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Title:
"Boys Have It; Girls Have to Work for It": The Development and Consequences of Gender Stereotypes About Natural Talent vs. Effort in Mathematics

Year: 2020

Name of Institution:
New York University

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Cimpian, Andrei

Award Amount: $1,399,994

Award Period: 4 years (07/01/2020 - 06/30/2024)

Title:
A Longitudinal Study of 3-D Spatial Skills and Mathematics Development in Elementary School Children

Year: 2011

Name of Institution:
University of Georgia

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Carr, Martha

Award Amount: $588,847

Award Period: 3 years

Title:
A Multidisciplinary Study of Analogical Transfer in Children's Mathematical Learning

Year: 2003

Name of Institution:
University of California, Los Angeles

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Holyoak, Keith

Award Amount: $300,715

Award Period: 2 years

Title:
A Theory and Data Driven Approach for Identifying Evidence of Collaborative Problem Solving Skills

Year: 2017

Name of Institution:
Educational Testing Service (ETS)

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Andrews, Jessica

Award Amount: $1,399,250

Award Period: 3 years (07/01/2017 – 06/30/2020)

Title:
A Theory-Driven Search for the Optimal Conditions of Instructional Guidance in Algebra Tutor

Year: 2010

Name of Institution:
Carnegie Mellon University

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Anderson, John

Award Amount: $1,542,658

Award Period: 4 years (3/1/2010-2/28/2014)

Year: 2002

Name of Institution:
University of California, Riverside

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Swanson, H. Lee

Award Amount: $709,398

Award Period: 3 years

Title:
An Examination of the Qualities of Interactive Science Learning Environments That Promote Optimal Motivation and Learning

Year: 2011

Name of Institution:
The Learning Partnership

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
McGee, Steven

Award Amount: $1,107,022

Award Period: 4 years

Title:
An Exploration of Brain Breaks to Enhance Attention Regulation and Instruction Uptake in Early Elementary

Year: 2020

Name of Institution:
University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Godwin, Karrie

Award Amount: $1,399,986

Award Period: 4 years (09/01/2020 – 08/31/2024)

Title:
An Exploration of Malleable Social and Cognitive Factors Associated with Early Elementary School Students' Mathematics Achievement

Year: 2011

Name of Institution:
University of Chicago

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Beilock, Sian

Award Amount: $1,157,723

Award Period: 3 years

Title:
Application of Explanatory Item Response Models to Understand Influence of Reader-Text Interactions on Reading Comprehension and Reading Intervention Effects

Year: 2017

Name of Institution:
University of Houston

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Francis, David

Award Amount: $599,875

Award Period: 2 years (08/31/2017–08/30/2019)

Title:
Application of the Dual-Component Theory to Adaptive Working Memory Training

Year: 2015

Name of Institution:
University of Notre Dame

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Gibson, Bradley

Award Amount: $886,847

Award Period: 2 years (7/1/2015 – 6/30/2017)

Title:
Applied Spatial Training for Elementary Mathematics

Year: 2022

Name of Institution:
University of Maryland, College Park

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Mix, Kelly

Award Amount: $1,699,333

Award Period: 4 years (09/01/2022 – 08/31/2026)

Title:
Arithmetical and Cognitive Antecedents and Concomitants of Algebraic Skill

Year: 2011

Name of Institution:
University of Houston

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Cirino, Paul

Award Amount: $1,468,996

Award Period: 2011–2015

Title:
Classroom Environment, Allocation of Attention, and Learning Outcomes in K–4 Students

Year: 2011

Name of Institution:
Carnegie Mellon University

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Fisher, Anna

Award Amount: $1,571,973

Award Period: 4 years

Title:
Cognitive Support for Learning Fractional Magnitudes

Year: 2016

Name of Institution:
Ohio State University

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Opfer, John

Award Amount: $1,399,542

Award Period: 4 years (7/1/2016–6/30/2020)

Title:
Cognitively Challenging Child-Directed Language as a Mechanism for Literacy Development in Kindergarten

Year: 2011

Name of Institution:
University of Michigan

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Neuman, Susan

Award Amount: $696,124

Award Period: 4 years

Title:
Connecting Mathematical Ideas through Animated Multimodal Instruction

Year: 2013

Name of Institution:
University of Wisconsin, Madison

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Alibali, Martha W.

