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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 (2009-10) academic year. Figures represent multi-year funded amounts, including projected amounts beyond 2010.
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a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z | Total
Academy for Educational Development
Faculty of Education Enhancement Program - PakistanReitumetse Mabokela
$2,085,348
2008 – 2010
American Educational Research Association
National Income; Income Inequality; and the Importance of Schools and Teachers: A Hierarchical Cross-National ComparisonAmita Chudgar
$35,000
2007 – 2009
Dissertation Grant: Shaping Professional Development to Promote the Diffusion of Instructional Expertise Among Teachers
Kenneth Frank
$20,000
2010 – 2011
Azim Premji Foundation
Statement of Work for Proposed Contract with Azim Premji FoundationPunyashloke Mishra
$276,727
2011 – 2012
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
Boeing Corporation
Study of U.S. Mathematics Teacher Preparation: The US-TEDS InitiativeWilliam Schmidt
$2,000,000
2007 – 2010
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
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Relationships of Adolescent Physical Development, Physical Fitness and Physical Activity to Markers of Metabolic Syndrome at 50 Years of AgeJoey Eisenmann*
$6,000
2010 – 2011
Carnegie Corporation
Study of U.S. Mathematics Teacher Preparation (U.S. TEDS-M)William Schmidt
$250,000
2007 – 2010
Teacher Retention and Student Learning in Urban Michigan Districts
Peter Youngs
$385,700
2006 – 2009
Carnegie Corporation, Ford Foundation and Annenberg Foundation
Teachers for a New Era InitiativeRobert Floden, John Hudzik and Joan Ferrini-Mundy
$5,500,000**
2002 - 2011
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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 DevelopmentYong Zhao*
$1,434,500
2007 – 2011
Crim Fitness Foundation
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the CrimFit Youth ProgramKarin Pfeiffer
$13,000
2011 – 2012
CTB/McGraw-Hill
Comparison of Ability Estimation and Item Selection Methods in Multidimensional Adaptive TestingMark Reckase
$32,504
2009 – 2010
DeVos Foundation
Evaluation of the Grand Rapids Public Schools Partnership with the Institute for LearningRobert Floden
$565,384
2007 – 2011
The Education Trust
Education Trust Contract for Graduate AssistantRobert Floden
$14,579
2010 – 2011
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
U.S. Teacher Education Study-Mathematics (U.S. TEDS-M)William Schmidt
$500,000
2006 – 2010
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
Yong Zhao* and Richard Prawat
$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
2009 – 2012
Joyce Foundation
Charter High Schools: A Path to College SuccessRonald Zimmer*
$116,726
2010
Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency
Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency Regional Data InitiativeEdward Roeber
$40,000
2010 - 2011
Knowles Foundation
Research Fellowship - Knowles Science Teaching FoundationAlicia Alonzo
$110,000
2009 – 2012
Michigan Department of Community Health
Interdisciplinary Evaluation of Michigan’s Child Care Expulsion Prevention InitiativeJohn Carlson
$500,000**
2007 – 2010
Wraparound Evaluation Project
John Carlson
$48,040
2010 - 2011
Michigan Department of Education
Building Capacity for Instructional LeadershipBarbara Markle, Susan Printy and BetsAnn Smith
$4,596,244
2010 - 2011
Building Capacity in Algebra: Teaching, Learning and Leading
Michael Steele, Cynthia Carver and Beth Herbel-Eisenmann
$200,000
2008 – 2010
Michigan Coaches Institute
Barbara Markle
$938,295
2009 – 2010
Michigan Principals Fellowship
Barbara Markle
$1,763,300
2009 – 2010
Michigan State University Research Proposal for Formative Assesment Research for Michigan Department of Education
Edward Roeber and Amelia Gotwals
$98,221
2010 – 2011
Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth
2008-09 Virtual Interactive Training and Learning: Web Based Grants Management and Reporting SystemRhonda Egidio
$24,900
2008 – 2009
E-Learn
Rhonda Egidio
$1,158,049
2009 – 2015
Project Excellence
Michael Leahy
$1,614,656
2008 – 2011
National Institutes of Health
Identifying Physical Activity and Activity Context via Wearable Wireless NetworksKarin Pfeiffer
$164,779
2009 – 2012
Impact of Teacher Qualification and Instructional Practices on Reading and Mathematics Achievement in Young Children
