College of Education
U N IVERS[TY of FLORIDA

Office of Educational Research
January 2009

Office of Educational Research Bulletin (ORB)

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News & Notes

Welcome back! As mentioned in the
ORB in August, 2008, the primary goal
for OER during the fall semester was to
continue to provide the full array of
outstanding services to researchers that
it provided in recent years, despite the
added responsibilities of faculty
development and graduate studies and
no additional resources. Thanks to Ana,
Cyndi, and the OER staff, I believe we
were successful in meeting this goal.

Although the New Year is a time for
looking back on the past, it is also a time
for looking forward to the coming year.
It's a time to reflect on the changes we
want (or need) to make and to resolve to
follow through on those changes.

In this New Year, the OER will be
working closely with the Research
Advisory Committee of the Faculty
Policy Council to assess the services we
currently provide, to improve upon
those services if possible, and to identify
new ways to support the research

mission of the College. We will provide
ample opportunity for input from
faculty and graduate students. We
appreciate your time and look forward
to receiving your input.

Have a wonderful and productive spring
semester!

OER Happenings

The OER is pleased to announce the
availability of PDF copies of
Successfully Funded Projects from
various agencies, courtesy of our faculty
colleagues, for review in the COE
intranet.

To access these documents, go to the
COE website (www.coe.ufl.edu) and
click on the Intranet link (right side
under scrolling banner), Log in using
your Gatorlink account and password,
go to Documents (left side under the

home icon [ ) and click on Shared
Documents link

Look for the third folder named:
Examples of Funded Projects 2008.

We will update these periodically as
permissions from Principal Investigators
are secured.

Spring Trainings

Spring semester training are in the
works. 'Save the date' announcements
are forthcoming... Stay tuned!

If you have specific retooling needs that
you want to see featured in the 2009
lineup, email Ana: anapuig@coe.ufl.edu.

Monday Morning Coffees will
now take place on Friday
Mornings!

Mark your calendars with the following
dates: January 23, February 13,
March 13 & 27, April 10 & 24.

All sessions are from 10:00-11:00am in
the Faculty Commons (4004*) and
Terrace Room; topics TBA.

Cookies & refreshments always provided

Best wishes to Tracy Linderholm
(Educational Psychology), David
Therriault (Educational Psychology),
Bridget Franks (Educational
Psychology) and Zhihui Fang (School of
Teaching and Learning) for their
proposal to the UF Office of Research;
Ann Daunic (Special Education), Nancy
Corbett (Special Education), Stephen
Smith (Special Education) and Scott
Miller (Psychology) for their submission
to the UF Office of Research; and to
Kristen Kemple (School of Teaching and
Learning), Christie Cavanaugh (School
of Teaching and Learning), Ruth
Lowery (School of Teaching and
Learning) and Cirecie West-Olatunji
(Counselor Education) for their
proposal to the UF Office of Research.

For more details about these awards, see
the table on the next page.

John & Ana

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College ofEducation Submitted Projects December 2008

Principal Investigator: Tracy Linderholm (Educational Psychology) Co-PI: David
Therriault (Educational Psychology), Bridget Franks(Educational Psychology), and Zhihui
Fang (STL)
Funding Agency: UF Office of Research
Proposal Title: Adolescents' Processing of Multiple Science Texts
Requested Amount: $92,607.00

Principal Investigator: Ann Daunic (Special Education) Co-PIs: Nancy Corbett (Special
Education), Stephen Smith (Special Education), and Scott Miller (Psychology)
Funding Agency: UF Office of Research
Proposal Title: Social-Emotional Learning through Literacy
Requested Amount: $99,998.00

Principal Investigator: Kristen Kemple (STL) Co-PI: Christie Cavanaugh (STL), Ruth
Lowery (STL) and Cirecie West-Olatunji (Counselor Education)
Funding Agency: UF Office of Research
Proposal Title: Enhancing Empathy and Emotion Knowledge Through Oral Language
Teaching and Literature-Sharing Techniques: An Intervention for Preschool Children At-
Risk
Requested Amount: $89,851.00

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