Award Amount: $1,599,992

Award Period: 4 years (6/1/2013 – 5/31/2017)

Title:
Contributions to Mathematics Competency of At-Risk Students: The Impact of Executive Function, Approximate Number System and Early Mathematics Skills

Year: 2014

Name of Institution:
Vanderbilt University

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Farran, Dale

Award Amount: $1,599,382

Award Period: 4 years (7/1/2014-6/30/2018)

Title:
Coordinating Multiple Representations: A Comparison of Eye Gaze Patterns of High School Students Who Do and Do Not Enroll in Calculus

Year: 2012

Name of Institution:
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Cromley, Jennifer

Award Amount: $906,433

Award Period: 3 years (7/1/2012 – 6/30/2015)

Title:
Designing Contrasting Cases for Inductive Learning

Year: 2014

Name of Institution:
Stanford University

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Schwartz, Daniel

Award Amount: $1,367,916

Award Period: 3 years (7/1/2014 - 6/30/2017)

Title:
Developing a Deeper Understanding of the Cognitive Processes that Drive Multiple Text Comprehension

Year: 2018

Name of Institution:
Arizona State University

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
McNamara, Danielle

Award Amount: $1,399,466

Award Period: 4 years (07/01/2018 - 06/30/2022)

Title:
Drawing Connections to Close Achievement Gaps in Mathematics

Year: 2017

Name of Institution:
University of Chicago

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Hong, Guanglei

Award Amount: $1,388,030

Award Period: 4 years (08/01/2017 – 07/31/2021)

Title:
Educational Media Supports for Low-Income Preschoolers' Vocabulary Development

Year: 2015

Name of Institution:
New York University

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Neuman, Susan

Award Amount: $1,063,416

Award Period: 3 years (9/1/2015-8/31/2018)

Title:
Examining the Processes and Outcomes of Reading Comprehension (EXPO-RC)

Year: 2017

Name of Institution:
University of Georgia

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Ardoin, Scott

Award Amount: $1,392,920

Award Period: 4 years (07/01/2017 – 06/30/2021)

Title:
Exploring Collaborative Embodiment for Learning (EXCEL): Understanding Geometry Through Multiple Modalities

Year: 2020

Name of Institution:
Southern Methodist University

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Walkington, Candace

Award Amount: $1,398,245

Award Period: 4 years (08/01/2020 - 07/31/2024)

Title:
Exploring Reading Fluency and Its Underlying Behaviors

Year: 2010

Name of Institution:
University of Georgia

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Ardoin, Scott

Award Amount: $1,513,518

Award Period: 4 years

Title:
Exploring Studies to Derive Policies for Adaptive Natural-Language Tutoring in Physics

Year: 2013

Name of Institution:
University of Pittsburgh

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Katz, Sandra

Award Amount: $1,430,755

Award Period: 3 years (9/1/13 - 8/31/16)

Title:
Exploring the Affordances of Immersive Virtual Reality for Learning

Year: 2023

Name of Institution:
New York University

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Plass, Jan

Award Amount: $1,699,922

Award Period: 3 years (08/01/2023 – 07/31/2026)

Title:
Exploring the Malleability of Executive Control

Year: 2011

Name of Institution:
University of Cambridge

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Ellefson, Michelle

Award Amount: $1,049,094

Award Period: 4 years

Title:
Exploring the Potential of Essay Testing for Improving Memory and Learning

Year: 2013

Name of Institution:
Duke University

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Marsh, Elizabeth

Award Amount: $1,189,541

Award Period: 4 years (7/1/2013-6/30/2017)

Title:
Exploring the Roles of Pattern and Spatial Skills in Early Mathematics Development

Year: 2016

Name of Institution:
Vanderbilt University

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Rittle-Johnson, Bethany

Award Amount: $937,408.14

Award Period: 3 years (7/1/2016-6/30/2019)

