Agenda
Plenary Speakers
This page provides you with a brief introduction to the plenary speakers and presenters at this year's meeting.
Poster Presentations
The PI Meeting will include a poster session to provide an opportunity for researchers to present and discuss work funded by the National Center for Education Research (NCER), the National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER), and the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. All grantees, SBIR contractors, and postdoctoral fellows who have substantial results to report are encouraged to submit a poster abstract for consideration. Each abstract will be reviewed for its scientific merit and significance, and up to 70 abstracts will be selected for the poster presentation session.
| Presenter | Institution | Title | Poster Category | Grant/Contract Number | Poster Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aleven, Vincent | Carnegie Mellon University | Elementary School Students Learning Collaboratively and Individually Through the Use of an Intelligent Tutoring System | Math and Science | R305A120734 | 31 |
| Alibali, Martha | University of Wisconsin - Madison | Do Linking Gestures Promote Mathematics Learning? Lessons from a Teacher Avatar | Math and Science | R305A130016 | 32 |
| Allor, Jill | Southern Methodist University | The Effects a Text-Centered Supplemental Literacy Curriculum for Students with Intellectual Disabilities | Reading, Writing, and Language Development | R324A130102 | 2 |
| Babinski, Leslie | Duke University | Promoting Academic Success for Latino English Learners | Effective Teachers and Effective Teaching | R305A120290 | 38 |
| Bengochea, Alain | The Ohio State University | Print Knowledge in Yucatec Maya-Spanish Bilingual Children: An Initial Inquiry | Early Learning | R305B120008 | 11 |
| Boyd, Brian | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Effects of the ASAP Intervention on the Engagement and Challenging Behavior of Preschoolers with ASD | Special Education | R324A110256 | 46 |
| Braithwaite, David | Carnegie Mellon University | A Cognitive Model of Fraction Arithmetic | Math and Science | R305B100001 | 35 |
| Brown, Carolyn | Foundations in Learning | Assessing Automaticity of Word Level Reading Skills in Struggling Middle School Readers | Reading, Writing, and Language Development | ED-IES-15-C-0023 | 3 |
| Buzhardt, Jay | University of Kansas | Home Visitors’ Implementation Fidelity of the Making Online Decisions System: Effect on Infant and Toddler Expressive Communication | Special Education | R324A120365 | 47 |
| Cannata, Marisa | Vanderbilt University | The National Center on Scaling Up Effective Schools: Using Continuous Improvement to Integrate Design, Implementation, and Scale | Education Systems and Postsecondary Education | R305C100023 | 60 |
| Childress, Debra | 3C Institute | Stakeholder Perspectives on the Utility of a Web-based Resilience Skills Building Program for Supporting Students with High Functioning Autism in the Successful Transition to Postsecondary Education | Special Education | ED-IES-13-C-0026 | 48 |
| Clemens, Nathan | Texas A&M University | A Comparison of Computer-Adaptive and Paper-Based Measures for Monitoring the Reading Growth of At-Risk Kindergarten Students | Reading, Writing, and Language Development | R324A130214 | 10 |
| Conroy, Maureen | University of Florida | Teacher and Child Outcomes of the BEST in CLASS Efficacy Trial | Early Learning | R324A110173 | 16 |
| Costa, Lara-Jeane | UNC Chapel Hill | Efficacy of SRSD Writing Intervention: Middle School Randomized Control Trial | Reading, Writing, and Language Development | R305A120145 | 4 |
| DMello, Sidney | University of Notre Dame | Automating the Measurement and Assessment of Classroom Discourse | Effective Teachers and Effective Teaching | R305A130030 | 39 |
| Estrada, Peggy | Univ. of Calif. Santa Cruz | Secondary English Learner and Reclassified Students’ Opportunity to Learn: Access to Core Content, the Full Curriculum, and Higher-Performing Non-EL Peers | Education Systems and Postsecondary Education | R305A110512 | 59 |
| Flory, Kate | University of South Carolina | Do Language-Based Thinking, Reasoning, and Problem Solving Abilities Explain the Relation between Childhood ADHD Symptoms and Social Impairment? | Social and Behavioral Outcomes | R324A120003 | 20 |
| Foster, Matthew | University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston | A Randomized Control Trial Evaluating the Effectiveness of Computer Assisted Instruction in Numeracy on Math Outcomes for English Learners in Kindergarten: Implications for Measurement of Student Academic Outcomes | Math and Science | R324B110007 & R305A080196 | 30 |
