Acquiring Research Investigative and Evaluative Skills (ARIES) for Scientific Inquiry R305B070349 (2007-2011). $1,986,743.00 from the U.S. Department of Education. PI: Keith Millis. Co-PI’s with, Katja Wiemer, and Joe Magliano.
Recruitment and Retention of Minority Role Models in Science and Engineering through Improving Critical Thinking Skills and Scientific Understanding $297,600 from the U.S. Department of Education. Keith Millis PI, CO-PIs with Katja Wiemer, and Joe Magliano.
Creating a Usable Environment to Teach Argument Comprehension and Production Skills (2005-2008). $574,931 from the U.S. Department of Education.
Improving students comprehension and construction of arguments (2002-2005). $358,876 from the U.S. Department of Education.
Testing a model of situation recognition (January 2002 - September 2004). $100,000 for research contract from Sandia National Laboratories. Co-PI’s with Joe Magliano and John Skowronski.
Argument Comprehension and Production in college students (6/02 -6/03). NIU Social Science Research Institute Faculty Fellowship.