2005 Grants and Contracts by College of Education and Human Development

Grants and Contracts 2005

College of Education and Human Development at Texas A&M University

Once Upon A Time

Project WORLD to close literacy gaps among preschoolers through story time interventions 4

Funding Appendix

Statistical Data 8 Externally Funded Projects & Grants

Inside these pages, you will see a glimpse of the research being conducted in the College of Education and Human Development at Texas A&M University. During the 2005 fiscal year, the college acquired over $26 million in new awards, and our faculty are maintaining that aggressive new award funding trajectory as we make our way through the 2006 fiscal year. In addition to the 2005 fiscal year statistical data and listing of individual awards, we are highlighting a project funded in fiscal year 2006 — Project WORLD. The U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences funded the $1.3 million project. This research will identify the types of text and instruction needed to bring at-risk preschoolers up to the performance levels of those children who excel academically — just one example of the research being conducted by our college and helping us to achieve our vision of transforming lives. This newly funded research also happens to be conducted by three of our newest faculty members. In fact, in 2005, over $4 million in funding was generated by new faculty hires, and with 26 faculty searches currently being conducted, we are once again expecting great things in 2006. Take a moment to look through this publication and see what we’ve done and what we’re doing, and I think you’ll agree that we do, indeed, transform the lives of those we serve. Sincerely,

Dr. Douglas Palmer, Dean Sydney and J.L. Huffines Chair of Education

Once Upon A Time

Project WORLD to close literacy gaps among preschoolers through story time interventions

by Jenna Smith Story time has just become a lot more fun. Life cycles, seasons and animal habitats will make their way into the imaginations of children in addition to the usual fairies, talking animals and giants. Project WORLD—Words of Oral Reading and Language Development—is in its first year of increasing literacy and language development in preschoolers. Led by Jorge González, principal investigator, and Deb Simmons and Sharolyn Pollard-Durodola, co-principal investigators, Project WORLD will identify the types of text and instruction needed to bring at-risk preschoolers up to the performance levels of those children who excel academically. “The most exciting part about incorporating intervention strategies in the preschool classroom is enlisting the help of the parents,” González, assistant professor in school psychology, said. “You can read to a child all you want in the classroom, but if parents don’t continue with literacy development at home, a child won’t build upon his or her language skills.” Typical classrooms incorporate contextualized language that is focused on content and words in a story, but for children to improve their vocabulary and listening comprehension, they must have the opportunity to use vocabulary beyond the pages of the story. “Decontextualized teaching allows children to apply their vocabulary in real life experiences,” said PollardDurodola, assistant professor in special and bilingual education. “Children who are exposed to this type of

instruction will be able to use classroom vocabulary outside the classroom in conversations and dialogues to describe their own life experiences.”

Shared Book Reading Shared book reading involves the intentional interaction of teacher and child. Project WORLD proposes to increase the interaction among teachers and their students during shared book reading and incorporate informational stories in addition to the usual fairy-tale storybooks. The inclusion of informational stories is one attempt at decontextualizing classroom instruction. “Children with lower levels of language development in the preschool years, whether due to lack of opportunity or exposure to language, benefit from early intervention that is intentional and systematic,” said Simmons, professor of special and bilingual education. “By incorporating informational text and opportunities to interact with words during shared book reading experiences, we hope to broaden children’s knowledge of the world and increase their literacy abilities.” The intervention techniques used by Project WORLD during shared book reading will include: 1) increased opportunities to hear and discuss informational text, 2) multiple exposure to key vocabulary words, and 3) systematic review of world concepts and themes. “Teachers present material to preschoolers in themes such as seasons, parts of the body and holidays,” González said.

(from left to right) Alfredo Segundo, Erendida Urbano, Denise Garcia and Carlos Martinez, students in Laurie Wimberly’s preschool class at Carver Early Childhood Center in Bryan, interact with Francis McArthur (center) as she reads to them from a WORLD book.

“We will match books across these themes so that children experience continuity within their instruction.” Project WORLD will not only select books that align with classroom themes but target Tier II vocabulary words. Tier II vocabulary includes high-frequency, rich words for mature language users. Students will encounter Tier II words through listening or reading experiences that occur in a wide variety of situations and texts. “This project is very exciting in that we are working with the teachers to understand the world concepts preschoolers should understand,” Simmons said. “By building the background knowledge of these concepts in preschool, we hypothesize that children will be better able to comprehend text they read in the later grades.”