| Garbacz, Andy | University of Oregon | Promoting Positive Family Support in Middle Schools: Student and Parent Outcomes and Implementation Challenges and Solutions | Social and Behavioral Outcomes | R324A090111 | 23 |
| Graziano, Paulo | Florida International University | Beyond Behavioral Modification: Benefits of Socio-emotional/Self-regulation Training for Preschoolers with Behavior Problems | Early Learning | R324A120136 | 18 |
| Jacovina, Matthew | Arizona State University | Instructional Videos versus Texts in a Writing Strategy Tutor | Reading, Writing, and Language Development | R305A120707 | 5 |
| Jennings, Patricia | University of Virginia, Curry School of Education | Promoting Teachers’ Social and Emotional Competence, Well-Being and Classroom Quality: A Randomized Controlled Trial of the CARE for Teachers Professional Development Program | Effective Teachers and Effective Teaching | R305A120180 | 44 |
| Landa, Rebecca | Kennedy Krieger Institute | Early Achievements Autism Pre-K Intervention Pilot RCT: Effects on Child Development and Teacher Integrity of Implementation | Special Education | R324A120330 | 49 |
| Landry, Susan | University of Texas Health Science Center - Children's Learning Institute | Support for Young English Language Learners through Small Group Instruction | Effective Teachers and Effective Teaching | R324A110079 | 40 |
| Lembke, Erica | University of Missouri | Supporting teachers’ implementation of data-based instruction in early writing: A feasibility study | Effective Teachers and Effective Teaching | R324A130144 | 41 |
| Lorch, Elizabeth | University of Kentucky | Development and Evaluation of a Narrative Comprehension Intervention for Elementary School Children At-Risk for ADHD | Reading, Writing, and Language Development | R305A120171 | 6 |
| Mariano, Louis | RAND Corporation | The Causal Effects of Grade Retention on Behavioral Outcomes | Education Systems and Postsecondary Education | R305E120006 | 58 |
| Marquez, Brion | Iris Educational Media | Development and pilot outcomes for We Have Choices, a student self-management multimedia curriculum for reducing problem behavior in upper elementary classrooms by transferring externally applied teacher controls to internally applied student controls | Social and Behavioral Outcomes | R324A110074 | 22 |
| Massey, Christine | University of Pennsylvania | Perceptual Learning Technology in Mathematics Education | Math and Science | R305A120288 | 33 |
| McClelland, Megan | Oregon State University | The Head-Toes-Knees-Shoulders Task as a Measure of School Readiness | Early Learning | R305A100566 | 14 |
| McIntosh, Kent | University of Oregon | Factors Predicting Sustained Implementation of a Social Behavior Intervention in Schools | Education Systems and Postsecondary Education | R324A120278 | 56 |
| Miller, Emily | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Impactful Factors for the Success of Female Mathematics Doctoral Students: Working Toward the Formulation of a Set of Best Practices | Education Systems and Postsecondary Education | R305B100017 | 57 |
| Morrill, Brooke | Schell Games | Happy Atoms: A Chemistry Modeling Set and Interactive Digital App for Teaching Molecular Bonding in the 21st Century | Math and Science | ED-IES-15-C-0025 | 36 |
| Murphy, P. Karen | The Pennsylvania State University | Quasi-Experimental Evidence of the Efficacy of Quality Talk’s Effects Upon Fifth-Grade Students’ Oral and Written Argumentation Skills | Reading, Writing, and Language Development | R305A130031 | 7 |
| Nugent, Gwen | Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools, University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Effectiveness of Technology-Delivered Science Coaching in Rural Middle and High Schools | Effective Teachers and Effective Teaching | R305C090022 | 42 |
| Pareja, Amber | University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research | Mechanisms through which School Leadership Influences Instruction and Student Learning: A Longitudinal Analysis of Leadership in Chicago Public Schools | Education Systems and Postsecondary Education | R305A120706 | 55 |
| Pfiffner, Linda | University of California San Francisco | Efficacy of the Collaborative Life Skills Program for ADHD | Social and Behavioral Outcomes | R324A120358 | 24 |
| Reinke, Wendy | University of Missouri | The Incredible Year Teacher Classroom Management Program: Findings from a Group Randomized Control Trial | Social and Behavioral Outcomes | R305A100342 | 21 |
| Rohrer, Doug | University of South Florida | Interleaved Practice Improves Mathematics Learning | Math and Science | R305A110517 | 37 |
