Grants

Title:     Deepening K-8 teachers' knowledge of science and scientific practices
Sponsor:    John & Margaret Martinson
Role:    Principal Investigator, Carla Zembal-Saul; Co-principal investigator, Annmarie Ward
Funding Period:    Spring 2010 - Fall 2012
Award Amount:   $500,000

Title:     The Exemplary Digital Teaching Archive Project (EDTAP)
Sponsor:    Penn State University's Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence, Teaching Support Grant
Principal Investigators:  Gail Boldt, Karen Eppley, Orrin Murray, James Nolan and Carla Zembal-Saul
Funding Period: Spring 2009 - Fall 2009   
Award Amount:  $14,000

Title:   Learning Sciences Collaborative Consortium 
Sponsor: Penn State University's Children, Youth & Family Consortium, Level I Proposal  
Role: Lead Investigator, Richard Duschl; Co-Lead Investigator, Lynn Liben; Collaborating Investigators: Karen Murphy, Carla Zembal-Saul, Heather Zimmerman, Brian Smith, Deb Smith   
Funding Period:  Spring 2009 - Spring 2010 
Award Amount: $5,000  

Title:     Teaching Elementary School Science as Argument (TESSA)
Sponsor:    National Science Foundation, Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program
Role:    Principal Investigator (25% Academic Year; 100% for 2 Summer Months)
Funding Period:    May 2003 - April 2008
Award Amount:    $583,372

Title:     Development of a Conceptual Physics Course of Sound and Light
Sponsor:    Penn State University's Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence
Role:    Collaborating Investigator with Milton Cole (lead), Annmarie Ward and Renee Diehl
Funding Period:    July 2005 - September 2006
Award Amount:    $10,500

Title:     A Cross-Disciplinary Investigation of Inquiry-Oriented Pedagogy and Its Impact on Teaching and Learning
Sponsor:    Penn State University's Children, Youth & Family Consortium
Role:    Collaborating Investigator with Dan Marshall (lead), Jim Nolan, Bernard Badiali, Jackie Edmondson & Karen Murphy
Funding Period:    January - June, 2006
Award Amount:    $5,000

Title:     Studiocode Evaluation in Science Education
Sponsor:    Penn State University's College of Education Research Initiation Grant
Role:    Principal Investigator
Collaborators: Scott McDonald & Greg Kelly
Funding Period:    September 2005 - May 2006
Award Amount:    $2,000

Title:     e-Portfolios in Teacher Education: A Faculty Seminar
Sponsor:    Author and Project Co-Leader with Deb Freedman and Miryam Esppinosa
Role:    Project Director (100% for 1 Summer Month)
Funding Period:    September 2003 - April 2004
Award Amount:    $3,000

Title:     Analyzing Software Scaffolding in Educational Settings for Science (ASSESS)
Sponsor:    National Science Foundation, Knowledge and Distributed Intelligences (KDI)
Sub-contract with The University of Michigan
Role:    Project Director (100% for 1 Summer Month)
Funding Period:    1999 - 2002
Award Amount:    $206,200

Title:     Developing an Online Database for K-5 Science Teaching
Sponsor:    New York State Section of the American Physical Society
Role:    Co-Director with Milton Cole, Penn State Physics Department (0%)
Funding Period:    2001-02
Award Amount:    $1,200

Title:     Air and Aviation Unit Enhancements
Sponsor:    New York State Section of the American Physical Society
Role:    Co-Director with Milton Cole, Penn State Physics Department (0%)
Funding Period:    2000-01
Award Amount:    $1,200

Title:     Enhancing the Teaching of Science in Elementary Schools through School-University Partnership
Sponsor:    Kellogg Foundation, Leadership for Institutional Change (LINC) Initiative
Role:    Co-Director with Tom Dana (0%)
Funding Period:    2000-01
Award Amount:    $5,000

Title:     Teaching Science Using Technology
Sponsor:    Link-to-Learn: Integrating Technology into Teacher Preparation (ITTP), Pennsylvania Department of Education
Role:    Co-Director with Tom Dana (100% for 1 Month Summer Salary)
Funding Period:    February 1999 - June 2000
Award Amount:    $311,100

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