Submitted Projects for August 2018

Best wishes to Christopher Anthony for his subcontract proposal IES Flow Through from Pennsylvania State University; Pasha Antonenko, Kara Dawson, Amber Benedict, and Swarup Bhunia for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Crystal Bishop, James Algina, Brian Reichow, and Patricia Snyder for their proposal to the U.S. Department of Education/IES; Mary Brownell for her proposal to the U.S. Department of Education/IES; Christopher Busey for his subcontract proposal IES Flow Through from the University of Missouri; Maria Coady and David Miller for their proposal to the U.S. Department of Education/IES; Ester de Jong, Maria Coady, Jo Kozuma, Sondra Smith, and Jacqueline Swank for their proposal to the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Education; Ester de Jong, Maya Israel, Christina Gardner-McCune, and Rose Pringle for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Joseph Gagnon and Anne Corinne Huggins-Manley for their proposal to the U.S. Department of Education/IES; Joseph Gagnon for his subcontract proposal IES Flow Through from Georgia State University; Timothy Jacobbe for his subcontract proposal IES Flow Through from Florida State University; Dennis Kramer for his subcontract proposal IES Flow Through from the University of Tennessee; Holly Lane and Page Pullen for their proposal to the U.S. Department of Education/IES; Walter Leite and Katerina Marcoulides for their proposal to the U.S. Department of Education/IES; Anne Corinne Huggins-Manley and Amber Benedict for their proposal to the U.S. Department of Education/IES; Katerina Marcoulides for her subcontract proposal IES Flow Through from the University of Alabama; Katerina Marcoulides for her subcontract proposal IES Flow Through from the University of Louisville; Jonte Myers and Mary Brownell for their proposal to the American Educational Research Association; Dorothy Espelage and Philip Poekert for their proposal to the U.S. Department of Education/IES; Philip Poekert for his proposals to the Naples Children and Education Foundation and Study Edge; Brian Reichow and Patricia Snyder for their proposal to the U.S. Department of Education/IES; Patricia Snyder, Crystal Bishop, and Darbianne Shannon for their subcontract proposal DHHS Flow Through from STG International, Inc.; Joni Splett for her proposal to the U.S. Department of Education/IES; and Joni Splett for her subcontract proposal IES Flow Through from the University of South Carolina.

For more details, see the Submitted Projects table.

