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This list, organized by funding source, provides a snapshot of active research funding to College of Education faculty members during the most recent academic year. Figures represent multi-year funded amounts, including projected amounts beyond 2010.
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Azim Premji Foundation
Statement of Work for Proposed Contract with Azim Premji FoundationPunyashloke Mishra
$276,727
2011 - 2013
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan
Promoting Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Among Elementary School Children in Grand Rapids Through Project FITKarin Pfeiffer and Joey Eisenmann*
$120,000
2009 – 2011
Broad Foundation
Broad Partnership Between Michigan State University College of Education and Detroit Public SchoolsSonya Gunnings-Moton and Carole Ames*
$6,000,000
2003 – 2017
Centers for Disease Control
Perceived Social Support and Athlete's Resilience Following Athletic InjuryTracey Covassin
$95,828
2008 – 2012
Chinese National Office for Teaching Chinese
Chinese Language Video Game DevelopmentRichard Prawat and Yong Zhao*
$1,434,500
2007 – 2011
Crim Fitness Foundation
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the CrimFit Youth ProgramKarin Pfeiffer
$13,000
2011 – 2012
DeVos Foundation
Evaluation of the Grand Rapids Public Schools Partnership with the Institute for LearningRobert Floden
$565,384
2007 – 2011
General Electric Foundation
Study of U.S. Mathematics Teacher Preparation: The US-TEDS InitiativeWilliam Schmidt
$2,500,000
2008 – 2013
HANBAN - National Office of Chinese Language Council International
Confucius Institute at Michigan State University
Richard Prawat and Yong Zhao*
$1,850,000
2006 – 2016
Establishment of the Teacher Institute for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language at Michigan State University
Yong Zhao* and Richard Prawat
$1,120,000
Knowles Foundation
Research Fellowship - Knowles Science Teaching FoundationAlicia Alonzo
$110,000
2009 – 2012
MasterCard Foundation
A Planning Grant Proposal to Support Research and Proposal Development for Tanzania Beyond Tomorrow ProjectJoseph Codde
$25,220
2011
Michigan Department of Community Health
Wraparound Evaluation ProjectJohn Carlson
$177,057
2010-2012
Wraparound Evaluation Project 2011-2012
John Carlson
$129,017
2011 - 2012
Michigan Department of Education
Building Capacity for Instructional LeadershipBarbara Markle
$4,596,244
2010 - 2011
Michigan Principals Fellowship and Coaches Institute
Barbara Markle
$4,500,000
2009 – 2012
Michigan State University Research Proposal for Formative Assesment Research for Michigan Department of Education
Edward Roeber and Amelia Gotwals
$294,471
2010 – 2012
Michigan State University Research Proposal for Formative Assessment
Edward Roeber and Amelia Gotwals
$196,250
2011 – 2012
Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth
E-Learn
Rhonda Egidio
$1,435,200
2009 – 2015
Project Excellence
Michael Leahy
$2,168,845
2008-2012
Project Excellence 2011-2012
Michael Leahy
$554,189
2011-2012
National Institutes of Health
Identifying Physical Activity and Activity Context via Wearable Wireless NetworksKarin Pfeiffer
$164,779
2009 – 2012
Girls on the Move Intervention
Karin Pfeiffer and Kimberly Maier
$1,476,810
2011 – 2016
Improving Feeding Practices for Child Diet and Weight in Low Income Families
John Carlson
$13,383
2010 - 2011
Life Course Energy Balance and Breast Cancer Risk in Black/White Women Under 50
Richard Houang
$1,013,352
2010 – 2015
Longitudinal Validity of Accelerometry in Youth
Karin Pfeiffer
$975,982
2007 – 2012
Middle School Physical Activity Intervention for Girls
Karin Pfeiffer and Kimberly Maier
$31,440
2010 – 2011
National Science Foundation
Investigating the Capacity of Game-Based Design Features to Enhance the Affective Dimensions of Genetics LearningSpyros Konstantopoulos
$142,335
2011 - 2012
A Collaborative Process to Align Computing Education with Engineering: Implementing Constituency-driven Curricular Change that Integrates Computational Thinking Across Engineering Disciplines
James Fairweather
$111,971
2009 - 2012
Automated Analysis of Constructed Response Concept Inventories to Reveal Student Thinking: Forging a National Network for Innovative Assessment Methods
Joyce Parker
$7,269
2010 – 2012
CAREER: Constructing Coherence: Elementary Teachers' Strategies for Using Standards-Based Mathematics Curriculum Materials
