Awards
& Grants

 

 

NSF CE21. $199, 998. CNS-1132227. Planning Grant: Integrating Computational Thinking Into Middle School Curriculum. 10/1/11-3/31/13. (D. Tatar, PI; C. Corallo, co-PI, D. Kafura, co-PI; M. Perez-Quinones, co-PI; S. Harrison, co-PI)

VT Institute for Society, Culture and Environment Summer Scholars Program. $18,000. The Human Dynamics of Violence Prevention. 3/9/11-6/15/11. (Ridgwell, D., PI; Jayaram, L., Co-PI; Ivory, J. co-PI; Geller, S., co-PI; Smith, C., co-PI; McConnell, K., co-PI; Tatar, D., co-PI)

NSF HCC. $493,665. IIS-1018607 HCC-Small: Human Micro-Coordination in a World of Pervasive Computing: Understanding Emotional, Personal, Interpersonal and Behavioral Interconnections. 9/1/10-8/31/13. (Tatar, D., PI; Harrison, S., Co-PI)

NSF CPATH. $120,000. IIS-0829625 Distributed Expertise In Enhancing Computing Education Computing Education With Connections To The Arts. Redesigning courses in Computer Science to involve cross-disciplinary and cross-institutional projects (Perez-Quinones, M., PI; Harrison, S., Co-PI; Tatar, D., Co-PI)

NSF IIS-ITR $193,641. Creative IT. Examining Creativity with IT in Engineering Design (X-CITE). Redesigning and studying the introductory Engineering Education course. 8/1/08-7/31/10. (Johri, A., PI; Lohani, V., Co-PI; Tatar, D., Co-PI)

NSF BFA DGA. $33,185. Human-Computer Interaction Doctoral Research Consortium at ACM CHI 2007: Human Factors in Computing Systems. Support for Doctoral Consortium. 12/05/06-11/30/07. IIS-07-7398. D. Tatar, PI, 100%

NSF SGER. $103,839. Embodied Communication: Vivid Interaction with History and Literature. Create computationally supported embodied experiences in collaboration with multi-institutional, multi-disciplinary teams. 4/1/06-3/31/08. IIS-0624701. (F. Quek, PI; W. Winchester, Co-PI; D. Tatar, Co-PI)

NSF CRI. $399,999. Interfaces for the Embodied Mind. 3/15/06-5/1/07. IIS-0551610. Equipment to support the exploration and development of embodied interaction. (F. Quek, PI; D. Tatar, Co-PI)

Roschelle, Jeremy; Tatar, Deborah (co-PI); Kaput, James; Hopkins, Bill; Empson, Susan. NSF Interagency Education Research Initiative Phase II Grant. $5,983,000. Working with Teachers and Leveraging Technology to Scale Opportunities to Learn More Complex and Conceptually Difficult Middle School Mathematics. Large-scale controlled, rigorous testing of math teachers using or not using SimCalc in replacement units. 9/1/04-8/31/08. REC-0437861.

Roschelle, J.; Patton, Charles; Tatar, Deborah (co-PI); Chaudhury, S. Raj.NSF ITR/IERI Grant. $1,308,820. Tuple Spaces as a Foundation for Collaborative Learning. E explores the application of core distributed systems techniques to the coordination of multiple learners in collaborative educational activities 9/1/04-8/31/06.  REC 0427783.

Roschelle, J.; Kaput, James; Tatar, Deborah (co-PI); Hopkins, Bill. Interagency Education Research Initiative Phase I Grant. $1,000,000. Scaling Up SimCalc: Professional Development for Integrating Technology to Teach More Complex Mathematics. Piloting and instrument development for rigorous experimentation with math teachers. 9/1/02-8/31/04. REC-0228515.

Penuel, William; Tatar, Deborah (co-PI); Patton, Charles; Yarnall, Louise. NSF EHR $1,700,000. Handheld Assessment: Portable Scaffolds for Project-Based Learning in Science Inquiry? Participatory design with teachers in Beaufort South Carolina of hand-held tools for formative inquiry in science. 1/1/02-12/31/04. NSF REC-0126197.

Roschelle, Jeremy; Kaput, James; Bowers, Janet. IERI Planning Grant. $116,123. Planning a Rigorous Experimental Trail of SimCalc's Approach to Increasing Access to Complex Mathematical Ideas. Prepared for Phase I and current Phase II rigorous experimentation through work defining the intervention and key scaling questions. 12/15/00-2/28/021 NSF-REC 0089094. (Tatar, D.: Senior Personnel)

Kaput, Jim; Roschelle, Jeremy. NSF ROLE. Understanding Math Classroom Affordances of Networked, Hand-Held Devices The NetCalc project developed and utilized handheld-based technology to support learning and teaching the math of change and variation.   It showed highly significant results in both high and low-SES 8th grade classrooms. 10/1/00-9/30/04. REC-9619102. (Tatar, D.: Senior Personnel)

January 1995 Tatar, D. Research grant, Center for Conflict and Negotiation, Stanford University

June 1992 - August 1992 Tatar, D. Summer fellowship. Center for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford University.

September 1994 - September 1995 Tatar, D. Stanford Graduate Fellowship, Stanford University.

September 1990 - September 1992, September 1993- 1994 Tatar, D. National Science Foundation graduate student fellowship.

June 1981, Tatar, D. Radcliffe College Elizabeth Cary Agassiz Certificate of Merit for high academic achievement.