College of Education
Submitted Projects August 2018
Principal Investigator: Christopher Anthony (SSESPECS)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Pennsylvania State University (Subcontract – IES Flow Through)
Proposal Title: ACES-2: Development and Validation of the Revised Academic Competence Evaluation Scales
Requested Amount: $154,723
Principal Investigator: Pavlo “Pasha” Antonenko (STL)
Co-PI: Kara Dawson (STL), Amber Benedict (SSESPECS), Swarup Bhunia (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: STRATEGIES: Codebreakers: Cultivating Elementary Students’ Interest in Cryptography and Cybersecurity Education and Careers
Requested Amount: $1,197,816
Principal Investigator: Crystal Bishop (AZCEECS)
Co-PI: James Algina (SSESPECS), Brian Reichow (AZCEECS/SSESPECS), Patricia Snyder (AZCEECS/SSESPECS)
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Education/IES
Proposal Title: Development and Evaluation of Tools for Families (TFF): An Intervention to Promote Family Engagement in Embedded Instruction for Early Learning
Requested Amount: $1,400,000
Principal Investigator: Mary Brownell (SSESPECS)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Education/IES
Proposal Title: Preservice Observation in Special Education: A Validation Study
Requested Amount: $1,400,000
Principal Investigator: Christopher Busey (STL)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: University of Missouri (Subcontract – IES Flow Through)
Proposal Title: Teaching and Learning Slavery
Requested Amount: $119,102
Principal Investigator: Maria Coady (STL)
Co-PI: M. David Miller (SHDOSE)
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Education/IES
Proposal Title: CREER: Center for Rural English learner Education and Research
Requested Amount: $9,400,298
Principal Investigator: Ester de Jong (STL)
Co-PI: Maria Coady (STL), Jo Kozuma (STL), Sondra Smith (SHDOSE), Jacqueline Swank (SHDOSE)
Funding Agency: Saudi Arabia Ministry of Education
Proposal Title: University of Florida – Saudi Arabia Partnership for Education and Educational Reform (Project PEER)
Requested Amount: $1,231,974
Principal Investigator: Ester de Jong (STL)
Co-PI: Maya Israel (STL), Christina Gardner-McCune (Computer & Information Science & Engineering), Rose Pringle
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: All in STEM Collaborative – Growing K-16 STEM Students & Teachers
Requested Amount: $87,702
Principal Investigator: Joseph Gagnon (SSESPECS)
Co-PI: Anne Corinne Huggins-Manley (SHDOSE)
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Education/IES
Proposal Title: Policy and Practices in Alternative Schools Supporting the Education of Youth with Disabilities (PPASSED)
Requested Amount: $1,392,740
Principal Investigator: Joseph Gagnon (SSESPECS)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Georgia State University (Subcontract – IES Flow Through)
Proposal Title: Project LIBERATE II (Literacy Instruction Based on Evidence through Research for Adjudicated Teens to Excel)
Requested Amount: $940,363
Principal Investigator: Timothy Jacobbe (STL)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Florida State University (Subcontract – IES Flow Through)
Proposal Title: An Educative Curriculum to Promote Middle School Statistics Achievement through Science Contexts and 3D Printed Manipulatives
Requested Amount: $245,711
Principal Investigator: Dennis Kramer (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: University of Tennessee (Subcontract – IES Flow Through)
Proposal Title: Evaluating a High Impact Intervention to Reduce Summer Melt and Increase College Readiness in Tennessee
Requested Amount: $205,284
Principal Investigator: Holly Lane (SSESPECS)
Co-PI: Page Pullen (SSESPECS)
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Education/IES
Proposal Title: Project PALM: Promoting Application of the Literacy Matrix – Coaching to Support Effective Teaching
Requested Amount: $1,400,000
Principal Investigator: Walter Leite (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: Katerina Marcoulides (SHDOSE)
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Education/IES
Proposal Title: Sensitivity Analysis to Omitted Confounders in Structural Equation Modeling with Metaheuristic Algorithms
Requested Amount: $798,486
Principal Investigator: Anne Corinne Huggins-Manley (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: Amber Benedict (SSESPECS)
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Education/IES
Proposal Title: Project DIMES: Diagnostic Instrument for Morphology of Elementary Students
Requested Amount: $1,290,952
Principal Investigator: Katerina Marcoulides (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: University of Alabama (Subcontract – IES Flow Through)
Proposal Title: Development of a Modified, Sustainable Practice-Based Coaching Model for Use in Preschool Classrooms
Requested Amount: $82,944
Principal Investigator: Katerina Marcoulides (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: University of Louisville (Subcontract – IES Flow Through)
Proposal Title: Development of a Targeted Instructional Approach to Improve Math Learning in Preschoolers With or At-Risk for Math Delays
Requested Amount: $82,944
Principal Investigator: Jonte Myers (SSESPECS)
Co-PI: Mary Brownell (SSESPECS)
Funding Agency: American Educational Research Association
Proposal Title: Teacher Qualification and Student Math Achievement in Secondary Schools: An Exploratory Study
Requested Amount: $19,000
Principal Investigator: Dorothy Espelage (Psychology)
Co-PI: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Education/IES
Proposal Title: Development and Pilot Evaluation of Bully Prevention Training Modules for Special and General Education Teachers: Impact on Awareness, Self-Efficacy and Student Outcomes
Requested Amount: $475,257
Principal Investigator: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Naples Children and Education Foundation
Proposal Title: Champions for Learning
Requested Amount: $25,000
Principal Investigator: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Study Edge
Proposal Title: Support of Algebra Nation Michigan 2018-19
Requested Amount: $25,000
Principal Investigator: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Study Edge
Proposal Title: Support of Algebra Nation Mississippi 2018-19
Requested Amount: $10,000
Principal Investigator: Brian Reichow (AZCEECS/SSESPECS)
Co-PI: Patricia Snyder (AZCEECS/SSESPECS)
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Education/IES
Proposal Title: Impact of Professional Development on Early Intervention Specialists’ Instructional Delivery of a Virtual Parent Skills Training Program for Parents of Infant and Toddlers with Disabilities
Requested Amount: $1,400,000
Principal Investigator: Patricia Snyder (AZCEECS/SSESPECS)
Co-PI: Crystal Bishop (AZCEECS), Darbianne Shannon (AZCEECS)
Funding Agency: STG International, Inc. (Subcontract – DHHS Flow Through)
Proposal Title: Region IX Training
Requested Amount: $12,978
Principal Investigator: Joni Splett (SSESPECS)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Education/IES
Proposal Title: Implementation Supports to Achieve Outcomes for All in an Integrated, Multi-Tiered Systems of Support
Requested Amount: $3,999,054
Principal Investigator: Joni Splett (SSESPECS)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: University of South Carolina (Subcontract – IES Flow Through)
Proposal Title: Improving Social, Emotional, Behavioral, and Academic Functioning of Elementary School Students through the Interconnected Systems Framework
Requested Amount: $95,180