Indiana University

The purpose of this project is to create Active Learning at Scale (L@S), a flexible learning environment where postsecondary students can learn course content and practice their skills while on the go and in a variety of settings. Active L@S will expand access to evidence-based generative learning strategies (e.g., note taking, summarizing, self-explaining, question answering, and retrieval practice) for diverse students while also testing the boundaries and interactive factors that influenc...

The Principal Investigator (PI) will conduct a program of research for improving reading and spelling outcomes for adolescents with word-level reading difficulties or disabilities (WLRD) while participating in mentoring and training activities to develop expertise in iterative intervention development, models of word reading and spelling, and the development and dissemination of products with education stakeholders. Many adolescents, including those with learning disabilities, have significa...

This proposed research will examine the efficacy of Building Interactive Social Communication (BISC), an intervention framework that helps early intervention providers (EIPs) support families of toddlers with autism. Aimed at addressing emerging signs of autism during the developmentally malleable period of toddlerhood, BISC supports parent-mediated intervention with children that is delivered to families in person or virtually, and naturally integrates families' language and cultural prefer...

In this project, researchers aim to expand and improve an existing digital intervention called Finding Focus that is intended to help high school students train their attention and then use it to more effectively regulate distracting thoughts and emotions. Specifically, key innovations will include (i) advanced personalization of the intervention to students' aspirations, (ii) an expanded curriculum that addresses the pervasive distraction of digital media, and (iii) new methods for ensuring...

Schools have been increasing their adoption and use of online learning management systems, particularly so since the pandemic. Canvas is the most widely used learning management system (LMS) in the US, with over 7 million learners in higher education and 14 million learners in K-12 settings. Long gone are the days when the LMS was simply an administrative platform for gradebooks and file storage. Canvas has become the de facto environment for engaged online learning, ranging from discussions...

The purpose of this project was to develop and test a framework, Supporting Early Interventionists of Toddlers with Autism to Build Family Capacity (SEITA). SEITA was designed to assist early intervention providers (EIPs) in implementing the Building Interactive Social Communication (BISC) intervention by helping parents mediate social communication learning in toddlers with emerging signs of autism. Autism spectrum disorder is the fastest-growing developmental disability and recent improvem...