Corey Drake
$119,367
2011 – 2013
CAREER: Examining Prospective Teachers' Learning of Three Mathematics Teaching Practices - Posing, Interpreting, and Responding - During Teacher Preparation
Sandra Crespo
$903,517
2006 – 2013
CAREER: Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics: The Impact of Undergraduate Mathematics Courses on Prospective Elementary Teachers' Mathematical Knowledge
Raven McCrory
$668,488
2005 – 2012
CAREER: Tracing Children's Developing Understanding of Heredity Over Time
Michelle Williams
$496,663
2007 – 2012
Cases of Reasoning and Proving for Secondary Mathematics
Michael Steele
$178,790
2007 – 2012
Center for Advancing Research and Communication in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Barbara Schneider
$625,000
2009 – 2013
Changing Curriculum, Changing Practice
Michael Steele
$366,774
2010 – 2012
Children's Learning from Multiple Media in Informal Mathematics Education
Sandra Crespo
$110,578
2007 – 2012
CIRTL Network – Shaping, Connecting, and Supporting the Future of National Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Faculty
Ann Austin
$714,283**
2008 – 2012
Climate Change Education: A learning Progression-based System for Promoting Understanding of Carbon-transforming Processes
Charles Anderson
$3,499,626
2010 – 2015
Cluster Randomized Trial of the Efficacy of Early Childhood Science Education for Low-Income Children
Christina Schwarz
$321,050
2011 - 2016
Collaborative Research: Cognitive Processes-Classroom Practices that Lead to Student Proficiency with Word Problems in Algebra
Robert Floden
$506,558
2009 – 2012
Collaborative Research: Improving General Biology Teaching with Diagnostic Question Clusters and Active Teaching
Charles Anderson and Amelia Gotwals
$206,264**
2009 – 2012
Collaborative Research: Automated Analysis of Constructed Response Concept Inventories to Reveal Student Thinking: Forging a National Network for Innovative Assessment Methods
Joseph Krajcik
$28,007
2011 – 2012
Collaborative Research: Developing the Next Generation of Middle School Science Materials -- Investigating and Questioning Our World Through Science and Technology (IQWST)
Joseph Krajcik
$9,168
2010 – 2012
Collaborative Research: Learning About New Demands in Schools: Considering Algebra Policy Environments
Beth Herbel-Eisenmann and Michael Steele
$781,458
2011 – 2014
Culturally Relevant Ecology; Learning Progressions and Environmental Literacy
Charles Anderson
$2,067,091
2008 – 2013
Designing an Integrated Framework for Genetics Education to Develop Innovative Curricula and Assessments
Michelle Williams
$2,348,184
2011 – 2016
Designing Learning Organizations for Instructional Improvement in Mathematics
Kenneth Frank
$58,915
2009 - 2012
Developing an Empirically-Tested Learning Progression for the Transformation of Matter to Inform Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Design
Joseph Krajcik
$178,527
2011 – 2012
Developing and Testing a Model to Support Student Understanding of the Sub-Microscopic Interactions that Govern Biological and Chemical Processes
Joseph Krajcik
$2,631,202
2011 – 2016
Development of Longitudinal Models Linking Student Mathematics Achievements to Instruction Content
William Schmidt
$1,499,652
2008 – 2011
Early Childhood Education in the Context of Mathematics, Science and Literacy
Nell Duke
$465,312
2010 – 2014
Efficacy Study of Project-Based Inquiry Science (PBIS)
Joseph Krajcik
$986,646
2011 – 2015
First Five Years of Mathematics Teaching
Maria Teresa Tatto, Mark Reckase and Sandra Crespo
$574,955
2009-2013
Formal-Informal Collaborations to Increase Science Literacy, Improve Student Learning, and Prepare Students for the Workforce
Suzanne Wilson
$1,499,891
2009 – 2014
Full-Scale Development: Science STARS - Nurturing Transformative Science Identities for Urban Middle School Girls Through an Inquiry-Based After-School Program
Angela Calabrese Barton
$161,901
2011 – 2016
FUTuRES - University of Florida Unites Teachers to Reform Education in Science
Joseph Krajcik
$99,842
2012
Girls Science Engineering/Research Engineering and Science: Club to School: Rethinking the Science, Mathematics, Technology Pipelineem>
Angela Calabrese Barton
$598,954
2009 – 2013
Great Lakes Climate Change Science and Education Systematic Network
Kenneth Frank
$338,424
2011-2012
How Do Organizational Change Strategies Support the Success of Women Scholars in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Fields?
