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Projects funded for the 2004-8 academic years were:

Fall 2004

• What “I” Say, What “They” Do:  An Examination of the Literacy Teaching of Student Teachers.  Recipient:  Jennifer Berne, Language and Literacy. 
• Making Inclusion Work in a General Education Classroom:  A Case Study of Implementing an Internet-Based Literacy Environment.  Recipient:  Xiuwen Wu, Diversity in Learning and Development
• Social Studies for the Future.  Recipients: Mark Newman and Roger LaRaus, Curriculum and Instruction. 
• Assistive Technology Assessment and Implementation:  A Collaborative Project.  Recipients:  Donna Wakefield, Mary Gizzi and Carol Burns, Diversity in Learning. 

Winter 2005

• ESL/Bilingual Faculty Development Grant.  Recipients: Tim Collins, Ruth Quiroa and Leah Miller, Curriculum and Instruction.
• Mobile Language Learning Research Study.  Recipient: Tim Collins, Curriculum and Instruction. 
• Using Action Research to Enhance Instructional Decision-Making in Educational Technology.  Recipients:  Irina Lobo, Baker Demonstration School; Arlene Borthwick, Technology and Education and Paula Tousignant, Technology and Education. 

Spring 2005

• Pilot:  Adjuncts Aboard.  Recipients: Bernadette Herman and Jane Moore, Curriculum and Instruction. 
• Elizabeth Peabody and the American Kindergarten. Recipient: Janice Jipson.
• Photo Evocation as a method of Documenting, Understanding and Appreciating Family Literacy Activities:  A Research and Development Project.  Recipients: Chuck Sentell, Elementary Education;  Elke Kleisch, Reading and Language Doctoral Program and Coordinator for Center for Academic Development; Sue Jungck, Educational Foundations and Inquiry. 
• The Fluency of Teaching.  Recipients: Diane Salmon, Educational Psychology; Alan Rossman, Curriculum and Instruction; Vera Kemeny, Educational Psychology; and Jeff Winter, Elementary Education.

Winter 2006

• A comparison of online and on campus instruction of a key course in early childhood education.  Recipients: Patricia Anderson, Kathleen Sheridan and Leslie Curda
• Teaching and Assessing Problem Solving through Extended Response Problems and Vocabulary Strategies.  Recipients: Edna Bazik, Patrick Watson and Sharon Watson
• Imagination Education for Everyone! Newsletter. Recipient: Kristin Lems
• “Eso, eso, eso:” That’s It! The role of the teacher in the literary interactions of young Mexican-origin children with Mexican American-themed picture storybooks. Recipient: Ruth E. Quiroa

Spring 2006

• Living Stories: Parents and Teachers at Dr. Effie O. Ellis Headstart.  Recipient: Glenda Allen-Jones,
• Making Pathways to Achievement in Education. Recipient: Pauline Clardy
• Improving Faculty Evaluation. Recipient: Eunice Goldberg
• Language and School Socialization of Immigrant Children from Different Cultures. Recipient(s): Vera Kemeny, Karla Garjaka, Ramzia Duszynski
• Teachers without borders.... Young Adolescent and Middle Level Teacher VOICES – the year following Hurricane Rita – “All I want to do is go home, to my room, to my school, to my friends, to my street.” Recipient(s): Cynthia Mee and Margaret Goode
• Sociocultural context of Roma education in Europe: An extensive overview of research, methodology, and activism. Recipient: Maja Miskovic
• Using Cutting Edge Technology as a Means to Teach Adult Social Skills. Recipient(s): Marci Stern and Carol Burns
  
  

Winter 2007

• Satisfaction, Competency, and Feedback Concerning Online Research Courses vs. On-Ground.  Recipient: Erika Burton, Educations Foundations and Inquiry. 
  
• Methods for Developing English Language Learners’ Reading Skills in the Content Areas.  Recipient: Tim Collins, Language Minority Education. 
  
• Video Visits.  Recipient: Claudia Katz, Language and Literacy. 
  
• Assessing Candidate Dispositions.  Recipients: Neil Prokosch, Ayn Keneman and Janet Lorch, Elementary Education.
• Wikispaces Online Community for Full-time and Adjunct Faculty.  Recipients: Xiuwen Wu, Mike Connolly and Kate Zilla, Special Education.
  
  

Spring 2007

• Arts-based Approaches to Educational Inquiry.  Recipient: Alexandra Fidyk, Educations Foundations and Inquiry. 
  
• Action Research in Action: Classroom Teachers as Practitioner-Researchers.  Recipient: Maja Miskovic, Educations Foundations and Inquiry. 
  
• CONSTRUCTING AN INTERACTIVE WEB PAGE AND BLOG FOR STREAMING EDUCATIONAL VIDEO: The Oxford Roundtable on Vouchers and Religious Education, March 25th – 30th. Recipient: Tod Alan Price, Educational Foundations and Inquiry.
  
  

Winter 2008

• Using visual texts and aids to build literacy and content learning: A student of the implementation of a visual literacy curriculum in two classrooms. Recipients: Xiuwen Wu, Special Education
  
• Professional development resources for Web2.0 technology integration for NLU faculty Recipients: Randall Hansen, Technology in Education
• Children's literature is not just for reading: Research on current children's literature. Recipients: Gerilyn Chesner
• Using Latino-themed literature as a basis for assessment-driven comprehension instruction with ELL children of Mexico. Recipients: Sunday Cummins
• Embodied intelligence in dreaming, memory, and creative imagination (workshop). Recipients: Alexandra Fidyk
• Urban education, many questions some answers: An inside look at a unique community-based teacher education pre-service residency. Recipients: Virginia Jagla
• A comparative study of science ed in China and the U.S.: Teacher preparation and certification. Recipients:Teresa Robinson

Spring 2009

• Project: Present and Expand Research on International Collaboration for the Development of Technology Based Peace Education Initiatives: Mary Ann Kahl, Valerie Schmitz
• Cooperating Teacher’s Workshop: Terry Costello, Debbie O’Connor
• Using word games to develop word consciousness: Peter Fisher
• Building Bridges: Ruth Peach
  
• NLU’s PARTNERSHIPS WITH NOLA SCHOOLS:  Cultivating the partnerships with KIPP Central City Academy and Happy Times Preschool, New Orleans, LA.: Karen Roth
• INTEGRATING MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH AND LANGUAGE ARTS: Using Literature, Vocabulary, and Writing Strategies: Edna Bazik, Theresa Wilkie

Winter 2009

• Technology for Democracy: Todd Price, Sara Schneider, Rick Russo
• Diversity in a global world and globalized society: Valerie Schmitz, Mary Ann Kahl
• Using Videotaping to Promote Pre-service Teachers’  Self Reflection and Teaching Quality During Field Experience
  Barb Leys (Recipient), Linda Bliss, Charlotte Metoyer, Rekha Rajan, Karen Roth, Kathleen Sheridan, Xiaoli Wen