Cassandra Guarino*
$151,750
2008 – 2010
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
$89,696
2009 – 2011
National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment
Evaluating Changes in Depression Symptoms and Neurocognitive Impairments Among Male and Female Concussed High School and Collegiate AthletesTracey Covassin
$243,943
2009 – 2011
National Science Foundation
Analyzing the Flow of Network-Embedded Expertise in Schools: A Longitudinal Study of Individual and Organizational ChangeKenneth Frank
$198,332**
2007 – 2010
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: Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics: The Impact of Undergraduate Mathematics Courses on Prospective Elementary Teachers’ Mathematical Knowledge
Raven McCrory
$668,488
2005 – 2011
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
Center for the Study of Mathematics Curriculum
Sandra Wilcox* and Jack P. Smith, III
$133,436
2004 – 2011
CIRTL Network – Shaping, Connecting, and Supporting the Future of National Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Faculty
Ann Austin
$714,283**
2008 – 2011
Climate Change Education: A learning Progression-based System for Promoting Understanding of Carbon-transforming Processes
Charles Anderson
$3,499,626
2010 – 2015
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
Collaborative Research: CI-Team Demonstration Project for Real-time Interactive and Collaborative Cyberinfrastructure
Patricia Farrell
$30,000
2008 – 2011
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 Wenk Gotwals
$206,264**
2009 – 2012
Culturally Relevant Ecology; Learning Progressions and Environmental Literacy
Charles Anderson
$2,067,091
2008 – 2013
Deep Think: Thinking Deeply About Biodiversity Through Inquiry
Amelia Wenk Gotwals
$208,607
2007 – 2010
Developing Subject Matter Knowledge in Mathematics Middle School Teachers
William Schmidt and Maria Teresa Tatto
$1,557,490
2003 – 2011
Development of Longitudinal Models Linking Student Mathematics Achievements to Instruction Content
William Schmidt
$1,499,652
2008 – 2011
Entering the Guild: The Effects of Teacher Professional Community and Professional Development on New Teachers and their Students
Suzanne Wilson
$1,533,532
2005 – 2011
First Five Years of Mathematics Teaching
Maria Teresa Tatto, Mark Reckase and Sandra Crespo
$574,955
2009-2013
First International Mathematics Teacher Education Study
Maria Teresa Tatto, John Schwille and Sharon Senk
$3,997,723**
2005 – 2010
Formal-Informal Collaborations to Increase Science Literacy, Improve Student Learning, and Prepare Students for the Workforce
Suzanne Wilson
$1,499,891
2009 – 2014
Framework for Reasoning in Cell Biology Courses
Joyce Parker, Charles Anderson and Gail Richmond
$36,000
2008 – 2010
GSE/RES: Club to School: Rethinking the Science, Mathematics, Technology Pipeline
Angela Calabrese Barton
$499,965
2009 – 2012
Supplement - GSE/RES: Club to School: Rethinking the Science, Mathematics, Technology Pipeline
Angela Calabrese Barton
$99,738
2010-2011
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
Intergovernmental Personnel Act Agreement for Joan Ferrini-Mundy
Joan Ferrini-Mundy
$185,523
2007 – 2011
Investigating Green Energy Technologies in the City: A Youth Based Project
Angela Calabrese Barton
$899,995**
2007 – 2010
Learning Progression for Scientific Modeling
Christina Schwarz
$318,206
2006 – 2010
Learning Progression on Carbon-Transforming Processes in Socio-Ecological Systems
Charles Anderson
$998,346
2008 – 2011
Learning Progressions Footprint Conference
Charles Anderson
$180,482
2011 – 2012
Learning Progressions in Science (LeaPS) Conference
Amelia Wenk Gotwals
$99,998
2008 – 2010
Mathematics Discourse in Secondary Classrooms: Case-Based Professional Development Curriculum
Beth Herbel-Eisenmann and Michael Steele
$1,780,327
2009 – 2014
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
Problem-Based Learning Designed Science and Mathematics Professional Development
Matthew Koehler, Mary Lundeberg and Joyce Parker
$2,302,565
2004 – 2010
Promoting Rigorous Outcomes in Mathematics/Science Education (PROM/SE)
Joan Ferrini-Mundy and William Schmidt
$17,500,000***
2003 – 2011
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 – 2010
Strengthening Measurement Curriculum, Teaching and Research
John P. Smith, III
$900,949
2009 – 2012
Supplement - Mathematics Teacher Education Study (TEDS-M)
Maria Teresa Tatto and John Schwille
$199,884**
