Reports & Initiatives - Reports
In keeping with our mission as a land grant university, the University of Georgia’s College of Education is pleased to introduce the Research Brief series. These reports disseminate, in summary form, some of the research that is being conducted by faculty in the College. The reports highlight practical applications of the research and provide references and internet links to the unabridged research.
2010
- Improving English Language Learners’ Academic Learning and Achievement Focus of IES Study
Principal Investigator: Pedro Portes, portes@uga.edu
Co-PI: Karen Samuelsen, ksam@uga.edu
Title: Improving the Teaching and Learning of English Language Learners: The Instructional Conversational Model
Funding: $2.9 million, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education
- Researcher to explore effectiveness of wider reading approach
Principal Investigator: Scott Ardoin, spardoin@uga.edu
Co-PI: Kathy Binder
Title: Exploring Reading Fluency and Its Underlying Behavior
Funding: $1.5 million grant, Institute of Education Sciences via UGA’s Institute of Behavioral Research
- Kinesiology researchers developing exercise model to fight childhood obesity
Principal Investigator: Phillip Tomporowski, ptomporo@uga.edu
Co-PI: Bryan McCullick, bamccull@uga.edu and Catherine Davis, cadavis@mail.mcg.edu
Title: A Model Exercise Intervention for Overweight Children
Funding: $24,207, University System of Georgia, Office of Academic Affairs
Website: www.gaobesityresearch.org
- ISKILLS: The Audio/Visual Guidance Repository for Life Skills
Principal Investigator: Kevin Ayres, kayres@uga.edu
Co-PI: Lloyd Rieber, lrieber@uga.edu
Title: ISKILLS: The Audio/Visual Guidance Repository for Life Skills
Funding: $1.2 million, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education
- Does informal learning at home, help children learn math in the classroom?
Principal Investigator: Amy Noell Parks, amyparks@uga.edu
Title: CAREER: Examining the role of context in the mathematical learning of young children
Funding: $521,972, National Science Foundation
- Study creates, evaluates impact of 3D animated biology for high school students
Principal Investigator: J. Steve Oliver, soliver@uga.edu
Co-PI: Allan Cohen, acohen@uga.edu
Title: Learning Biological Processes through Animations and Inquiry: A New Approach
Funding: $1.3 million, National Institutes of Health, National Center for Research Resources, Science Education Partnership Program
Website: www.coe.uga.edu/mse/ideal
coeNEWS article: www.uga.edu/coenews/press_releases/0810oliver_nih.html
- Noyce Fellowship draws STEM professionals to teach in Georgia schools
Principal Investigator: Denise Spangler, dspangle@uga.edu
Co-PI: J. Steve Oliver, soliver@uga.edu
Title: Capitalizing on Talent: The Noyce Fellows Program at the University of Georgia
Funding: $1 million, National Science Foundation
Website: www.coe.uga.edu/mse/nsf_info.html
- Researcher studies why African Americans seek mental health care less than whites
Principal Investigator: Ezemenari Obasi, obasi@uga.edu
Title: Psychological Distress, Acculturation, and Mental Health-Seeking Attitudes among People of African Descent in the United States: A Preliminary Investigation
Funding: $5,000, Minority Fellowship Program, American Psychological Association
For more information: Obasi, Ezemenari & Leong, Frederick (2009). Psychological distress, acculturation, and mental health-seeking attitudes among people of African descent in the United States: A preliminary investigation. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 56(2), 227-238.
- Researcher seeks predictors of post-school success for adolescents with disabilities
Principal Investigator: Jay Rojewski, rojewski@uga.edu
Co-PI: Noel Gregg, ngregg@uga.edu
Title: Modeling Short-Term and Longitudinal Work and Educational Transition Outcomes for Adolescents with High-Incidence Disabilities
Funding: $445,977, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education
- Researchers study exercise benefits for those with spinal injuries
Principal Investigator: Kevin McCully, mccully@uga.edu
Co-PIs: Stephen Olejnik, olejnik@uga.edu and Lesley White, ljwhite@uga.edu
Title: Muscle Plasticity, Fitness, and Health after Spinal Cord Injury
Funding: $1,777,468, National Institutes of Health
- Social Media, Avatars, and Virtual Worlds Re-Imagine Learning for Secondary and Postsecondary STEM Students
Principal Investigator for the University of Georgia: Noel Gregg, ngregg@uga.edu
UGA Co-PI: Michael Hannafin, hannafin@uga.edu
Principal Investigator for the Georgia Institute of Technology: Robert Todd, robert.todd@coa.gatech.edu
Title: Georgia STEM Accessibility Alliance (GSAA)
Funding: $1,479,128, National Science Foundation
- Study to provide first thorough synthesis of research on innovation science teaching method
Principal Investigator: Ji Shen, jishen@uga.edu
Co-PI: Jing Lei, Syracuse University
Title: Achievements and Challenges of Modeling-Based Instruction in Sciences Education: From 1980-2009
Funding: $248,610, National Science Foundation
- Researcher studies link in stress, drug-use vulnerability in African Americans
Principal Investigator: Ezemenari M. Obasi, obasi@uga.edu
Title: Stress and Drug Use Vulnerability in Rural African Americans
Funding: $471,683, National Institute on Drug Abuse
Story: www.uga.edu/coenews/press_releases/1001obasi_pr.html
Website: http://hwemudua.coe.uga.edu/Research_Funding.html
- Project LISELL: Improving student achievement for English Language Learners
Principal Investigator: Cory Buxton, buxton@uga.edu
Co-PIs: Martha Allexsaht-Snider, marthaas@uga.edu; Allan Cohen, acohen@uga.edu
Title: Language-Rich Inquiry Science with English Language Learners (LISELL)
Funding: $515,756, National Science Foundation
2009
- Move to Improve: A Randomized Workplace Trial to Increase Physical Activity
Dishman, Rod, DeJoy, David, Wilson, Mark and Vanderberg, Robert. (2009). Move to Improve: A Randomized Workplace Trial to Increase Physical Activity. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 36 (2) p. 133-141.
2008
- Occasional Cigarette Smoking Chronically Affects Arterial Function
Lee Stoner, Manning J. Sabatier, Christopher D. Black, Kevin K. McCully
Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.05.005 - Examining School District Efficiency in Georgia
Houck, E.A. (2008). Examining school district efficiency in Georgia. Education in Georgia: First Annual State of the State Report. October 2, 2008. Atlanta, GA.
2007
- Sustaining School Reform: Lessons from Georgia
Education Policy and Evaluation Center, College of Education, University of Georgia
Research Brief No. 1, Fall 2007 - Dual Enrollment in Georgia: Program Background and Student Participant Profile
Education Policy and Evaluation Center, College of Education, University of Georgia
Research Brief No. 2, Fall 2007
