NCER made a series of new research grant awards in July. This list of awards is for Cycle 2 only and is as follows:
COGNITION & STUDENT LEARNING
Mindful Instruction of Nonmainstream Children
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Richard Anderson
Developing the Retrieval-Monitoring-Feedback (RMF) Method for Improving the Durability and Efficiency of Student Learning
Kent State University, Katherine Rawson
Extension of an Argument Curriculum to an Academically Disadvantaged Middle-School Population
Teachers College, Columbia University, Deanna Kuhn
Making Sense of Concrete Models for Mathematics
Michigan State University, Kelly Mix
A Cognitive Approach to Implementing Tree Thinking in High School and College Biology Curricula
Vanderbilt University, Laura Novick
Scaffolding Students' Use of Multiple Representations for Science Learning
University of Wisconsin, Sadhana Puntambekar
The Organization of Mathematical Knowledge
Northwestern University, Lance Rips
EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES
Efficacy of Read It Again! In Rural Preschool Settings
The Ohio State University, Laura Justice
Educational Television to Enhance Young Children's Language and Vocabulary Skills
Florida State University, Beth Phillips
Test of Emergent Writing Skills
Florida State University, Cynthia Puranik
EDUCATION LEADERSHIP
A Randomized Control Trial to Assess the Efficacy of the Balanced Leadership Program
University of Michigan, Roger Goddard
The Development and Validation of the Vanderbilt Assessment of Leadership in Education
University of Pennsylvania, Andrew Porter
EDUCATION POLICY, FINANCE, AND SYSTEMS
Massachusetts Expanded Learning Time: Implementation and Outcomes
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Carrie Conaway
Kids Integrated Data System (KIDS): An Evidence-Based System for Enhancing Educational Proficiency and Social Adjustment
University of Pennsylvania, John Fantuzzo
School Responses to AYP Classification Due to Student Subgroups and the Relationship to Student Achievement
University of Pennsylvania, Elliot Weinbaum
EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY
Expanding the Science and Literacy Curricular Space: The GlobalEd II Project
University of Connecticut, Scott Brown
Advancing Ecosystems Science Education via Situated Collaborative Learning in Multi-User Virtual Environments
Harvard University, Christopher Dede
The Writing Pal: An Intelligent Tutoring System that Provides Interactive Writing Strategy Training
University of Memphis, Danielle McNamara
Accelerating Fluency Development in an Automated Reading Tutor
Carnegie Mellon University, David Mostow
Guru: A Computer Tutor that Models Expert Human Tutors
University of Memphis, Andrew Olney
SimScientists: Interactive Simulation-Based Science Learning Environments
WestEd, Edys Quellmalz
Explicit Scaffolding for Word Learning in Context through Multimedia Word Annotation
University of California, Santa Cruz, Judith Scott
Teaching Every Student: Using Intelligent Tutoring and Universal Design to Customize the Mathematics Curriculum
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Beverly Woolf
HIGH SCHOOL REFORM
High School Preparation for College Completion
Johns Hopkins University, Robert Balfanz
Do Small Schools Improve Student Performance in Large Urban Districts? Evidence from New York City
New York University, Leanna Stiefel
INTERVENTIONS FOR STRUGGLING ADOLESCENT AND ADULT READERS AND WRITERS
Language Diversity and Literacy Development: Increasing Opportunities-To-Learn in Urban Middle Schools
Harvard University, Nonie Lesaux
Project Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR): Interventions for Struggling Adolescent and Adult Readers and Writers
University of Texas, Austin, Sharon Vaughn
MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE EDUCATION
BSCS Science: An Inquiry Approach - Development of a Conceptually Coherent, Multidisciplinary Science Program for Grade Eight
Biological Sciences Curriculum Study, Janet Carlson
Closing the Achievement Gap in Middle School Mathematics Utilizing Stanford University's Education Program for Gifted Youth Differentiated Mathematics Program
Stanford University, Patrick Suppes
Fostering Fluency with Basic Addition & Subtraction
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Arthur Baroody
Agent and Library Augmented Shared Knowledge Areas (ALASKA)
Pepperdine University, Eric Hamilton
NATIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTERS
National Research & Development Center on Cognition and Science Instruction
The 21st Century Partnership for STEM Education, F. Joseph Merlino
National Research & Development Center on Instructional Technology:
Center for Advanced Technology in Schools
University of California at Los Angeles, James Stigler
National Research & Development Center on Instructional Technology:
Center for Children and Technology and Center for Science Education
Education Development Center, Inc., Cornelia Brunner
POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
Transitions through Higher Education: Evidence on the Mismatch Hypothesis
University of Texas at Dallas, Isaac McFarlin
Using High School Transcript Data to Improve Student Access to 4-Year Colleges
MPR Associates, Karen Levesque
PREDOCTORAL RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAMS
The New York University (NYU) Predoctoral Training Program in Education Sciences
New York University, J. Lawrence Aber
Using Research to Improve Student and School Outcomes by Improving Programs and Practices, Grades K-12
The Johns Hopkins University, Karl Alexander
Vanderbilt Predoctoral Research Training in Education Sciences
Vanderbilt University, David Cordray
Multidisciplinary Program in Education Sciences
Northwestern University, David Uttal
Advanced Quantitative Methodology for Improving Educational Practice
University of California, Los Angeles, Noreen Webb
READING AND WRITING
An Efficacy Trial of Robust Vocabulary Instruction
Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL), Helen Apthorp
Measuring the Development of Vocabulary and Word Learning to Support Content Area Reading and Learning
Educational Testing Service, Paul Deane
SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL CONTEXTS FOR ACADEMIC LEARNING
Development of an Intervention to Improve Academic Outcomes for Low-Income Urban Youth through Instruction in Effective Coping Supported by Mentoring Relationships
DePaul University, Kathryn Grant
A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Combination of Two Preventive Interventions
The Johns Hopkins University, Nicholas Ialongo
Testing the Efficacy of INSIGHTS in Enhancing the Academic Learning Context
New York University, Sandra McClowry
Development and Validation of a Multidimensional Teacher Progress Monitoring Scale for Elementary School Teachers
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Linda Reddy
TEACHER QUALITY - MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE
Education Research - BioBridge Teacher Quality
University of California at San Diego, Loren Thompson
TEACHER QUALITY - READING AND WRITING
Development of an Interactive, Multimedia Assessment of Teachers' Knowledge of Early Reading
University of Michigan, Joanne Carlisle
Value-Added Models and the Measurement of Teacher Quality: Tracking or Causal Effects?
National Bureau of Economic Research, Jesse Rothstein
