Research Project

2022-Present Representations for Teachers as Learners (RepTaL)

• Funding: James McDonnell Foundation.
• Co-PIs: Joshua Danish, Noel Enyedy, Cindy Hmelo-Silver, Meredith Park Rogers, Dionne Cross Francis, Robert Goldstone, & Jose Felipe Martinez
• Focus: Understanding how elementary teachers think about representations as part of their science teaching.
• Role: Leading data analysis and publication efforts. Facilitating data collection.
• Link: http://theraptlab.org/projects/RepTal
• Link to AERA 24 presentation：AERA 24 Teachers as Learners: Understanding Teachers’ perception of representations

2020-Present Generalized Embodied Modeling- Science through Technology Enhanced Play (GEM-STEP)

• Funding: National Science Foundation. No.1908632 & 1908791
• Co-PIs: Joshua Danish, Noel Enyedy & Corey Brady
• Focus: Exploring how youth learn within MR environment by attending to both their
• individual embodied experience and their social, collective experience of coordinating their movement as they explore the computer system.
• Role: Supporting grant writing. Designing curriculum and MR environment. Collecting and analyzing data. Preparing publications.

2019 Engaging Chinese Migrant Girls in STEAM Learning through E-textile Workshop  

• Funding: Martha and H.A.R Tilaar Faculty Support Fund, Indiana University
• PI: Adam Maltese
• Focus: Designing affordable learning activities to empower Asian-Pacific women in STEM education
• Role: Co-author of the grant. Designing workshop. Collecting and analyzing video data.

2016 – 2020 Interactive Science through Technology Enhanced Play (iSTEP)

• Funding: National Science Foundation. No. 1628918
• PI: Joshua Danish & Noel Enyedy
• Focus: Understanding young children’s science learning with different types of interactive tracking technology
• Role: Designing curriculum and assessment. Collecting and analyzing data.

2016-2017 Promoting Learning through Annotation of Embodiment (PLAE)

• PI: Joshua Danish & Noel Enyedy
• Focus: Supporting young children’s embodied learning within MR environment with annotation tools          
• Role: Designing curriculum and assessment. Collecting and analyzing data.

2014 – 2016 Learning through Digital Media & Field Trips: A Pilot Project for Young Children from Low-Income Families and Their Teachers in Butler County

• PI: Doris Bergen & Lena Lee
• Focus: Design activities with digital media to support young children from low-income families, and English language learners.
• Role: Collecting data. Leading field trip.