarasota County
Proposal Title: Sarasota County Schools – Flamingo Literacy Coaching Program – Option 2
Requested Amount: $115,000
Principal Investigator: Paige Pullen (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Early Learning Coalition of Orange County
Proposal Title: Orange County ELC Professional Services 2022
Requested Amount: $19,711
Principal Investigator: Kristy Boyer (Computer & Information Science & Engineering)
Co-PI: Seyedahmad Rahimi (STL)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: Investigating Computational Thinking with Learner-Adaptive Supports for Middle School Students
Requested Amount: $351,624
Principal Investigator: Kristy Boyer (Computer & Information Science & Engineering)
Co-PI: Seyedahmad Rahimi (STL) & Mehmet Celepkolu (Computer & Information Science & Engineering)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: Advancing Middle School Computer Science Learning with Intelligent Game-Based Pedagogical Agents
Requested Amount: $333,696
Principal Investigator: Albert Ritzhaupt (STL)
Co-PI: Maya Israel (STL)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: A meta-analysis examining contemporary instructional methods and learning technologies for novice computer programmers in formal educational environments
Requested Amount: $371,624
Principal Investigator: Zuchao Shen (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: Walter Leite (SHDOSE)
Funding Agency: American Educational Research Association
Proposal Title: Design Parameters for Evaluating Effects of Teacher Empowerment Programs on Student Outcomes
Requested Amount: $25,000
Principal Investigator: Eunjin “Jinnie” Shin (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: American Educational Research Association
Proposal Title: Profiling Effective Self-Regulation Test-Taking Strategies of High-school Students in a Large-Scale Mathematics Assessment
Requested Amount: $34,307
Principal Investigator: Travis Smith (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: Lane Washington (Student Life)
Funding Agency: Proctor and Gamble Fund
Proposal Title: Homeplace Pedagogical Labs
Requested Amount: $20,000
Principal Investigator: Megan Ennes (Thompson Institute)
Co-PI: Jacqueline Swank (SHDOSE) & Alison Adams (School for Fish and Geomatics)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: EcoCivic Engagement: Supporting Teachers in Advancing Student Learning and Action around Ecology and the Environment
Requested Amount: $32,919
Principal Investigator: Wanli Xing (STL)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: LogicDS: Fostering Virtual Learning of Data Science Foundations with Mathematical Logic for Rural High School Students
Requested Amount: $810,979
Principal Investigator: Wanli Xing (STL)
Co-PI: Elizabeth Washington (STL) & Hector Sandoval Gutierrez (Economics)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: Bridging Engineering Education and Social Studies for Future Problem Solvers in a Complex World
Requested Amount: $499,782
Principal Investigator: Wanli Xing (STL)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: AAA: AI Augmented Learning of Abstraction
Requested Amount: $315,979
Principal Investigator: Wanli Xing (STL)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: South Big Data Regional Innovation Hub (Subcontract – NSF Flow Through)
Proposal Title: Opening the Black Box of Data Science: Visual and Interactive Machine Learning to Connect Mathematical and Computational Thinking for Rural High School Students
Requested Amount: $49,978