Scaffolded Support System In addition to selecting the kinds of books to incorporate into the shared book readings, WORLD will provide a scaffolded system of support for the teachers and parents. A scaffolded support system provides structured guidance that is gradually removed as the teacher or parent becomes more confident in their teaching abilities. “We will work with parents and teachers to use interactive techniques that focus on critical concepts and encourage children to relate new concepts to what they know,” Simmons said. “As our project progresses, we should see how integration of these key techniques will help further develop a child’s vocabulary.”

WORLD will partner with teachers to develop a system that builds on what teachers are currently teaching. Parents also will receive support through a brief strategic parent intervention, a simple process that models the best practices for parents to use to increase literacy development in their children. “By enlisting the help of both teachers and parents, children will be introduced to literacy opportunities in all facets of their lives,” González said. “Together, we can enhance a child’s reading experience.”

Spanish Intervention Project WORLD also will evaluate the use of an identical scaffolded, shared book reading experience with Latino preschoolers. Little research has been done to evaluate the effects of intervention on Latino children, but Project WORLD will implement a shared book reading program in Spanish to evaluate literacy intervention at a young age. “A substantial amount of evidence exists that identifies the earlier intervention takes place, the greater the probability of bringing children up to higher levels of performance,” Simmons said. “We are curious to evaluate the intervention techniques with Latino preschoolers to study how literacy and language development occurs.” Project WORLD will develop four instructional procedures, including 1) English teacher program, 2) English parent program, 3) Spanish teacher program, and 4) Spanish parent program. Graduate assistants with WORLD will

Participating WORLD teachers and administrators at Carver Early Childhood Center in Bryan include (from left to right) Laurie Wimberly, Francis McArthur, Jana Wilson, Betty Vick and Dr. Rhonda Richardson.

help Spanish teachers implement the Spanish programs if language barriers exist. “Frances McArthur, assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction for Bryan Independent School District, asked that we formulate an intervention strategy for Latino children,” González said. “It will be harder for us to locate Spanish books equivalent to the English books, but we know we can do some good with these children if we intervene.”

Scope of Project The research team is developing a meta analysis and review of the literature during this first year. They are in the initial planning stages of creating the observational system to describe the key characteristics of teachers’ instruction with regard to children’s current levels of vocabulary and listening comprehension. “Once we coordinate with teachers to establish a standard of themes in the children’s curriculum, we must then determine on which themes to focus,” PollardDurodola said. “We must also evaluate the intervention strategies and activities and ask ourselves if our scope and sequence is feasible.” Prototypes of the English teacher/parent intervention programs were launched in January 2006. The Spanish teacher/parent intervention programs will be implemented January 2007.

At the end of the three-year development project, a tested set of instructional procedures for teachers and parents and documentation of the conditions in which the procedures are effective will be produced. “We plan to apply for a ‘Goal 2’ development grant to continue this intervention research after year three,” the research team said. “We want to test our platform on a larger scale and aid as many children as we can in their literacy and language development.”

“By enlisting the help of both teachers and parents, children will be introduced to literacy opportunities in all facets of their lives,” González said. “Together, we can enhance a child’s reading experience.” JORGE GONZALEZ Project Words of Oral Reading and Language Development (WORLD) U.S. Department of Education Three-year project with total funding of $1,292,086 2006 $409,802 2007 $434,996 2008 $447,288

2005 Funding Appendix (Fiscal Year 2005: September 2004 - August 2005)

Statistical Data Externally Funded Projects & Grants

Statistical Data

Table 1

Table 2

New Awards in Fiscal Year 2005 Total $26,051,240

Annual Funding Totals Over Last Five Years

13,657,781

13,826,304 13,298,125 12,365,964

10,897,891

8,767,660

4,230,088 3,437,208 2,629,538

1,771,165 325,460 Departments

Center for Distance Learning Research Deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office Educational Administration and Human Resource Development Educational Psychology Health and Kinesiology Teaching, Learning and Culture

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

Table 3

Table 4

Number of Faculty in Each Department Directing Externally Funded Grants and Contracts in Fiscal Year 2005

