Submitted Projects for August 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