Ann Austin
$775,291
2010 – 2012
Impact of Professional Development Programs on Future Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Faculty: A Mixed-Methods Longitudinal Study
Ann Austin
$144,738
2008 – 2013
Integrated Science Through Foundational Big Ideas: Learning Modules for Pre-service Elementary Teachers
Charles Anderson
$8,879
2010 – 2012
Investigating Green Energy Technologies in the City: A Youth Based Project
Angela Calabrese Barton
$899,995**
2007 – 2011
Learning Progression on Carbon-Transforming Processes in Socio-Ecological Systems
Charles Anderson
$998,346
2008 – 2012
Learning Progressions Footprint Conference
Charles Anderson
$180,482
2011 – 2012
Learning Progressions in Science (LeaPS) Conference
Amelia Wenk Gotwals
$99,998
2008 – 2011
Mathematics Discourse in Secondary Classrooms: Case-Based Professional Development Curriculum
Beth Herbel-Eisenmann and Michael Steele
$1,780,327
2009 – 2014
Model for Implementing the Next Generation
Joseph Krajcik
$199,053
2011 – 2012
New GK-12: Using the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Dimensions of Bioenergy Sustainability to Bridge Leading-edge Graduate Research to K-12 Learning Settings
Charles Anderson
$148,216
2010 – 2015
Noyce Scholars Phase II: Preparing Teachers for a New Era
Angela Calabrese-Barton, Gail Richmond and Sonya Gunnings-Moton
$599,459**
2008 – 2012
Promoting Rigorous Outcomes in Mathematics/Science Education (PROM/SE)
Joan Ferrini-Mundy and William Schmidt
$17,500,000***
2003 – 2012
Reasoning Tools for Understanding Water Systems
Charles Anderson
$60,127
2010 – 2013
Research and Development: Untangling Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching Secondary School: An Investigation of Collaborations Between Mathematicians and Mathematics Educators
William Schmidt
$117,060
2008 – 2012
Strengthening Measurement Curriculum, Teaching and Research
John P. Smith, III
$900,949
2009 – 2013
Supplement - Mathematics Teacher Education Study (TEDS-M)
Maria Teresa Tatto and John Schwille
$199,884**
2009 – 2011
Supporting Scientific Practices in Elementary and Middle School Classrooms
Christina Schwarz
$457,766
2010 – 2015
Teachers Empowered to Advance Change in Mathematics (TEACH MATH): Preparing Pre-K-8 Teachers to Connect Children's Mathematical Thinking and Community-based Funds of Knowledge
Corey Drake
$2,997,546
2011 – 2015
Transforming Interests in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Careers
Barbara Schneider
$998,415
2009 – 2012
Zydeco: A Mobile "Nomadic Inquiry" System to Support and Bridge Science Inquiry Between Classroom and Museum Contexts
Joseph Krajcik
$106,939
2011 – 2013
National Wrestling Coaches Association
National Collegiate Wrestling Coaches Leadership Certification ProgramDan Gould
$304,311
2008 – 2012
Pearson Education
Multidimensional Analysis Procedures to Determine Subscores on a TestMark Reckase
$13,781
2012
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Buddy Up! Harnessing Group Dynamics to Boost Motivation to ExerciseDeborah Feltz and Joey Eisenmann
$149,927**
2009 – 2011
Short-term and Long-term Effectiveness of Exergames for Young Adults
Karin Pfeiffer
$79,523
2009 – 2011
Skillman Foundation
Detroit-Based Good Schools Resource Center (GSRC-D)Barbara Markle
$750,000
2012 - 2013
Skillman Foundation Good Schools: Making the Grade Technical Assistance and Support
