Office of Educational Research Submitted Projects for October 2022

Submitted Projects for October 2022

November 4, 2022

Best wishes to Pavlo “Pasha” Antonenko for his subcontract NSF flow through proposal to the University of Kansas; Anthony Botelho, Nigel Newbutt, and Catherine Cavanaugh for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Anthony Botelho and Catherine Paolucci for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Mary Bratsch-Hines for her proposal to Childcare Resources of Indian River; Kent Crippen and Julie Brown for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Maya Israel, Catherine Paolucci, and Anne Corinne Manley for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Maya Israel and Joanne Barrett for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Kristy Boyer and Maya Israel for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Maya Israel and her proposal to the National Science Foundation; Megan Ennes, Maya Israel, Bruce MacFadden, and Mariela Pajuelo Rubina for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Kathrin Maki, Pavlo “Pasha” Antonenko, and Do Koh for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Philip Poekert and Zandra de Araujo for their proposal to the Kansas Department of Administration; Philip Poekert, Taryrn Brown, Chonika Coleman King, and Hyunyi Jung for their proposal to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Paige Pullen for her proposals to the Early Learning Coalitions of Palm Beach County and Hillsborough County; Seyedahmad Rahimi, Pavlo “Pasha” Antonenko, Anthony Botelho, and Kristy Boyer for their three proposals to the National Science Foundation; Kristy Boyer and Seyedahmad Rahimi for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Eunjin “Jinnie” Shin, Wei Li, Pavlo “Pasha” Antonenko, Zandra de Araujo, and Paige Pullen for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; and Wanli Xing, Anthony Botelho, and Eunjin “Jinnie” Shin for their proposal to the ASSISTments Foundation.

College of Education
Submitted Projects October 2022
Principal Investigator: Pavlo “Pasha” Antonenko (STL)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: University of Kansas (Subcontract – NSF Flow Through)
Proposal Title: AI-Assisted Just-in-Time Scaffolding Framework for Exploring Modern Computer Design
Requested Amount: $233,238
Principal Investigator: Anthony Botelho (STL)
Co-PI: Nigel Newbutt (STL) and Catherine Cavanaugh (Lastinger Center)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Modeling Learner Interactions for Learners of Different Urbanicities to Address Threats to Fairness and Equity
Requested Amount: $964,525
Principal Investigator: Anthony Botelho (STL)
Co-PI: Catherine Paolucci (STL)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Orchestrating Productive Collaboration Among Students in Mathematics with Multimodal Machine Learning
Requested Amount: $848,583
Principal Investigator: Mary Bratsch-Hines (Lastinger Center)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Childcare Resources of Indian River
Proposal Title: Indian River Childcare Resources
Requested Amount: $339,159
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: $998,077
Principal Investigator: Maya Israel (STL)
Co-PI: Catherine Paolucci (STL) and 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
Requested Amount: $2,312,917
Principal Investigator: Maya Israel (STL)
Co-PI: Joanne Barrett (STL)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: Teaching All Cs Through Inclusion and Collaboration with Special Education (TACTICS)
Requested Amount: $1,400,830
Principal Investigator: Kristy Boyer (Computer & Information Science & Engineering)
Co-PI: Maya Israel (STL)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Guiding Effective Collaborative Learning Processes in Upper Elementary Computer Science with Adaptive Scaffolding
Requested Amount: $545,451
Principal Investigator: Maya Israel (STL)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Time4CS2: Leveraging Universal Design for Learning and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy to Create Equitable Opportunities for Students
Requested Amount: $547,890
Principal Investigator: Megan Ennes (Florida Museum – Thompson Institute)
Co-PI: Maya Israel (STL), Bruce MacFadden (Florida Museum – Vertebrate Paleiontology), and Mariela Pajuelo Rubina (Florida Museum – Ichthyology)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: The HORSE Project: Harnessing fossil horses to teach about evolution and climate change in middle schools
Requested Amount: $48,088
Principal Investigator: Kathrin Maki (SESPECS)
Co-PI: Pavlo “Pasha” Antonenko and Do Koh (STL)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Factors Influencing Math Anxiety & Performance (Project FIMAP)
Requested Amount: $1,426,909
Principal Investigator: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center)
Co-PI: Zandra de Araujo (Lastinger Center)
Funding Agency: Kansas Department of Administration
Proposal Title: Kansas Math Nation
Requested Amount: $6,000,000
Principal Investigator: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center)
Co-PI: Taryrn Brown, Chonika Coleman King, and Hyunyi Jung (STL)
Funding Agency: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Proposal Title: Enhancing Access through Algebra Nation (Gates Phase 2 Supplement)
Requested Amount: $106,000
Principal Investigator: Paige Pullen (Lastinger Center)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Early Learning Coalition of Palm Beach County
Proposal Title: ELC of Palm Beach Coaching
Requested Amount: $79,350
Principal Investigator: Paige Pullen (Lastinger Center)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Early Learning Coalition of Hillsborough County
Proposal Title: Hillsborough ELC CoP Certification
Requested Amount: $16,000
Principal Investigator: Seyedahmad Rahimi (STL)
Co-PI: Pavlo “Pasha” Antonenko (STL), Anthony Botelho (STL), and Kristy Boyer (Computer & Information Science & Engineering)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Improving Game-Based Learning and Engagement in Physics with AI-Powered Virtual Mentors and Peers
Requested Amount: $2,998,297
Principal Investigator: Kristy Boyer (Computer & Information Science & Engineering)
Co-PI: Seyedahmad Rahimi (STL)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Investigating Learner-Adaptive Supports in Game-Based Learning for Computational Thinking
Requested Amount: $396,193
Principal Investigator: Kristy Boyer (Computer & Information Science & Engineering)
Co-PI: Seyedahmad Rahimi (STL)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Advancing Middle School Computer Science Learning with Intelligent Game-Based Pedagogical Agents
Requested Amount: $386,596
Principal Investigator: Kristy Boyer (Computer & Information Science & Engineering)
Co-PI: Seyedahmad Rahimi (STL)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Exploring the Effects of AI-Augmented Support during Collaborative, Co-Creative Computer Science Learning
Requested Amount: $294,355
Principal Investigator: Eunjin “Jinnie’ Shin (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: Wei Li (SHDOSE), Pavlo “Pasha” Antonenko (STL), Zandra de Araujo (Lastinger Center), and Paige Pullen (Lastinger Center)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Project FoReST: A New Technological Paradigm to Support Disciplinary Reading in Science Teaching and Learning
Requested Amount: $2,999,987
Principal Investigator: Wanli Xing (STL)
Co-PI: Anthony Botelho (STL) and Eunjin “Jinnie” Shin (SHDOSE)
Funding Agency: ASSISTments Foundation
Proposal Title: AI Enabled Math Image Scoring and Feedback
Requested Amount: $96,039