Percent of Funding by Agency Type Total $13,826,304 52.5

25.7

26 24

13 14 6.6 9

EAHR

EAHR EPSY HLKN TLAC

9 EPSY

HLKN

TLAC

Faculty with Awards Total Faculty in Department Educational Administration and Human Resource Development Educational Psychology Health and Kinesiology Teaching, Learning, and Culture

2.3 Agency Type

Federal...................$7,252,637 Local............................$313,080 Private.....................$1,801,561 State.........................$3,548,675 International..........$910,351

Statistical Data

Table 5

Table 6

Amount of Federal Funding Broken Down by Agency Total $7,252,637

Annual Grants and Contracts Expenditures by Department Total $13,826,304 4,663,177

3,600,431

2,420,199

1,659,895 1,507,023

2,065,526

2,148,341 2,001,987

348,799 90,661

527,074 45,828

Federal Departments

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services - National Institutes of Health U.S. Department of Education National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Space Biomedical Research Institute National Science Foundation Other Federal Agencies

10 10

Departments

Table 7 Funding Generated by Hires in Signature Programs Total $4,155,98 1,774,135

1,498,530

630,800

9,000

23,995

30,310

G. Bennett Y. Li J. Fluckey HLKN TLAC HLKN

89,210

M. Burke EPSY

100,000

M. Galloway EPSY

K. Vannest EPSY

D. Simmons EPSY

J. Gonzรกlez EPSY

11 11

Department Key: CDLR Center for Distance Learning Research CLED College of Education and Human Development Deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office EAHR Educational Administration and Human Resource Development EPSY Educational Psychology HLKN Health and Kinesiology TLAC Teaching, Learning and Culture

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Grants and Contracts 2005 The 2005 externally funded projects are listed alphabetically by the principal investigator’s last name. The department follows the name. Listed below each project is the funding agency and the annual level of funding, as well as totals for multi-year projects.

ASH, MICHAEL (EPSY)

Mental Health Interns Brazos Valley Child Development Program 2005 $36,000

BENNETT, GREGG (HLKN)

Research Work between Florida Sports Foundation and Texas A&M University Florida Sports Foundation 2005 $6,500

BENZ, MICHAEL (EPSY) Earning for a Lifetime University of Oregon 2005 $15,591

BLOOMFIELD, SUSAN; CROUSE, STEPHEN; DELP, MICHAEL; LAWLER, JOHN; ARMSTRONG, ROBERT Co-PIs (HLKN) PI Joanne Lupton (Nutrition and Food Science) A Graduate Education Program Focusing on Space Life Sciences National Space Biomedical Research Institute 2005 $90,661

Co-PI Harry Hogan (Mechanical Engineering)

Increasing the Efficiency of Exercise Countermeasures for Bone Loss Baylor College of Medicine Four-year project with funding totaling $1,156,044 2005 $225,626

NSBRI-Associate Team Leader Funding-Bone Loss Team Baylor College of Medicine Two-year project with funding totaling $70,000 2005 $35,000

CARPENTER, B. STEPHEN (TLAC)

Periodicals and Publications Office for National Art Education Association National Art Education Association 2005 $3,000

CHATTERJEE, NILESH (HLKN)

A Community-Based Intervention with Opinion Leaders to Achieve Syphilis Elimination DHHS – Centers for Disease Control Four-year project with funding totaling $897,932 2005 $298,000

CHLUP, DOMINIQUE (EAHR)

Barbara Bush Texas Fund for Family Literacy Technical Assistance Project Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy 2005 $30,427 Texas Adult Literacy Clearinghouse Texas Education Agency 2005 $1,435,647

CIFUENTES, LAUREN (EPSY) Co-PI Richard Nader (Institute for Pacific Asia)

Seminar on Chinese History, Geography and Ethnic Cultures U.S. Department of Education 2005 $63,992

COLE, BRYAN (EAHR) Summer Seminar Participants 2005 $25,475

CONOLEY, JANE CLOSE (CLED) Co-PI Jon Denton (TLAC) PI Richard Ewing (Vice President for Research) Non CLED Co-PIs Jane Schielack (Mathematics) and Howard Newton (College of Science)

Center for Application of Information Technology in the Teaching and Learning of Science National Science Foundation Five-year project with total CLED funding of $10,000,000 2005 $1,000,000

CROUSE, STEPHEN (HLKN) Co-PI John Wade Womack (HLKN)