Barbara Markle
$2,850,000
2008 – 2012
Technical Assistance to Good Neighborhood Schools
Barbara Markle
$180,744
2011 – 2013
Society for the Study of School Psychology
Online Delivery of a Social Skills Intervention with Video Modeling for Adolescents with Autism SpectrumEvelyn Oka
$4,778
2012 - 2013
Teacher and Student Acceptability of Oral Reading Fluency
Sara Witmer
$5,000
2012 – 2013
Spencer Foundation
Faith in Dialogue: How Religious Faith Shapes Moral Deliberation in Contemporary English ClassroomsMary Juzwik
$40,000
2012 - 2013
How do English Teacher Candidates Develop Dialogic Teaching Practices? A Longitudinal Study of Video-Based Response and Revision Across Time and Space
Mary Juzwik and Samantha Caughlan
$40,000
2010 – 2011
My literacy teaching is comprehensive, but is it coherent? Intern Teachers Learning of Local Curricular Decision-Making in the Context of State Mandates, Scripted Curricula, and Standardized Assessment
Susan Florio-Ruane
$40,000
2012
National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship
Matthew Diemer
$55,000
2009 – 2011
National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship
Amita Chudgar
$55,000
2010 – 2012
Project-Based Social Studies and Literacy Education in the Primary Grades
Nell Duke and Anne-Lise Halvorsen
$40,000
2009 – 2011
Women, Leadership, and Organizational Culture in Higher Education: A Comparative Study of Ghana and South Africa
Reitumetse Mabokela
$40,000
2012 - 2014
Women's Higher Education Worldwide
Kristen Renn
$40,000
2009 – 2010
Women's Higher Education Worldwide
Kristen Renn
$39,982
2009 – 2010
TAG Philanthropic Foundation
Enhancing Teaching and Learning in Rural Tanzania: A Proposal to the TAG Foundation for Pre-School Classroom ConstructionKristin Phillips
$20,000
2011 – 2012
The College Board
The College Board Research Fellowship Program - Xuechun ZhouMark Reckase
$18,500
2011 – 2012
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Development and Evaluation of Standardized, Competency-Based Food Safety Education and Training Programs for the Food IndustryEdward Roeber
$54,300
2011 – 2014
Place-based Opportunities for Sustainable Outcomes and High-hopes
Charles Anderson and Angela Calabrese Barton
$236,916
2011 – 2013
U.S. Department of Education
A Proposal to Measure the Impact of Indiana's System of Diagnostic Assessments on Student Achievement Outcomes Spyros Konstantopoulos$70,811
2010 – 2011
Alignment Across K-12 Writing Standards, Assessments, Achievement, and Postsecondary Expectations: A State-by-State Analysis
Gary Troia
$1,632,437
2010 – 2014
Bringing Science into Practice within the Delivery of Psychological Services to Early Childhood Populations
John Carlson, Evelyn Oka, Sara Bolt and Jodene Fine
$800,000
2009 – 2013
Building Math Readiness in Young Deaf/Hard of Hearing Children: Parents as Partners
Claudia Pagliaro
$476,825
2009 – 2012
Center on Effective Vocational Rehabilitation Service Delivery Practices
Michael Leahy
$494,690
2010 – 2016
Coaching 101
Barbara Markle, Edward Roeber and Randi Stanulis
$3,384,564
2010 – 2012
Constructing Value-Added Indicators of Teacher and School Effectiveness That We Can Trust
Cassandra Guarino and Mark Reckase
$1,194,064**
2010 – 2013
Development and Validation of the Narrative Assessment Protocol
