FLAME LAB Projects

Project i-SMART:

Intervention to Support Mindset and Reading Together

• Purpose: "i-SMART" aims to develop and pilot-test intervention that interleaves growth mindset practices within an evidence-based reading intervention for students with reading difficulties in grades 4-5. 

• Funder: The U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (Award #R324A210013)

• PI: Dr. Eunsoo Cho

• Co-PIs: Dr. Philip Capin, Dr. Sharon Vaughn

• Grant Period: 8/16/2021-8/15/2026

Project Writing Architect:

A Web-Based Tool for Tailoring Writing Instruction to Meet Students' Needs

• Purpose: "Writing Architect" aims to develop a web-based classroom writing assessment that will assist teachers in identifying strengths and needs in fourth and fifth grade students' writing and support teachers in connecting evidence-based writing instruction with the identified needs.

• Funder: The U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (Award #R305A210061)

• PI: Dr. Adrea Truckenmiller

• Co-PIs: Dr. Gary Troia, Dr. Eunsoo Cho

• Grant Period: 7/1/2021-6/30/2025

Project Read STOP Write:

Development of a Multicomponent Intervention in Grades 4-5

• Purpose: "Read STOP Write" aims to develop a multicomponent reading intervention by embedding built-in supports in foundational reading skills within the already developed and tested text structure reading comprehension intervention, Read STOP Write (Strong, 2021). 

• Funder: The Advanced Education Research and Development Fund (AERDF) Reading Imagined Program

• PI: Dr. John Z. Strong

• Co-PIs: Dr. Laura Tortorelli, Dr. Blythe Anderson, Dr. Eunsoo Cho

• Grant Period: 9/1/2022-6/30/2024 (Initial); 7/1/2024-12/31/2025 (Extension)

Project Dynamic Assessment:

Early Screening of Reading Difficulties using Dynamic Assessment of Decoding and Vocabulary 

• Purpose: "Dynamic Assessment" aims to develop kindergarten version of dynamic assessment of decoding and vocabulary to accurately screen students at risk for reading difficulties. 

• Funder & Grant Period: Dunn Family Foundation (2017-2022), Learning Disability Foundation of America (2018-2019)

• PI: Dr. Eunsoo Cho