Cardiovascular Assessment and Physical Fitness Workshops Bryan Police Department 2005 $3,133 Cardiovascular Assessment and Physical Fitness Workshops College Station Police Department 2005 $10,840

Fitlife Exercise Program Participants 2005 $16,417 Health and Fitness Evaluations Bryan Fire Department 2005 $26,388

Co-PI Michael Clark (Athletic Department)

Effect of Carbohydrate and Carbohydrate-Protein on Power Performance in Collegiate Football Players Gatorade, The Quaker Oats Company 2005 $14,441

DELP, JUDY Co-PI (HLKN) Co-PI Michael Delp (HLKN) PI Janet Parker (Medical Physiology)

Chronic Coronary Occlusion, Exercise Training and Nitric Oxide National Institute of Health 2005 $360,000 Effects of Age on Vascular Smooth Muscle Calcium Handling American College of Sports Medicine 2005 $5,000

DELP, MICHAEL (HLKN)

Adaptations of Cerebral Resistance Arteries to Simulated Microgravity NASA-Washington Three-year project with total funding of $771,850 2005 $245,092

“Fire fighting’s a very strenuous job and [research conducted at the Huffines Institute] tells us what we’re capable of doing when we respond to emergencies. It gives us an idea of how long we’ll last on a bottle of air, and it tells how long we can go into a contaminated atmosphere, stay in that atmosphere, do our jobs and protect the public.” Mike Donoho Fire Chief for Bryan, Texas

Arterial Remodeling and Functional Adaptations Induced by Microgravity NASA-Ames Research Center 2005 $36,375

DENNIS, MAURICE (HLKN)

Alcohol Education Program for Minors Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse 2005 $81,927 Alcohol Education Program for Minors Participants 2005 $14,485 Drug and Alcohol Awareness Program Participants 2005 $28,045 Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) Education Program Participants 2005 $11,380 Texas Alcohol Education Program for Minors Instructor Seminar Participants 2005 $30,380 Texas DWI Education Administrator/Instructor Training Program and The DWI Education Administrator/Instructor In-Service Training Program Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse 2005 $96,000

Texas DWI Education/Instructor/Administrator Seminar Participants 2005 $62,724

DENTON, JON (TLAC)

Accelerate Online Training Participants 2005 $144,125

Co-PI Linda Glessner (CLED)

An On-line Alternative Certification Program at Texas A&M University U.S. Department of Education Five-year project with total funding of $1,836,125 2005 $367,255 NSBRI Web Site and Special Public Outreach Project Support Baylor College of Medicine Two-year project with total funding of $56,602 2005 $20,339

Co-PIs Trina Davis (TLAC) and Ben Smith (TLAC) Opening Pathways for Teacher Instructional Opportunities in Natural Science Baylor College of Medicine Five-year project with total funding of $292,000 2005 $60,000

Web-Development and Online Delivery of the Middle School Aerospace Scholars (MSAS) Program NASA – Johnson Space Center Four-year project with total funding of $235,650 2005 $67,332

“The Administrative Leadership Institute is designed to help us all strengthen our resolve to do the right things in the right ways. If we do, our children and youth will remember the spiritual good in leadership.” John Hoyle Professor, Educational Administration and Human Resource Development

DORMAN, STEVE (HLKN)

B1-Teach: Alternative Certification Program Model U.S. Department of Education Four-year project with total funding of $61,919 2005 $28,050

EDDY, JAMES (HLKN)

GOODSON, PATRICIA (HLKN) and PRUITT, BUZZ (HLKN)

Health Disparities Diabetes Collaborative Team Bryan College Station Community Health Center 2005 $17,920 Design, Implement, and Evaluate Worksite Health Promotion Programs American Cancer Society 2005 $10,000

EGAN, TOBY (EAHR)

High School Research/Evaluation Project Texas A&M University System 2005 $30,000

FLUCKEY, JAMES (HLKN)

Aging and Mechanisms of Human Protein Synthesis National Institutes of Health 2005 $30,310

GALLOWAY, MARTHA (EPSY) Co-PI Rafael Lara-Alecio (EPSY)

School Improvement Project for Limited English Proficiency Students Texas A&M University System 2005 $100,000