Title:
Exploring the Spatial Alignment Hypothesis in STEM Learning Environments

Year: 2017

Name of Institution:
WestEd

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Matlen, Bryan

Award Amount: $1,399,631

Award Period: 4 years (08/01/2017 – 07/31/2021)

Title:
Facilitating Transfer of Mathematical Knowledge from Classroom to Real Life

Year: 2014

Name of Institution:
Ohio State University

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Sloutsky, Vladimir

Award Amount: $1,599,955

Award Period: 4 years (9/1/2014 - 8/31/2018)

Title:
Fostering Reliance on Visuospatial Representations to Enhance High School Students' Success in Pre-Calculus Trigonometry

Year: 2015

Name of Institution:
Stanford University

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
McClelland, James

Award Amount: $1,543,138

Award Period: 4 years (7/1/2015 – 6/30/2019)

Title:
Gender Stereotypes in STEM: Exploring Developmental Patterns for Prevention

Year: 2018

Name of Institution:
University of Houston

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Master, Allison

Award Amount: $1,399,149

Award Period: 4 years (07/01/2018 – 06/30/2022)

Title:
How Dynamic Gestures and Directed Actions Contribute to Mathematical Proof Practices

Year: 2016

Name of Institution:
University of Wisconsin, Madison

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Nathan, Mitchell

Award Amount: $1,389,562

Award Period: 4 years (7/1/2016 – 6/30/2020)

Title:
Improving Monitoring Accuracy Improves Learning From Text

Year: 2003

Name of Institution:
University of Illinois, Chicago

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Wiley, Jennifer

Award Amount: $780,956

Award Period: 3 years

Title:
Improving Students' Comprehension and Construction of Arguments

Year: 2002

Name of Institution:
Northern Illinois University

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Britt, Anne

Award Amount: $358,876

Award Period: 3 years

Title:
Improving Students' Mathematics Experiences: How Does Success Impact Students' Memories, Motivation, and Engagement?

Year: 2019

Name of Institution:
Educational Testing Service (ETS)

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Arslan, Burcu

Award Amount: $1,393,717

Award Period: 4 years (07/01/2019 - 06/30/2023)

Title:
Improving Understanding of Fractions

Year: 2015

Name of Institution:
Columbia University

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Siegler, Robert

Award Amount: $1,598,775

Award Period: 4 years (7/01/2015 – 6/30/2019)

Title:
Lapses In Meta-Cognition During Reading: Understanding Comprehension Failure

Year: 2003

Name of Institution:
University of Pittsburgh

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Reichle, Erik

Award Amount: $690,569

Award Period: 3 years

Title:
Learning From Symbolic Objects

Year: 2002

Name of Institution:
Northwestern University

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Uttal, David

Award Amount: $548,525

Award Period: 3 years

Title:
Linguistic Input as a Malleable Factor in Higher Order Thinking about Mathematics

Year: 2019

Name of Institution:
University of Chicago

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Goldin-Meadow, Susan

Award Amount: $1,399,988

Award Period: 3 years (07/01/2019 - 06/30/2022)

Title:
Longitudinal Impact of Community Violence

Year: 2002

Name of Institution:
Wayne State University

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Delaney-Black, Virginia

Award Amount: $1,084,205

Award Period: 3 years

Title:
Mind Wandering During Reading

Year: 2011

Name of Institution:
University of California, Santa Barbara

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Schooler, Jonathan

Award Amount: $1,702,662

Award Period: 4 years

Title:
Navigating Scientific and Statistical Reasoning in Adolescence

Year: 2017

Name of Institution:
University of Michigan

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Shah, Priti

Award Amount: $1,399,758

Award Period: 4 years (07/01/2017 – 06/30/2021)

Title:
Opening the Door to Algebra: Does Improving Facets of Fraction Knowledge Impact Algebra Learning?

Year: 2017

Name of Institution:
Temple University

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Booth, Julie

Award Amount: $1,301,369

Award Period: 3 years (07/01/2017 – 06/30/2020)

Title:
Optimizing Resistance to Forgetting

Year: 2004

Name of Institution:
University of California, San Diego

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Pashler, Harold E.

