URG Small Grant Recipients
Abbreviations
C&I — Department of Curriculum and Instruction
EAF — Department of Educational Foundations and Administration
SED — Department of Special Education
Fiscal Year 2009
Sharon Doubet , SED
Purchase of NVivo 8 Software
Hedda Meadan-Kaplansky, SED
The Impact of Culture on the Human-Animal Bond: A Cross-Cultural Study with Young Children
Tom Haynes , C&I
Self Efficacy and Its Relationship to Attrition Rates in Science, Technology and Mathematics Programs
Ken Jerich, C&I
An Investigation as to How the 12 Illinois Public Higher Education Institutions Teacher Education Programs Curricular Approaches Address the Eleven Illinois Professional Teacher Standards, and Core Language Arts and Technology Standards to Prepare Teacher Education Candidates in Their Initial Education Programs
Keith Tilford, C&I
Powerful Social Studies: The Story of One Eighth-Grade History Teacher
Fiscal Year 2008
Alan Bates, Jin-ah Kim, Nancy Latham, C&I
Pre-service teachers’ mathematics perceptions: Knowledge vs. self-efficacy
Ryan Brown, C&I
Curricular Continuity between Engineering and Technology Education
Beth Hatt, EAF
Mexico Cultural Immersion Project
Tom Lucey, Ann Weber, Do-Yong Park, Anthony Lorsbach, C&I
Interpreting a Hybrid PDS Model
Phyllis McCluskey-Titus, EAF
Teaching and Learning from Two Vantage Points
Gregory Michie, C&I
The only one in the class: Alienation, coping, and resistance among African American and Latino students at a predominantly white state university
Wendy Troxel, EAF
NVivo 7 Qualitative Data Management Software
Fiscal Year 2007
Christine Clark, SED
An Investigation of Relationships between Mothers of School-Aged Children/Youth with Visual with Visual Impairments and Education Professionals
Zeng Lin, EAF
Illinois In-Service Teachers and Principals in the Nation
Linda Lyman, EAF
Women Educational Leaders in Greece and Cyprus — UCEA Research Project
Hedda Meadan, SED
Collaborating With Parents to Enhance and Promote Social-Pragmatic Communication of Young Children with Autism
Beatrice Smith, C&I
Globalization, Gender, Technology and Work Practices in Outsourcing
Fiscal Year 2006
Diane Dean, EAF
College and University Trustee Leadership Project
Phyllis McCluskey-Titus, EAF
The Nature of Student Affairs Practice and Leadership in Illinois Community Colleges
Mary O'Brien, SED
Using Video/Audio Technology to Develop Learning Community in an Asynchronous On-Line Learning Environment
Cheri Toledo, C&I
Adding Sight and Sound to Online Teaching and Learning
Linda Wedwick, C&I
Engaging Secondary Education Majors in the Reading Process
Vicky Morgan, C&I
Teachers' ability to identify divergent thinking in their students
Ken Jerich, C&I
Initial Phase of Research Data Gathering for Induction and Mentoring for the College of Education
Carol Owles, Colleen Herald, C&I
Exploring Electronic Literature Discussions
Cheri Toledo, C&I
Pod/Vodcasting International Exchanges
Maureen Angell, Julia Stoner, SED
Exploring Parental Perspectives on Trust in Educational Professionals
Beth Hatt-Echeverria, EAF
Turning Points
Thomas Lucey, C&I
Interpreting Teachers Candidates' Thoughts about Musical Expression
James Palmer, EAF
How Student Services Deans at Community Colleges Perceive their Work
Fiscal Year 2005
Mohamed Nur-Awaleh, C&I
Using digital camera to engage students and enhance student learning
Adel Al-Bataineh, C&I
Assessing pre-service teachers teaching skills
Diane Dean, EAF
National Study of Men Chief Academic Officers
Tony Lorsbach, C&I
Efficacy of CD-ROM-based Asynchronous Science Centers
Ellen Spycher, C&I
Using the Writer's Notebook to Promote Informational Writing in Second grade classrooms
Stacey Bock, Julia Stoner, SED
A Comparative Analysis of the Production of Spontaneous Speech of Children with ASD when using PECS vs. VOCA
Fiscal Year 2004
Anita Bohn, C&I
Teacher Characteristics and Backgrounds of Elementary Teacher Candidates
Barbara Meyer, C&I
Videotape Recording Microteaching to Improve Teaching Skills
Julia Stoner, SED
Parent Perceptions of Transition Needs of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Maureen Angell, SED
Perceptions of Support: College Students with Learning Disabilities Discuss Teacher Immediacy Behaviors
Meg Hutchins, Debbie Shelden, SED
Action Research in Assistive Technology: Use of a Handheld PC with Visual Assistant Software in Learning Vocational Routines
Paula Crowley, SED
An Analysis of the Frequency, Intensity, and Teachers' Perceptions of Social Skills Instruction
Susan Lenski, C&I
Impact of McLean County First Book Program on Literacy Development of Eight Children
Will Ashton, EAF
The Affects of Mandated-Testing on Pre-service Teachers
Fiscal Year 2003
Anita Bohn, Penny Kolloff, C&I
Teaching Children How to Write First-Person Narratives
Carol Owles, Wendy Black, C&I
Integrating Children's Literature in the Music Curriculum
George Peterson-Karlan, SED
Examining Student Outcomes of Assistive Technology Evaluations and Acquisitions
Jeffrey P. Bakken, SED
Examining Student Outcomes of Assistive Technology Evaluations and Acquisitions
Mary O'Brian, SED
Investigation of Parental Perceptions of Public Benefits Programs for Youth with Disabilities
Maureen E. Angell, SED
Dialect or Disability? Relationships Between Assessor Ethnicity and Frequency of Referrals of African American Students for Speech-Language Services
Norma DeMario, SED
An Investigation of the Spelling Skills of Braille Readers in Grades 1-12
Susan Lenski, C&I
Stakeholders' Perceptions about Teacher Education in Literacy
Tom Crumpler, C&I
Issues of Leadership in a Professional Development School Partnership
Tom Haynes, C&I
Student Teaching Processes and Sites in Secondary Education at Illinois State University
Fiscal Year 2002
Barbara Fulk, SED
School psychologists' role perceptions as related to flexible service delivery systems
Donna Breault, C&I
A history of the professors of curriculum
Jerry Jinks, C&I
Backtraxx music library
John Rugutt, EAF
A study of teacher and administrator perceptions of actual and preferred dimensions of school culture: New perspectives on school learning environment
Judith Mogilka, EAF
Media technology and teacher preparation
Linda Lyman, EAF
Leadership for learning in high poverty schools
Mohamed Nur-Awaleh, EAF
ISU-Thailand doctoral project: A case study of higher education training
Stacey Bock, SED
Understanding the language, cognitive, and sensory dysfunction profiles of individuals with autism spectrum disorders
Will Ashton, EAF
Ongoing qualitative research using long interviews, focus groups, and discourse analysis