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Faculty Research Projects

International Research Experiences for Students: “US-Japan study of novel genetic elements regulating seasonal behavior of medaka fish.”
PIs
Carlos Molina, Mika Munakata
Funded by
National Science Foundation, $300,000
Duration
September 2020—August 2023
Wipro Science Education Fellowship, Phase II
PIs
Mika Munakata, Emily Klein, Monica Taylor, and Jackie Willis
Funded by
Wipro Limited, $300,000
Duration
September 2017—December, 2020
Engaged Learning through Creativity in Mathematics and Science
PIs
Mika Munakata, Ashwin Vaidya
Funded by
National Science Foundation,  $299,701
Duration
September, 2016-August 2021
When counting cubes is not enough: Exploring volume measurement dynamically
PI
Nicole Panorkou
Funded by
National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation fellowship, $70,000
Duration
September 2017 – February 2020
Collaborative Research Building A Teacher Knowledge Base for the Implementation of High-quality Instructional Resources Through the Collaborative Investigation of Video Cases
PIs
Joseph DiNapoli and Eileen Murray
Funded by
the National Science Foundation, $1,715,557
Duration
July 2019 – June 2023
Assimilating Computational and Mathematical Thinking into Earth and Environmental Science
PIs
 Michelle  Zhu, Nicole Panorkou, Pankaj Lal, and Bharath Samanthula
Funded by
National Science Foundation, $1,147,085
Duration
September 15, 2017 – August 31, 2022 (Estimated)
Preparing the Effective Elementary Mathematics Teacher
PIs
Steven Greenstein, Joseph DiNapoli, and Jennifer Robinson
Funded by
National Science Foundation, $1,449,992
Duration
September 2017 – August 2025 (Estimated)
Preservice Elementary Teachers Making for Mathematical Learning
PIs
Steven Greenstein and Eileen Fernández
Funded by
National Science Foundation, $422,195
Duration
September 2018 – August 2021
Meaningful Sketching and Meaningful Struggle in STEM Education
PIs
Joseph DiNapoli
Funded by
a subaward from eGrove Education, Inc., via the National Science Foundation, $36,526
Duration
September 2018 – February 2021
Teacher leadership program for experienced science teachers in partnership with University of Massachusetts Boston
PIs
Munakata (PI), Jackie Willis, Emily Klein and Monica Taylor (Co-PIs).
Funded By
Wipro Science Education Fellowship, $1,308,450
Duration
January 2013 – December 2017
The DYME project: Developing Students’ Thinking of Dynamic Measurement
PI
Nicole Panorkou
Funded by
Spencer Foundation, $49,443
Duration
January 2016 – July 2017
CUSP: Creating School and University Partnerships
PIs
Mika Munakata, Erin Krupa, and Jackie Willis
Funded by
New Jersey Department of Education, Mathematics Science Partnership. $367,700 in Year 1, $366,600 in Year 2 (renewable for three years, totaling $1,103,100)
Duration
July 2013 – June 2016
Noyce at Montclair: Preparing the Effective Elementary Mathematics Teacher
PIs
Steven Greenstein, Erin Krupa, and Jennifer Robinson
Funded by
National Science Foundation, Noyce Capacity Building Grant $225,803
Duration
August 2013 – July 2015
Professional Services Contract between the Newark Public School System and Montclair State University to conduct a professional development project with 5th and 6th grade teachers implementing the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics
PIs
Erin Krupa and Steven Greenstein
Funded by
Newark Public Schools sub-award from the Race To The Top 3 (RTTT3) federal funding, $283,000
Duration
August 2012 – July 2015
Professional Services Contract between Orange Public Schools and Montclair State University to conduct a professional development project with high school mathematics teachers
PIs
Erin Krupa and Eileen Murray
Funded by
Orange Public Schools, $20,000
Duration
August 2014 – June 2015
GK-12 Fellows in the Middle: Partnerships for Inquiry and Interdisciplinary Middle School Science and Mathematics
PIs
Mika Munakata (PI), Ken Wolff and Mary Lou West (Co-PI’s), Eliza Leszczynski, project manager
Funded by
National Science Foundation Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 (GK-12) Program, Directorate of Graduate Education. Award #0638708. $2,925,141
Duration
March, 2007 – February 2015
The Art of Making Sustainable Science
PIs
Ashwin Vaidya (PI), Munakata (Co-PI)
Funded by
American Physical Society, $10,000
Duration
May 1, 2012 – September 1, 2013