2009 – 2011
Transforming Interests in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Careers
Barbara Schneider
$998,415
2009 – 2012
National Wrestling Coaches Association
National Collegiate Wrestling Coaches Leadership Certification ProgramDan Gould
$304,311
2008 – 2011
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
Skillman Foundation Good Schools: Making the Grade Technical Assistance and SupportBarbara Markle
$2,850,000
2008 – 2011
Technical Assistance to Good Neighborhood Schools
Barbara Markle
$180,744
2011 – 2012
Spencer Foundation
Genre Knowledge and Development: Urban Preadolescents Writing and Performing Contemporary, Hip Hop and Slam PoetryJanine Certo
$39,750
2009 – 2010
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
National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship
Matthew Diemer
$55,000
2009 – 2011
National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship
Amita Chudgar
$55,000
2009 – 2011
Project-Based Social Studies and Literacy Education in the Primary Grades
Nell Duke and Anne-Lise Halvorsen
$40,000
2009 – 2011
Women’s Higher Education Worldwide
Kristen Renn
$39,982
2009 – 2010
Think Detroit Police Athletic League
Think Detroit Police Athletic League Program EvaluationDaniel Gould
$180,900
2007 – 2010
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Food Insecurity, Stress, and Childhood ObesityJoey Eisenmann*
$9,500
2008 – 2011
Improving the Use of Predictive Microbial Models For Thermal Process Validations in the Meat and Poultry Industry
Kimberly Maier
$86,802
2007 – 2010
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
Accelerating Expository Literacy in Support of Students in Middle School Curriculum
Carol Sue Englert, Cynthia Okolo and Troy Mariage
$900,000
2006 – 2010
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
$469,825
2009 – 2012
Center on Effective Vocational Rehabilitation Service Delivery Practices
Michael Leahy
$494,690
2010 – 2016
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 Bolt
$800,000
2007 – 2011
Impact of the Michigan Merit Curriculum and Michigan Promise Scholarship on Student Outcomes
Barbara Schneider and Kenneth Frank
$1,474,614
2010 – 2015
Interdisciplinary Leadership Training in Evidence-Based Interventions and Prevention Programs for Children Exhibiting Disruptive Behaviors
John Carlson, Matthew Mayer*, Evelyn Oka and Troy Mariage
$800,000
2004 – 2011
Learning to Use Economic Methods to Answer Questions About Education: An Interdisciplinary Training Program
Robert Floden
$4,942,670
2009 – 2014
Making Sense of Concrete Models for Mathematics
Kelly Mix
$1,319,945
2008 – 2010
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
$37,937
2010 – 2011
PILI Project: Pacific Island Learning Initiative in Deaf Education
Harold Johnson and Claudia Pagliaro
$800,000
2009 – 2013
Pittsburgh Public Schools Reform Effort
Ronald Zimmer
$245,877
2008 – 2010
Preparing Integrated Learning and Behavioral Specialists in Special Education
Troy Mariage and Summer Ferreri
$763,084
2005 – 2010
Preparing Leadership Personnel in Policy and Practice for Diverse Students with Disabilities in Urban Settings
Troy Mariage and Susan Peters
$766,987
2006 – 2011
Promoting Academic Literacy: Reading and Writing with PAL
Cynthia Okolo
$400,000
2009 – 2011
Rehabilitation Counseling: Long Term Training Grant
John Kosciulek, Timothy Tansey* and Chandra Donnell*
$750,000
2008 – 2013
SPARKLE: School Psychologists with Accommodation and Remediation Knowledge to Promote Literacy Everywhere
Sara Bolt, John Carlson and Evelyn Oka
$787,419
2007 – 2011
Special Education Technology Scholars Program
Cynthia Okolo and Carol Sue Englert
$800,000
2003 – 2010
Starting Strong with Launch into Teaching: A Michigan State University/Fulton County School District Partnership
Randi Stanulis
$116,658
2009 – 2010
Using Multiple Levels of Data to Address Educational Issues in the Region
Barbara Schneider
$274,896
2006 – 2009
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 OutcomesSharif Shakrani, Sara Bolt and Summer Ferreri
$160,000
2008 – 2011
Promoting Academic Success Initiative
Christopher Dunbar
$340,000
2007 – 2010
W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Woodrow Wilson Michigan Teaching Fellowship Program at Michigan State University
Gail Richmond and Kim Wilcox
$500,000
2010 – 2015
TOTAL $120,163,942
*No longer at Michigan State University.
**Total university award amount.
***Full award to Michigan State University is $35,000,000.
