Education Research Grants Program (CFDA 84.305A)
The National Center for Education Research (NCER) recently made a total of 26 awards to applications considered under the June 2011 deadline for one FY 2012 competition: Education Research Grants Program (CFDA 84.305A).
Reading and Writing
Development of Oral and Silent Reading Fluency and Their Relation with Reading Comprehension in First Through Third Grade Students
Florida State University, Young Suk Kim
Computer Based Assessment System for Reading (CBAS-R): Skills Analysis and Progress Monitoring
University of Minnesota, Theodore Christ
Mathematics and Science Education
The Development and Validation of an Assessment Instrument to Study the Progression of Understanding of Ideas about Energy from Elementary School through High School
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Cari Herrmann Abell
Investigation of the Efficacy of the JUMP Program of Mathematics Instruction
The Hospital for Sick Children, Rosemary Tannock
Efficacy Study of a Pre-Algebra Supplemental Program in Rural Mississippi Schools
Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL), Andrea Beesley
Innovative Computer-Based Formative Assessment via a Development, Delivery, Scoring, and Report-Generative System
University of California, Berkeley, Mark Wilson
A Randomized Study of the Efficacy of a Two-Year Mathematics Intervention for At-Risk Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten Students
WestEd, Prentice Starkey
Cognition and Student Learning
Perceptual Learning Technology in Mathematics Education: Efficacy and Replication
University of California, Los Angeles, Phillip Kellman
A Narrative Comprehension Intervention for Elementary School Children At-Risk for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Elizabeth Lorch
Written Language Problems in Middle School Students: A Randomized Trial of the Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD) Model Using a Tier 2 Intervention
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Stephen Hooper
SimSelf: A Simulation Environment Designed to Model and Scaffold Learners' Self-Regulation Skills to Optimize Complex Science Learning
Vanderbilt University, Gautam Biswas
Social and Behavioral Context for Academic Learning
Improving Classroom Learning Environments by Cultivating Awareness and Resilience in Education (CARE): A Cluster Randomized Controlled Efficacy Trial
Pennsylvania State University, Patricia Jennings
Brief Intervention for School Clinicians
University of Washington, Elizabeth McCauley
Academic and Behavioral Consequences of Visible Security Measures in Schools
Vanderbilt University, Emily Tanner-Smith
Education Technology
An Efficacy Study of Online Mathematics Homework Support: An Evaluation of the ASSISTments Formative Assessment and Tutoring Platform
SRI International, Jeremy Roschelle
Cyber-enabled Tangible Molecular Models for High School
WestEd, Jodi Davenport
Effective Teachers and Effective Teaching
Improving Teachers' Monitoring of Learning
Boise State University, Keith Thiede
An Exploration of Novice Teachers' Core Competencies: Impacts on Student Achievement and Effectiveness of Preparation
University of Denver, Kent Seidel
Improving Education Systems: Policies, Organization, Management, and Leadership
A Meta-Analysis of Parent Involvement Interventions and Family-School Partnerships' Effects on Student Outcomes
Board of Regents, University of Nebraska, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Susan Sheridan
Why are Some Charter Schools More Effective than Others? Econometric Methods and Empirical Evidence from Massachusetts, Michigan, and Texas
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Joshua Angrist
The Educational Benefits of Attending High-Performing High Schools
The University of Chicago, Elaine Allensworth
Postsecondary and Adult Education
Improving Information and Access to Financial Aid: Expanding the FAFSA Experiment
National Bureau of Economic Research, Eric Bettinger
A Cognitive Science Investigation of Struggling Adult Readers' Skills
The Ohio State University, Gail McKoon
Early Learning Programs and Policies
Cultivating Young Scientists: Expanding Foundations of Science Literacy
Education Development Center, Inc., Nancy Clark-Chiarelli
Improving School Readiness with Emotional Literacy: Developing the RULER Preschool Program
Yale University, Susan Rivers
English Learners
Developing Consultation and Collaboration Skills: ESL and Classroom Teachers Working Together with Students and Families
Duke University, Leslie Babinski