Grants & Awards

BPE Track 4: Phase I: Systemic Transformation to Foster Inclusion and Belonging in Engineering Recruitment and Retention (FIBERR): A Student-Centered Approach

FIBERR will advance knowledge of organizational development, the servingness framework, and its study and application to help emerging Hispanic Serving Institutions build an intentional organizational identity, rather than merely enrolling Hispanic students.

Broadening Participation in Mathematics for English Learners with Mathematics Difficulties: A Multi-Site Impact Study

Success in mathematics has major implications for student success at the public school and postsecondary levels, as well as contributing to the nation’s STEM workforce and economy. While building mathematics literacy is important for all learners, it is especially critical for students most vulnerable for academic risk.

Collaborative Research: New Pathways to STEM Careers in Southern Idaho

This project will contribute to the national need for well-educated scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and technicians by supporting the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income students with demonstrated financial need at at Boise State University and two strategically located community colleges in Idaho, the College of Wester

Computer Adaptive Storybook Assessment (CASA)

The purpose of this project is to develop a new tablet-based measure in English and Spanish, Computer-Adaptive Storybook Assessment (CASA), to monitor language and literacy progress in preschoolers with disabilities or at risk for later language difficulties.

Evaluation of Lane ESD's Coder-in-Residence Program

The purpose of this project is to investigate the effects of an intervention focused on technology instruction on students’ proximal and distal knowledge, perceptions, engagement and academic performance related to STEM disciplines and, secondarily, teachers' and computer coders' perceptions and confidence related to coding and teaching.

Evaluation of the KinderTEK iPad Math Program

The purpose of this project is to evaluate the efficacy of KinderTEK, a fully developed, tablet-based math program for kindergarten students.

KinderTEK: Teaching Early Knowledge of Whole Number Concepts Through Technology

KinderTEK is a Goal 2 Development and Innovation project to construct a technology-based mathematics intervention for use in kindergarten.The intervention is focused on using tablet technology (iPads) to teach critical concepts of whole number to kindergartners who are at risk for difficulties in mathematics.

Multiple-choice Online Causal Comprehension Assessment Refinement: Achieving Better Discrimination via Experimental Item Types and Adaptive Testing

This project will develop and refine a computer-adaptive version of MOCCA (Multiple-choice Online Cloze Comprehension Assessment), an existing reading comprehension measure for third- through fifth-grade readers. MOCCA helps distinguish between students who make one of two common comprehension errors.

NumberShire Efficacy: A Multi-Site Randomized Controlled Trial to Assess the Efficacy of the NumberShire Level 1 Gaming Intervention for Improving Math Outcomes for Students With or At Risk for Math Learning Disabilities

The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of the NumberShire Level 1 gaming intervention, aimed at improving mathematics achievement for first-grade students with or at risk for mathematics learning disabilities.

NumberShire I

NumberShire is a suite of internet-based gaming interventions designed to explicitly teach students in grades K-2 whole number concepts that align with the Common Core State Standards. Numbershire I includes a series of engaging stories and narrative goals to motivate first grade students in early mathematics.

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