NCER made a series of new research program grant awards in March. This list of awards is for cycle I only and is as follows:
COGNITION & STUDENT LEARNING
Guided Cognition for Unsupervised Learning of Mathematics
Fordham University, William Whitten
Improving Children's Numerical Understanding
Carnegie Mellon University, Robert Siegler
Efficacy of Earobics Step I in English Language Learners and Low SES Minority Children
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Jason Anthony
The Diagnostic Geometry Assessment Project
Boston College, Michael Russell
EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES
Closing the SES Related Gap in Young Children's Mathematical Knowledge
University of California, Prentice Starkey
Increasing the Efficacy of an Early Mathematics Curriculum with Scaffolding Designed to Promote Self-Regulation
State University of New York at Buffalo, Doug Clements
EDUCATION POLICY, FINANCE, AND SYSTEMS
Catholic School Prices, Private School Attendance, and Student Outcomes
National Bureau of Economic Research, Susan Dynarsky
Creating an Integrated Resource Information System to Assess Student, Teacher, Classroom, and School Effects on Value-Added Student Learning Gains and to Support More Cost-Effective Budgeting
University of Wisconsin, Robert Meyer
EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY
Studying the Potential of Virtual Performance Assessments for Measuring Student Achievement in Science
Harvard University, Christopher Dede
HIGH SCHOOL REFORM
The Consequences for High School Students of Failing State Exit Exams: Evidence from Massachussetts
Harvard University, Richard Murnane
A Curriculum Engagement: Micro-process Interventions in Middle and High School to Improve Attendance, Behavior, Achievement and Grade Promotion for At-Risk Ninth Graders
Johns Hopkins University, Nettie Legters
MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE EDUCATION
A Longitudinal Study of Gender and Mathematics Using ECLS-K Data
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Sarah Lubienski
Bringing Cognitive Tutors to the Internet: A Website that Helps Middle-School Students Learn Math
Carnegie Mellon University, Vincent Aleven
A Randomized Controlled Study of the Effects of Intelligent Online Chemistry Tutors in Urban California School Districts
WestEd, Steven Schneider
Early Learning in Mathematics: Efficacy in Kindergarten Classrooms
Pacific Institutes for Research, Scott Baker
Multilevel Assessments of Science Standards (MASS)
WestEd, Edys Quellmalz
POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH TRAINING
Postdoctoral Training: Research Methods in the Learning Sciences
Vanderbilt University, Gautam Biswas
Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research on Consultation-based Interventions for Students with Social and Behavioral Concerns
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Susan Sheridan
Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Research and Training Fellowship in the Educational Sciences (IPoRT Fellowships)
City University of New York, Bruce Homer
Postdoctoral Fellowships in Progress Monitoring in Reading and Mathematics
University of Oregon, Gerald Tindal
POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION
Getting Qualified High School Seniors to Enroll in College: An Experimental Study in Vermont
Dartmouth College, Bruce Sacerdote
Improving Postsecondary Preparation in Urban Public High Schools: An Evaluation of AVID in Chicago
University of Chicago, Melissa Roderick
Evaluation of the SOURCE Program: An Intervention to Promote College Application and Enrollment Among Urban Youth—Primary Outcomes
Berkeley Policy Associates, Johannes Bos
Domain-specific Assessment: Bringing the Classroom into Community College Accountability
SRI International, Louise Yarnall
READING & WRITING
Developing Vocabulary in an Automated Reading Tutor
Carnegie Mellon University, David Mostow
Efficacy and Replication Research on the Intelligent Tutoring System for the Structure Strategy—Rural and Suburban Schools Grades 4, 5, 7, and 8
Pennsylvania State University, Kay Wijekumar
SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL CONTEXT FOR LEARNING
The Chicago Social and Character Development Trial: Extension to Grade 8
Oregon State University, Brian Flay
TEACHER QUALITY - MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE
Leadership for Integrated Middle-School Science (LIMSS)
University of South Florida, Robert Potter
TEACHER QUALITY - READING AND WRITING
The Iterative Design of Modules to Support Reading Comprehension Instruction
University of Pittsburgh, Linda Kucan
