(2023-2024) PI on NSF (RAPID) ITEST project (#2335835) “Empowering Math Teachers with an AI Tool for Auto-Generation of Technology-Enhanced Assessments.”
(2022-2025) Co-PI on Exploring Computational Thinking: Applying Psychometric Analysis to Assess Relationships with Primary Cognitive Abilities and Malleability (IES-R305A220116)
(2021-2023) PI on NSF SaTC-EDU project (#2113803) “A Case- and Play-Based Learning Module for Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence Education for Early Teen Learners.”
(2020-2023) PI on Beyond CS Principles:Engaging Female High School Students in New Frontiers of Computing (#1949488)
(2019-2021) PI on Seeding an Assessments Hub and Catalyzing a Community of Educators for Student Success in CS (#1943530)
(2019-2020) Co-PI on NSF Synthesis and Design Workshop: Weaving the Fabric of Adaptive STEM Learning Environments Across Domains and Settings (#1825070)
(2017-2020) Co-PI on NSF STEM+C project (#1639850) “Developing the Next Generation of Problem Solvers: Investigating the Integration of Computational Thinking into Preschool Mathematics and Science”
(2015-2019) PI on NSF STEM+Computing project (#1543062) “Thinking Outside the Box: Integrating Dynamic Mathematics to Advance Computational Thinking” (Developed activities at http://csforall.sri.com)
(2016-2019) Co-PI on NSF STEM+Computing project (#1640199) “Research and Assessment on Synergistic Learning of Physics and Programming through Computational Modeling and Problem Solving”
(2015-2019) PI on NSF Cyberlearning & Future Learning Technologies project (#1522990) “Understanding Computational Thinking Process and Practices in Open-Ended Programming Environments.
(2015-2018) PI on a US Army Research Institute grant (#W911NF-16-1-0190) to study persistence in problem solving situations in adult populations.
(2013-2015) Dissertation at Stanford University funded by NSF grant (#1343227) “Foundations for Advancing Computational Thinking (FACT): Learning and Assessment through an Online Middle School Curriculum”. As key activity on this grant, I designed and developed a middle school curriculum– ‘Foundations for Advancing Computational Thinking’–on Stanford’s OpenEdX MOOC platform, to introduce students to algorithmic problem-solving using Scratch. The design-based research effort also involved studying the use of this course in a blended public school setting.