GLESSNER, LINDA (CLED)* Accelerate Online Training Participants 2005 $34,590

* Additional funding listed under Denton

Abstinence Education Program Evaluation Texas Department of Health Five-year project with total funding of $1,050,927 2005 $205,990

GREEN, B. LEE (HLKN) Co-PIs Nilesh Chatterjee (HLKN), Ranjita Misra (HLKN), and Jeffrey Guidry (HLKN) TAMU/PVAMU Collaboration: Reducing Health Disparities National Institutes of Health Three-year project with total funding of $1,176,452 2005 $391,713

HOYLE, JOHN (EAHR)

Administrative Leadership Institute (ALI) Participants 2005 $7,760 Administrative Leadership Institute (ALI) Dell Three-year project with total funding of $100,000 2005 $33,333

“We hope our results will identify out-of-school experiences that promote valuing of academic achievement, involved patterns of school engagement and the development of competencies so that we can make these experiences more available to all students.” Jan Hughes Professor, Educational Psychology

HUGHES, JAN (EPSY) Co-PI Stephanie Knight (EPSY)

Preparing Teachers to Foster Children’s Social and Emotional Competencies Hogg Foundation Five-year project with total funding of $275,435 2005 $58,021 Project Achieve – The Impact of Grade Retention: A Developmental Approach National Institutes of Health Five-year project with total funding of $2,698,460 2005 $410,310

JUNETUNE, JOYCE (EPSY) Creativity and Innovation Participants 2005 $3,525

KNIGHT, STEPHANIE Co-PI (EPSY)* PI Nancy Simpson (Center for Teaching Excellence) Non CLED Co-PIs Michael Stecher, Albert Ford, Comer Patterson Writing for Assessment and Learning in the Natural and Mathematical Sciences National Science Foundation Four-year project with total funding of $481,850 2005 $40,088

KORHONEN, LLOYD (CDLR) Collaboration Agreement Verizon 2005 $119,600

* Additional funding listed under Hughes and Thompson

Co-PI Anna Gundy (CDLR)

Arkansas Department of Education Dawson Service Center Arkansas Department of Education 2005 $35,000

Co-PI Anna Gundy (CDLR)

AVANCE, Inc. Even Start Program Evaluation AVANCE 2005 $6,000

Co-PI Anna Gundy (CDLR) CONAHEC Evaluation University of Arizona 2005 $6,000

Co-PI Anna Gundy (CDLR)

Consultation, Development and Mediation Eastern New Mexico University 2005 $6,920

Co-PI Rod Ham (CDLR)

HCDE.NET Conversion Project Harris County Department of Education 2005 $20,000

Co-PI Anna Gundy (CDLR)

Instructor Training for MWR Academy Employees U.S. Army Community & Family Support Center 2005 $25,000

Co-PI Deborah Jolly (CLED)

Lometa TARGET Grant – Evaluation Lometa ISD 2005 $20,000

Co-PI Anna Gundy (CDLR)

Co-PI Rod Ham (CDLR)

Co-PIs Andrew Knox (CDLR) and Anna Gundy (CDLR)

Co-PI Rod Ham (CDLR)

Lometa TARGET Grant – Professional Development Lometa ISD 2005 $29,200

Lometa TARGET Grant – Web Portal and Mentoring Lometa ISD 2005 $36,000

Co-PI Deborah Jolly (CLED)

MathStar Extension Grant Los Angeles County Office of Education 2005 $54,000

Co-PI Anna Gundy (CDLR)

Odem-Edroy Even Start Program Evaluation Odem-Edroy ISD 2005 $8,670

Co-PI Anna Gundy (CDLR)

Odem-Sinton Community Learning Center Grant Odem-Edroy ISD 2005 $6,000

Co-PI Rod Ham (CDLR) Polycom GAP Program Polycom, Inc. 2005 $38,000

Co-PI Anna Gundy (CDLR) Region 2 TARGET Grant Education Service Center 2 2005 $42,655

Sustainability of Distance Learning Programs at the District Level: A White Paper Tandberg 2005 $1,200 Technology Applications Readiness Grants for Empowering Texas (TARGET – San Pat) Sinton ISD 2005 $40,329

Co-PIs Anna Gundy (CDLR) and Lyssa Garza (CDLR) Technology Applications Readiness Grants for Empowering Texas (TARGET – San Pat) Sinton ISD 2005 $20,000

