Submitted Projects for October 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