Submitted Proposals – July 2023
Principal Investigator: Anthony Botelho – School of Teaching and Learning
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: Supporting Assessment and Feedback in Introductory Computer Programming Courses
Requested Amount: $525,202
Principal Investigator: Nelson Brunsting – SESPECS
Co-PI: Anne Corinne Manley – SHDOSE
Funding Agency: Boston University (Subcontract – IES Flow Through)
Proposal Title: Project ReSpECT: Revealing Special Educators’ Conditions for Teaching
Requested Amount: $356,550
Principal Investigator: Catherine Cavanaugh – Lastinger Center
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Florida Division for Early Learning
Proposal Title: DEL Early Video Vignettes 2023
Requested Amount: $100,000
Principal Investigator: Alice Kaye Emery – SESPECS
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Florida Department of Education
Proposal Title: Working with the Experts 2023-2024
Requested Amount: $252,000
Principal Investigator: Zhihui Fang – School of Teaching and Learning
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Spencer Foundation
Proposal Title: Genre and Register Features of Ninth-Grade Students’ Analytical Writing
Requested Amount: $50,000
Principal Investigator: Dwight Irwin (SESPECS)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: Using Sensing Technology and Automated Speech Recognition to Capture Teacher Language Interactions in Diverse Pre-K Classrooms
Requested Amount: $74,999
Principal Investigator: Wei Li – SHDOSE
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: CAREER: Statistical Power Analysis and Optimal Sample Size Planning for Longitudinal Studies in STEM Education
Requested Amount: $710,575
Principal Investigator: Robert Moore – School of Teaching and Learning
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: CAREER: Exploring Pathways to STEM Microcredentials with the STEM AMP (Agreement-Modeling-Pathways) Initiative
Requested Amount: $1,131,536
Principal Investigator: Nigel Newbutt – School of Teaching and Learning
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: CAREER: Co-Creating Informal Strength-Based Technology Clubs to Enhance and Broaden STEM Knowledge and Interest with/for Autistic Youth
Requested Amount: $781,272
Principal Investigator: Yiqin Pan – SHDOSE
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral & Social Sciences
Proposal Title: A Machine Learning Approach for Detecting Item Preknowledge
Requested Amount: $110,000
Principal Investigator: Paige Pullen – Lastinger Center
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Lee County Public School Boards
Proposal Title: Lee County ALO 2023-24
Requested Amount: $795,000
Principal Investigator: Paige Pullen – Lastinger Center
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Jacksonville Public Education Fund
Proposal Title: JPEF ALO in Duval County 2023-24
Requested Amount: $578,001
Principal Investigator: Paige Pullen – Lastinger Center
Co-PI: Philip Poekert – Lastinger Center for Learning
Funding Agency: School District of Hillsborough County
Proposal Title: Hillsborough High-Impact Reading Initiative
Requested Amount: $245,000
Principal Investigator: Seyedahmad Rahimi – School of Teaching and Learning
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: CAREER: Synergy of Creativity and Physics: Assessing and Improving Middle School Students’ Creativity and Physics Understanding Using AI-Powered, Creative Game-based Learning
Requested Amount: $2,262,259
Principal Investigator: Patricia Snyder – AZCEECS/SESPECS
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Napa County (Subcontract – California Dept. of Ed. Flow Through)
Proposal Title: Embedded Instruction for Early Learning – CA
Requested Amount: $10,000
Principal Investigator: Wanli Xing – School of Teaching and Learning
Co-PI: Zandra de Araujo – Lastinger Center for Learning
Funding Agency: Concord Consortium (Subcontract – U.S. Dept. of Ed. Flow Through)
Proposal Title: High School AI Course for Virtual Schools
Requested Amount: $600,000