Co-PIs Anna Gundy (CDLR) and Lyssa Garza (CDLR) TIMES: Technology for Industry through Mobility in Educational Sectors Austin Community College 2005 $12,500

KRACHT, JAMES (CLED) Co-PI Barbara Erwin (TLAC)

Community College Teaching Scholars Program Texas A&M University System Four-year project with total funding of $384,695 2005 $80,145

“As editor of an art journal, I look at art in education both on a national and international scale. Our mission is to help the field of art education by choosing intriguing and significant articles to publish. Since my first year as editor, I’ve published art education stories from across the globe, such as Turkey, Asia and the Middle East, just to name a few.” B. Stephen Carpenter II Associate Professor, Teaching Learning, and Culture

PI Larry Johnson (Veterinary Anatomy)

Integrating Environmental Health Science in Rural Schools National Institutes of Health Seven-year project with total funding of $1,545,687 2005 $12,390

KULM, GERALD (TLAC)

Investigating the Role of Professional Development and Teacher Support in Implementing Curriculum Materials American Association for the Advancement of Science Five-year project with total funding of $1,640,972 2005 $351,470

LARA-ALECIO, RAFAEL (EPSY)*

Bilingual/ESL Educators Serving LEP Students in Texas U.S. Department of Education Five-year project with total funding of $1,206,206 2005 $249,894 Project ELLA (English Language/Literacy Acquisition) U.S. Department of Education Five-year project with total funding of $6,762,005 2005 $1,468,292 Texas 2+2 Project: Certifying Teachers of LEP Students: Blinn College, Educational Service Center Region VI and Texas A&M U.S. Department of Education Five-year project with total funding of $1,955,937 2005 $394,922

* Additional funding listed under Galloway

The Nontraditional Field-Based Bilingual Teacher Preparation Program (Project NFBTP) U.S. Department of Education Five-year project with total funding of $1,154,274 2005 $249,683

LI, YEPING (TLAC)

Investigating U.S. and Chinese Mathematics Teacher Planning, Teaching Performance, and Student Achievement: The Case of Division of Fractions Spencer Foundation Two-year project with total funding of $39,965 2005 $23,995

LINCOLN, YVONNA Co-PI (EAHR)* PI Josie Williams (Rural and Community Health Institute) Non CLED Co-PIs Janine Edwards, Rasa Silenas Striving Together, Improving Healthcare DHHS-Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Two-year project with total funding of $199,816 2005 $4,300

LOVING, CATHLEEN Co-PI (TLAC) PI Bruce Herbert (Geology)

Examining Best Practices in Community College Preservice Teacher Preparation National Science Foundation Five-year project with total funding of $3,076,978 2005 $155,346

* Additional funding listed under Thompson

LYNCH, PATRICIA (EPSY)*

Family Support Network Texas Rehabilitation Commission Two-year project with total funding of $150,000 2005 $75,000 Special Education Recruitment Grant – Phase I and Phase II Texas A&M University System 2005 $15,000 Vocational Special Needs Conference Participants 2005 $17,600

MADSEN, JEAN (EAHR) and SKRLA, LINDA (EAHR)

Creating a Successful Professional Development Model for Today’s Urban Education Leaders Houston Endowment Four-year project with total funding of $260,000 2005 $75,000

METCALF, TERI (EPSY) Gear Up Conference Participants 2005 $27,773

Co-PIs Collie Conoley (EPSY) and Linda Castillo (EPSY)

Gulf Coast Gear Up Partnership Project U.S. Department of Education Five-year project with total funding of $1,298,255 2005 $283,020

* Additional funding listed under Stough

NASH, WILLIAM (EPSY)

Youth Adventure Program (YAP) Participants 2005 $227,684

OCHOA, SALVADOR HECTOR (EPSY) Co-PI Douglas Palmer (CLED)

Preparation of Leadership Personnel: Doctoral Training in School Psychology/Special Education and the Hispanic Child with Disabilities U.S. Department of Education Four-year project with funding totaling $799,916 2005 $199,979

PALMER, DOUGLAS (CLED)

School Training and Support in Qatar Supreme Education Council, State of Qatar Four-year project with total funding of $8,778,641 2005 $910,351

PARRISH, LINDA (EPSY)*

Special Populations Career and Technology Education Resource Center Texas Education Agency 2005 $20,000