| Roschelle, Jeremy | SRI International | Preliminary Findings from An Efficacy Study of Online Mathematics Homework | Math and Science | R305A120125 | 34 |
| Rosinger, Kelly Ochs | University of Virginia | How Does Information About Financial Aid Awards Affect College Enrollment and Borrowing? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial | Education Systems and Postsecondary Education | R305B130013 | 54 |
| Sandilos, Lia | University of Virginia | Relations between teachers’ feelings of stress and efficacy on teacher-child interactions in pre-kindergarten classrooms | Effective Teachers and Effective Teaching | R305B130013 | 43 |
| Schoen, Robert | Florida State University | Measuring Early Elementary Teachers' Knowledge and Beliefs about Mathematics Teaching and Learning | Math and Science | R305A120781 | 27 |
| Sheridan, Susan | Nebraska Center for Research on CYFS; Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln | A Randomized Trial Examining the Effects of Conjoint Behavioral Consultation in Rural Schools: Student and Teacher Outcomes and the Mediating Role of the Parent–Teacher Relationship | Social and Behavioral Outcomes | R324A100115 | 25 |
| Shin, Yongyun | Virginia Commonwealth University | Causal Analysis of Random Coefficients Given Noncompliance and Data MAR in Multisite Trials | Social and Behavioral Outcomes | R305D130033 | 19 |
| Shriner, James | University of Illinois | Effects of a Web-based Tutorial for Standards-based Individualized Education Programs | Education Systems and Postsecondary Education | R324A120081 | 52 |
| Starkey, Prentice | WestEd | A Randomized Study of the Efficacy of a Two-Year Mathematics Intervention for At-Risk Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten Students | Math and Science | R305A120262 | 29 |
| Steele, Jennifer | American University | Effects of Dual-Language Immersion on Student Achievement: Evidence from Lottery Data | Education Systems and Postsecondary Education | R305E120003 | 53 |
| Sumi, Carl | SRI International | Students Exposed to Trauma: An Efficacy Study of the Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) Program | Social and Behavioral Outcomes | R324A110027 | 26 |
| Tominey, Shauna | Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence | Promoting Social and Emotional Skill Development in Early Childhood with Preschool RULER | Early Learning | R305A120172 | 15 |
| Upshur, Carole | University of Massachusetts Medical School | Preliminary Findings of Kidsteps II: Promoting School Readiness through Social Emotional Skill Building in Preschool | Early Learning | R305A130336 | 17 |
| Vernon-Feagans, Lynne | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Providing early elementary classroom teachers with weekly webcam coaching so these teachers can provide individualized reading instruction to struggling readers: The Targeted Reading Intervention | Reading, Writing, and Language Development | R305A100654 | 9 |
| Wackerle-Hollman, Alisha | University of Minnesota | Establishing a comparative score rubric for supporting high quality English and Spanish early literacy instruction and intervention. | Early Learning | R305A120449 | 13 |
| Wanzek, Jeanne | Vanderbilt University | Effects of Tier 2 Intervention for Upper Elementary Students | Reading, Writing, and Language Development | R324A130262 | 8 |
| Ward, Wayne | Boulder Language Technologies | My Science Tutor Efficacy Study:Improving Science Learning Through Tutorial Dialogs | Math and Science | R305A130206 | 28 |
| Watson, Linda | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Efficacy of a Parent-Mediated Intervention for One-Year-Olds at-Risk for Autism | Special Education | R324A100305 | 50 |
| Wijekumar, Kausalai (Kay) | Texas A&M University - Center for Technology and Urban Schools | Promoting Comprehension in the Content Areas for 4th and 5th Grade Spanish Speaking English Language Learners with Web-Based Text Structure Instruction - Results from a Randomized Controlled Study | Reading, Writing, and Language Development | R305A130704 | 1 |
| Wilcox, M. Jeanne | Arizona State University | Efficacy Testing of the TELL Curriculum to Promote Early Literacy and Language Skills for Preschool Children with Developmental Speech and/or Language Impairment | Early Learning | R324A110048 | 12 |
| Woods, Juliann | Florida State University | Embedded Practices and Intervention with Caregivers: Findings from a Feasibility Study | Special Education | R324A130121 | 45 |
| Yu, Jennifer | SRI International | What Secondary School Interventions Improve College Enrollment Rates among Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders? | Special Education | R324A120012 | 51 |