Mark Reckase
$54,025
2011 – 2015
Evidence-Based Interventions to Diverse Populations: Addressing Behavioral Problems in Early Childhood
John Carlson, Evelyn Oka, Summer Ferreri and Sara Witmer
$800,000
2007 – 2012
Impact of the Michigan Merit Curriculum and Michigan Promise Scholarship on Student Outcomes
Barbara Schneider and Kenneth Frank
$1,474,614
2010 – 2016
Integrating Literacy and History Instruction Through Technology
Cynthia Okolo, Carol Sue Englert and Janet Alleman
$400,000
2010 – 2013
Learning to Use Economic Methods to Answer Questions About Education: An Interdisciplinary Training Program
Robert Floden
$4,970,928
2009 – 2014
Making Sense of Concrete Models for Mathematics
Kelly Mix
$1,319,945
2008 – 2012
Measure the Impact of Indiana's System of Diagnostic Assessments on Student Achievement Outcomes
Spyros Konstantopoulos
$55,381
2011 – 2012
Michigan Smaller Learning Communities Consortium
Susan Printy and BetsAnn Smith
$360,000
2007 – 2012
Michigan State University/Fulton County School District Partnership to Support Beginning Teachers
Randi Stanulis
$101,495
2010 – 2011
National Leadership Consortium in Sensory Disabilities Fellowship for Michelle Maiorana
Claudia Pagliaro
$30,836
2011 – 2012
National Leadership Consortium in Sensory Disabilities Fellowship for Michelle Maiorana
Claudia Pagliaro
$75,973
2010 – 2012
Preparing Leadership Personnel in Policy and Practice for Diverse Students with Disabilities in Urban Settings
Troy Mariage and Susan Peters
$766,987
2006 – 2012
Promoting Academic Literacy: Reading and Writing with PAL
Cynthia Okolo
$400,000
2009 – 2012
RCT Training Institute
Spyros Konstantopoulos
$821,447
2011 – 2013
Rehabilitation Counseling: Long Term Training Grant
John Kosciulek
$750,000
2008 – 2013
Relationship Between Grade-Level Teacher Characteristics and Student Achievement Change in Michigan
Barbara Schneider, Spyros Konstantopoulos and Kimberly Maier
$250,000
2011
SPARKLE: School Psychologists with Accommodation and Remediation Knowledge to Promote Literacy Everywhere
Sara Witmer, John Carlson and Evelyn Oka
$787,419
2007 – 2011
Spatial Ability as a Malleable Factor for Math Learning
Kelly Mix and Tenko Raykov
$1,532,477
2012 – 2016
Teacher and Principal Observation and Evaluation
Christopher Dunbar and Tenko Raykov
$1,994,000
2011 – 2015
Teacher Mentoring and Professional Learning Communities and Principals
Randi Stanulis
$578,380
2011 – 2013
Various K-12 Schools
Confucius Institute: Training and Placement of Chinese Language Teachers for K-12 ClassroomsYong Zhao* and Richard Prawat
$3,375,000
2010 – 2013
World Anti-Doping Agency
Enhancing Coaches' Confidence in Confronting Athletes Who Are Suspected of DopingDeborah Feltz
$7,000
2011
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Educating Michigan's Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Initial Exploration of Programming and Student OutcomesSara Witmer and Summer Ferreri
$160,000
2008 – 2012
Promoting Academic Success Initiative
Christopher Dunbar
$249,748
2008 – 2011
W.K. Kellogg Foundation's Woodrow Wilson Michigan Teaching Fellowship Program at Michigan State University
Gail Richmond and Kim Wilcox
$500,000
2010 – 2015
*No longer at Michigan State University.
**Total university award amount.
***Full award to Michigan State University is $35,000,000.
