The lab is currently engaged in a number of exciting projects. Some of the projects related to education and measurement include:
- Helping Schools Better Align their Mission and Measurement
- Developing New Measures of Creativity and Mental Flexibility
- Developing New Measures of Intercultural Competence
- Developing New Measures of Ethical Reasoning
- Developing New Measures of Social Intelligence
- A Cross-cultural Investigation of Practical Intelligence in Teaching
- Measuring Adaptability in Military Personnel
EXTERNALLY FUNDED RESEARCH
Award Amount: $60,000
PIs: Steven E. Stemler, Manolis Kaparakis, Jennifer Rose
Project Dates: 2013-2014
Funding Agency: Connecticut State Department of Education
Title: Evaluation of the Connecticut Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOT) Schools Network
Summary: The objective of this research is to develop new measures that can be used to evaluate the extent to which HOT schools are achieving their mission of enhancing student creativity and citizenship through an Arts-based approach to education.
Award Amount: $60,000
PIs: Steven E. Stemler
Project Dates: 2008-2009
Funding Agency: University of Central Florida (Office of the Secretary of Defense prime)
Title: Measuring Adaptability in Military Personnel
Summary: The objective of this research project is to adapt basic cognitive measures of adaptability, creativity, and intelligence into a more applied military context for use in the evaluation of adaptability training and personnel selection.
Award Amount: $104,797
PIs: Steven E. Stemler and Cynthia Matthew
Project Dates: 2007-2008
Funding Agency: Army Research Institute
Title: Exploring Pattern Recognition as a Predictor of Mental Flexibility
Summary: The objective of this research project was to demonstrate that pattern recognition is a basic cognitive process that gives rise to mental flexibility across a variety of domains (e.g., cognitive and social).
Award Amount: $350,000
PIs: Robert Sternberg, Steven E. Stemler, and Elena Grigorenko
Project Dates: 2005-2007
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Title: Using the Theory of Successful Intelligence as a Framework for Developing Assessments in AP Physics
Summary: The aim of the proposed research project is to create a set of augmented, theory-driven examinations that expand the range of cognitive skills assessed and to examine the impact of this approach on student achievement. We will use the College Board’s Advanced Placement (AP) program in Physics as a testing ground for the project. The augmented exams will be based explicitly on Sternberg’s construct-validated theory of cognitive processing skills. Specifically, we propose to investigate: (1) individual differences and group differences in cognitive processing skills, (2) ethnic differences in student achievement on the augmented exams.