Submitted Projects for October 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