PEDERSEN, SUSAN (EPSY)

Consortium for Higher Education Exchange in Instructional and Information Technologies San Diego State University Three-year project with total funding of $28,680 2005 $8,478

* Additional funding listed under Stough

“Funding is essential to doing rather costly physiology research. It provides salary support for my lab manager whose expertise and leadership are essential in the laboratory. Also, the funding supports two graduate students and their tuition payments, enabling them to work in the lab full time, outside of their class commitments.” Susan Bloomfield Associate Professor, Health and Kinesiology

RAE, WILLIAM (EPSY)

SEAMAN, DON (EAHR)

Psychological Counseling and Consulting Services Brazos Valley Community Action Agency 2005 $25,200

SIMMONS, DEBORAH (EPSY)

Individual and Group Counseling for Sexual Assault Survivors Brazos County Rape Crisis Center, Inc. 2005 $14,400

RICCIO, CYNTHIA (EPSY)

Preparation of Adult Living Training Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services 2005 $20,000 Psychological Evaluations Bryan ISD 2005 $4,000

RUPLEY, WILLIAM (TLAC) and ZELLNER, RONALD (EPSY) Co-PIs PI James Mjelde (Agricultural Economics)

Online Curriculum Project Texas Education Agency Two-year project with total funding of $416,632 2005 $277,908 Project OPTIMIZE - Optimizing and Sustaining Early Reading and Vocabulary Growth for Students University of Oregon 2005 $30,555

SKRLA, LINDA (EAHR)*

A Study of Instructionally Effective School Districts Michigan State University 2005 $177,891

SMITH DENNIE (TLAC)

High School Improvement (PEICS) Texas A&M University System 2005 $100,000

Development of Climate Forecasts Decision Making Teaching Materials for Junior High School Teachers and Students Office of Global Programs: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Two-year project with total funding of $229,874 2005 $20,828

Leadership Development Supplement (PEICS) Texas A&M University System 2005 $72,500

SCHEURICH, JIM (EAHR)

Performance Based Incentives for Novice Teachers (PEICS) Texas A&M University System 2005 $132,000

International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education Taylor & Francis 2005 $20,600

Mathematics Achievement Project Texas A&M University System 2005 $30,000

* Additional funding listed under Madsen

“My goals as an educator are fueled by my interest in achieving educational parity for all students, particularly those who have been marginalized by their disabilities, ethnicity or language-minority. The bulk of my research, teaching and service has been to address these problems through the development of teacher competence.” Laura Stough Associate Professor, Educational Psychology

STOUGH, LAURA (EPSY) Co-PIs Linda Parrish (EPSY) and Patricia Lynch (EPSY)

VANNEST, KIMBERLY Co-PI (EPSY) PI James Bonner (Civil Engineering) Co-PI Cheryl Page (Civil Engineering)

STUESSY, CAROL (TLAC) Co-PI James McNamara (EPSY)

Informal Impact of No Child Left Behind Texas A&M University System 2005 $279,616

Master’s Training Program for Special Educators and Transition Specialists of Students with Low-Incidence Disabilities U.S. Department of Education Five-year project with funding totaling $1,480,798 2005 $295,344

Policy Research Initiative in Science Education to Improve Teaching and Learning in High School Science National Science Foundation Five-year project with funding totaling $2,452,530 2005 $453,797

THOMPSON, BRUCE (EPSY) Co-PIs Yvonna Lincoln (EAHR) and Stephanie Knight (EPSY) American Educational Research Journal: Teaching, Learning, and Human Development American Educational Research Association 2005 $18,546

VAN TASSEL, WILLIAM (HLKN) Co-PI Maurice Dennis (HLKN)

Distracted Driving Prevention Campaign Texas Department of Transportation Two-year project with funding totaling $153,293 2005 $63,852

Development of an In-situ Flow Cytometer for Enhanced Aquatic Particle Discrimination National Science Foundation Two-year project with funding totaling $496,252 2005 $10,664

WAGNER, SUSAN (HKLN)

Texas Super College Project Texas Department of Transportation 2005 $2,000

WEBB-JOHNSON, GWENDOLYN (EAHR) Voices of Wisdom University of South Florida 2005 $15,000

ZELLNER, LUANA (EAHR) TARGET Evaluation Bryan ISD 2005 $15,000

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