Jennifer Cromley
Associated IES Content
Grant
Inference-Making and Reasoning: Refinement of an Assessment for Use in Gateway Biology Courses
In this project, the researchers developed a measure of deductive reasoning for postsecondary introductory biology students presented with new information. First-year biology college courses constitute a gateway for success in multiple STEM majors, yet many academically able students struggle to learn the concepts. Previous research suggested that taking in large amounts of new information and being able to draw one's own conclusions with that information might be a malleable skill that cont...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305A160335
Grant
Bootstrapping Achievement and Motivation in STEM: An Integrated Cognitive-Motivational Intervention to Improve Biology Grades
First-year biology college courses constitute a gateway for success in multiple STEM majors, yet many academically able students struggle to learn the concepts and fail to perceive them as relevant to their future career. To support biology instruction across diverse higher education settings, the researchers created a set of online instructional supports that 'wrap around' existing courses to enhance students' learning, motivation, and achievement in first-year college biology courses.
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305A140602
FY2012
Reading, Writing, and Language Development FY2012
FY2013
Reading, Writing, and Language Development FY2013
FY2014
Reading, Writing, and Language Development FY2014
FY2022 - FY2023
Reading, Writing, and Language Development
Grant
Promoting Reading Comprehension and Learning With Multimodal Science Texts (PRISM)
To build science literacy, the research team will combine supports for reading comprehension and visualizations in an intelligent tutor called PRISM, which stands for Promoting Reading Comprehension and Learning with Multimodal Science Texts. PRISM is focused on preparing middle grade students to read and comprehend information that is essential for scientific literacy. The efficacious web-based intelligent tutoring system for the text structure strategy (ITSS) and the visualization instruct...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305A220015
Grant
Coordinating Multiple Representations: A Comparison of Eye Gaze Patterns of High School Students Who Do and Do Not Enroll in Calculus
Calculus is a critical "gateway" course for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning in the undergraduate years. Better preparation at the high school level is associated with better achievement at the undergraduate level and increased persistence in STEM majors. Recent research has identified some potential individual difference variables that can explain why some students do not succeed and persist whereas others do. Prominent among these individual differences are...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305A140700
FY2011 IES Peer Reviewers
FY2011 IES Research Peer Review Panel
FY2010 IES Peer Reviewers
FY2010 IES Research Peer Review Panel
Grant
National Research & Development Center on Cognition and Science Instruction
The purpose of the National Center on Cognition and Science Instruction (NCCSI) is to modify and adapt two widely used middle-school science curricula by applying three theoretical principles of cognitive science: analogical reasoning, spatial reasoning, and student prior knowledge. Additionally, professional development materials will be created. The efficacy of the modified curricula and the support materials will be examined with scientifically rigorous, randomized controlled trials. Esta...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305C080009
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