Award Amount: $924,935

Award Period: 3 years

Title:
Optimizing Resistance to Forgetting

Year: 2002

Name of Institution:
University of California, San Diego

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Pashler, Harold E.

Award Amount: $500,000

Award Period: 2 years

Title:
Promoting Discriminative and Generative Learning: Transfer in Arithmetic Problem Solving

Year: 2013

Name of Institution:
University of Wisconsin, Madison

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Kalish, Charles

Award Amount: $1,510,699

Award Period: 4 years (7/1/2013-6/30/2017)

Title:
Recruiting Spatial-Numerical Representations to Enhance the Use of Advanced Math Strategies in Low-Income Students

Year: 2020

Name of Institution:
Boston College

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Vasilyeva, Marina

Award Amount: $1,399,378

Award Period: 4 years (07/01/2020 - 06/30/2024)

Title:
Reducing Knowledge Gaps for Low-Income and Educationally At-risk Pre-kindergartners through Taxonomically Organized Books and Screen Media

Year: 2021

Name of Institution:
New York University

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Neuman, Susan

Award Amount: $1,478,504

Award Period: 4 years (09/01/2021 – 08/31/2025)

Title:
Retrieval-Oriented Learning Strategies

Year: 2011

Name of Institution:
Purdue University

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Karpicke, Jeffrey

Award Amount: $1,600,000

Award Period: 4 years

Title:
Spatial Ability as a Malleable Factor for Math Learning

Year: 2012

Name of Institution:
University of Maryland, College Park

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Mix, Kelly

Award Amount: $1,531,180

Award Period: 4 years (7/1/2012 – 6/30/2016)

Title:
Teaching Perceptual and Conceptual Processes in Graph Interpretation

Year: 2012

Name of Institution:
Northwestern University

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Franconeri, Steven

Award Amount: $1,598,108

Award Period: 4 years (7/15/2012-7/14/2016)

Title:
The Impact of Theories of Intelligence on Self-Regulated Learning Strategies and Performance Improvement

Year: 2013

Name of Institution:
Washington State University

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Ehrlinger, Joyce

Award Amount: $1,599,993

Award Period: 4 years (7/1/13 - 6/30/17)

Title:
The Influence of Students' Intelligence Beliefs On Attention, Information Processing, and Learning: A Neurophysiological Analysis

Year: 2002

Name of Institution:
Columbia University

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Mangels, Jennifer

Award Amount: $737,205

Award Period: 3 years

Title:
The Neural Markers of Effective Learning

Year: 2003

Name of Institution:
Carnegie Mellon University

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Anderson, John

Award Amount: $991,054

Award Period: 3 years

Title:
The Organization of Mathematical Knowledge

Year: 2008

Name of Institution:
Northwestern University

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Rips, Lance

Award Amount: $599,291

Award Period: 3 years

Title:
Understanding the Mechanisms Supporting Knowledge Integration in Traditional and Dual-Language Classrooms

Year: 2016

Name of Institution:
Emory University

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Bauer, Patricia

Award Amount: $1,397,729

Award Period: 3 years (8/1/2016-7/31/2019)

Title:
Using Cognitive Analyses to Improve Children's Math and Science Learning

Year: 2002

Name of Institution:
Carnegie Mellon University

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Siegler, Robert

Award Amount: $428,879

Award Period: 3 years

Title:
Using Computational Linguistics to Detect Comprehension Processes in Constructed Responses across Multiple Large Data Sets

Year: 2019

Name of Institution:
Arizona State University

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
McNamara, Danielle

Award Amount: $600,000

Award Period: 2 years (07/01/2019 - 06/30/2021)

Title:
When STARS Align: Exploring Spatial Thinking and Relational Scaffolding (STARS) in Elementary Astronomy

Year: 2015

Name of Institution:
College of the Holy Cross

Goal: Exploration

Principal Investigator:
Anggoro, Florencia

Award Amount: $311,139

Award Period: 2 years (7/1/2015 – 6/30/2017)