Research
As part of the RTSP effort to develop a systemic effort with Orange County Schools, each year School of Education faculty and doctoral students are awarded seed grants for a series of research initiatives. These initiatives represent a collaborative effort to improve the schooling experience for children and youth, and are designed to be carried out over the course of one academic year.
These projects are also linked to School of Education professional development programs, contain a strong research focus providing research opportunities for students and faculty, and reflect cooperative agenda setting between designated school(s) and faculty.
2009-2010 Funded Projects
- The Grassroots Parent-to-Community Pilot Program: Supporting and Empowering Parents of At-Risk Students
- The Role of Identity in Reading Comprehension Development
- What Do Preschool Teachers Perceive as the Factors Affecting Referral Decisions for Young Children with Severe Behavior Problems?: A Pilot Study
- Targeting Essential Understandings: Mapping Students’ Mathematics Knowledge K-3
2008-2009 Funded Projects
- Threads: Threading experiences in the arts directly into the school curriculum
- Leading to Learn: A School Wide Study Group Effort in Learning About How to Teach Literacy to English Language Learners
- Exploring Practices to Promote Inquiry Learning in Middle Grades Mathematics
- Targeting Essential Understandings: Identifying and Addressing Low-Achieving Students’ Mathematics Knowledge in 3rd Grade
2007-2008 Funded Projects
- Exploring Mathematics – K-3 Teachers Efland Cheeks and Central Elementary Schools
- Science Notebooks: Research and Professional Development investigating implementation, use, and impact in learning scientific and literate knowledge and skill
- Using School-Family-Community Partnerships to Build School Success Behaviors in Adolescents
- How do we Teach Them Reading and Writing? New Hope Teachers Participate in a Study Group about Teaching Literacy to English Language Learners
- Project ABC123: Promoting School Readiness in Literacy and Mathematics
